Hello! And welcome to another vlog... sh- we've started! Oh sh--
Welcome on board the Naughty Lass
this is your captain speaking if you'd like to take your seats please
strap in because we may be going faster than 3 miles per hour or at least
I'll make it look like it
(I'll just speed the film up)
anyway this is part two of cranking it to Lincoln with my dad
we're on the Foss Dyke canal which many believe
to be one of the earliest canals still used built by the Romans in about 120 AD
anyway, before I spout off more facts that I've just taken from Wikipedia without even questioning
I need to sort out one thing that is definitely wrong...
A) That's disgusting.
And B) The showers aren't that great either
I've seen a lot of signs like this saying
leave the facilities as you hope to find them
and you get there and they're in an absolute state
so do they expect you to clean them out yourself?
Because that's not gonna happen is it?!
You see these these sings
are just not needed
they're clearly not working anyway
Yeah, I know -and I'm not even apologising for that!
You know what I'm like with signs!
This sign is clear at least -
4 miles an hour that's the speed limit - or is it in
Knots... ah forget it anyway this is 11 miles no locks
straight up cranking
Enjoy
He's still 'ere!
Right here we are in Lincoln itself, Dad is now gonna have to drive all the way back
home to Dorset so we decided to get a few sights in
the main one being the Cathedral
Now I don't really know anything about cathedrals
but I do love Game of Thrones
so it did feel like we were in in some kind of film
and yeah it's just such a grand building, amazing and
even if you're not religious
it's truly humbling being inside
I especially liked the chamber where all the
Archbishops would meet
and also the sound of the organ
playing in such a huge space
it was also good to see dad
light a candle as many do, to remember
family members that have passed away.
Here at the visitor moorings
you get two days here
and then you move on
really good actually the facilities are amazing
the've got a shower and they've got laundry
and it's all really really clean I haven't tried the washer dryer yet but
it looks good - the one problem you might find
is noise from students during term
times and yeah because you're right next to the student accommodation
in fact the canal goes between both sets of student accommodation
halls and student houses
but there are signs about saying
Only boaters along this sort of stretch of the towpath
so you know although it's been quite noisy
with the parties and stuff that I've overheard
and people shouting across the river
it's not been too bad
We're also in the shade here so there's no power for the solar panels and my batteries
are really suffering at the moment actually
I don't know what's wrong with them
perhaps they're wearing out - but yeah
I'm gonna head to head into the marina now
speak to the Harbour master and try and get a mooring hopefully
We'll see
Right so we've had a little bit of a look around Lincoln I think we're gonna
cover more of that on the next episode
- about what it's like to live here during the winter -
but for now I could just tell you that I did have a word with the people
from Brayford Pool and they didn't want to be involved in
videos at all
they didn't want me to really mention anything
to do with it so...
I'm gonna say
yeah it's a very pleasant place to be
quite loud with the students but
all in all it's a good place to hide out that's why I was here I was basically
trying to find a place to leave my boat for a while
and was also needing a place that
had power
plus I'm not I'm not out to live like a hermit
or just a scrape by
I'm trying to make living on a boat as comfortable as possible
and I find winter hard enough as it is
just trying to arrange winter fuel and just keep
things ticking over especially on my own
I'm trying to live a normal
life on a boat
and that's hard enough anyway
but yeah I'm not trying to do
things the cheapest way
I'm not trying to be a hippie
I'm not trying to just go off grid
you know I'm just trying to live a normal life
my cruising plans for this year are basically to get to Boston next
see what that's like
see if I can cross the Wash
they may not let me because my engine is
about 13.5 horse power as I've said previously
it's a two cylinder Lister ST 2
it's not not very powerful so if I have to come back then I'll just go back
through Lincoln and then back onto the Trent through Torksey Lock and then go south
up the river towards Newark upon Trent
and then to Nottingham which I'm really
looking forward to seeing
Beyond that we have to see
- the [phonetic] Air-wash canal I think that's how you pronounce it
and the rest of that area - loads to see round there
but I think I'll have to update you in the summer as that's probably
how long it's going to take me to get down there
Right we've got two new Crank It Crew Members
for you this week -
number one is Dustin Dodson
Dustin thank you so much for pledging
your allegiance to the Crank It Crew and welcome aboard
Then we've got Becks Isles and our Becks is a photographer, she's done a lot
of stuff on Instagram so if you want to find her on Instagram there she is
She's also a producer which means she is at the top level guys! So thanks Bex
and while I'm here I'm also going to highlight Looby Loo who has just become a
producer as well so thanks Lou and hope you get your boat sorted soon
Do you like this jumper by the way?
It's a Crank It Crew - crew
[MANIACAL POPEYE LAUGH]
It's lush - and if you are on the Crank It Crew you can buy one of these
if you're not I'm afraid you have to settle for a regular one
but they're all on Teespring, just follow the link above
There are some
other Crank It Crew members who I will read out in the next video perhaps
Alan, John, Joe and Ben your shout outs are on the way
I must show you some of the
stuff that I bought with my Patreon supporters' help
one of which is... where is it?
Ah! It's the rig that I'm filming on right now!
Yes it's not bad - it kind of works...
but you have to have a the right kind of case
a case like my orange one I have
is too thick so no good
so I've got this new case
from the same manufacturers
as the floating orange one
and this one is basically just completely waterproof
and a lot of thinner
I like it
fits my pocket at least
the other thing I got is a vacuum cleaner! In the January sales!
[proud] This is a Dyson... it feels like a gun!
[DIRTY HARRY] Do you feel dusty? Well do ya? Punk!
it was like 200 quid so that's not bad for a Dyson
It has been great for cleaning up the
ash that spills out from using the coal fire because that's always ridiculous
and just generally making light work at housework which I hate
it's tough times in winter you got to find a laugh
Anyway that's all this time
I'm trying to keep these vlogs short as possible just so I can get through the editing
really hope you enjoyed it
[JOKING] 'leave a like' and no don't bother - just comment if you want!
Join us again next time as we continue our little tour of Lincoln
see some pubs of the week
and also crank it on towards Boston