Whatever Happened to "The Narrowboat Podcast?"

[Shandybass]

I recently started to use an actual podcast app when driving my lorry, rather than making t so with whatever BBC sounds has on offer, and was delighted to find quite a bit of  narrowboat-related content.

Over of the gems was "The Narrowboat Podcast", but after 8 or 9 really interesting episodes it just ceases.

So my question is: "why did Lydia Brown stop producing her narrowboat podcast?"

Did she move to a different format? Different platform?

Edited October 24 by Shandybass
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[mrsmelly]

Probably at a guess that like many she was/is one of the recent newby boaters who buy a boat and want to put it out on social meeja as though its something new they are doing? They come and go very frequently these days, I have never followed any of them but there were a couple of blokes plastered everywhere for a couple of years teaching people how to suck eggs and they disappeared virtually overnight, something Fox iirc, there are many these days. They tend to do one to four years then off they go.

[robtheplod]

2 hours ago, mrsmelly said:

Probably at a guess that like many she was/is one of the recent newby boaters who buy a boat and want to put it out on social meeja as though its something new they are doing? They come and go very frequently these days, I have never followed any of them but there were a couple of blokes plastered everywhere for a couple of years teaching people how to suck eggs and they disappeared virtually overnight, something Fox iirc, there are many these days. They tend to do one to four years then off they go.

Foxes Afloat...... they now live in Scotland selling honey and making a large train track in a barn.... 

[Shandybass]

3 hours ago, mrsmelly said:

Probably at a guess that like many she was/is one of the recent newby boaters who buy a boat and want to put it out on social meeja as though its something new they are doing? They come and go very frequently these days, I have never followed any of them but there were a couple of blokes plastered everywhere for a couple of years teaching people how to suck eggs and they disappeared virtually overnight, something Fox iirc, there are many these days. They tend to do one to four years then off they go.

You sound a little jaded and cynical there, if you don't mind me saying so, haha!

Well, grim my point of view as a noob myself, I've found this sort of thing very helpful, although I don't think you can beat actually talking to people down the marina or boatyard etc.

But certainly before you actually but a boat that's lots of useful information there.

[mrsmelly]

3 minutes ago, Shandybass said:

You sound a little jaded and cynical there, if you don't mind me saying so, haha!

Well, grim my point of view as a noob myself, I've found this sort of thing very helpful, although I don't think you can beat actually talking to people down the marina or boatyard etc.

But certainly before you actually but a boat that's lots of useful information there.

Don't mind at all, If you tube had been around in the eighties when we moved aboard I may have checked it out. Thing is there are umpteen of them these days and from the snippets posted here there and everywhere it seems they post lots of tosh 🤣

When I wanted to buy and move onboard we went to various pubs and walked lots of towpaths and talked to people, younger people these days do not seem capable of interaction with real people face to face. There is a post running on here posted about a battery explosion ( supposed ) by one of these posters that is sensationalist rubbish by a bloke with little or no boating experience, lots crop up from time to time with daft headlines to attract attention about dangerous locks and other nonsense. You are bang on the nail with actually checking out with real people rather than tinternet.

[adam1uk]

I hope that among the podcasts you found was mine, The Water Road.  16 episodes so far, and more to come.

 

Here is a link:  https://podfollow.com/the-water-road

 

This link will detect what device you’re on and take you to either Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or a web page.  But it’s also on Amazon Music, Audible, Deezer, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Castro, Goodpods, CastBox — indeed pretty much everywhere.

[Shandybass]

1 minute ago, adam1uk said:

I hope that among the podcasts you found was mine, The Water Road.  16 episodes so far, and more to come.

 

Here is a link:  https://podfollow.com/the-water-road

 

This link will detect what device you’re on and take you to either Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or a web page.  But it’s also on Amazon Music, Audible, Deezer, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Castro, Goodpods, CastBox — indeed pretty much everywhere.

Ah yes, I think I have subscribed to yours. I will check then out later today on my drive back up to Yorkshire!

1 hour ago, mrsmelly said:

Don't mind at all, If you tube had been around in the eighties when we moved aboard I may have checked it out. Thing is there are umpteen of them these days and from the snippets posted here there and everywhere it seems they post lots of tosh 🤣

When I wanted to buy and move onboard we went to various pubs and walked lots of towpaths and talked to people, younger people these days do not seem capable of interaction with real people face to face. There is a post running on here posted about a battery explosion ( supposed ) by one of these posters that is sensationalist rubbish by a bloke with little or no boating experience, lots crop up from time to time with daft headlines to attract attention about dangerous locks and other nonsense. You are bang on the nail with actually checking out with real people rather than tinternet.

O know exactly what you mean about the click bait headlines. I feel an actual flush of anger when I realise I've been tricked

[Shandybass]

7 hours ago, adam1uk said:

I hope that among the podcasts you found was mine, The Water Road.  16 episodes so far, and more to come.

 

Here is a link:  https://podfollow.com/the-water-road

 

This link will detect what device you’re on and take you to either Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or a web page.  But it’s also on Amazon Music, Audible, Deezer, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Castro, Goodpods, CastBox — indeed pretty much everywhere.

Will I listened to the first three tonight 

Very interesting - particularly the interview with the boat builder and then Katy living at the top of the lock flight

[Jo_]

13 hours ago, adam1uk said:

I hope that among the podcasts you found was mine, The Water Road.  16 episodes so far, and more to come.

 

Here is a link:  https://podfollow.com/the-water-road

 

This link will detect what device you’re on and take you to either Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or a web page.  But it’s also on Amazon Music, Audible, Deezer, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Castro, Goodpods, CastBox — indeed pretty much everywhere.

Thank you!! You can come with me to the gym and out walking ..... 😀

[LadyG]

13 hours ago, Shandybass said:

Ah yes, I think I have subscribed to yours. I will check then out later today on my drive back up to Yorkshire!

O know exactly what you mean about the click bait headlines. I feel an actual flush of anger when I realise I've been tricked

The worse thing is the narrations using computer voices, purporting to be Sherlick Homes etc. 

[adam1uk]

2 hours ago, Jo_ said:

Thank you!! You can come with me to the gym and out walking ..... 😀

Great — let me know what you think!

[Chris John]

18 hours ago, robtheplod said:

Foxes Afloat...... they now live in Scotland selling honey and making a large train track in a barn.... 

and trying to get people to sponsor their every move which it appears the yanks do! 

[Shandybass]

On 27/10/2025 at 16:14, adam1uk said:

I hope that among the podcasts you found was mine, The Water Road.  16 episodes so far, and more to come.

 

Here is a link:  https://podfollow.com/the-water-road

 

This link will detect what device you’re on and take you to either Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or a web page.  But it’s also on Amazon Music, Audible, Deezer, Pocket Casts, Overcast, Castro, Goodpods, CastBox — indeed pretty much everywhere.

I binged the rest of them today. All finished now, haha 

I hope you'll come and see us on the Calder and Hebble soon!

Edited October 29 by Shandybass
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[junior]

On 28/10/2025 at 06:14, LadyG said:

The worse thing is the narrations using computer voices, purporting to be Sherlick Homes etc. 

 

I think you'll find that's usually AI.

[Jo_]

On 28/10/2025 at 08:22, adam1uk said:

Great — let me know what you think!

I'm enjoying them - learning things about places near to me that I didn't know before! I like the style too. Thank you. I shall continue to catch up and follow from now on. xx

 

[Shandybass]

14 hours ago, Shandybass said:

I binged the rest of them today. All finished now, haha 

I hope you'll come and see us on the Calder and Hebble soon!

Changed this typo from 'binned' to 'binged' just in case you thought I was being nasty! 

 

I enjoyed them, although the guitar music, nice as it was, became  a little irritating after six or seven episodes in one sitting , haha  (but only a little irritating, and it's my own fault for bingeing them).

Do you play it yourself? It reminded me of the theme music for that wonderful TV show 'The Detectorists'.

 

 

[adam1uk]

3 hours ago, Shandybass said:

Changed this typo from 'binned' to 'binged' just in case you thought I was being nasty! 

 

I enjoyed them, although the guitar music, nice as it was, became  a little irritating after six or seven episodes in one sitting , haha  (but only a little irritating, and it's my own fault for bingeing them).

Do you play it yourself? It reminded me of the theme music for that wonderful TV show 'The Detectorists'.

 

 

it’s just a piece of production music — although I agree it’s a shame there’s only one version of it.  It could do with having so,e different cuts to vary things up a bit.

5 hours ago, Jo_ said:

I'm enjoying them - learning things about places near to me that I didn't know before! I like the style too. Thank you. I shall continue to catch up and follow from now on. xx

 

Good to hear, thank you.