Life onboard AmyJo

We head south toEssex to lay Chris's mums ashes to rest. The family perform a special tribute to Mary by ringing the church bells in a way that has a special significence. We also announce our plans for the winter and into next year. youtu.be/AnDZUk09zRg

260 AmyJo gets a Makeover AmyJo is nearly 13 years old and is just starting to show her age as rust spots are appearing all over her bows and stern deck. We booked her into Taylor's dry dock for some much needed TLC on her paintwork to spruce her up. youtu.be/wlpWMH-QvJo

254 Services and Ice Cream Continuing our journey out of Chester we leave the pretty village of Waverton and head out into the Cheshire countryside to Tattenhall Marina to use their services. Smudge gets a double treat at the ice cream farm. youtu.be/tRCpENY4f-g

This week is the last week of channel 4’s Narrow Escapes series 2. You can stream both series at the link below channel4.com/programmes/nar…

This week we leave our secluded mooring just past Hampton Bank and head into the Whitchurch arm where we meet a very well known puppy, none other than Sebastion, owned by Narrowboat life unlocked vloggers Anthony and Paul. youtu.be/ApHT4SFIOeM

Making our way downstream on the Llangollen canal we leave Chirk Bank behind and head for Whittington wharf. While there we planned a surprise for eldest daughter Amy's 40th birthday and 40 days before her birthday the celebration got underway. youtu.be/yG0kyl9zc0Y

This week we conclude our Llangollen cruise as we cross the iconic Pontcysyllte adqueduct or Bridge in the sky and moor up in Llangollen basin for Christmas. Let the partying begin! youtu.be/zyadUnQIBKA 

Having watched vloggers Julie and Martin on nb Rapsody in Blue sort out their diesel bug issues by having their fuel polished it gave us food for thought about whether AmyJo's fuel tank was clean. We soon found out that was not the case! youtu.be/4KvHxY9wtbg

A dogs Life | #LifeOnboardAmyJo Whilst staying onthe Ellesmere Arm of the Llangollen canal Smudge needed to stretch his legs and have a good run around to burn off some excess enery so we took him for a walk into the town and around the Mere youtu.be/gkkZK8plS3c 

After a nice night at Disley its onward to Whaley Bridge for a shop then onto Bugsworth Basin. We get the drone up to view it from the air and young Smudge shows us around in his own special way. youtu.be/TregtminaFQ

Here it is! Our long awaited Question and Answer session we promised. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions and we hope we answered them fully for you.

Join us on Saturday 5pm UK time when we publish our long awaited Q&A session vlog when we will answer all those questions Thank you to everyone who submitted one!

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@JC_Diamond Oh where abouts?

@nbAmyJo Having just done a part of it - I have things to say about some of the swing bridges and locks! :D

Please join us via our next vlog as we continue our cruise towards Liverpool docks #lifeonboardamyjo

We decided to stop in Wigan but was it safe? Time to head to the Scotsmans Flash and then on to Wigan. We were told don't stop in either location as its not safe. We ignored everyone and stopped. Did we have a problem whilst moored up? youtu.be/CSRBvMNzQM8

152 Dreading the Dentist This week we leave AmyJo in Otherton marina and catch the train to Chester for dental appointments (who loves going to the dentist? Not us!) and spend some mum and dad time with Amy and Joanne youtu.be/j_y0dfNxI3Y

147 Drayton Manor and Hopwas In this episode we visit Drayton Manor visitor moorings and take the drone up for a look at Middleton Lakes. We then retrace our steps and return to the Coventry canal then stop at Hopwas. youtu.be/FaHl0NkyT3w