Love your videos so calming keep them coming please. love the broads ourselves done it for many years xxx

Great videos 👍 Hope the weather is as good this September. Rubbish summer so far.

Each of the major Lakes except one has a name containing one of either: "mere" or "water" both indicate 'lake' in various languages: Old Norse/Cumbric or Old English/Anglo-French. (Only Lake Bassenthwaite has 'Lake' specifically in its name.) There is no reason to add 'lake' or 'water' or 'mere' to the actual names of any of them: So it isn't "LAKE Windermere" it's just Windermere; it isn't "LAKE Grasmere" it's just Grasmere and it isn't "LAKE Rydal Water" it's just Rydal Water. Similarly, there are no such places as Lake Buttermere, Buttermere Water, Lake Coniston, Lake Crummock Water, Lake Wastwater, etc.

It isn't "Grasmere Lake" or "Grasmere Water" or "Lake Grasmere" it's simply "Grasmere". Incidentally, Rydal Water used to be called "Routhmere" (which is translated to "The Lake on the Rothay") - The Rothay is the river that connects Grasmere & Rydal Water - You know: that little stream you saw off to your right as you walked from Rydal Water to Grasmere!)

If you get deep into Rydal Cave, (in the late afternoon when the sun has passed overhead and the direct sunlight is beyond the cave opening,) with a camera that can handle low light, the roof of the cave is such a myriad of colours, that you can't really appreciate in it's entirety with the naked eye, but if you photograph the roof above you, you'll be amazed when you look at the pictures later.

I've always considered Rydal Water as the best lake for a paddle, Buttermere as the best lake for a swim, Ullswater as the best lake for canoeing, and Windermere as the best lake to spend the day on my motor cruiser, (should any wealthy and generous benefactor ever think of buying me one, that is!)

Surely your best route from White Cross Bay to Bowness-on-Windermere would have been to walk down through Troutbeck Bridge toward Windermere, turning right at the roundabout (where the road from Kirkstone Pass ends,) onto Rayrigg Road, and continue down to Fallbarrow Park and from there into Bowness Town/Bowness Bay. The advantage with that route is that it has pedestrian pavements for almost the whole route, and there are hardly any roads that you'll need to cross! (certainly not the busy A591.) ...Fallbarrow park is nowhere near 10-15 minute walking from Bowness-on-Windermere. From the Fallbarrow Park gates, if you'd have veered off from the main road and gone down the RIGHT hand side of the Rayrigg Road car park, it would have lead you downhill through lanes and back streets that would have seen you at Bowness pier in less than 5 minutes. ...Also, you could have got your bus back to Whitecross Bay much quicker: the 599 open top service now runs as far as Braithwaite Fold car park on Glebe Road, so you could have caught your bus back from there, (about 1/4 mile from The Marina Village!)

An example of selfish mooring on Commissioners Cut, as the second boat moored alongside yours, thus blocking the rest of the moorings. Norwich is a fine city, very interesting, lots of pubs! I remember that hot weather.

Reedham £10/night

Great set of videos fellas! Some beautiful shots of the broads. Looking forward to your future contributions. 👍🛥️

Unwatchable, had 4 adverts run before the video, one was over 3 mins. I'm done with YT...

Brilliant video guys will be there in 8 weeks time for 2 weeks on tempo can't wait

Lovely vlog, we're goin in may and I said to hubby we'll go south this time. I wanna go to oultan broad and maybe Beccles, any more ideas, I know you've been all over the southern broads, Where's your fav place? Xxx

OMG my missus moans at travelling from Essex to Brundall and taking max 2 hours she would have a fit doing 11 hrs

Lovely day 7 blog boys. Made me quite sad seeing you in the 🍺 beer garden with your emotional speech 🥹

Brilliant guys I'm going there in July for 2 weeks. Quick question why do you guys never go to Loddon.? It's 1of my favourite places on the broads 👍

Cracking vid lads keep doing them there great

My nephew starts a week on the Broads tomorrow with URNU, hoping he has similarly favourable weather. Thanks for another predictably beautiful upload.

Brundall Fen moorings…there’s a wooden walkway that leads through the fen up to a railway crossing. The path from there takes you up to Brundall High Street, coming out beside the church, not that far from The Ram pub (turn left). There are two Coop stores, one just beyond The Ram, the other in the opposite direction. There’s also a pizza takeaway not far from The Ram and a newish Indian restaurant just beyond the Coop that’s in the other direction. (Seems odd to have two Coops but I gather one is an East of England one, the other presumably a national one.) Also, you mentioned Langley Dyke. You can now moor there, but it’s managed by the landowner not the BA. I think (not been there, just read about it) it’s something like £10 for the first night and that you can book a mooring online in advance.

I’m at Somerleyton right now 😁

Why was the other boat directly across from you at the Commissioners Cut? Looked like it was deliberate to stop other boats mooring.

Missed not seeing you glad to see you back

Thoroughly enjoyed the video,as always. You certainly picked a good weather week.

Brilliant videoes chaps cant wait to see no6 hope you are doing this year aswell

Always brilliant camera work & narration/music balance.

It’s a shame that there’s no mooring at Whitlingham any longer (though it’s evident that some boaters ignore the ‘no mooring signs).

Thanks so much. Lovely to see Norwich and Thorp St Andrew again and, of course, the Broads. Land of my ancestors. Back there in June. Thanks again guys 😊

Been looking forward to seeing the next instalment

Absolutely a brilliant video, only just started to catch up with other bloggers and have realised how much I’ve missed. Interesting that moorings at Cantley didn’t appear flooded as they were the last time I went past in September 2023. When we cruise past last week they were all underwater again. Keep going with the excellent material. Looking forward to catching up on the rest of the Vlogs.

What time of July was this ? It seems a lot quieter than when I was there in October 2020

I was going to record the bird sounds on this video as I live on the top floor of a 22 storey building. Unfortunately a motorbike went past on your video then I realised......that's not going to work.

Brilliant video, we were the couple walking over acle bridge. You sound from our neck of the woods Newcastle? You heading back soon to the broads?

Do you know the one thing I love about your channel is that firstly, you are hiring a really beautiful boat and are enjoying it, never in a hurry, and secondly, really appreciating your journey. Absolutely love the conversation. Look forward to seeing you guys out whenever you are next on the river - you always seem to bring great weather with you!

As always good to see you on the Broads. I have always liked the southern Broads unable to go myself now so good to have you there. Thanks

Independence was Robin's Trader from The Captains Blog channel, looks like The Round House opposite Cantley is finally sold (STC).

Love the Lakes but hate the trek up the M6.

Another fabulous part of the UK.

Thanks for the tour around Beccles one of my favourite places. I must get back soon.

Stunning as always. Love the pump mill . The sunset drone shots again are clear and seamless. Well done loved watching

Have you been under the bridge at St olives

Beautiful upload , best so far IMO. You must have been delighted with the "Picture Postcard" sunset at Hardley wind pump. Nice distraction on a cold February evening.

Marvelous!

What a brilliant episode guys. Real quality editing and again fantastic drone footage. I stopped at the mill in November on Evita, it really was a gorgeous spot in the sunshine. A bit colder mind 😂

You were wondering whether you could walk anywhere from the Dutch Tea Gardens moorings in Oulton Dyke. Yes you can. There’s a signpost indicating that you can walk to the pubs and shops in Oulton Broad, but if you turn left there’s a lovely walk northward along the bank of the dyke and then the river.

That was a beautiful sunset. Lovely peaceful mooring. The Broads are magical. Great video as always.

You certainly seem to have the weather gods on your side!!! Beautiful and and looks warm!

They're usually 4K , hope your camera's okay

Hi guys. Can I be so bold as to ask what camera and maybe drone you’ve used. I’m wanting to get a channel going and any advice is helpful. Many thanks.

Do tell, why are my replies not sticking. Need to explain about Langley Dyke.

Never knew of the walk from Reedham to the Ferry Inn - normally have just taken the boat along! What different weather you had - at an Arthur Ransome Society event in Dundee on 6th May and it was fog bound all day. I took a party on a guided walk over the Tay Road Bridge to Fife and back and visibility was only around 50 metres at times.