I might have driven into the lock gate
Does anyone know any welders?
What do I do?
I need saving, I'm stuck
Welcome to Cruising Alba
We invite you to join us on our adventure
living off-grid and travelling the UK canal network
I'm Myles and I'm Marina
Last week we spent a few days in one spot enjoying the beauty of Lechlade
went swimming with swans
and got a few boat tasks
ticked off including making a bathroom door
(knocking) Excuse me, cow!
It's not gonna work
What's happened here?
We need a welder!
Need to stop crushing into things
Have you seen the film 'Titanic'?
I don't think Titanic went through any bridges
low bridges
That'll do for now
Today is our last day here
Since i've been exploring the area for the past few
days and I know where to go I'm taking the
opportunity to go for the last run
Behind me is the Roundhouse which used
to be a lock-keeper's house
and it stands exactly where
the Thames and Seven canal meets River Thames
This canal is no longer operational and at the moment it's undergoing reconstruction
I'm not sure if I can get through there are cows on the way
I'm stuck
Okay I'm going in
let me get through
Should I get a stick? No, I've got the stick I'm going to try to use a selfie stick
Coming through!
Coming through! What should I do I need saving!
I'm stuck! Are you trying to eat it?
I don't know do they kick?
Coming through... yes!
Oh god, look how many of them!
That was close
Cows I'll miss you, yeah I will!
We've just put out the watermelon outside
Myles kindly chopped it for the cows
I think I've also left an aubergine
but it's still there
I don't think i've been cooking with you
guys for a while so I thought i'll show you how I make a
creamy plant-based leek and potato soup
I'm glad they like potatoes
Welcome to my cooking show "Cooking with cows"
Yes you are the star of the show
You've got stars in your nose as well!
How many of you are here for potatoes?
Are you gonna share?
One cow eats all!
Don't! Don't fight here!
What if it's just gonna go through the
window? Hopefully not!
Oh maybe it wasn't such a good idea to
put it this close
I'm learning every day
Vegan butter
We are about to set off
I'm really excited we haven't been for a cruise
in over a week but before I do that I am
going to attach this sticker to the front of the boat
If you remember a couple weeks ago I accidentally kicked in the GoPro
in the lock
So now I'm going to make sure that it is attached properly
Solid!
Hopefully it should be quicker on the way back
Bye cows, I will miss you!
I will miss those cows so much!
(music)
It's fun getting to know the cows, you don't think?
So we fixed the Buddha's head but if it falls off again we can just
put one of the little lights in it
What do you guys think of
the Father Thames?
This statue was commissioned in 1854.
It used to be located right at the beginning of the river and in the 70s
it was moved to St John's Lock here
The luck is on our side today we just
found bins and we've got quite a lot of recycling
If only you could show me
all we need now is to get some water and we're sorted
This is Kelmscott
We're going to Kelmscott village nearby and we've
been recommended to visit it
we are going
to see Kelmscott Manor
It's a farmhouse that was built in around 1600s
What did you find?
Pill box
Come on see it there's nothing scary in here okay?
Just for you guys!
So this is a pillbox
Unfortunately the Manor was closed as it's currently being restored
Shame we're setting off tonight
What kind of fence is that?
It would have looked like a stone wall in it it originally done
What's your estimate? In years
Three hundred
(Music)
We've just seen a U2 spy plane fly over
How do you know it's U2?
Because I'm clever and I googled it!
It's a reconnaissance and surveying plane, high altitude
We have been seeing quite a few military planes lately
and the reason is because there are many RAF bases in Oxfordshire
Not all of them are operational though and the largest of them all
Brize Norton is also located somewhere in the area
(music)
So Marina has gone to rescue our... you can't see them on here but
we had a pot with three sunflowers literally days
away from blooming
We've had them for months but luckily
I noticed and Marina kindly volunteered to go and
get them I try and keep the boat steady
So we managed to save the sunflowers well done for next thing
We found a water point
They look very different here on the Thames
So we never know what to look for
And this time it wasn't a cupboard!
So here is a small dilemma with laundry best way to do laundry is when the
engine is on
We don't want to run the engine unnecessarily extra obviously
then the most economical time to do laundry
is when we're cruising, when the engine is already on
The second factor is water.
We are just filling up our tank
so we're going to have enough water for laundry which
I haven't done for about two weeks it is a long overdue
Sorry for the noise, this is our gas heater for the water
and then the other thing is when you are doing laundry and you're not cruising
you've got to choose the day.
When it's really sunny and everything dries really quickly
Obviously, you kind of want to do it then
However, because there aren't that many sunny lovely days the last thing you
want to do
is do laundry because you want to go out
and do things or I don't know just enjoy the sunshine
so there is never a perfect
day to do laundry
and I think I'm gonna do our's now
So we ran out of wraps
So making a fajita sandwich
got rice on here, cheese,
fajitas, avocado
yeast flavouring, mayo, bread bun
Is it good? yeah it's pretty damn good
Is it the best sandwich ever?
Up there
(music)
I've got a new batch of kombucha I made this one on
red bush tea and I desperately need a new container
new jar for the SCOBY because it is now so big
I don't know where to buy them from and I don't know where to deliver it to
That's probably the main reason why I still don't have
(music)
Everything seemed to go well
that day until...
I might have driven into the lock gate and by the looks of it it
It was quite hard as well
I was in doing the puddles so I was on the side
and the boat crashed into the locked door
and it seemed pretty hard but then there's some paint left on the locked
door
so I thought oh that's weird and then
here it is
Looks like the metal split
Well it didn't go through so that's positive
Sorry Alba we didn't mean to do that maybe we can fix it somehow
Does anyone know any welders?
This tree reminds me of a tree that we have at the home in russia
Is it Wisteria?
If i ever live in a house then i'd love to have this tree in my garden
It smells amazing
(music)
I grabbed the wine!
Did you?
Yeah!
Ah because it's turquoise, I tricked you
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