A relaxing, real-time recording from the bow of David Johns’ narrowboat as it cruises along Macclesfield Canal on a sunny late-summer day.

David Johns went to live on a narrowboat in 2015 after quitting his job and selling his house. He started his YouTube channel CruisingTheCut to document his travels, with it naturally evolving into a showcase of canal life.

This video is an example of Slow TV, a form of ‘marathon’ television coverage made popular in Norway when a full 7-hour train ride along the Bergen Line was aired on the NRK in 2009. This video shows the POV from the bow of Johns’ narrowboat as he cruises from Hall Green in Staffordshire to just outside Congleton in Cheshire on a beautiful sunny day in September 2019. It evokes a sense of calm and tranquillity and invites those watching to slow down and unwind.