Rick Turner
@rickturner.bsky.social
Ginger, husband, gay, giant, singer, narrowboater, Venetophile, designer, writer and photographer. We sold our house and swapped the 9-5 to become digital nomads.
Watch our adventures on board & abroad here:
https://youtube.com/@thefloatingnomads
Watch our adventures on board & abroad here:
https://youtube.com/@thefloatingnomads
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We’ve spent hundreds of days in Venice and it still surprises us. Our new vlog is all about those little moments that make the city feel like home.
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
Venice Moments: Gondola at Sunset, Murano Glass and Piazza San Marco
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
youtu.be
We were in my favourite place in the world, so this one was a joy to film!
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
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Reposted by Rick Turner
Watching Civilisation Rise and Fall on BBC2. Rome being "hollowed out from inside" by a super wealthy elite not paying their fair share and using immigrants as a handy scapegoat for why things are going wrong.
Plus ça change.
Plus ça change.
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Watching Civilisation Rise and Fall on BBC2. Rome being "hollowed out from inside" by a super wealthy elite not paying their fair share and using immigrants as a handy scapegoat for why things are going wrong.
Plus ça change.
Plus ça change.
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Friend of mine fell and broke his wrist while on holiday in New York last week. Had to have an x-ray and got bandaged up. His hospital bill was £7550. Just in case anyone was starting to buy into the current UK effort to privatise our healthcare and forgot how good we have it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Friend of mine fell and broke his wrist while on holiday in New York last week. Had to have an x-ray and got bandaged up. His hospital bill was £7550. Just in case anyone was starting to buy into the current UK effort to privatise our healthcare and forgot how good we have it.
We won’t be on board for Christmas this year, we’ll be in *REDACTED*, but Serenissima has been decorated for the season (very early).
(Yes, she was moving when I took this, the light was glorious!)
(Yes, she was moving when I took this, the light was glorious!)
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We won’t be on board for Christmas this year, we’ll be in *REDACTED*, but Serenissima has been decorated for the season (very early).
(Yes, she was moving when I took this, the light was glorious!)
(Yes, she was moving when I took this, the light was glorious!)
Reposted by Rick Turner
We’ve spent hundreds of days in Venice and it still surprises us. Our new vlog is all about those little moments that make the city feel like home.
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
Venice Moments: Gondola at Sunset, Murano Glass and Piazza San Marco
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We’ve spent hundreds of days in Venice and it still surprises us. Our new vlog is all about those little moments that make the city feel like home.
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
We were in my favourite place in the world, so this one was a joy to film!
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
We’ve spent hundreds of days in Venice and it still surprises us. Our new vlog is all about those little moments that make the city feel like home.
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
Venice Moments: Gondola at Sunset, Murano Glass and Piazza San Marco
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We were in my favourite place in the world, so this one was a joy to film!
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
Reposted by Rick Turner
We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
We shouldn’t have to hear from Boris Johnson ever again (unless it’s in court).
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We shouldn’t have to hear from Boris Johnson ever again (unless it’s in court).
“Locking down a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives”
That’s 23,000 people (including my husband’s mum) that aren’t here anymore, thanks to Boris Johnson ego
He should be prosecuted in The fucking Hague.
That’s 23,000 people (including my husband’s mum) that aren’t here anymore, thanks to Boris Johnson ego
He should be prosecuted in The fucking Hague.
The Covid Inquiry report has dropped confirming what so many of us already knew.
Covid inquiry live updates: UK 'too little, too late' in early Covid response, leading to thousands more deaths
The inquiry says 23,000 lives could have been saved in England by an earlier lockdown - but also that a lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“Locking down a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives”
That’s 23,000 people (including my husband’s mum) that aren’t here anymore, thanks to Boris Johnson ego
He should be prosecuted in The fucking Hague.
That’s 23,000 people (including my husband’s mum) that aren’t here anymore, thanks to Boris Johnson ego
He should be prosecuted in The fucking Hague.
My mate just got the photos from her wedding back. I love this one!
(I’m full of about 2 bottles of champagne).
(I’m full of about 2 bottles of champagne).
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My mate just got the photos from her wedding back. I love this one!
(I’m full of about 2 bottles of champagne).
(I’m full of about 2 bottles of champagne).
This started with me going down a research hole about how Venice was built in the middle of the sea.
We filmed the very start of the Piazza San Marco flooding and have be trying to work out what to do with it.
So we made this:
#venice
So we made this:
#venice
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This started with me going down a research hole about how Venice was built in the middle of the sea.
I voted Labour in the last election. If I’d wanted this level of cruelty I’d have voted for Reform.
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I voted Labour in the last election. If I’d wanted this level of cruelty I’d have voted for Reform.
The boat is COLD 🥶
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The boat is COLD 🥶
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Well said my friend..!
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Well said my friend..!
What fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a child?
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
What fictional creature/villain traumatised you as a child?
It’s listening to people talk about running.
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It’s listening to people talk about running.
My mate has just sent me this (it’s a bar in Manchester)
Never mind the spritz prices which are obv stupid. TEN POUNDS for a Crodino!
(Italy people will get this)
Never mind the spritz prices which are obv stupid. TEN POUNDS for a Crodino!
(Italy people will get this)
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My mate has just sent me this (it’s a bar in Manchester)
Never mind the spritz prices which are obv stupid. TEN POUNDS for a Crodino!
(Italy people will get this)
Never mind the spritz prices which are obv stupid. TEN POUNDS for a Crodino!
(Italy people will get this)
My favourite video so far. Give it a watch. 💙
This isn’t a 24-hour Venice hit and run. We’ve spent months here working out how to do it beautifully on a budget. Watch the full vlog on YouTube:
Venice on a Budget: How We Actually Live Here for Months at a Time
youtu.be/EntU66N4M7g
Venice on a Budget: How We Actually Live Here for Months at a Time
youtu.be/EntU66N4M7g
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My favourite video so far. Give it a watch. 💙
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Venice is the city we know best in the world. After years of coming back for months at a time, we’ve made the video we always wanted to see: how to experience La Serenissima on a budget and still fall in love with her.
youtu.be/EntU66N4M7g
#venice #travel
youtu.be/EntU66N4M7g
#venice #travel
Venice on a Budget: How We Actually Live Here for Months at a Time
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Venice is the city we know best in the world. After years of coming back for months at a time, we’ve made the video we always wanted to see: how to experience La Serenissima on a budget and still fall in love with her.
youtu.be/EntU66N4M7g
#venice #travel
youtu.be/EntU66N4M7g
#venice #travel
What. The. ACTUAL. FUCK.
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What. The. ACTUAL. FUCK.
“The guy that everyone thinks is peadophile says that BBC has damaged his reputation”
Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for between $1bn and $5bn over the editing of his speech on Panorama.
news.sky.com/story/donald...
news.sky.com/story/donald...
Donald Trump confirms he will sue the BBC over Panorama edit - despite broadcaster's apology
The BBC officially apologised to the US president for the "error of judgement" on Thursday, but added that "we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim".
news.sky.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“The guy that everyone thinks is peadophile says that BBC has damaged his reputation”
This was an absolute JOY to make and worth watching to just see how we arrive in the city 😍
Venice is the city we know best in the world. After years of coming back for months at a time, we’ve made the video we always wanted to see: how to experience La Serenissima on a budget and still fall in love with her.
youtu.be/EntU66N4M7g
#venice #travel
youtu.be/EntU66N4M7g
#venice #travel
Venice on a Budget: How We Actually Live Here for Months at a Time
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This was an absolute JOY to make and worth watching to just see how we arrive in the city 😍
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