I went over to see if he needs a hand with his equipment just as he was nimbly vaulting over the sheep-field gate down by the alder carr at the edge of cut, a compact but bulging bag and a folded spider of a tripod under one arm. Where does the water come from to supply the canals? Braving another substantial river like the courageous soul he is, David takes his narrowboat from Stourport onto the Severn and pops back to his home town of Droitwich along the way before returning to the river and continuing south to Tewkesbury where he begins what would become his most enjoyable journey yet, up the River Avon. If I ever win the lottery or am bequeathed a lot of money from the very rich uncle I never knew I had, I will buy a narrowboat and spend many hours of many days in many years traveling the canal and river system of the United Kingdom. Keeping you company through your night-times, canal-side. We had a very David reaches the furthest point of his canal cruise, at the interestingly-named "Cowroast" - be assured, no cows were harmed in the making of this episode. Some day boats can get away with it though because they can return to a fixed point to recharge from the mains each night see vlog 168. He stops at pubs and villages. In these special editions of "Cruising the Cut", your host David Johns takes a break from chugging along the English canals in his narrowboat to instead introduce different aspects of You do sometimes get boats going past in the dark though. Who would have thought one man on a narrowboat cruising the historic canals of England could be so entertaining and relaxing. Who is Cruising the Cut? Cruising the Cut is a YouTube channel started by David Johns in July 2015. David was once a local news reporter for a major TV channel in the UK and did this for over a decade, as well as working on local radio. I dont know of any narrowboats that steer from the front though there are some old, shorter, ones that had a wheelhouse slightly back from the middle. The canals are all about slowing down to a crawl, enjoying the sights and sounds of nature around you and taking a substantial time out from the world outside. I wanted to avoid being responsible for the cognitive disorientation I encountered as a seven year old when I found out that the dashing Tony Archer from Radio 4's the Archers, looked like my Uncle Bert or that the person who played little Shula Archer was in her 30s! Back in 2015, the UK television news reporter David Johns was very unhappy with his personal and professional life. just aisles with food on shelves. Instead I include plenty of place names so that the viewer can look them up on Google maps and then zoom in/out, scroll around and get a much better sense of the geography than I could ever show on a video map. An unheated boat in winter even in Spring or Autumn would be cold but thats precisely why narrowboats have heating installed. There's a strangeness about meeting someone you know through video or film. Home Videos Live Playlists Community Store Channels About Recently uploaded Popular 14:57 Merry Christmas from There are spooky goings-on along the canal (or are there?) Unfortunately I cannot as I have never used any of the rental companies myself so I cant in good conscience recommend any. Can I sent you a gift, whats your address?Thats a very kind thought and thank you but although I did once, several years ago, accept an unsolicited gift (a hoodie), I now prefer not to receive items and politely decline such offers though I really do appreciate the sentiment. If we toast a sandwich in the UK, it is then explicitly referred to as a toasted sandwich or toastie. Theyre really not; its just silt. When David Came (Cruising the Cut) The Greek myths tell us that there are times when the gods come down from Olympus to walk amongst mortals. If you have a permanent mooring on a wharf or in a marina, you can often have post sent there though it depends on the contract terms. David Alan Johns (born 15 July 1956) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Whats the narrowboat forum you mention sometimes in your videos?The forum I gained most of my info from is canalworld.net. He works with people so well. Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2022. David is 50 and used to work as a local TV news reporter for ITV in the south east of England. Following on from the last video, about wooden narrowboats, which are quite rare on the canals, heres another wooden narrowboat which is even rarer a fly boat, the parcels service of the canal network. [4][5][6] He later wrote a stage version of the film updated to the 2021/2022 cost of living crisis which will be premiered at the Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne in May 2023. Its only the ads that pay, I get nothing for views of the videos themselves unless youre a member of YouTube Premium. who actually want to pay me money, typically $2 $5 a month to support me in making more Vlogs. The fact that he managed to put something together in which I not only have been saved from appearing as a jabbering fool, but has garnered interest in the podcast is a testament to his skills in salvaging silk purses out of particularly grotesque sows' ears. Hireboaters are not allowed to usually, under the terms of their hire. You can email me at nighttimeonstillwaters@gmail.com or drop me a line by going to the nowspod website and using either the contact form or, if you prefer, record your message using the voicemail facility by clicking on the microphone icon. Only in peak summertime are you likely to approach the solar panels maximum output and even then only when the sun is high.In spring and autumn, any solar is very variable and in winter its negligible plus the hours of daylight are much shorter too and the angle of the sun much lower (Its not always possible to angle the panels at the sun and even so, the other factors mean the resulting power will be far less than in summer).On an average 57 foot narrowboat you have space for about 2.3kW of solar. It's the coiled spring of life and energy of someone who has never lost their curiosity and interest in the world around. I watched it upon the recommendation of a friend, and Im glad that I did. The CRT has an excellent page explaining it all, at https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/managing-our-water/day-to-day but I have also done a video all about it, see vlog 247 (The Leaudown). In which David travels south along the wonderfully green and lush Shropshire Union canal and admires several delightful old bridges along the way plus he gets admonished for going too fast. How much easier it would be if you could steer your boat with remote control! The drone is required to be in visual range and control at all times, in the UK regulations.If you stop the boat to operate the drone (which would also necessitate bringing it to the side of the canal so as to be out of the way in case of further boats passing) then by the time youve brought the drone back and landed it and set off again, the situation ahead may have changed anyway.Plus there are so many blind corners and twisty bits on most of the canals, youd never get anywhere for always stopping. Her nose snuffling new growth and old stones. Links to the episode as well as to David's channel can be found in the programme notes. So it is strange meeting someone who feels like an old friend but whom you have never met. After 13 years of doing this and working in radio, I decided to chuck it all in and buy a narrowboat to cruise around the canals on. Enter any name, date, reference, Scripture, etc. He stops at pubs and villages. What does it cost to live aboard a canal boat?There are a huge number of variables which mean there is no simple answer to what does it cost? Please make a cup of tea, get comfortable and take a look at my Vlog 66, Vlog 67 and Vlog 68 plus the more recent Vlog 213, all of which go into the costs in excruciating detail. Can you fish in the canals and do you eat them?You can fish if you have the appropriate licences local angling groups tend to have the rights to each stretch of canal so talk to them. Consider two, 57-foot-long boats coming from opposite directions. The name must be displayed on the side of the boat as well, but its on the licence so as long as youre showing that youre probably OK.The boat name does not have to be unique. It was a dark period of personal crisis. 2022 Emmy Nominees Action & Adventure Animation Anime Comedy Crime Documentary Drama. Is it cold in winter?No! It becomes a metaphorical journey in learning about narrowboating, changing lifestyles, and meeting challenges, as well as an actual journey along the csnals and rivers in England. So no, the canals are two-way for 99% of the time. Just a matter of personal preference.You can also use apps or online guides such as canalplan.org.uk (ideal for route planning rather than a map) or opencanalmap which has all the CRT facilities marked etc albeit in a rather tiny font that you cant seem to enlarge. Am I being too overly familiar? It was just that Nighttime on Still Waters is about the love (and power) of audio worlds, spoken words, sounds, a shared space in the night of a complicated word. This is best series if you want to learn about narrow-boating. A retired fed trying to make what remains of my life meaningful in South Dakota. As a Yank, I can't help but associate this with watching golf on TV with my dad, back in the 60s-80s. It felt like we were losing a reassuring presence. Why dont you get all-solar narrowboats?It sounds great, for sure. Plus he visits one of the Canal and River Trust's two workshops that manufacture lock gates out of English Oak, largely by hand. He also meets up with some new friends, also narrowboaters. I am sure David is used to this and he was the epitome of warm-hearted politeness. He had become too Americanized. When David Came (Cruising the Cut) The Greek myths tell us that there are times when the gods come down from Olympus to walk amongst mortals. Dont eat them, youll likely give yourself something nasty from the water.See https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/angling-strategies/fishing-faqs for the CRTs Fishing Questions page.For the various types of fish in the canals, see https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/fish-species. Its got loads of very expert people who chip in but the only thing you have to watch is that sometimes the discussions veer (quickly) wildly off on a tangent, which is unhelpful, or occasionally descend into vitriolic arguments. As for doctors, dentists etc, just stay signed up to your usual one and go in to any local surgery on a visiting basis if you need to; they dont need to know youre on a boat. David Johns Page 2 Cruising The Cut Author: David Johns Vlog 277: Without a Paddle September 7, 2022 Travels, Vlog 6 This is the third and final part of my All the navigations on the canal, even the tight corners can be easily turned by using the tiller, as can most maneouvres such as mooring. [2], In 2009, he and Owen O'Neill dramatised Stephen King's Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption for the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Back in 2015, the UK television news reporter David Johns was very unhappy with his personal and professional life. WebCruising the Cut web-series (2019) 1 of 1. My tank is 62 gallons (282 litres) and I just tend to refill it when I remember, after a few weeks cruising. It was a golden silver sort of day. He reflects on his former life. I had always imagined that producing a well produced vlog entailed a lot of work. David Johns canal-based YouTube channel is Cruising the Cut. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. As a self-confessed fair weather narrowboater, a trip along the canal in the middle of deepest, darkest winter is something of a departure for our host but, with a friend aboard, a short jaunt along part of the Oxford Canal in December was in order. And David, certainly did not put me under any pressure. No doubt my text arrived on his phone as he was driving home! Cruising The Cut is about the historic canals of the UK. You just dont see it on my videos. Evoking the spirit of pirate radio - on a canal, https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/, Tuesday Morning, 5.30am (The Voyage of Bran). Or perhaps, it's more like I imagine it is how the ancient swineherds felt when the Greek gods appeared amongst them - like 'Oh, I know you so well' and 'that's really odd, you are real!' I get buzzed by one or two a year. By Dan Clendenin | by Dan Clendenin | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Why dont boaters greet each other when they pass?They DO! Cheers, Do you need a TV licence on a boat?This is a more complicated subject than you might imagine. And you can get diesel stove as well. David is a great teacher who makes every lesson fun. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I only tend to visit pubs if Im with friends and as I have no friendsHonestly the best advice youll get will be if you phone a handful of the hire firms, who have years of experience and know their local routes like the back of their hand. Not very exciting but interesting and enjoyable. He reflects on his former life. Then he takes us back in time to May 2018, when he went to London for the annual Inland Waterways Association's "Canalway Cavalcade", which is a huge and colourful pageant of narrowboats. I was so worried about the interview and convinced that the only useable part if it was that 'I live on a boar', that the next day I emailed over to David a lot of other material so that if he wanted to persist with this desperate endeavour he could use instead of the interview, but that I also could quite well understand if he simply wanted to retain his dignity and walk away from this whole sorry saga. May rain casting rings on thrashed water,The flash of fin, And a watery thunder That rumbles along the side of the hull. I really have very few fixed plans such is the joy of the narrowboating life so Ill tell you now: I dont know! Johns calls his 239 videos the diary of my life afloat. The boat has very little space to store things and I prefer a minimalist, uncluttered, lifestyle. https://twitter.com/CruisingTheCut?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain. Earlier, on the appointed day, we'd all gone as a family for a walk along the towpath. There are no mains electricity points along the canal network other than in marinas (though I one of the Welsh canals has power points for a fleet of electric hire boats see vlog 169 but this is unusual). It had nothing to do with David or Cruising the Cut, I have an immense amount of respect for both. See here for our Journey with Jesus weekly webzine for the global church. Thirdly, its not uncommon to drop a windlass into the canal by accident and it would be a very expensive mistake to do that with a cordless drill! Can I visit your boat?As I am no longer living aboard and have sold the boat (see this video for my reasons), no! He is also someone who is good at his craft - and when I say good, I mean GOOD! 18 months ago former ITV Meridian reporter David Johns swapped a life on TV for a life on the water and bought a 56 foot long narrowboat. How do you deal with all the mosquitoes on the canals?There really arent that many. Your mileage may vary and that's fine. You can just rock up at a hire firm or brokerage, pay your money and head off down the canal with no experience, test or licence whatsoever. The time had come for me to go and have a look around a couple and see if they are for me. A sort of surprise that they look the same, but also out of place, like seeing your teacher in a karaoke competition - something, I should say, which has never happened to me, so I have no idea why that example popped into my mind. This page works best with JavaScript. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. I have done endless that is similar to this. Have a look at Vlog 74 which is all about heating on narrowboats. But is the dream for real or is reality not quite as rosy? David's epic narrowboat odyssey along the Grand Union canal concludes as he returns to Braunston in surprisingly sunny weather for mid-October. Petrol gennys are much cheaper, a couple of hundred quid, but you have all the issues of storing petrol safely on board (it being extremely flammable of course) and of accessing it since most wharfs and marinas dont sell it so you have to trek along a road to the nearest garage with a canister in hand. Cruising the Cut web-series (2019) Cruising the Cut web-series (2019) Titles Cruising the Cut web-series. Where does the grey water from the sink and shower go?Unlike your sewage, which has to be storedin one form or another until you get to an emptying point, grey water goes straight back into the canal. I can joke about 'cheese sandwiches' (although, we don't), but what can he joke about? If youre permanently in one location or have a base mooring, register somewhere near there and whenever you go back to the mooring you can get your teeth checked or whatever. I went down to the big smoke to find out. And there, again, was that curious Janus hybrid of someone you know so well and yet is also a total stranger. He takes the narrowboat through a very tight squeeze outside Rugeley, changes the engine oil, and admires some flowers by the canalside. Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2022. He relishes a simple cheese sandwich. This lovely series is a relaxing travelogue, providing ease and calm distraction The charming David Johns is narrator, captain and solo resident of a British narrowboat. Fun watch. I should also make clear at this point, that the David you get on Cruising the Cut is exactly the David you get off camera. David texted me to say he'd arrived and by the time I had located the 'g' for 'I'll come and Get you' he was already down on the other side of the canal. Also, how do you manage to talk coherently in front of a camera? David Johns is a skilled presenter, reporter, video journalist, and narrowboat enthusiast who has a welcoming, down to earth style that kind of grows on you. It was partially the reason why I didn't create a vlog of my own. Bear in mind the boats pivot in the middle so as you turn, the back end is going out.
Little is known of the sword due to the high . Many, possibly most, have multi-fuel stoves which burn coal or wood and they will keep a boat so toasty youll have the windows open in mid-winter! And really, they look just like every other supermarket Ive ever been into (!!) No, far from it. Deborah (who composed the music for the version of Cruising the Cut seen on Amazons Prime Video) is my sister. David's amazing week in the sunshine on the River Avon comes to an end as he reaches Stratford, whereupon he returns to the canals with a shock as he remembers just how narrow they are compared to rivers and how low some of their bridges can be. Why do you eat so many cheese sandwiches and whats in them?Because I love cheese I use the strongest cheddar I can get (preferably Pilgrims Choice Extra Mature or Cathedral City et al), with some tomato, maybe some cucumber slices and nothing else. Londons canals and rivers are becoming ever more crowded with boaters as people flock to the capitals waterways, drawn by the lure of a seemingly idyllic and possibly cheaper lifestyle. He navigates the many tunnels and locks. I lie in the half-light of dawn, Suspended above the silty jungles Filled with so much life., Erica ready and waiting for David's visit, Banner image for David's Cruising the Cut YouTube channel. In his second year of narrowboat ownership, David Johns took it on a more extensive voyage involving five rivers, one Victorian boat lift, many canals and a lot of wildlife! I watched it upon the recommendation of a friend, and I'm glad that I did. There are the occasional repairs, and in one episode he ads solar panels to his boat. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. There is no need to be cold on a narrowboat. This is niche, its not for everyone, but you and I like it, and that's enough for me. Loved all four series. When boats were horse-drawn and there was no towpath in a tunnel (because to build one would require a wider tunnel which would cost more), the boats would be legged through; a plank of wood laid across the bows, two men lying flat on it and walking the boat with their legs out to reach the walls of the tunnel. Four seasons of Cruising the Cut, a video documentary by David Johns, a former ITV television reporter and presenter-turned solo narrowboat traveler, are available to Boats that move around do not since they are not resident in any council area. It's not unlike full-time RVing, which is what I am currently doing as a solo, but without having to deal with all those locks en-route! It would not be wise to operate the boat and a drone single-handed, your attention would either be on one or the other and that would not be safe. Bear in mind the canals are entirely man-made and were quite literally dug out by teams of thousands of men a couple of hundred years ago, using pickaxes and shovels. [7], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake is a quietly fearsome piece of drama", "I, Daniel Blake to be adapted for stage and updated for cost-of-living crisis", "Winners Awards 2016 BIFA The British Independent Film Awards", "Dublin Film Critics Circle names I, Daniel Blake best of 2016 Screenwriter", "European Film Awards 2016: Full List of Winners", "Three Empire Awards 2017: Rogue One, Tom Hiddleston And Patrick Stewart Win Big News Movies Empire", "London Film Critics' Circle 2017 award nominations: IN FULL Films Entertainment", British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dave_Johns&oldid=1133634085, BLP articles lacking sources from April 2016, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 20:04. Will you ever be visiting