The Liveaboard Family

Powering gadgets & appliances is simple in a house - but how do we get power when living on a ?

In this vlog, we answer the question at the top of most peoples' minds when deciding to go ! 💡

We also show you our system in practice by installing a 12 volt light in the bathroom: https://youtu.be/wfdUsp9hdQM

How do we get ELECTRICITY living on a canal boat? Installing lights in our narrowboat tiny home #34 Powering gadgets & devices is simple in a house - but how do we get power when living on a canal boat? We answer the question at the top of most peoples' min...

After living on a for a whole year, we have been reflecting on the best (and worst) of canal boat life!

Join us for a review of 2020 - a year that changed our lives forever...

https://youtu.be/hMZl24EDfcI

The BEST & WORST of canal boat life. 2020 : our FIRST YEAR living on a narrowboat #33 After living on a narrowboat for a whole year, we have been reflecting on the best (and) worst of canal boat life.Join us for a review of 2020 - a year that ...

EDIT: the final version of Reuben's vlog is now live! Visit the link below.

Here's a throwback to our time at the Bournville Visitor Moorings 😊

Take a watch of the latest vlog from Reuben's Adventures on YouTube for a walk from Bournville to Kings Norton Junction: https://youtu.be/7-zoqo2Nx-U

Thanks again for including our photo Reuben 🙏🏼

Bournville Moorings and a walk around the surrounding villages and a walk to King's Norton Junction A look around Bournville Moorings and a walk around the surrounding villages and a nice towpath walk to King's Norton Junctionmusic used from https://www.epi...

Brighter skies are on the horizon 🙌🏼🌄

With our batteries running low and no other means of powering our , we are in a race to fix the generator before New Year's Day.

Will we spend the New Year in DARKNESS?

Join us for part 2 to find out: https://youtu.be/W5OaxCbQtjo

We're also plunged into lockdown on Dan's Birthday and the police turn up in this rather eventful Festive Special! 🎊

New Year on a Narrowboat with NO ELECTRIC and plunged into LOCKDOWN on Dan's Birthday 🥳 With our batteries running low and no other means of powering our narrowboat, we are in a race to fix the generator before New Year's Day.Will we spend the N...

🎄 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2020🎄

Join us for the 1st part of our Christmas special to see where it all went wrong 😅 Our boat FLOODS just 2 days before and we face the prospect of another New Year in the dark...

Will we fix everything in time? Or will Christmas descend into complete CHAOS? Watch this week's episode to find out: https://youtu.be/7DZcA7PmPoY

Also featuring a special appearance from the wonderful Paul Lumsden of Narrowboat Natterings YouTube Channel! 🎅🏼

#31 Christmas on a Narrowboat: our boat FLOODS two days before + we face New Year without electric 🎄 Join us in celebrating Christmas on a narrowboat with the first part of our Festive Special. We go on some family days out in December and Skylar receives a ...

It's always cold in February!

Who thinks we'll be getting more snow? 🥶

Credit to Nick (the Aussie Boater) for this incredible photo of our last time it snowed 🙏🏼

Nick's also a vlogger so do check out his channel here if you're not already subscribed!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjCxO8yp0_VF0zaiQQF3hJw

Don't look down 😬😬😬

A photo from last summer and one of the few cruises we enjoyed between lockdowns!

Head over to Instagram for more throwbacks: https://www.instagram.com/theliveaboardfamily/

Our vlog is live ⛄️

A big thank you to those of you who joined us for the premiere!

Don't worry if you missed it as you can watch now here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aMxszJ1Eugo

Family Living on a Narrowboat in Winter

Join us for a wintery walk along the in today's vlog, premiering at 17.45 pm 🙌🏼⛄️❄️

Set a reminder & watch along live with us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMxszJ1Eugo

Family Living on a Narrowboat in Winter

So excited to see our ‘Liveaboard Family’ piling sheet here in support of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust 🌟

I hope we can eventually visit the new stretch of after lockdown to see it on display 😁🙌🏼

There’s still time to sponsor your own piling tag too! Visit the Trust’s website below to find out more.

We've been getting the piling tags ready, so we can start displaying them when lockdown is over.

There's still time to get your name on one:
https://lhcrt.org.uk/2020piling.html

We've had SNOW much fun this winter that we thought we would share it with you ⛄️❄️

Join us for a wintery walk in the next vlog, coming soon on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/LiveaboardSub

There are some big changes in our latest vlog!

If you haven't had chance to watch yet, then here's a clue about where we've been these past few weeks... 🤫

...and we're back 🤗

Watch our new vlog now to find out if it is the END of our time continuously cruising the canal on a

PLUS come on a tour of our NEW HOME!!! 🏡

https://youtu.be/37Ag6jTcERY

Continuously Cruising

Tree FALLS on and a river cruiser is damaged after CRASHING into the fallen tree 😥

Watch our new vlog now: https://youtu.be/JbxWkYobREU

Sorry we've left it so long! This month has been incredibly busy as we've been renovating the bedrooms before winter so we can finally light the fire 🔥

We hope you've all been keeping well & enjoy this new upload 🧡

Tree Falls on Narrowboat - YouTube

Here's a beautiful Peacock Butterfly to brighten your Monday morning up! 🦋

We spotted it on our final cruise of the summer at Kinver along the Staffordshire & Worcestershire .

It's the final stretch of our journey...but WHERE are we headed?

Watch the latest vlog to find out. We also encounter some impressive engineering on the as we cruise OVER a river and UNDER a roundabout 🤯

Give it a watch and please LIKE & COMMENT. It really makes all the difference.

Narrowboat cruise with some IMPRESSIVE canal engineering - we go OVER A RIVER + UNDER A ROUNDABOUT Come along on what will be one of our final cruises of the summer! We encounter several examples of canal engineering along the way from the first lock which...

We thought we'd share something a bit different today with a few photos from our cruise along the Stourbridge Canal 📸

After passing through the Delpth Locks earlier in the day, we took a left turn at Leys Junction which is just before the first lock of the 'Stourbridge Sixteen' flight.

With sixteen locks to complete, we were making good progress but noticed that the pound between locks 6 and 7 was quite shallow. Even so, we were surprised to find a moor hen's nest in the middle of the pound! It was a close call but we just managed to cruise past without disturbing the nest 😌

We were met by some incredible views of Wordsley as we passed the halfway point at lock number 8. At over 100 ft tall, the Redhouse Glass Cone was also visible in the distance. This was a highlight of our cruise as although we didn't get to visit the cone itself, we did cruise past it and enjoyed learning about the history of the glassworks in the process.

The penultimate lock proved quite a struggle for us as neither of the doors would shut! We were fortunate as some passersby were able to help out and keep the gates closed while Dan lowered the paddles.

While we were excited to reach the final lock, we were disappointed by the amount of litter and rubbish that had accumulated in it. We couldn't even open the lock gates properly so picked out as many pieces of the offending trash as we could before entering the lock.

By this point, it was getting pretty dark and our relaxing cruise had turned in to a race to moor up before nightfall 🌙 We passed Wordsley Junction and continued along the Stourbridge Canal as we hadn't planned a detour to the Stourbridge Town Arm on this occasion. Shortly after the aqueduct, we found a suitable mooring spot and decided to call it a day! 💤

Thank you for reading our short account of the cruise.

There is a video of our journey on YouTube if you'd like to watch: https://youtu.be/ITBSgHcQZEk

A massive thank you to Shiam from Fern Floating Fine Art for this fabulous magpie print 🧡

We hadn’t been to collect the post since before lockdown but it was well worth the wait!

They have lots of bird and nature themed designs so do take a look at their website for more lovely artwork: https://fernfloatingfineart.com ☺️✨

We've got a bonus vlog to share with you today and a very special one at that! 🥳 🎈🎂 🧸

Come along to Skylar's very boat-y 4th birthday at home on our narrowboat and join in the celebrations with a throwback to her special day: https://youtu.be/EdXEjl2y9I0

BONUS VLOG #2: A BOAT-Y BIRTHDAY on a Narrowboat! Join us in our tiny home for the special day 🎁 Join us in celebrating a very boat-y birthday on our narrowboat 🥳 We transform our tiny home in preparation for Skylar's birthday and invite you along to joi...

Don't forget that you can join the Boat Vloggers Facebook Group to find lots of other fantastic channels ✨

With new content shared daily, it's a great place to find boating-related YouTubers and to share links to your own vlogs too if you are a creator!

Take part in our upcoming Q&A video 💬

A big thank you to those of who you have already watched our news vlog and also those who asked a question!

We're looking forward to answering them all in the Q&A vlog ⭐️

If you haven't had chance to watch the vlog yet but have a question, then please let us know in a comment below ⬇️

Afternoon All 🧡

We are back today with a brand new video featuring 10 pieces of news + an EXCITING announcement!

Make sure you don't miss this one as we'll also be sharing how you can get your hands on FREE Liveaboard Family merch 😱

https://youtu.be/RfTM3TyUFgQ

#26 Ten PIECES OF NARROWBOAT NEWS: Join us for a talk from our tiny home + EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS 📣 A talk from our tiny home: after taking a short break from YouTube, we're back with 10 pieces of narrowboat news and some exciting announcements! We also hav...

Take a watch of our latest vlog where we meet Robbie Cu***ng’s Canal boat voyages and experience Multimeter MAYHEM on Naughty Lass! 🔌

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HAPPY FRIDAY 🙌🏼🌟🌈

We're super excited to share this weekend's vlog with you where we meet Robbie Cu***ng on narrowboat Naughty Lass!

If you can't wait until Sunday to watch it, then head over to our Patreon for exclusive EARLY access.

We've added early access for future uploads as a reward on our Family Friend tier, meaning that you can now enjoy an early screening of ALL of our videos for just £6 per month plus other fab benefits!

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If you have been enjoying our videos then you may also like watching our friend Mark's vlogs 😊

Check out his YouTube channel Life Afloat here:
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Life Afloat Hello and a very warm welcome to Life Afloat! I'm Mark, just an ordinary bloke who lives life on the canals of England in my narrowboat. Boat life is a great...

WHAT DO AND CAVING HAVE IN COMMON?

Not a lot really except that we do both in our latest vlog 🤪

Georgia finds a spoOky hidden cavern by a lock and we also take on a rather tiny tunnel!

Torches at the ready for this episode: https://youtu.be/mnGWERV8gCw

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Skylar had a fabulous birthday yesterday!
🥳🧁🎉🧸🦄

Thank you to everyone who wished her a happy birthday and for all of your lovely messages 💖

The rainbow cake suggestions were very much appreciated too. We didn’t think we’d be able to pull it off but I don’t think it came out half bad! Skylar thought it was yummy too which is the main thing 😅🌈

It’s Skylar’s birthday tomorrow so we asked her what type of cake she would like (expecting her to of course say chocolate)

Instead, she asks for a rainbow cake! 🌈

We have 1 baking tin to our name and the best part of the afternoon to make this happen 😅

Wish us luck!