David Johns

CtC383A: Tow's Company

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CtC Vlog 380: Super Ply Guy

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After being called away unexpectedly when I was last working on my fibreglass project cruiser, Twiggy, I was able to return a couple of weeks later to continue...

CtC Vlog 381B: A Spring in my Step

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Continuing my journey aboard my narrowboat, this time from Polesworth down to Springwood Haven marina, where it would remain for a further three weeks before ...

CtC Vlog 381A: Polepole

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As part of my ongoing journey bringing narrow...

CtC 380: The Best Laid Plans...

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This was supposed to be a very productive day when I almost finished the new wood core for my fibreglass cruiser's transom, however part-way through I was called away. ...

CtC Extras #69: Quiz Team On Board

Hello Patrons, it's been a while since I did a bit of bonus content so here's a link to a little video of my day aboard Gentian yesterday. This is only for Patrons and YouTube Members as extra content, it won't go live to the public.

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CtC379B: Country Roads...

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This is a further continuation of my journey taking narrowboat Gentian from where I bought it down to the Midlands where it will be moored for the foreseeable future. H...

CtC Vlog 379A: And Mondays...

New video! (Released early and ad-free for Patrons during the early access period) We return to the journey of narrowboat Gentian in this episode, documenting the trip from Mercia Marina down to the village of Alrewas - and it rained, a lot, on th...

CtC378: Wood It Fit?

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I am publishing another Twiggy DIY episode because it follows straight on from the last one (I will return to narrowboat Gentian in the next video).

In...

CtC377 Mind the Gap

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Having not been able to do any restoration work on my cabin cruiser Twiggy for a while, I finally got back to the boatyard to do final preparation before fitting the ne...

CtC396B: Mercia Me!

At the end of the last video, I came to the end of the River Trent at Derwent mouth where it joins the start of the Trent & Mersey canal. In this video, I take the boat onto the canal and up to Mercia marina, where I'd be leaving the boat for ...

Van 95: The Hills are Alive!

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As I live very near to Malvern, and a day ticket for the motorhome show was just £7.50, I took a trip to the Three Counties Showground to browse a huge variety of moto...

CtC376A The Endless River

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Having left my narrowboat at Beeston marina for four weeks, I now returned for a weekend to move it onto the canals and stash it at Mercia Marina temporarily (until the...

Van 94: Newbury Fruits

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New video! I was invited to go along to the Van Life & Celebration event in Newbury at the end of July, and various friends were going to be there so along I went.<...

CtC Vlog 375B: Nottingham Forests

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This is day 2 of my weekend spent moving narrowboat Gentian from Newark-on-Trent to Beeston Marina, filmed at the start of May. In this episode, I take the boat from St...

10 Years on YouTube!

A quick note to mark my ten year anniversary of this channel on YouTube and to say thank you to anyone who has ever watched and enjoyed my videos. Cheers!

CtC Vlog 375A: Rush Hour

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Part 2 of my trip to bring the narrowboat Gentian down from Lincoln to the East Midlands, here I move it from Newark-upon-Trent to Stoke Lock which is not a million mil...

CtC 374: Tide Up

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Back in April, I began the slow process of moving my recently-purchased narrowboat from Burton Waters marina near Lincoln, down to the East Midlands. This video is Step 1 of that journey, from BW to...

CtC 373: Bon Voyage

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In this final part of our Canal du Midi press trip, organised for us by Le Boat, we move from Roubia up to Trebes whe...

Thumbnails! Aidez-moi, s'il vous plait!

Hello Patrons, I'm about to upload the third and final part of the France trip but am pondering thumbnail images again. Which do you prefer? The video will show up as "373. It's a breeze! High winds while canal boating in France (Canal du Midi Par...

CtC 372: L'eau Rider

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This is Part 2 of my trip along the Canal du Midi courtesy of Le Boat, travellin...

CtC 371: Cruising Le Cut

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CtC Extras #68: Vive la France!

A little teaser of the upcoming videos from my trip last month to the south of France on a Le Boat canal trip...

CtC 370: Stranded

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After a long period where it seemed that all I did was make holes in my fibreglass cabin cruiser, "Twiggy", I have at least started to repair them. This time I use shee...

CtC Extras #67: Richard Parry's Final Thoughts

At the recent IWA/CRT restoration conference, I interviewed the CRT's outgoing CEO Richard Parry for video 369 but while I had him there, I took the opportunity to ask a couple of quick supplemental questions about the future of the CRT.

CtC Vlog 369: Phoenix Knights

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CtC 368: Prop Forward

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Although lots of technical data about narrowboat propellers exists already, it largely relates to the traditional diesel engine. With electrically-propelled canal boats...

CtC Extras #66: An evening at a lock

A short, Patreon-only bonus video filmed on Saturday evening as I moored on the River Trent, while bringing the boat up stream as part of the move towards the Midlands!

CtC Vlog 367: The Daily Grind

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In order to fix the holes in the sides of my boat that I made when trying to find out where the transom wood ended, I need to open them out a bit so as to give me a spa...

CtC Vlog 366. Narrowboat cruise to Torksey - plus how to change a lightbulb!

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For the second cruise on my 'new' tiny narrowboat, Gentian, I turned right out of the marina and headed about 7 miles west along the Fossdyke Navigation until I got to ...