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Our World This Week
Floating Our Boat
Frequency: 1 episode/30d. Total Eps: 18

Our World This Week is a weekly podcast from Fran and Rich, creators of the Floating Our Boat YouTube channel.
For the past eight years, we’ve been cruising the canals and rivers of Britain aboard our narrowboat Laura Maisie. In this podcast, we slow things down a little — talking honestly about life afloat, the everyday moments that shape our weeks, and the thoughts that surface when you choose a life less ordinary.
More personal and candid than our videos, Our World This Week offers a quieter window into our lives — reflections, stories, with the occasional laugh along the way.
You can also find us on YouTube at Floating Our Boat: https://www.youtube.com/@FloatingOurBoat
Thanks for following,
Fran and Rich
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An End of an Era? Our Big Canal Decision
Episode 17
dimanche 15 février 2026 • Duration 52:34
After eight years of cruising, we’ve made a big decision.
A letter from the Canal and River Trust pushed us to rethink how we live aboard. We’ve taken on a mooring on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal — not to settle permanently, but to slow down and protect the life we’re building with our allotment and creative work.
We talk rain, blossom, spinning, sheds, funding for the canals, and finding contentment without constantly chasing miles.
Sometimes freedom means moving less.
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Noises in the Night & Reasons We Didn’t Choose Normal
Episode 16
vendredi 30 janvier 2026 • Duration 46:50
This week was meant to be simple. It wasn’t.
Noises in the night, allotment chaos and conversations about why a “normal” life never really suited us. This episode wanders through shed talk, dogs aboard, nightime storms and the joy of choosing freedom — with a laugh never far behind.
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Cranes and Boats and Drains
Episode 8
lundi 6 janvier 2025 • Duration 44:05
Happy New Year
This episode we talk wildfowl, leaking canals, Fran's dream to do something different and boy is Rich tired of food.
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Website: https://floatingourboat.com/
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Where Does Father Xmas Get Off?
Episode 7
vendredi 20 décembre 2024 • Duration 27:23
Merry Christmas everyone. This week we talk about Fran's return, the vicar who tells the truth, our presents and ringing the changes.
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What The Dickens'?
Episode 6
mercredi 27 novembre 2024 • Duration 34:49
What Dickens novel are we reading this December? Find out and read along with us. We talk AI, Hadrian's Wall, Motorhoming and Books.
Just Giving for Dogs Trust Charity in rememberance of little Jess.
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Life's a Beach
Episode 5
jeudi 14 novembre 2024 • Duration 39:37
What has it meant for us to lose one of our faithful dogs? Walk with us along Rhossili Beach on the Welsh Coast.
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No Pumpkins On This Boat.
Episode 4
lundi 28 octobre 2024 • Duration 29:58
We talk Halloween, Fran's new toy and we're all sentimental over old songs.
Fran's weaving Friend Lea https://www.youtube.com/@LeaWildCreative/videos
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Taylor Swift in a Charity Shop?
Episode 3
lundi 21 octobre 2024 • Duration 30:01
In this episode we celebrate 5 years of married bliss and Fran reveals where she buys her fashion. YouTube and its algorithms, how does it affect our channnel? And why Rich loves an early night.
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Is There a Doctor in the House?
Episode 2
mardi 15 octobre 2024 • Duration 29:03
This week we talk about the frustration of seeing a doctor when you're continuously on the move and topics including Curlew's, how we power our boat and living on a really short canal.
The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed. BBC radio programme. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p085jg48
Slimbridge Wetland Centre https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/slimbridge/
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No Freebies Here! No indeed.
Episode 1
lundi 30 septembre 2024 • Duration 31:01
We're back after way too long (again) with a new podcast hosting provider and a fresh start.
Were did it go wrong? Keir Starmer et al, Motorhoming and David Cassidy all covered in this new episode.
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