Mary Poppins love it nothing better than a log fire

I live on a narrowboat and in no way would describe winter as tough. My exhaustive preparations - buying bags of coal.

Great hula hooping!

I love watching Lauren hoop! 🥰

It’s enjoyable just to sit and watch these videos.

Best hooping I've ever seen!!!😮

Hope we see you on the canals. Love watching you two

Absolutely brilliant mates 👍

Use a board across the top and hammer it down. That will limit damage to the edge. Also bend the legs out to be tighter.

Liked your beach cart we have one so many uses for it

get a lock washer to secure that nut to the bolt.

Incredible hooping skills!!!

Very interesting watch! And very impressive hoop skills Lauren. Looks like you have fun preparing for winter which is great to see 😊

With the wheel barrow situation if you get some lock tight nuts the ones with the blue nylon on the nutt it won't come back off again or you can get a small tube of it then put a bit on each nut then again it will stop them falling off the end of the bolt .. it's normally vibration that loosens them off .

Nice Hula hooping 👍✌️

Although someone might have already mentioned this… concerning the chimney cap…. Could you not bend the three metal fastening “legs” to make for a snug fit. Just a thought.

Nice couple . A joy to watch. Hard working and obviously enjoy your boat life.

Enjoyed your episode, happy I found you both and your gorgeous dog, Loved Dick Van Dyke & The Hooping 😊

Lol you two seem near hopelessly impractical. I love it! Keep up the good work! 🥄❤️🍄🌲

What a lovely way to live

love watching you guys so calm and inspirational

The next time he pop into one of the stores grab a bottle of loctite. You just need to put a dripper to on the threads of the boat before you put the nut on and it will not back off again.

Loved the hoola hooping!! Great channel, good viewing g, take care you three 😊

Just love it!

Lovely video, love the hula-hooping, looked like great fun. Enjoying following your journey, thank you. Best wishes Christine x

Fabulous hooping! That fire will be so cozy 🙏🙏😀xx

Ah yes sorry I have watched this one too there so lovely to watch I have one of them trolleys and mine dose the same all the best and can’t wait to watch another one I live by soul junction when ever you are passing by 😀

Well this is a nice little addition from youtube recommends. I think I'll sub. 😉

Brilliant vid what a life you lucky people keep up the good work .

Some more wood indeed!

I love the hula hooping! It looks so cool 😎

If you see Trev on N B Albertine he will put you in the picture about woodcutting.I remember on a farm sweeping the chimney,climbing out of the roof light scaling the chimney like Fred Dibnah and dropping a rope down to my mate who tied on a thorn bush and we pulled the bush up and down .This was the first step to curing the smoking fireplace 🧐

So happy we found your channel! Really enjoying watching you all.

Another interesting clip, let's see more hula hooping.

Wow, Lauren, you are amazing at hooping!

Another wonderful video. Happy cruising ❤

Hula Hoops. how synchronous, we bought a couple for the grandkids to try out this weekend too :-) I'll have to sit William n Penelope infront of this next weekend for some inspiration :-) Focus for sure is sommat as William sure needs..

Just found you and loving your Posts! Did a Weeks Cruise on a Narrow boat with my Parents as a Child&Loved it! Esp in Winter x Awesome to have found you on here x

Love watching your Chanel’ thank you

Just found your channel! Lovely gentle video. Will keep watching 👍😁

Mary Poppins and Dick Van Dyke, love you lots ❤ ❤❤❤❤

awesome hooping skills 👏🏻👏🏻

The top on the chimney will be clogged with soot and other debris. Use a wire brush and a blunt chisel to clean it and your new chimney too should fit snuggle.

You guys have pretty calming voice,love your videos ✌️

I just stumbled upon your Floating Home blog so l look forward to following your adventures. I've fantasized living aboard a narrowboat for years but unfortunately there's none in Seattle, WA. However we have Puget Sound, Lake Washington, and other lakes to enjoy boating. There's houseboats aplenty too. I've mainly gone kayaking, canoeing, and sailing over the years. I enjoyed watching you juggle your hula-hoops while waiting for your wood stove's smoke to air out. Jenny USA

lovely day, and a nice stash of fire wood. Those 3 legs on the chimney cap, can you slightly bend them out so they grip the tube better to stop it rattling? Also, perhaps a couple of inch split in the tube to let it expand over the fitting on the boat? Stay warm. 👍

Wow a lot of wood. It might pay you to invest in a good saw or mini chain saw then you can saw up all those fallen trees. Lauren your hoola hooping is great.

I’d love to know how you found your boat! Thank you for all the information guys. Enjoy winter!

Hallo from Canada 🇨🇦 love your videos super interesting ❤️

Could always try cleaning the the top of the chimney before trying to put the pipe on top. It might be sooted up with sap from burning wood

You'll need MORE kindling this Winter xxx

You can still make that top fit. All you need to do is slightly pull the “legs” outwards and you’ll get a tight fit.

The wind could take the cap. I hope it stays for awhile.

I’m having my mind blown right now! Not an hour ago I had no idea this was an option… and It’s relatively affordable! I have so many questions!

I love your channel. The gorgeous boat, a wood stove, hula hoops & chim chimney…Perfection 🌸💕🌸💕

That trolley is awesome, where can I get it? And you can buy those nuts that seals up, so they won't unscrew on you, and fall off. 😀

hi great video i really enjoyed it . what is the outside diameter of your chimney and is it parallel or tapered ?

Invest in a folding saw and axe ...from eBay or Amazon...I had a 40ft Springer

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Its not a chimney its a funnel and the cap is a top hat. Hope it helps

Hi I just found ur channel and I really liked watching it and I was just wondering when dose ur videos get posted on what day and time plz can u let me know plz

Why don't you just scrape off the old sealant so it will fit? Plus the tabs on the hood could be bent to fit on the outside and fastened with sheet metal screws.

Good hula hooping demo. What do you do with the bag that the wood came in? Do you have to take it back to them?

Simple fix , scrap the rim....to fit chimney

Do you use coal or similar with your wood. Getting some hard wood would add heat to go with whatever wood that was.

Adams a walker.

Not sure what I think on doing Dr Who all together, I'd personally rather you continue as you have been, but that's just my opinion. 😇

Glue the metal or use self tamping screws

An electric chainsaw, heavy duty loppers, bush saw, a splitting axe and a chopping block.

Anyone who can hoop with that much skill and grace is definitely wife material 😊

i would watch the vent cap doesn't close the flow that could be very dangerous.

I would of moved the boat back one length.

have you tried twisting the chimney while trying to fit it?

Just found your channel. Awesome video! Do you have solar panels that can help with heating your boat?

Nice small pieces of wood. Did you order especially?

Why are all the boats similar colours?

Hi great life style I am thinking of buying my frist boat

Great hooping.. I now feel lucky I got 3 of those bags of wood for £128 (195 kg) but I guess you could never store that much anyway, Your boat would probably sink. I've got an axe so I chop my logs into 3 bits and some even more to make kindling. It doesn't actually take too much effort to chop them as I'm not very strong. Cant beat a nice fire though

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Can you not just bend out the prongs on the cover to make the top fit tighter ?

14 gauge windlassing

Jubilee clip???

I will put money on it you two have been to university.

Dog looking other way..I've seen it not impressed.. is that a squirrel.

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Thermals

If you don't know the difference between a bolt and a nut you shouldn't be playing with fire

Boat design features high on the list of comfort levels. Having a stove in the bow is poor design. It always needs to be placed mid-ships. A coal cage to burn slow smokeless fuel through the night essential. For a lot the difficulty to run a stove is too messy and inconvenient hence some turn to diesel stoves. Condensation issues feature as a serious problem unavoidable with current boat designs more work on this issue is needed. Soaking matteresses are as result of condensation and poor boat design issues. Having lived on a narrow boat for seven years you accept these problems and cope with them for the sunny days cruising in the sun.

Dick Van Dyke sir, you are not.

New sub here you guys are living my dream I wish I was doing what you are doing I hope you have a great winter my friends I bet it's going to be so warm and cosy on the cold nights Sat round the fire in darkness with a mug of hot chocolate x have fun dear hearts xj