youtu.be/klSwkQY945Q We've had a bit of a worrying time recently but keeping busy and managing boat life events has really helped us. This vlog shows our narrowboat journey and the incredible things that lifted our spirits. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care 🌻🦋

youtu.be/80w5bKEygxE The tidal Ouse and tricky turn into Selby lock await, but just before we are about to tackle them, we notice a fault in the engine bay! This vlog tells the story of our final farewell to the Ouse. Take care 🌻🦋

youtu.be/1mitzCymRM8 Probably the most direct way of managing the constant stream of boat issues that arise; is to get on and do them...We are trying something different in this week's vlog... Have a lovely weekend! Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/6IpmrYouhSc This week, something doesn't feel right, but I ignore my gut instinct and do something that I shouldn't have done. I hope you enjoy the vlog. Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/jIMoOQVLsVE Our narrowboat home is in real need of some renovation and I have decided to tackle it now! Does it go smoothly? You can find out in this week's vlog. Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/eJVBjLprG9E Downsizing to a narrowboat means being very selective with what your store inside. In this week's vlog, I visit an amazing place which inspires me to think about how I use the narrow space that I have to live in. Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/lLlckAGmmjI In this week's vlog, we try to get on to a canal that has been shut for 4 months due to water shortages, but the rules around entering the waterway have risks- are we willing to take them? Sit back, relax and enjoy! Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/KDwMGhUDGAc In this relaxing vlog, we have to find a floating pontoon on the River Ouse to hide out on as an intense rainstorm arrives. While rain pounds on the narrowboat roof, I find a beautiful love story & try to do the Big Butterfly Count. Take care🦋🌻

youtu.be/AP8PFUEbqj4 In this vlog, NB Alice Grace has a cabin makeover in the incredible city of York. This city has got to be England's most beautiful city? What do you think? Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/Qpw1UchAAo4 Final goodbyes to my all time favourite canal in this vlog with two very different river journeys! Wind over tides, floating giant trees and some chaos all wrapped up with some mindfulness and a nice cup of tea. Stay cool in the sunshine. Take care 🌻🦋

youtu.be/m7ZeZzljxZI This vlog has the most frightening boating experiences we have had married with the most incredible scenery we have ever experienced. Gasps of horror followed by oohs and aahs as we plough through the night to get off a canal quickly!

youtu.be/U6OLxvtGKT8 A lot of hours, blood, sweat and tears have gone into restoring the Pocklington Canal which is still going on today; so we wanted to do our best to try to get as far as we could along the navigation. This is what happened...🫣 Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/fdoEYkHNmqU When you have to book a canal, 48 hours in advance, which can only be opened by a very special key holder, then you just know that an adventure is in store! Join me as I travel the speed of backwards, to nestle in the reedy wilderness. 🦋🌻

youtu.be/JhZFiUV1btk The Trent Falls awaits us where the Tidal Trent meets the Tidal Ouse and the River Humber Estuary; with wind over tide and turbulent skies above, how do we fair? The latest video is all about this adventure. I hope you enjoy it? Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/JIQtwTIThB4 Do you believe in fate? A series of events in this week's vlog have pushed us forward into planning for the most difficult journey we will probably ever do on our narrowboat. I hope you enjoy this vlog if you watch it. Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/eMcJ-0fKlTM Have you had a busy week? There really is nothing quite as relaxing as watching narrowboats, especially when you're invited inside to hunker down in a rainstorm. Come and join us over on YouTube at 3mph with the birds and canal critters. Take care 🦋🌻

rethinkhs2.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?... There is a small amount of time left to use our voices in the UK to let the government know that they have to protect our green spaces and build homes in a way that improves our environment not wreck it. Here’s how you can do your bit ⬇️

youtu.be/pEQYhi9TxHA This week's video is all about trying to accomplish every day tasks while being a continuous cruiser and how a life on the move can lead to completely unexpected discoveries! Have a wonderful weekend. Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/Nrc0xNBZfEo There are over 30,000 boats on the UK waterways, but hardly any of them are where I am moored at the moment. Each week, we hardly pass another soul. I try and find out why that is. Sit back, relax and enjoy. Take care 🦋🌻 #travelvlog #canal #nature #poetrylovers #journaling

youtu.be/GOJOIqyoJdk If you need to get somewhere quickly, then it's probably best not to go by narrowboat. This week, we have to be somewhere on the water though; this video shows what happens. Have a great bank holiday weekend! Take care 🦋🌻

The whole day I looked after it; I checked on it overnight, set an early alarm to get it ready for its big bake. Then I worried about how it was getting on in the oven but when I saw its crusty, little, risen face- well it was all worth it. Of course I can’t eat it now- how cruel!🤭 #sourdough

youtu.be/uHYMC1IqUgA Preparations begin for our journey across the Trent Falls and I am very nervous about going back to 'school' again in order to learn a new set of skills. Find out what that is in this week's vlog. Take care 🦋🌻

youtu.be/n4zJP3fwDi0. I have lived on my narrowboat for over six years, and I know that the engine is the yellow thing that makes a noise when we move, but I don't know much more than that...it's time that I put that right, or do I put it wrong? 😑🦋

When I was little, my ambition was to be a Jackanory presenter. I never realised my ambition, but in my 60th year I got to narrate my own book, Dancing with Bees 🐝 I don't know how my voice held out, but here it is, and I'd love it to be heard... www.audible.co.uk/pd/Dancing-w... #bees #nature

youtu.be/R0vcwaJJbkA There is a consultation going on about boat licences & there seems to be several challenges on the waterways too right now: breaches, stoppages, low water etc... This has got us thinking about what we would do if we couldn't continuously cruise anymore. Happy Easter! 🐣

Because... Because of so many things. But mainly because there are times we need the gentle reminder that even fallen trees can blossom. #hope #joyindarkness #naturewriting #poetry #nature #spring #blossom

youtu.be/kM4pp99OlHk In this week's, The Mindful Narrowboat Vlog, we take on the longest, completely straight section of canal that we have ever done. I was expecting the journey to be a bit boring to be honest; how wrong was I! I hope you enjoy it. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care 🦋🌻

Tree’s heart glowed with the love it had for earth. #sunset #nature

youtu.be/3OHh4UjCpZs In this week's vlog, we try to find a mooring spot that is away from it all, so that we can do some boaty jobs. This isn't always easy to do as the waterways run through towns and cities, but do we find the perfect place to call home? Take care 🌻🦋

youtu.be/InKvOPpiSng Narrowboat Alice Grace is not ready for the challenge ahead. This week, I talk about what that is and I find a place that tugs at my heart strings. Have a relaxing weekend. Take care 🌻🦋 #travel #nature #poetry #art

A bouquet of beautiful blackthorn blossom left on the branch for the bees to admire. #nature #spring

The beautiful #staidan’snaturereserve being struck by a bolt of rainbow! 😍

youtu.be/wkgQLE0huhc Living in the middle of a city on a narrowboat can be daunting: will it be safe? Will it be noisy? Will it be possible to find any peace? This week, the heart of Leeds is our home...Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋 #travel #boatlife #nature #poetry #art #Labradors #Leeds

Another winter continuously cruising on a narrowboat is over and the sense of accomplishment is wonderful! Although, I do love living on the water in the winter. #spring #boatlife #blossom🐾🐾💚

Sometimes, I get the distinct impression that Zephyr is rolling her eyes at me and saying “have you seen what I’ve got to put up with?” This is me, reading ‘how to plant liquorice to her’😂🐾🐾🤗 #labradors #dogs

youtu.be/EMFoqdQvJJE This week, we are forced to change our plans on our narrowboat which leads to a beautiful discovery and something that I will never forget. The link will take you to the video where it all unfolds. Take care 🌻🦋 #travel #nature #poetry #art

youtu.be/mdXANrItaS4 Sometimes braving the bitter winds on a narrowboat leads to incredible discoveries. That is what happened in this week's vlog. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care 🦋🌻

When murmurating starlings decide to put the leaves back on the trees! #nature #starlingmurmuration #aweandwonder

youtu.be/GhRBP688C5E In this video, I move my narrowboat home to a completely different waterway and discover the Five Wonders of a very exciting place! I hope you find it a relaxing watch? Take care 🦋🌻 #travel #boatlife #art #poetry #nature

A Poem to the Sun: You came to visit days ago, And made the dust and cobwebs glow, Your presence lifted up the light, And got me dusting ( rare a sight) But since the ceiling’s cobweb free, You’ve not come back to visit me! Instead the boat is full of grey The colour that I swept away. 🤭

Gather around the stove tonight on a bitter night of sleety squalls, as we celebrate the joy of a warm hearth and acknowledge three stars that light our paths through the night. 🌍 #ukcanals #naturewriting #cosyradio #wellbeing #night #podcast www.noswpod.com/Orion-still-...

How NOT to Narrowboat #226 youtu.be/MbRZ0k7qdEE Being organised and well planned really helps for a smooth boat life; six years down the line, we still have weeks when we’re neither or these! This vlog is one of those weeks. Take care 🦋🌻

Every week, I write a poem and record the nature that I find outside Narrowboat Alice Grace. ‘The Nature Journal of a Narrowboater 2024’ can be found in my Etsy shop: themindfulnarrowboat.etsy.com I promise, I won’t mention it again as I’m not here to push my products. 💚🤗 Take care x 🦋🌻

A Tale of Two Tails Turkey Tail and…

Today, I found a triple serving of cherry galls on an oak leaf plate and Zephyr, well she found a ball of course! 🐾🐾😂💚

It’s my first @bsky.app #FlyDay & a chance to share one of my all-time favourite pics of a swallow attempting to catch a mayfly🪰 #Birds #UKWildlife

youtu.be/vvkuR7OohT8 This video is all about what it feels like to boat in tough conditions and be onboard in a big storm. If you have ever wondered what that might be like, you might enjoy this. Sit back, relax and enjoy! Take care 🦋🌻 #travel #boating #art #poetry #photography

Oh the excitement in spotting these tiny, pink spiders flowering on the hazel makes my January every year!

There are so many better ways to create homes without taking the homes of our wildlife. Team Bat and Team Newt have the answers, let's get our government to join the team too!

This is all very exciting! @noswpod.bsky.social told me what a kind environment it was on Bluesky and it all looks rather lovely here already. This is my pal, Zephyr and I am Vanessa and I love filming nature and Zephyr loves rolling in it! Hello everyone! 💚🦋🌻