It's blowing a right hooley out there.
It's really windy.
and it has been lovely, it's been gorgeous all spring and summer. I mean look at the colour of us.
Really tanned.
Olive skin, we're positively Mediterranean
and all over too.
There you go.
Just over two years ago it was lovely towards the end of May
and we were at the Crick Boat Show because we'd decided
to sell our house and our business and buy a narrowboat to live on
There was loads there and then after the show
we were really motivated
We were going for it.
and we went touring the country and we looked at hundreds of different narrowboats.
Yeah, we met dozens of boat builders and brokers and eventually we settled with Bickerstaffe.
Now when we chose Bickerstaff boats,
we knew that there was a limit to how much we could change they had a fixed design.
But that was fine with us because it ticked every box anyway
and we just got on so well with the team that they felt like family, it was a no-brainer.
The rest is history,
we have the most amazing time
watching Silver Fox being created
and then the last year cruising has just been a blur.
Yeah, times not so fast it's weird to look back on it isn't it.
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It has been an amazing year
and Silver Fox is an amazing narrowboat and a beautiful home,
we really couldn't wish for anything more. . .
but,
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Narrowboat design and technology is evolving continually.
There's so many businesses out there coming up with new and
innovative ideas, things like solar power,
boat control systems, battery management and security.
So for the last few months
we've been working really hard,
we've been in contact with dozens of businesses,
people who know this business inside-out
and we've come up with a plan.
We think it's really exciting
and it's never been done on YouTube before.
It's taken months of planning,
but today we can finally announce
that we bring in together a collaboration
of some of the most talented, experienced and professional people
from within the boat building industry and beyond. Each bringing
their own innovative ideas
and together we're going to create a brand new prototype narrowboat.
This is the most exciting bit.
We want this to be an interactive project, we want you
onboard with us.
We've got together some the biggest names in narrowboat building,
but we want some big ideas from you
for them to get their brains around.
There's gonna be so much extra content for you on YouTube,
because we're going to be following every stage of the build process,
from the second the baseplate hits the floor
until the moment it's floating in the water.
We're going to have cameras absolutely everywhere
and we'll still be cruising during the build, so you'll still get see our adventures every Friday.
The channels not going to change, you're still going to see us cruising like you do every Friday now,
it just means there's going to be extra content for the boat build.
We're also working on an exclusive TV series for the boat build, for Amazon Prime video.
We've been wanting to tell you for ages,
but it's taken so long to get this team together
and to get the plans sorted which we have done now.
It's gonna be brilliant,
some of the names that are involved in this project are amazing
and we'll fill you in on the detail as time goes on.
More than ever though we want your input,
so in the comments below we want to hear from you.
What do you want to see on our new narrowboat,
what ideas have you got that you've maybe not seen on other narrowboats.
Something innovative something new
that you've not seen before, tell us.
We can't promise that we're going to use every idea,
but we want to hear from you
and we want you to be involved
through the whole process,
from now until when the boat is launched.
Leave your comments down below,
The best thing you can do if you want to follow the new build is to subscribe to the channel.
Give this video a like, a big thumbs up if you would
and if you hit the notifications bell, YouTube will let you know every time we release a brand new vlog.
Arrrggghh! I'm so excited,
This is going to be amazing.
[Laughs]
We hope you enjoy this as much as we're going to do.
It's gonna be absolutely mega.
Mega Mega Mega.
Until that starts, normal vlog on Friday.
Take care of yourself see you later.
Ta-ra.
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