foreign
[Music]
weeks have been quite eventful A lot happened so I thought I'll sit down and explain first
of all miles and I went to Barcelona for my birthday [Music]
while we were there we went on a Swedish ship which is a replica of an original ship from
hundreds of years ago and it was absolutely fantastic because it is in working order it
is moored in Barcelona for the winter um we know all about winter Mooring locations and
they've got a pretty good one however it is going to go to China in Spring which is very
exciting
this vessel is a reconstruction of an original ship that belonged to East India Company the
original ship only had three voyages and it strangely sunk approaching her home Harbor
in West Sweden running aground with a crash the sinking is veiled in mystery as the weather
was fine that day and the underwater Rock was familiar to all Sailors yeah it's all
done oh [Music] what you use when someone thinks you're Mooring ship cannons were very
expensive on warships these items were sometimes more expensive than the ship itself even though
the Cannons were for defense their real use had more ceremonial character such as firing
a salute which was done by firing blanks without ammunition [Music] sounds like a club
in former times this vessel was home to 140 men living and working on board for up to
two years at a time this makes our narrowboat feel like a spacious mansion [Music] I got
a pair of overpenter engines and how do you hear that
it's worth 300 million it's a 110 meters long and the annual running car Sarah measly 20
to 30 million a year
we also went on a hike to a place outside of Barcelona that is called Montserrat if
I pronounce it correctly probably not um which was absolutely incredible I love the nature
and the stone there the mountains were very different um they were very soft round which
is not something I've ever seen before in my entire life so it was incredible to see
it [Music]
foreign [Music]
Mountain had religious significance even before Christ when a temple was built here by the
Romans to worship Venus [Music]
the first mention of the monastery goes back to 888 and a distilled the destination of
pilgrimages today [Music] the monastery grew strong because of the Miracles of the virgin
of Montserrat statue located inside
[Music] and finally on my birthday miles and I went to a church there that is called Sagrada
Familia uh one of the most famous churches in the world it is being built for over a
hundred years and it is still unfinished they don't know when it's going to be finished
but they think that it's going to be finished around 20 30. [Music] home to the mountains
[Music] and so my friend you'll see them again won't you left behind the ones you left behind
exploring inside the Basilica was on my list for a few years as I've been to Barcelona
before but only seen it facades the sailing Sun hit one of the colored glass walls transforming
the light and the whole atmosphere inside The Columns represent the trace so walking
through Basilica I felt like walking through a forest at set [Music] it shivers down my
spine I just see my soul as I walked when we came back on album we had an unpleasant
surprise we had a mooring ticket on the boat which is kind of like a parking ticket and
not because we didn't pay what we realized is that the rules of winter Mooring that were
their last winter has changed and the information that we got from the boaters who stayed here
in Winter no longer applies to this season so last winter the rule was in the winter
months so I would say maybe November till March or so when it's not busy and there are
plenty of spaces which is now as long as you pay for Mooring a weekly fee if you don't
have to move that is one of the reasons why we decided to stay here however this year
they have uh changed it or reverted back to the previous I'm not sure what exactly but
so the rule now is uh you pay for two weeks and then you need to move away for a week
and then you can come back again for another two weeks which we didn't know about and we
overstayed so we ended up moving to the other side of Hanley so we cruised through the bridge
and it was quite an early morning move
the other side of Henley
if they find us twice
you're always on the run when I found you [Music] you were mine
[Music]
and we stayed on the other side with a completely different view so that was beautiful we enjoyed
the move we enjoyed being a different place although we actually did move very far and
once spending some time there spending a week there we've moved to our current place um
in Henley so that's been the latest it is a tough uh way to find out about the rules
but now we know now we know we've raised some questions for us whether we want to stay here
for winter or not so that's the latest
foreign [Music]
[Music] foreign [Music] we need a consistent supply of coal and Diesel and on the canal
it's very easy because there is generally a canal boat that goes and sells you and you
don't have to carry it most of the time however on the river we don't really know if there
is one does it run in Winter and all that stuff so today miles is going by car to the
nearest marina he's going to get cool there and then he's going to drive up next to the
boat and I will meet him with our trusted trolley and bring Cole and hopefully kindling
if he can get some maybe gas and bring it all back to Alba [Music]
[Music] I'm not sure if I've been really stupid or not I don't know
you've been always turn around we should see how fast
[Music]
we got through the bridge that's a tough bit I mean look we're barely moving
might have been a bit ambitious with this we are still on red boards but we're out of
water
barely moving it's not as bad as that time when we tried to join the K A though um
but yeah
it's doing it things we do for water hey I told you we should have been drinking beer
instead [Music]
the reason we're in the car is because I have a course in London today this morning and
yesterday I took the trains and we are on the rail strike again um but luckily um from
the nearby Village the trains are running so miles is kind of giving me a lift to drive
it so I can make
we're going away this weekend and it has been dry for the last two days two and a half days
would you say yeah um we have been on yellow board and now we we are on Red Bull but I
think we're about to come off of Redwood all the other signs of coming off red board anyway
it's gonna rain tonight and it's gonna rain tomorrow and we are out of water so I went
outside this morning just to see how bad it was and how quick the flow was to see if we
could move so we could get closer to water neither so we will risked it and went for
it I didn't tell Marina I just went for it I turned the boat around first then we were
drifting sideways quite a bit we did it though it was it was uh calm but really fast flowing
or fairly fast flowing um I'm just doing about 2 000 RPM and barely going a walking pace
although it wasn't the worst time did you do it again or was that again yeah probably
nice Gage nice to gauge it but we should make a habit of moving on the Reds it's not what
we do but it's it's easier to go up forever than done
you probably wouldn't go in the Redstone river through that bridge foreign
tricky question
I don't know they're both a bit Daft to do thank you all so much for watching welcome
to all the new subscribers we are so grateful that you found our Channel please click the
like button to let YouTube know that you enjoying our films check out our organic shop on cruisingalba.com
for ethically made clothes or join our patreon family to receive stickers and handmade cards
from us sending you all our love see you in the next one