We're back! I hope your Christmas was happy and that unlike me, you didn't eat too much. I'm back on the Zoe diet on New Years day and actually looking forward to it.
So which was 2023's most dramatic moment? Well that's hard. Most dramatic for me was breaking down in the middle of nowhere in a strong wind and a bank too soft to take mooring pins. However, for the elderly man who was up to his shoulders in the canal it was probably even more scary so the
Award for Most Dramatic Moment 2023
goes to the
Rugby Ladder Rescue
And now for a new award category. Us old bloggers (I've been blogging since 2006) are now in the dinosaur league I suppose with our handful of readers. Those folk who now do it with youtube videos are far far more popular. For the most part I don't follow them unless they are travelling on a patch I know (e.g a chap who calls himself CountryHouseGent has been boating down to Oxford recently so it's been handy to see which locks and lift bridges have been fixed since I last went down there)
But there is one vlog I do look forward to each week. A young couple who live aboard and do lots of interesting and impressive DiY as they travel the canals, including fitting out an old Springer from scratch. I'm full of admiration for them, they work hard and they deserve the 30,000 (!!!) subscribers they have. I think they're able to make a living from it too. So I give the
Best YouTube Boat Vlog
to
Ben and Emily
(and Alan the Cat)
Look 'em up, they post once a week and more often than not it's a good watch.
So the awards draw towards their close but it wouldn't be right (or traditional) to end without the Annual Special Award for a Special Person who has been Especially Good this year. Tune in next time to find out who he or she is.
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