The Floating Nomads
@floating-nomads.bsky.social
Narrowboat life, ship travel & digital nomad adventures. Join us on board and abroad for real stories from the journey.
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The Floating Nomads | Slow Travel, Big Adventures
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Life between a narrowboat and wherever the next adventure takes us isn’t always smooth sailing — mostly because we’re winging it as we go!
If you’re into slow travel, canal life, and a few navigation mishaps along the way, come have a look.
New videos every Friday!
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If you’re into slow travel, canal life, and a few navigation mishaps along the way, come have a look.
New videos every Friday!
youtu.be/DSZhQBObXnk
Storm Claudia is coming. We’re racing our narrowboat away from the woods and really don’t want a repeat of last winter’s “trapped by fallen trees” saga.
Watch on YouTube:
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Watch on YouTube:
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December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Storm Claudia is coming. We’re racing our narrowboat away from the woods and really don’t want a repeat of last winter’s “trapped by fallen trees” saga.
Watch on YouTube:
youtu.be/aorAeq9i_uE
Watch on YouTube:
youtu.be/aorAeq9i_uE
Storm Claudia is rolling in and we’re racing through the woods on our narrowboat Serenissima, doing everything we can not to repeat last winter’s “trapped by fallen trees” drama!
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Narrowboat Winter Storm: We Refuse to Get Trapped Again
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December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Storm Claudia is rolling in and we’re racing through the woods on our narrowboat Serenissima, doing everything we can not to repeat last winter’s “trapped by fallen trees” drama!
youtu.be/aorAeq9i_uE
youtu.be/aorAeq9i_uE
We’re back on board Narrowboat Serenissima and settling back into canal life.
This week’s video is all about canal pubs… and the surprising role they play in our narrowboat life (beyond the beers!)
Watch it here:
This week’s video is all about canal pubs… and the surprising role they play in our narrowboat life (beyond the beers!)
Watch it here:
Canal Pubs: How They Keep Our Narrowboat Going (Beyond the Pints)
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November 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We’re back on board Narrowboat Serenissima and settling back into canal life.
This week’s video is all about canal pubs… and the surprising role they play in our narrowboat life (beyond the beers!)
Watch it here:
This week’s video is all about canal pubs… and the surprising role they play in our narrowboat life (beyond the beers!)
Watch it here:
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” ⬇️
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“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
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Venice Moments: Gondola at Sunset, Murano Glass and Piazza San Marco
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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
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
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Venice on a Budget: How We Actually Live Here for Months at a Time
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November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
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Guys and Gals - these gents are knocking it out of the park with their YouTube channel. Join them this week in Venice with more to come!
It's a slice of heaven every Friday. Tune in!
It's a slice of heaven every Friday. Tune in!
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
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#venice #travel
Venice on a Budget: How We Actually Live Here for Months at a Time
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
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November 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Guys and Gals - these gents are knocking it out of the park with their YouTube channel. Join them this week in Venice with more to come!
It's a slice of heaven every Friday. Tune in!
It's a slice of heaven every Friday. Tune in!
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
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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
This week, more hijinks aboard the MSC Divina. Watch us be absolutely blown away by ancient city of Ephesus, get force sold carpets, drink our weights in champagne, then get a 9/10 level hangover (which we try to treat with sushi 🤢)
(Also many wild cats and puppies!)
Live now
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(Also many wild cats and puppies!)
Live now
youtu.be/go2eCPodKA4
MSC Divina Cruise Vlog Part 2 | Ship Life and Shore Life in Greece & Turkey
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November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This week, more hijinks aboard the MSC Divina. Watch us be absolutely blown away by ancient city of Ephesus, get force sold carpets, drink our weights in champagne, then get a 9/10 level hangover (which we try to treat with sushi 🤢)
(Also many wild cats and puppies!)
Live now
youtu.be/go2eCPodKA4
(Also many wild cats and puppies!)
Live now
youtu.be/go2eCPodKA4
We brought back this GORGEOUS dual espresso mokka back from our travels in Italy.
It’s definitely cheering us up on cold mornings. ❤️
It’s definitely cheering us up on cold mornings. ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We brought back this GORGEOUS dual espresso mokka back from our travels in Italy.
It’s definitely cheering us up on cold mornings. ❤️
It’s definitely cheering us up on cold mornings. ❤️
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Every video that goes out on the @floating-nomads.bsky.social channel has to have the subtitles created properly. Or the AI does this.
I’ve been laughing about ‘Cabbage Steward’ for 5 mins. 😂
I’ve been laughing about ‘Cabbage Steward’ for 5 mins. 😂
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Every video that goes out on the @floating-nomads.bsky.social channel has to have the subtitles created properly. Or the AI does this.
I’ve been laughing about ‘Cabbage Steward’ for 5 mins. 😂
I’ve been laughing about ‘Cabbage Steward’ for 5 mins. 😂
Venice's Bridge of the Dead: rebuilt for just the second time since the 1950s.
Once a yearly passage to the cemetery island of San Michele for All Souls' Day, now a haunting reminder of how this city still honours its dead.
Once a yearly passage to the cemetery island of San Michele for All Souls' Day, now a haunting reminder of how this city still honours its dead.
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Venice's Bridge of the Dead: rebuilt for just the second time since the 1950s.
Once a yearly passage to the cemetery island of San Michele for All Souls' Day, now a haunting reminder of how this city still honours its dead.
Once a yearly passage to the cemetery island of San Michele for All Souls' Day, now a haunting reminder of how this city still honours its dead.
This week, we swap Narrowboat Serenissima for a MEGA SHIP!
Life afloat is very different when it’s on a floating city. Will we enjoy it?
Find out how we got on on MSC Divina here:
youtu.be/lJosnc0R9M4
Life afloat is very different when it’s on a floating city. Will we enjoy it?
Find out how we got on on MSC Divina here:
youtu.be/lJosnc0R9M4
Boarding the MSC Divina | Boat Life… But MASSIVE! 🚢
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October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This week, we swap Narrowboat Serenissima for a MEGA SHIP!
Life afloat is very different when it’s on a floating city. Will we enjoy it?
Find out how we got on on MSC Divina here:
youtu.be/lJosnc0R9M4
Life afloat is very different when it’s on a floating city. Will we enjoy it?
Find out how we got on on MSC Divina here:
youtu.be/lJosnc0R9M4
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For just a couple of days, Venice has an extra bridge over the Grand Canal…
(It’s for tomorrow’s marathon).
(It’s for tomorrow’s marathon).
October 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For just a couple of days, Venice has an extra bridge over the Grand Canal…
(It’s for tomorrow’s marathon).
(It’s for tomorrow’s marathon).
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How many of us have wondered what it’d be like to sell up and live and work - say- on the water, in a narrow boat? But what would it be like REALLY? Working from a narrow boat?
I didn’t know that @rickturner.bsky.social had a YouTube channel charting this
Wot larks @floating-nomads.bsky.social
I didn’t know that @rickturner.bsky.social had a YouTube channel charting this
Wot larks @floating-nomads.bsky.social
This week’s video in 30 seconds.
See the full one here: youtu.be/-vhwAT11kHc
#narrowboat #tinyhome #digitalnomad
See the full one here: youtu.be/-vhwAT11kHc
#narrowboat #tinyhome #digitalnomad
October 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
How many of us have wondered what it’d be like to sell up and live and work - say- on the water, in a narrow boat? But what would it be like REALLY? Working from a narrow boat?
I didn’t know that @rickturner.bsky.social had a YouTube channel charting this
Wot larks @floating-nomads.bsky.social
I didn’t know that @rickturner.bsky.social had a YouTube channel charting this
Wot larks @floating-nomads.bsky.social
Somehow Cagliari isn’t on everyone’s Italy list… but it should be.
We spent a few days exploring and completely fell for it.
Find out why on YouTube, now.
youtu.be/lNJWdSm95Wg
We spent a few days exploring and completely fell for it.
Find out why on YouTube, now.
youtu.be/lNJWdSm95Wg
Italy’s Most Underrated City: Cagliari, Sardinia Travel Vlog
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October 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Somehow Cagliari isn’t on everyone’s Italy list… but it should be.
We spent a few days exploring and completely fell for it.
Find out why on YouTube, now.
youtu.be/lNJWdSm95Wg
We spent a few days exploring and completely fell for it.
Find out why on YouTube, now.
youtu.be/lNJWdSm95Wg
🇮🇹 We didn’t expect to fall for this city… but Cagliari completely surprised us 💙
Find out why this underrated Italian city has become one of our favourites.
🎥 Our full Cagliari vlog is OUT TOMORROW on YouTube — link in bio!
Find out why this underrated Italian city has become one of our favourites.
🎥 Our full Cagliari vlog is OUT TOMORROW on YouTube — link in bio!
October 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🇮🇹 We didn’t expect to fall for this city… but Cagliari completely surprised us 💙
Find out why this underrated Italian city has become one of our favourites.
🎥 Our full Cagliari vlog is OUT TOMORROW on YouTube — link in bio!
Find out why this underrated Italian city has become one of our favourites.
🎥 Our full Cagliari vlog is OUT TOMORROW on YouTube — link in bio!
A deserted island, a lighthouse... and something we didn't expect 🐬
Our Sardinia adventure has officially begun.
Watch the full video here:
Sardinia Surprised Us! (Olbia’s Hidden Side & Dolphins)
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Our Sardinia adventure has officially begun.
Watch the full video here:
Sardinia Surprised Us! (Olbia’s Hidden Side & Dolphins)
youtu.be/nvBodxwJh8c
October 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A deserted island, a lighthouse... and something we didn't expect 🐬
Our Sardinia adventure has officially begun.
Watch the full video here:
Sardinia Surprised Us! (Olbia’s Hidden Side & Dolphins)
youtu.be/nvBodxwJh8c
Our Sardinia adventure has officially begun.
Watch the full video here:
Sardinia Surprised Us! (Olbia’s Hidden Side & Dolphins)
youtu.be/nvBodxwJh8c
We swapped canals for coastlines — but are we really beach people?
Our first stop in Sardinia took us beyond the beaches of Olbia… complete with a deserted island, local wine, and a surprise dolphin encounter.
Watch now:
youtu.be/nvBodxwJh8c
Our first stop in Sardinia took us beyond the beaches of Olbia… complete with a deserted island, local wine, and a surprise dolphin encounter.
Watch now:
youtu.be/nvBodxwJh8c
Olbia, Sardinia: Beyond the Beaches (Deserted Island & Dolphins)
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October 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
We swapped canals for coastlines — but are we really beach people?
Our first stop in Sardinia took us beyond the beaches of Olbia… complete with a deserted island, local wine, and a surprise dolphin encounter.
Watch now:
youtu.be/nvBodxwJh8c
Our first stop in Sardinia took us beyond the beaches of Olbia… complete with a deserted island, local wine, and a surprise dolphin encounter.
Watch now:
youtu.be/nvBodxwJh8c
Rain, fire, and slow living on the canal. Come and get cozy with us as we share what off-grid life on our narrowboat is really like...
youtu.be/daP8uaSo7MY
youtu.be/daP8uaSo7MY
Cozy Off-Grid Narrowboat Life | Slow Living on the Shroppie (Shropshire Union Canal)
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
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October 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Rain, fire, and slow living on the canal. Come and get cozy with us as we share what off-grid life on our narrowboat is really like...
youtu.be/daP8uaSo7MY
youtu.be/daP8uaSo7MY
This week, we experience one of the downsides of living off grid…
Our autumn cruise is brought to an abrupt halt while we work out what do when the narrowboat loo’s full and the Elsan points are broken!
Watch here:
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Our autumn cruise is brought to an abrupt halt while we work out what do when the narrowboat loo’s full and the Elsan points are broken!
Watch here:
youtu.be/k7o5S_2Tq8I?...
Narrowboat Toilet Trouble! Autumn Cruising on the Shropshire Union Canal
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October 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This week, we experience one of the downsides of living off grid…
Our autumn cruise is brought to an abrupt halt while we work out what do when the narrowboat loo’s full and the Elsan points are broken!
Watch here:
youtu.be/k7o5S_2Tq8I?...
Our autumn cruise is brought to an abrupt halt while we work out what do when the narrowboat loo’s full and the Elsan points are broken!
Watch here:
youtu.be/k7o5S_2Tq8I?...
This week, after successfully putting it off for TWO YEARS, we attempt Narrowboat DIY.
Neither of us have much of a clue what we're doing, but somehow we muddle through.
Can we successfully erect straight shelves on a boat (no spirit level)?
Watch this to find out!
youtu.be/9JIO2nxGovE
Neither of us have much of a clue what we're doing, but somehow we muddle through.
Can we successfully erect straight shelves on a boat (no spirit level)?
Watch this to find out!
youtu.be/9JIO2nxGovE
Narrowboat DIY: Boat Jobs We’ve Been Avoiding
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
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September 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This week, after successfully putting it off for TWO YEARS, we attempt Narrowboat DIY.
Neither of us have much of a clue what we're doing, but somehow we muddle through.
Can we successfully erect straight shelves on a boat (no spirit level)?
Watch this to find out!
youtu.be/9JIO2nxGovE
Neither of us have much of a clue what we're doing, but somehow we muddle through.
Can we successfully erect straight shelves on a boat (no spirit level)?
Watch this to find out!
youtu.be/9JIO2nxGovE
The big bags are packed and we’re off on another adventure 🌍
September 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The big bags are packed and we’re off on another adventure 🌍
This week, we go in search of 'the prettiest village on the UK canals'
As always on a narrowboat, the journey there isn't straightforward. This one involves meeting two boats in 'The Narrows ' and the shock of a loud bang from the propeller!
Watch now:
youtu.be/W1L6UdGO7XU
As always on a narrowboat, the journey there isn't straightforward. This one involves meeting two boats in 'The Narrows ' and the shock of a loud bang from the propeller!
Watch now:
youtu.be/W1L6UdGO7XU
Is This the Prettiest Village on the UK Canals?
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
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September 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This week, we go in search of 'the prettiest village on the UK canals'
As always on a narrowboat, the journey there isn't straightforward. This one involves meeting two boats in 'The Narrows ' and the shock of a loud bang from the propeller!
Watch now:
youtu.be/W1L6UdGO7XU
As always on a narrowboat, the journey there isn't straightforward. This one involves meeting two boats in 'The Narrows ' and the shock of a loud bang from the propeller!
Watch now:
youtu.be/W1L6UdGO7XU
Doing Europe’s last sleeper train that GOES ON A BOAT is one of our highlights of 2025.
We can’t wait to do it again!
We can’t wait to do it again!
September 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Doing Europe’s last sleeper train that GOES ON A BOAT is one of our highlights of 2025.
We can’t wait to do it again!
We can’t wait to do it again!