I am from Melbourne Australia, and getting inspired watching the many narrowboat vloggers to one day soon make my way over to the UK to join in the narrowboat lifestyle, cant wait!

I am from Victoria in Australia, though I was born in England and came out here about 55 years ago. Anyway, back in 2014 we went over to England for a six week holiday, and for one of those weeks, we hired a narrow boat on the Avon-Kennet canal and had an absolutely wonderful time. Motoring peacefully through the countryside, stopping at pubs for lunch, explorin the towns and their churches. One of these days I might do it again - though I hear there is a similar facility on the canals in France and that might be even more delightful.

Ahoy! I live in Idaho USA but fantasize about the narrow boat life vicariously through the blogs you and others produce! Looks like a dreamy way to explore the UK. I’m fascinated with the old mechanicals old engines, gates and lifts you encounter. Time has happily passed them by, Smooth sailing mate!

Hello! Just started watching your videos, after bing watching “cruising the cut”, “cursing Alba” & “chugging along”. Keep up the good work! I’m in Stafford, Staffordshire.

nice video Jasmin. I''am Dutch and my boat is one with sails So not comparable at all. Have a nice winter and I hope we see more of you and your boat on KZfaq.

Shalom, I live in Salisbury North Carolina. I do like your videos. You are both knowledgable and easy on the eyes!!

I am from Mossel Bay, South Africa and I emigrated here from the UK 3 years ago, and the plan now is to sell-up, return to the UK, have a 57-foot narrowboat built, and spend the rest of my days sailing the cut and drinking G&T's . . . . LOL . . . . not at the same time lol :-)

Hi there. I found your channel through Dans wonderful channel. I have no questions. I am British, grew up in Devon but moved to British Columbia, Canada in 1999. Left there last year and now live in Austria, very close to Vienna and right on the Danube. Who knows, one day I might return to the UK to live but it is lovely to be back this side of the pond and experience once again beautiful buildings and European history.

From Portage, Indiana. I do enjoy the narrow boat life you guys in the UK have. It seems you've turned back time and back to a slower pace. Thank for the post. Vince from the US.

Since having a multi fuel stove installed I've not been cold. In fact it's so nice to sit and look out the wind and weather and knowing it's 30 degree Celsius inside ;)

We always had a wood burning stove in our house so I learned how to light them early on. It’s really simple, all you need is some scrunched up newspaper. 4-5 balls of scrunched up paper with twigs on top, light the paper and you’re good to go!

Hi - we have a 52 foot narrow boat in Stourport on the Staffs and Worcester canal- nice comments the diesel heaters can be a bit noisy as after 6pm in some areas you cannot run the engines ,we have the Alde gas boiler -it is slow to heat but good when its been on a couple of hours for hot water and radiator heating -we also have a multi fuel stove -it is only a weekend boat for us

Hi I am from Canada and my husband is English. He has been over here longer then there. We have been thinking of renting a long boat when we come for a holiday. It looks like a great way to spend a week, very expensive though. Thanks for the information on heating.

I'm from south Louisiana in the state's on the gulf of Mexico I grew up on shrimping boats and I've always wanted one for recreational use I love y'all narrow boats and wish I had one here to live in

Hi Jasmin! It´s ages since you asked but still: My name is Ingemar Johnsson and I live in Gothenburg, Sweden, a country with some canals too but they are bigger than the English/Welsh ones, I must be put in that group of Gongoozlers you talk about in the last film as I don´t own a boat but love to hear and see stories of the life on the cut. I started by following David (Cruising the Cut) and then I went to Emma (Narrowboat Girl) and now last I have been following Lorna (Lorna Jane Adventures) all from the start until today. Now I plan to do the same with you, I´ll buy a big bottle of tomato sauce and try to Catch up (or Ketchup) then, I love word games.

Hola from Ibiza! Came here from Cruising The Cut!

I just started watching. Found it from CC vlog. I am in Texas. Looking forward to watching all.

First rate video! Very informative! Thank you

I live in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in a 33 ft. motorhome. I enjoy your blogs about your "minimalist living" on your Narrowboat!

I am from central USA and I find these vids of canal boats and living on them intriguing. We do have house boats here but they are wider and typically shorter. Very few people actually live on them year around. Keep your video journals going.

I just found your channel. I'm from Southern California. We don't have any narrowboats around here so I find the subject so interesting! 😄

The lighting on this video was excellent.

Today's modern insulation board's are fantastic, hello from Chesterfield Derbyshire "it's very exotic" 🤣🙋‍♂️🇬🇧

Alabama here. Enjoy your adventure!

I'm from Buffalo NY originally, so I;m interested in all talk about heating and cold weather mitigation, and I live north of Philly now. Thanks, Tom

San Diego, California No narrow boats around here but there is some great sailing on the bay. I am thinking I just might have to pop across the pond and give narrow boating a go.

Hi I have an interest in narrowboats from VLOGS by David from Cruising the Cut and Annamarie and Kath from The Narrowboat Experience, I latched onto you as David listed all those Narrowboat KZfaqrs that attended the annual BBQ as a get together. Keep up he good work. A Fan from Australia. To answer your question I am in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Happy cruising!

I am now in Florida, USA, but I'm sort of a gypsy, and move around. I lived on a sailboat and sailed all over the Eastern Seaboard for years, then I sold that, and I'm converting a cargo trailer to a travel trailer, and will begin exploring all around the USA and Canada.

I'm from the UK but live in NH, USA. Enjoyed your vid.

Hi We are lucky enough to live on our boat in Gibraltar ,so most of the time it's nice and warm .

From Papamoa Beach New Zealand. I’ve been enjoying cruising the cut but have run out of vlogs to watch so am looking forward to viewing yours.

Missouri, USA but formerly lived on a sport-fish boat in Key West, Florida. Love the videos :)

Watching from Tasmania, born in England, planning on coming back for canal holiday one day.

From Australia that using heat from the engine sounds real eco friendly I am from a place in Australia called Goulburn I don't like the cold very much I like it hot as long as it's not humid and muggy and sticky and sweaty otherwise I like it about 35-38c warm that's good glad you are able to have heating I think he'll is not hot it's cold don't like rugging up much like wearing t shirts and shorts hot water from the engine for baths sounds great spot on hope you keep warm long boating sounds a lot of fun like camping but you get to be indoors have fun cecil

Newfoundland Canada, just across the pond from you all.....

Ahoy, and thanks for an interesting and cheerful video. Checking in from Dallas, TX USA, where is rarely gets cold. Around here, it's the summer heat that will send you scurrying indoors to the air conditioning. The heatwave usually lasts from April until October. Looking forward to visiting your lovely, and hopefully cooler, part of the world some day. Positive Vibrations

I am living on a canal in Fort Lauderdale Florida/USA. Keep up the great work on your boat videos! Tommy

Now Living in North Carolina, but from Chicago, Illinois, usa. In Illinois, we have the Illinois/Michigan canal, but it's just used for local canoeing, kayaking, fishing, small things like that. They used pontoons or flat rafts on it back in the 1800's to transport product from Chicago to the Mississippi River and thus down to Louisiana and the gulf. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president here made 2 trips like that in his youth Observing the abuses of slavery made him start reevaluating his original beliefs. So much history on canals!

California USA thanks for the great video.

LMAO, "How can anyone start a fire by accident? I can't start one on purpose." Central Valley of California here. It's always warm here :) Bad summers we'll have months where the low is 70F (21C). It's awful but keeps the heating bill low. Oddly my house has two fireplaces and no swimming pool.

Another lovely video :) i love how happy and smiley you are haha i think its one of the things im looking forward too most, snuggling up with my beloved under a dozen blankets in front of the fire while the rain is hammering down on the roof. my kind of paradise!! Im not imagining the soggy, cold walk to the boat first though and fighting to light the fire first though haha :)

Hello from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👋🏼

I'm watching from the western edge of the state of Illinois in the USA. I can see the boats/barges navigating the Mississippi River! Narrowboats seem much more homey and relaxing...

Cooooooooool we will let you know ....... We look forward to the next vid ......be safe ...the both of you.

I’m from Texas. Very nice vlog keep up the good work.

Very nice videos. I live in Jacksonville Florida. I think living on a Narrow boat would be great!

hello, Suffolk in the uk. take care yous two and keep warm !

I am from Daphne, Alabama. Enjoying the videos. thank you.

I am from mid of Taiwan, and it is about 28 celsius this afternoon. Very warm in the winter, but I get lot of mosquito bites.

A tip for easy starting the solid fuel stove. Go to a local hardware store and buy a Bernzamatic torch it uses screw on gas bottles Hand held the Bernzamatic nozzle assembly has an igniter built in and a gas valve to turn the gas on or off. After you screw the nozzle assembly on do not remove it from the bottle until it is empty as they sometimes leak after unscrewing the nozzle from the bottle. They are perfectly safe attached to the bottle with the valve closed. To use you simply open the valve about two turns is normally enough the pull the trigger and hold it in, if you let go of the trigger it immediately shuts off the gas and the goes out. Load the stove with kindling in a crossways pattern that will support bigger fuel above it ie: coal! The torch puts out a nice blue flame around 1200 degrees Farenheight this will get your fire going easily with no more than 30-45 seconds worth of flames pointed at the bottom of your stack of kindling make sure the dampener is open full for maximum draft. Buy two bottles of gas when one bottle runs out simply unscrew it and screw on your spare then buy another next time your near the store that sells the the bottle are not refillable just throw em in the trash or a metal recycling bin and don't let them say you need " map gas" which burns much hotter. You only need mapgas if you welding or a metal worker. After the fire is lit let go of the trigger and then shut of the gas by rotating the valve clockwise till it stops and don't use magical gorilla tactics on the valve either just snuck is all you need. Now just think build you fire and no matches just a very easy to use Bernzamatic torch. The name Bernzamatic is the common name of the gas torch here in the states. You will love it. Jim Derry, New Hampshire USA

My grandmas narrow boat has the multi fuel stove, diesel and the multi fuel stove radiator heating

I'm from London.... Ontario Canada. Different London but we have a Thames River and are an hour away from Paris... Ontario.

Watching you from Jacksonville, Florida USA. Just love you free spirit.

We live in the USA in Florida so no Winter weather ever, we tend to be a bit cold if it goes under 50 degrees here, we no cloths to wear for warmth. Would love to visit but in Summer or Fall

Hello Jasmine. I live in Peterborough Ontario Canada home of the Peterborough Lift Lock on The Trent Severn Canal System,

Danish Westcoast. We do have some floating houses on the Fjord around here, but I think they would be statically not suitable to move around. And the North Sea is a bit too rough for boats with not so big engines and flat bottoms I guess. I like the idea of living mobile but take your home with you. Suits my “nomad gene”. But for now it is a car with canper attached during the sunmer months to travel around to see interesting places :-)

You can also use gas or oil for heating....

Very good video.Thank you. Xxx

Hello, from Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A. I fantasize about minimalist living.

Michigan, USA....

Chicago here. Hope to one day cruise on a narrowboat.

Jasmine, I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I must add that the question asked of you is quite a good one as you have provided several informative answers. It is amazing to know about all the options available for heating a narrowboat! Living on a narrowboat sounds like quite a trip eh? Have you investigated navigating those "Bateaux" in France at all? I believe those are somewhat wider no? I am originally from Argentina, living in Southwest Florida, USA. I would love to take one of those big Grain or Coal shipping barges in use on these rivers like the Mississippi, fix it up and cruise up and down our inter coastal Waterway or on one of the main rivers... Always chasing the summer!! Very best regards and keep on posting your Vlogs.😎🌴🍷🍸🍷 Robert F.

Lol just heard you say you heard of somebody from Canada mmmm thank you for the mention lol we really do live in Canada and I'm working on future plans to get a narrow boat for retirement 6 and 6 hopefully you never know we could all meet lol keep up the vids there great also have you heard of Dan Browns sort of interesting .com and cruising the cut these two guys are putting up vlogs as well on KZfaq ..... Wow this is cooool lol you guys make my day and make me think of canal life all the time chow for now........look forward to the next vid

Very interesting 🤔,, I’ve always liked the idea of boat ⛵️ living , Which I’ve done a little of , the narrow boats look good but I guess the fact they are steel makes them cold 🥶 I am watching from Dungarvan Ireland 🇮🇪

We viewed a boat recently that had 12V electric heaters fed by 3 solar panels. He says the 3 panels produce enough to heat the boat even in the coldest and dullest English winters.

Greetings from Monterey CA!

Hey thar !!! Great Video I'm from Yorkton Saskatchewan Canada -- Love watching narrow boat vids.

I used to have a boat on the grand union near Towcester but now in Miami

sweeet vid,and hello from across the great salt pond,cheers,paul

Great video keep them coming. . love watching them..

what an absolutely lovely lady jasmine is. she has one of the happiest pretty faces i have ever seen. beautiful. also she is so enthusiastic about her narrowboat.

Thank you from Knoxville, Tennessee, USA right outside the Great Smoky Mountains.

YOUR BOAT IS SO PRETTY

Live in Derby but from Manchester... just about to buy my first narrowboat

Palm Springs, CA USA keep warm.

Missouri USA

ooohh a new narrow boat channel! I'm constantly thinking about biting the bullet and moving on to a narrow boat but its just soooo hard to sell up and make the move. I'm very jealous though lol. cant wait to follow your vids. do you mind me asking what arty things you do I know your bf is a musician cos you said in another vid. I'm from Stockport near the Macclesfield and peak forest canals.

Just loves your videos. Awesome

you are so grand! I love your adventure!

From and am are different answers. Currently am living in a little antebellum river landing town in farming country along a US midwestern river. Boats don't land here any more, haven't for decades. But there are still occasional towboats and barges to a sand dredging operation just across the river from downtown. And only 1 of 2 railroads through town is still in business.

I'm from Ohio, in the USA! Love your videos!

Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.

I would say that New Zealand is exactly the same distance prety much which ever way you go round the world, give or take a couple hundred miles, furthest country away from UK. my name is john from Nelson in New Zealand, hoping to join all you guys permanently by the end or start of next year been here from Nott's 35 years ago

Hi, love the video, me n my Jules (the wife) haven't bought a boat yet but will be doing soon, we're hoping to buy a second hand boat and refurbish it to our own speck, thanks for the heating tips didn't think about how cold the bottom of the boat would be due it been on or under the water. from Leeds bye the way

very nice thanks for sharing

Toronto, Canada. Cold here. Well below zero.

always a thumbs up Canada

I live in Copenhagen. We do have canals here but no narrowboats, although we do have tourist widebeams

Greetings from Tennessee

Hello from Niles Michigan, USA

I'm in a flat and I can't afford to keep heating on all day I'd love to keep it at 20 degrees which is supposed to be comfortable and 16 for bed but have to use boiler as little as neccessary due to finances I'd do a comparison between a small gas oil diesel petrol fed boiler vs a multifuel stove with back boiler and pump etc vs a fully electric immersion tank pump radiator system see which works best as well as cheapest

Hello From Melbourne Australia 😀😀😀😀🌞🌞🌞

Greetings from Raleigh, NC, USA.

What about, Solar heating. Save $$ on all fuels. I don't know whats available in the UK. Solar in the long run, will save you all that extra $$ for future fixing or what ever. We use solar in our RV here in California. They have solar for yachts, small boats / live a boards. Maybe check out going that way.

living in Houston Tx ............................ raised in North Hills, Pa

New Brunswick Canada. Thanks for the vids

West Virginia, USA

from the USA North Carolina

I am from Nebraska USA

I am from Pensacola, Florida, USA