so we're about to go through Blisworth tunnel
i'm a vegan cheese sandwich
that's all right
close though isn' it? it's got all the furniture on one side
we are heading straight into the sunset
welcome to cruising alba we invite you
to join us on our adventure living off grid and traveling the uk
canal network i'm Myles and i'm Marina
last week we spent a whole weekend cruising through countless locks
a very windy day and found an incredible aqueduct
today i'm going to stain the bench i'm going to use this wood stain
it might be a little bit too dark but we don't know that's the
the lightest that they had in B&Q we'll see
the journey to oxford continues
we are cruising pretty much
every day for about three hours in the evenings
so it's going to take a while
I'm a vegan cheese sandwich
That could be a shopping trolley
I couldn't see anything. The water was so cloudy. Yeah, too muddy, you can't actually see
Do you know what it is? Comment below.
it's all just trash or packaging
that we've had for probably about three weeks
i saw her up on the hill hey kitty oh hello sweetie
Two more locks uh before the tunnel - Blisworth tunnel.
Some of my favorite locks are the ones that are overgrown with weeds
They look like lush vertical gardens
So we're in Stoke Bruerne which i think is a famous
little canal town it's like halfway between London and Birmingham
and uh yeah it's really beautiful yeah so we've just done
seven locks, feeling pretty tired.
Hoping someone else would
crack first and say i'm fine i'm cooking this for dinner
To the point where we're like right like we deserve a takeaway
came up the top lock
right in front of us was an Indian
takeaway that was open
which was amazing so we ordered way too much food
more than we wanted
Every day we get to decide where we're going to moor up
Choosing the perfect spot depends on a few factors
Is there a good view?
If we are by a field, is there a gap and a hedge?
Have we got the internet?
Do we need a shop
and are there any round? Mostly never.
Is there a towpath?
Sometimes it's so overgrown you can barely see it
Not bad isn't it?
Pretty good.
We've got one of these each actually
What animal is a prawn?
A prawn!
Is it? Prawn is the animal...
Shellfish.
Hello you're gonna be nice to me?
Oh my goodness there is two of them.
that's all right
Yeah its doing some weird noise
Today is day two of painting the bench
We turned it upside down and so i'm
going to finish off some bits
Now i'm going to leave the plants to soak for about 20 minutes
Then i'll take them out, put them on the towel to dry up a little bit
And then hang them back up
We're about to go through uh...
So we're about to go through Blisworth tunnel
I think it's about
2 700 meters long
It's the *third-longest largest tunnel in the UK and
We're actually underground as part of this journey
but we need to firstly remove as much tall items off the roof as possible
because obviously it gets a bit tight and it's arched
and very dark so we don't want to break anything
like we did here once we crashed into a tunnel
And now this is wobbly
But they've thought of everything so you can take this off
I've just installed LED lights for the tunnel journey
One is working from a battery pack
and another one's got a long two meter
cord so it's actually plugged into a 12 volt
Should look pretty funky inside there
Are they letting you pass? No
God so scary aren't they?
But look how fluffy they are!
I don't think it's that necessary
We could have actually put it on here but
that's fine
Ready for the tunnel!
Blisworth tunnel is 2800 meters long
it's the third-longest navigable canal tunnel in the UK
and the ninth-longest canal tunnel in
the world
43 meters of the tunnel go below the
ground level
and it's wide enough for two narrowboats
to pass in opposite direction
the tunnel is over 200 years old and for
the first 70 years
travel through it was only possible by
men lying on their back on top of the narrowboats
or the side blanks pushing the boats with their feet it
It would take them up to three hours to leg one boat through
oh my god welcome back to the world
How wet was? Very wet! Look at the roof!
Cheers!
To sailing inland waterways.
And to you viewers!
I got tree slapped
while I was filming
We are cruising at the golden hour
bathing in the pink rays of the setting sun
then canal slightly turned and we suddenly saw
the sun directly over the water
We are heading straight into the sunset
Boat life is like camping...
It's like living in a tent but you've got
everything with you
Plants are doing well
I'm gonna stick a penny on the bottom
Okay... Take two!
(Reading) This is not a toy it's for ornamental use
It should be useful.
Close though isn't it?
It's got all the furniture on one side
Make a noise!
Slow down you maniac!
Are you done yet?
There you go
We're doing seven locks today.
Myles went ahead to set the next lock up
Trying out our new hose.
I don't even know what's in here.
My hayfever is so bad..
It's an extendable hose and it's 100 foot-long
so we should be able to use
any water point
there are a few of them in London
that we can't use because our setup wasn't long enough
Myles needs this key
How many modes are there?
Mist is quite nice for the plants
Ooops the wrong one
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