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Our World This Week

Our World This Week

By: Floating Our Boat
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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


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Fran and Rich

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© 2026 Our World This Week Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • An End of an Era? Our Big Canal Decision

    An End of an Era? Our Big Canal Decision
    Feb 15 2026

    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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    53 mins
  • Noises in the Night & Reasons We Didn’t Choose Normal

    Noises in the Night & Reasons We Didn’t Choose Normal
    Jan 30 2026

    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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    47 mins
  • Naked Ladies and Gaffer Tape

    Naked Ladies and Gaffer Tape
    Jan 23 2026

    What does The Smiths mean to Rich and why are we talking about naked ladies and Gaffer Tape? What are we planning to do in our shd and why can't Fran swallow bancmange? It's all revealed in this podcast.

    Thanks for listening. You can find more info here:

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    Website

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    You can support our efforts here:

    Buy Me A Coffee

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    Please follow/subscribe to our podcast and it would be great if you could leave a review.



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    44 mins
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