Narrow Escapes

[Stilllearning]

I'm not sure if this is good publicity, what do you think?

[MrsM]

Huh?

[Stilllearning]

On TV right now, on channel 4

 

[robtheplod]

its all publicity for the canals which is good. The piano boat last week was very sad ..    and all the YouTube vlogs I've seen Julie & Martin in i never picked up he didn't like tunnels - maybe they hammed it up - their 'angle' ?

[Stilllearning]

The piano boat was a really emotional one.

[matty40s]

Ah, yes, because everybody sits there and watches Ch4 when we have to work and the suns out....

[robtheplod]

5 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Ah, yes, because everybody sits there and watches Ch4 when we have to work and the suns out....

all on catchup!

[jacko264]

Im enjoining it 😀👍

[Rob-M]

1 hour ago, robtheplod said:

its all publicity for the canals which is good. The piano boat last week was very sad ..    and all the YouTube vlogs I've seen Julie & Martin in i never picked up he didn't like tunnels - maybe they hammed it up - their 'angle' ?

They need to slow down though, I'm sure they implied they were going to get to Harecastle from Windmill End in half a day.

[MtB]

1 hour ago, robtheplod said:

its all publicity for the canals which is good.

 

Is it?

 

You don't think there is enough misleading ol' tosh about canals in the media already?

 

Or maybe 'misleading' is wrong in this case? I haven't watched it as I don't have a telly!

[5239]

1 hour ago, Stilllearning said:

The piano boat was a really emotional one.

…if that’s the Piano Boat I’m thinking of,

I wouldn’t give any sympathy to the geezer,

if there was ever an over stayer taking up honey spots on the Leeds Liverpool then he fits the bill

 

what’s happened?
 

damn damn damn..I’m gonna have to watch it now 

 

 

[PeterF]

You have entirely the wrong piano boat.

 

https://www.thepianoboat.com/

Edited May 12 by PeterF

[5239]

3 minutes ago, PeterF said:

You have entirely the wrong piano boat.

 

https://www.thepianoboat.com/

😃👍

phew,

thanks 

 

..do I still need to watch the programme?

 

[Alway Swilby]

16 minutes ago, 5239 said:

…if that’s the Piano Boat I’m thinking of,

I wouldn’t give any sympathy to the geezer,

if there was ever an over stayer taking up honey spots on the Leeds Liverpool then he fits the bill

 

what’s happened?
 

damn damn damn..I’m gonna have to watch it now 

 

 

No, it's not that one. It's a widebeam on the southern GU that has a grand piano on it. Spoiler alert: it had a couple on it who ran concerts aboard, chap played the piano and lady did the catering. Chap died from some nasty disease. Not a good outcome.

 

[5239]

12 minutes ago, Alway Swilby said:

No, it's not that one. It's a widebeam on the southern GU that has a grand piano on it. Spoiler alert: it had a couple on it who ran concerts aboard, chap played the piano and lady did the catering. Chap died from some nasty disease. Not a good outcome.

 

sounds a wonderful idea,

brilliant,

 

but yes shame about the out come, that’s sad
 

(and thanks, I don’t need to watch now. Eastenders is still my limit of half hour TV a day )

[Quatre_Bougies]

Looking at a few of the muppets on this series, No, they aren’t doing anyone any favours!

[ditchcrawler]

3 minutes ago, Quatre_Bougies said:

Looking at a few of the muppets on this series, No, they aren’t doing anyone any favours!

Just seen the last 5 minutes of tonights and the couple spent £1500 to get there boat through the BSS. I take it they didn't have a survey . Just watching on 4+1 now 

[Stilllearning]

16 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

Just seen the last 5 minutes of tonights and the couple spent £1500 to get there boat through the BSS. I take it they didn't have a survey . Just watching on 4+1 now 

Is that the couple with 3 yo child and dog, on a 45ft trad? Way too small, and going to end in tears, I suspect.

[BoatingLifeUpNorth2]

6 hours ago, Stilllearning said:

Is that the couple with 3 yo child and dog, on a 45ft trad? Way too small, and going to end in tears, I suspect.

You forgot the dog🐶 Nearly ended in tears at their first lock on last night’s programme. The so called friend expert could of done a lot better in the advise, husband hanging on the side and front, boat all over the lock, rotary washing line that could get caught up, roof full of crap, husband getting dragged trying to stop the boat with line. So called expert needs to evaluate his status and teaching.
 Seems the dream has financially skinted them with no savings to fall back on.
 Can’t see him getting work painting boats with rattle tin graffiti. How are they going to school the child? Will give them a year before it gets too much and everything folds in on them🤔

Edited May 24 by BoatingLifeUpNorth2

[Lady M]

Time will tell.  I was impressed by her determination to make it work.  I think the BSS cost may have been due to converting a leisure use boat to liveaboard.  She said that the cooker and water heater were 'condemned'.  I don't know about the water heater but perhaps the cooker didn't have flame failure devices.

[Stilllearning]

7 minutes ago, Lady M said:

Time will tell.  I was impressed by her determination to make it work.  I think the BSS cost may have been due to converting a leisure use boat to liveaboard.  She said that the cooker and water heater were 'condemned'.  I don't know about the water heater but perhaps the cooker didn't have flame failure devices.

Yes,  £1500 isn't a lot to get a boat up to date.

[MtB]

3 hours ago, Lady M said:

She said that the cooker and water heater were 'condemned'. 

 

A dengerous gas appliance does not have to be 'condemned'. There is usually the option to repair the fault to make it safe. An option often conveniently forgotten about by gas technicians hoping to sell new appliances. 

[Lady M]

Her words not mine.  Perhaps a BSS person would not know whether a particular appliance could be repaired or altered.  

[BoatingLifeUpNorth2]

4 hours ago, Stilllearning said:

Yes,  £1500 isn't a lot to get a boat up to date.

The thing is we don’t know how much the production company is paying/contributing to each boat involved in the series. 
 I’ve heard that all the blackening costs were paid for by the production company for the mum & daughter to blacken her boat, featured in week one, also the Leopard print wallpaper was paid for 🐆🐆
 Without work being carried out by the boaters featured, the programme may not be so watchable for non-boaters.🤔

Edited May 24 by BoatingLifeUpNorth2

[Stilllearning]

38 minutes ago, BoatingLifeUpNorth2 said:

The thing is we don’t know how much the production company is paying/contributing to each boat involved in the series. 
 I’ve heard that all the blackening costs were paid for by the production company for the mum & daughter to blacken her boat featured in week one, also the Leopard print wallpaper was paid for 🐆🐆
 Without work being carried out by the boaters featured, the programme may not be so watchable for non-boaters.🤔

As to the production company paying anything, if you ever watch the Chateau DIY series on TV, we have friends who are on that series, and they receive nothing financial at all. So it's possible that they don't either.