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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Rick Turner
@rickturner.bsky.social
· Aug 10
The Floating Nomads | Slow Travel, Big Adventures
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
youtu.be
Just two grown-ups pretending to have their act together while juggling life between a narrowboat & random adventures around the world
Spoiler: we don’t really. If you like watching people wing it through travel, navigation fails, and questionable decisions, this is for you
youtu.be/DSZhQBObXnk
Spoiler: we don’t really. If you like watching people wing it through travel, navigation fails, and questionable decisions, this is for you
youtu.be/DSZhQBObXnk
America isn’t a serious country anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
America isn’t a serious country anymore.
“I’m going to sue you for saying that I ordered the insurrection that I ordered”
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“I’m going to sue you for saying that I ordered the insurrection that I ordered”
Leaves everywhere
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Leaves everywhere
I love it when the canal goes OVER a road.
The motorists probably have no idea that they’re driving under a canal.
The motorists probably have no idea that they’re driving under a canal.
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I love it when the canal goes OVER a road.
The motorists probably have no idea that they’re driving under a canal.
The motorists probably have no idea that they’re driving under a canal.
We’re moored so much in the middle of nowhere that we haven’t heard a shitty fireworks all night.
Good. BAN THEM.
We live in a country that doesn’t allow a plug socket to be placed in a bathroom, but somehow, you can buy explosives in Tesco…
Good. BAN THEM.
We live in a country that doesn’t allow a plug socket to be placed in a bathroom, but somehow, you can buy explosives in Tesco…
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We’re moored so much in the middle of nowhere that we haven’t heard a shitty fireworks all night.
Good. BAN THEM.
We live in a country that doesn’t allow a plug socket to be placed in a bathroom, but somehow, you can buy explosives in Tesco…
Good. BAN THEM.
We live in a country that doesn’t allow a plug socket to be placed in a bathroom, but somehow, you can buy explosives in Tesco…
Happy Saturday from here:
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Happy Saturday from here:
I have borderline PTSD from the level of hangover I had in the sushi restaurant here (champagne was in the drinks package).
But watch because Ephesus is AMAZING.
But watch because Ephesus is AMAZING.
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
MSC Divina Cruise Vlog Part 2 | Ship Life and Shore Life in Greece & Turkey
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I have borderline PTSD from the level of hangover I had in the sushi restaurant here (champagne was in the drinks package).
But watch because Ephesus is AMAZING.
But watch because Ephesus is AMAZING.
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“We had the best time in London”
💚✌️
💚✌️
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“We had the best time in London”
💚✌️
💚✌️
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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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. ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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. 😂
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What happens now is that every dropped piece of trash, every inch of graffiti, every broken down subway train, every disappointing sandwich, every rat in Central Park, and every single crime gets blamed on Zohran Mamdani... by racists who never go near NYC.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
What happens now is that every dropped piece of trash, every inch of graffiti, every broken down subway train, every disappointing sandwich, every rat in Central Park, and every single crime gets blamed on Zohran Mamdani... by racists who never go near NYC.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
It’s lovely to wake up and see the USA with the first bit of hope for a while.
Unfortunately our unfettered press will be determined to make sure that the same doesn’t happen over here.
Unfortunately our unfettered press will be determined to make sure that the same doesn’t happen over here.
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It’s lovely to wake up and see the USA with the first bit of hope for a while.
Unfortunately our unfettered press will be determined to make sure that the same doesn’t happen over here.
Unfortunately our unfettered press will be determined to make sure that the same doesn’t happen over here.
Just read that Zohran Mamdani was born in 1991.
Anyone else feel old?
Anyone else feel old?
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Just read that Zohran Mamdani was born in 1991.
Anyone else feel old?
Anyone else feel old?
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Here is one month's worth of oil. ~AA
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Here is one month's worth of oil. ~AA
First cruise in a new weeks. It’s lovely to be back on board!
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
First cruise in a new weeks. It’s lovely to be back on board!
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The irony is surely not lost on people that democracy, human rights and the rule of law (the core of the ECHR) were cornerstones of conservative (small c) thinking.
Badenoch's party is rejecting conservative values.
@chrisgrey.bsky.social
Badenoch's party is rejecting conservative values.
@chrisgrey.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The irony is surely not lost on people that democracy, human rights and the rule of law (the core of the ECHR) were cornerstones of conservative (small c) thinking.
Badenoch's party is rejecting conservative values.
@chrisgrey.bsky.social
Badenoch's party is rejecting conservative values.
@chrisgrey.bsky.social
And so, we’re back aboard Serenissima. Fire lit, wine chilling.
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
And so, we’re back aboard Serenissima. Fire lit, wine chilling.
As it’s All Soul’s Day…
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 11:08 AM
As it’s All Soul’s Day…
Wishing I was getting to do this journey again today, but alas not: I am waking up in Birmingham.
We filmed what I think wIill be two GORGEOUS videos there over the last two weeks though.
And now, it’s time to go back to the other Serenissima…
We filmed what I think wIill be two GORGEOUS videos there over the last two weeks though.
And now, it’s time to go back to the other Serenissima…
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Wishing I was getting to do this journey again today, but alas not: I am waking up in Birmingham.
We filmed what I think wIill be two GORGEOUS videos there over the last two weeks though.
And now, it’s time to go back to the other Serenissima…
We filmed what I think wIill be two GORGEOUS videos there over the last two weeks though.
And now, it’s time to go back to the other Serenissima…
I love that even the city Venice’s transport authority is refusing to accept that it isn’t called Twitter anymore.
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I love that even the city Venice’s transport authority is refusing to accept that it isn’t called Twitter anymore.
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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! 🚢
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
youtu.be
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