CanalBoatGal 
Are you looking to buy a narrowboat but don’t know where to start? Choosing the right canal boat size and layout for your needs can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. In this blog post, we’ll provide some useful tips on how to choose the best size narrowboat for you. Whether you are …
If you are like me and enjoy watching a range of narrowboat or canal boat based Youtubers, you may have been an avid watcher of a channel called ‘Cruising the Cut’. I know I have really enjoyed this channel since its creation, offering some of the most informative and well-presented narrowboat based content around! However, …
As someone that has been in and around the canal boat community for some time, red diesel has often been sighted as one of the great bonuses of canal boat life. But access to this cheaper fuel for boats has recently been changed, so I wanted to write a short article to update you all. …
A while back I did a whole speel (I mean an article)talking about the differences between some common boats found on the UK’s inland canals. But there is another pretty common boat that wasn’t mentioned in that article that will be addressed today…. the barge. But what is a barge and how do they differ …
Living on a narrowboat can be amazing at times, with the wind in your hair and the beautiful British countryside to explore. You feel like you are living that picture postcard life! Until you realise that you need to receive an important letter and don’t have a physical mailbox anymore! So let’s talk about what …
As long time readers will probably know, I love nothing more than settling down to watch some narrowboat Vlogs, and over the years I have grown to love several of these ‘narrowboat influencers’ over on YouTube. Unfortunately, recently a number of my favourites have decided to either quit vlogging altogether or move onto topics outside …
Foxes Afloat were one of the first YouTube vlog channels I watched around narrowboating. The rapport Shaun and Colin have together made hearing about their narrowboat adventures so much more fun, and Colin’s narrowboat history lessons were a joy to listen to! But something has changed with Foxes Afloat, and I wanted to update my …
If, like me, you are an avid watcher of the Youtube Vlog channel Narrowboat Experience, you may be wondering what has been going on recently. They haven’t posted a video for ages on there and today I am going to dive into why! Of course, you can find out yourself by watching their last few …
As a narrowboat owner, many of us are always looking for ways of making money whilst on the cut. I have already written an article talking about boat based work you could do but today I want to tackle narrowboat business ideas. These are physical businesses that can be based on a narrowboat. This list …
If there is one question I hear asked a lot in the narrowboat community, it is ‘how do I make money whilst cruising the canals?’ A lot of people are loving the idea of living a life of freedom and natural beauty on the cut but have no idea how to support themselves. In this …
