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Narrowboat Life Unlocked
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New Episode every Friday, we are Paul & Anthony, as seen on Channel 4 "Narrow Escapes" we gave up our house to live on a Narrowboat. We travel the Rivers and Canals of the beautiful British Isles. Relax as we discover the nature and scenery along the way as well as creating art from the boat with our new puppy Sebastian. Find out what it's like to live and work from a Narrowboat. In 2026 we changed to a new series…— in their own words
14ports charted
462nm on the chart
32episodes
The vessel Narrowboat
Logbook 32
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Boat Inn to Goldstone Wharf - Look It's Narrowboat MS1
Gnosall Staffordshire, United Kingdom
We travel from Gnosall to Goldstone Wharf on a narrowboat to enjoy the scenic beauty of the Shropshire Union Canal. Join us for a peaceful cruise on the water as we explore local moorings and share life aboard our floating home.
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One Canal To Another: Filling The NarrowBoat For The First Time In Four Months
Shropshire Union Canal Shropshire, United Kingdom
We cruise our narrowboat from one canal onto another — and fill the tank for the first time in four months!
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Does this Slow Narrowboat Life Stop us in our Tracks?
We slow right down to cruise our electric narrowboat on sunshine alone - then scrap our plans for a spontaneous night with friends! Join us for real-world narrowboat life on the cut.There's something magical about slow cruising.
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After 6 Years Living on a Narrowboat, we have this to say...
Just to say thank you for being there and watching our video's. We are Paul & Anthony — we gave up our house to live full-time on our electric narrowboat and travel the rivers and canals of the British Isles.
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We Cruised 9 Miles & Ended Up In The Dark On Our Narrowboat
We Cruised 9 Miles & Ended Up In The Dark On Our Narrowboat! We didn't plan to be cruising after dark — but a 9 mile push, low light and a mooring that just kept moving further away had other ideas.
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We Stayed in ONE Place for a Month on Our Narrowboat Home
Tixall Wide Staffordshire, United Kingdom
We stayed in ONE place for a whole month on our narrowboat home - and it was pure magic!
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Peaceful Canal Vibes: A Real-Time Narrowboat Cruise from Hopwas
Hopwas Staffordshire, United Kingdom
This is a bonus video filmed from the bow filmed mostly in real time with no chatting to camera and just the relaxing sounds of the odd passing narrowboat and the sound of nature.
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Narrowboat Living: The New 14-Day Rule and Our Best Luck Yet!
Tixall Wide Staffordshire, United Kingdom
With the Canal & River Trust extending 14-day moorings to help save water, we were worried finding a spot at popular locations would be near impossible.
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Is the Mad Rush on the Canals Finally Over? Can we make it North?
Handsacre Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Our last couple of days moored on our narrowboat home Dexter's Star on the Coventry Canal at Fradley Junction and we start heading North on the Trent & Mersey Canal. This week we head to Handsacre.
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A Tight Squeeze on the Canal and Whoops we didn't mean to do that...
Fradley Junction Staffordshire, United Kingdom
We are moored by the Tame Otter at Hopwas and have a surprise visitor, before we start our cruise to Fradley Junction, Canal & River Trust have planned works but will this stop us from mooring?
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Narrowboat Life Escaping Closures & New Van Pod System
Hopwas Staffordshire, United Kingdom
After leaving Atherstone on our narrowboat and making it down the locks before the summer canal closures we have one more challenge, to make it down the Glascote Locks and reach Hopwas. Have we left it too late?
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URGENT Exit from Atherstone Before Canal Shuts
Atherstone Warwickshire, United Kingdom
With a couple of days before the locks close we race off down the Atherstone flight and hope to continue our narrowboat journey. CRT have sent out notifications to boaters with warning's of closures due to the drought in the UK.
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A Nine Mile Electric Narrowboat Journey
Atherstone Warwickshire, United Kingdom
We cruise from Hawkesbury junction to Atherstone on the Coventry Canal and find out how much power it takes on our electric narrowboat and will the journey take us any longer?
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Near Collision - Twelve Days on an Electric Narrowboat - Three Canals
Coventry Canal Midlands, United Kingdom
Moving our narrowboat from Braunston on the Grand Union Canal, with our first guests onboard, we head to Brinklow Marina on the North Oxford Canal.
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Have you Heard This? Plus a Narrowboat Journey to Braunston on the GU Canal.
Braunston Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Will we find a mooring in Braunston after the historic boat show? We take you with us to look inside a wonderful historic Narrowboat with a Lister Enginer.
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Heating Up but Loving Narrowboat Life on the Canals as Continuous Cruisers
Braunston Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
The heatwave is back and we are set to reach temperatures of 39C, not great on a narrowboat. We leave Fenny Compton and head to Napton after hiding in the shade for two days.
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Broken Canal Lock Gate About to Close - Narrowboat Life Continues
Brinklow Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Our Narrowboat is moored on the South Oxford Canal visiting Banbury, we had planned to stay for a few days and venture further South on Narrowboat Dexter’s Star, but a damaged lock on the Claydon flight means we have to turn arou…
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Banbury on the South Oxford Canal - As Far as we go on our Narrowboat Travels
Banbury Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
After a brief stay in Cropedry Marina we head out on our Narrowboat, Dexter's Star to Banbury on the South Oxford Canal. Our new series hybrid electric narrowboat is still giving us the life we wanted on the canals.
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Trouble ahead on the Claydon Lock Flight - Oxford Canal Journey
Cropredy Marina Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
We leave Fenny Compton on the Oxford Canal just north of Banbury and head to Cropedry Marina. Our elec trip narrowboat continues to amaze us and we cruise for free on our 5 hour journey.
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NEW BOAT TOUR - Step Inside and Find Out Why We Love THIS NARROWBOAT
Finally we are able to show you around our new series hybrid electric propulsion narrowboat.
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Solar Powered Narrowboat - Summer on the Oxford Canal
Fenny Compton Warwickshire, United Kingdom
It's June on the Oxford canal and the summer cruising season is well underway, but for us that means more narrowboats, more fun and games and a great atmosphere on the canals.
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Our second trip out on the Narrowboat - Smashed Fingers and Bad News!
Wigrams Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Our second trip out on our new serial hybrid electric narrowboat, we cruise from Braunston to Napton calling in at Wigrams and the Cidery, plus Anthony has an accident on the boat.
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We try out a Share Boat Narrowboat for a week - Does it feel like home?
Middlewich Cheshire, United Kingdom
After spending three months in a friend's apartment, while our new narrowboat is in build we try out a share boat from Carefree Cruising. Leaving Middlewich and trying out old and new morning locations, we experience all weathers.
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Does This Electric Narrowboat Work for Us - Our Maiden Voyage to Braunston
Braunston Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
We set off on our very first cruise together on our new electric narrowboat, Dexter's Star. A real test of the new sytem onboard from Ortomarine, the automate system installed on our Elton Moss Narrowboat.
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We Didn't Expect This at the Crick Boat Show!
We have two days to get our new narrowboat down to the Crick Boat Show, it's a crazy but exciting time and our Narrowboat wins Favourite Boat in Show.
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Race against time for our new Narrowboat Build
With only a few days to go before the Crick Boat Show, it's all hands on deck to get our new narrowboat finished. New covers, sign writing, electrics, Water Freedom, the list of suppliers needed to finish our boat is astonishing.
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The Real Cost of the Whitchurch Breach & We Speak to the Engineers on the Ground
Whitchurch Shropshire, United Kingdom
We are invited by the Canal & River trust to visit the site of the Whitchurch Breach, our first time back at the site since the terrifying events last December.
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New Narrowboat Launch and we spend a Blissful Week on the Canals
Our brand new Narrowboat finally arrives and we spend a week on the canals, but not on our own boat. Our new narrowboat is being made in a collaboration with Elton Moss and Ortomarine.
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Old to New Narrowboat Launch - Converting to Parallel Hybrid
Droitwich Spa Worcestershire, United Kingdom
An eight year old diesel narrowboat is converted to electric, with Ortomarine and the new owners invite us onboard. We chat to Rob & Caroline from Ortomarine about the conversion and the power onboard.
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Big Challenges Ahead for the Canal & River Trust - Campbell Robb the new CEO
We chat to the new CEO of the Canal & River Trust, Campbell Robb and he answers questions sent in by our viewers. Is it fair that Continuous Cruisers pay more for a licence than those in a marina?
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What Did Happen to our Narrowboat Plus What do we miss about the Canals?
We are still waiting for our new narrowboat and we visit the canals and chat about what we miss. We visit Carefree Cruising to look at share boats and see our old boat getting work done.
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Beautiful Narrowboats arriving at the National Waterways Boat Museum
Ellesmere Port Cheshire, United Kingdom
Come with us to the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum as they celebrate the 50 year anniversary, it's the 47th year of the historic boat gatherings and we chat to the new CEO of the Canal & River Trust, Campbell Robb.
Ports on the chart 14
- Ellesmere PortCheshire, United Kingdom
- BraunstonNorthamptonshire, United Kingdom
- Fenny ComptonWarwickshire, United Kingdom
- Cropredy MarinaOxfordshire, United Kingdom
- BanburyOxfordshire, United Kingdom
- BrinklowWarwickshire, United Kingdom
- Coventry CanalMidlands, United Kingdom
- AtherstoneWarwickshire, United Kingdom
- HopwasStaffordshire, United Kingdom
- Fradley JunctionStaffordshire, United Kingdom
- HandsacreStaffordshire, United Kingdom
- Tixall WideStaffordshire, United Kingdom
- Shropshire Union CanalShropshire, United Kingdom
- GnosallStaffordshire, United Kingdom
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