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Slow Boat Through Britain
United Kingdom
Registrace 15. 04. 2019
My travels around the canal network of the UK as a solo boater living aboard narrowboat Moorland Rose
Ep191 Wombling From Wombourne.
A lovely cruise South from my stop at Wombourne. The locks are spaced apart and I can enjoy a leisurely cruise between each one. I find a peaceful mooring in the country.
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Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party
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Ep190 A very Strange Staircase
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Continuing my journey along the Staffs & Worcester Canal, I get to Bratch Locks. Is it or isn't it a staircase? Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported czcams.com/video/cfw82oYFpMA/video.html Join the Moorland Rose Facebook crew (it's free and you get a great link) groups/1267866267476103/ #Canalvideo...
Ep189 Diesel Diversion
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I complete my short diversion to fill up with diesel. Then head back to the Staffs & Worcester Canal Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported czcams.com/video/cfw82oYFpMA/video.html Join the Moorland Rose Facebook crew (it's free and you get a great link) groups/1267866267476103/ #Canalvideos #narrowbo...
Ep188 A Tale Of Two Canals
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I need to make a short detour from the staffs & Worcester Canal. Despite the differences between the old & the later canal. There is one feature that is common to both. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported czcams.com/video/cfw82oYFpMA/video.html Join the Moorland Rose Facebook crew (it's free and you get a grea...
Ep187 Don't Stop !
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More of my journey along the Staffs & Worcester Canal. It is a very rural canal but in this vlog I cruise through an area where signs prohibit mooring despite the abundant armco. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported czcams.com/video/cfw82oYFpMA/video.html Join the Moorland Rose Facebook crew (it's free and you ...
Ep186 Bridge Strike
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Continuing my journey along the Staffs & Worcester Canal, I am delayed by a stoppage at one of the bridges that cross the canal. A vehicle has run into the bridge and knocked a lot of the brickwork into the water. I have to wait until C&RT can get it fixed. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported czcams.com/video/...
Ep185 Alone Again
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Now that Gary & Nicky aboard Chugabug have set off back down the Trent & Mersey Canal I am on my own again. It has been a wonderful few months sharing the cruising, especially on the broad locks of the Leeds & Liverpool. I spend a little extra time at Tixall Wide before setting off down the Staffs & Worcester Canal. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio C...
Ep184 New Waters & Fond Farewells
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I move from the Trent & Mersey Canal to the Staffs & Worcester at Great Haywood. Gary & Nicky on Chugabug have decided to go to Crick Boat Show so will be heading back down the Trent & Mersey and it is time to say farewell, despite all their attempts to get me to join them. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported ...
Ep183 A Hop, Skip & Jump
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Retracing my steps back to Fradley. As we covered this section in my recent vlogs, I have condensed this cruise. I hope you will still find it interesting. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported czcams.com/video/cfw82oYFpMA/video.html Join the Moorland Rose Facebook crew (it's free and you get a great link) faceb...
Ep182 To Burton & Beyond
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Memory Lane for me this week as I arrive in Burton, then carry on to meet up with an old friend. Well he does run a pub. This is where my love of the canals really began. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported czcams.com/video/cfw82oYFpMA/video.html Join the Moorland Rose Facebook crew (it's free and you get a gr...
Ep181 Heading Home
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I am on familiar waters now. Heading towards Burton on Trent, I stop at Alrewas for a couple of nights, then as long as we have no more rain I'll cross the River Trent to Wychnor. It is currently on an amber warning. Learn the custom of the Flitch of Bacon as we cruise down the river. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3....
Ep180 Murder On The Canal
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From Great Haywood to Fradley I pass over the River Trent at Brindley Bank. This was the site of the murder of a young housewife back in 1839. I find out about the details of the case. The story is also the basis of an Inspector Morse episode 'The Wench Is Dead' starring John Thaw. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 U...
Ep179 Escaped Convicts?
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Moving from Stone to Great Haywood, I see pairs of walkers in bright orange boilersuits. They look for all the world like escaped convicts. Surely not! Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported czcams.com/video/cfw82oYFpMA/video.html Join the Moorland Rose Facebook crew (it's free and you get a great link) facebook....
Ep178 Set In Stone?
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Leaving one of my favourite moorings at Barlaston , I continue my journey with Chugabug and head for the town which claims to be the birthplace of the Trent & Mersey Canal. Find out why, Stone makes that claim. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported czcams.com/video/cfw82oYFpMA/video.html Join the Moorland Rose F...
Ep177 Pirates in Stoke
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Now, back on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Stoke, I spend a little longer in the area thanks to a pirate. Still it was good to see her and to meet Nikki Wood Burner another canal trader who produces some great art. Then it is heading down the flight to stay at one of my favourite moorings. Intro Music Song: Scott Holmes - Upbeat Party Music provided by Creator Audio Creative Commons - Attribution...
Ep165 No Sign Of Sooty Or The Jabberwock
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Ep165 No Sign Of Sooty Or The Jabberwock
Hi from Dartmoor, what a lovely little trip but, the mooring, no pub, you must have a drop of gin on board🤣🤣🤣
I do like the occasional G&T.😋 But sometimes the spot is worth missing out for. 😉
great vlog on the channel cranking it thanks lee
Cheers Lee
Best 30 minutes of my morning, I do so enjoy your travels. Thank you for taking me along. Beautiful canal today looks to be a very peaceful mooring. I'm looking forward to next week.
Thank you. You are most welcome.
Love your vlogs, Steve, but blimey, every time you go under a bridge and the camera is that close, I have to duck in case I hit my head 🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣
This week's was the closest.😲
Your really doing my head in now, first Your a time lord and on the Oxford canal and now the vlog is on Tuesday instead of Thursday. Lol , Agree shame about sunken boats nice vlog Steve take care.😊
Sorry about that. I was sure I had set the release of the vlog for Thursday as usual. 🤔
Very interesting. I enjoy the slow pace of your vlogs.
Thanks you're welcome. The slow pace of life is what I love about the canals
Nice vlog as usual, Never seen Bratch locks before they look very good thanks for sharing. 😊
Thanks. Bratch locks are certainly unusual and need a little more care when using them.
Great vlog as always lovely views as always hard work doing locks on your own better with chug a bug lots off help i noticed in chugabug you are limping with a stick hope you not hurt yoursef think you said in one off vlogs you been boating for 40 to 50 years so how many boats have you had keep up great vlogs
Thanks. Fortunately I don't need the stick, but like my father before me just enjoy walking with one. Moorland Rose is the first boat I have owned but I had relations who owned a hire boat firm and I spent many years helping take out hirers and showing them the ropes.
Great vlog cranking it on the cut thanks lee
Cheers Lee
Truly my inspiration. Brilliant vlog. Lovely cruise. U make the locks look straight forward. Best wishes. 🎉
Thanks. Locks are pretty simple if you take your time. And I have plenty of experience.
Good housekeeping making a diversion for less expensive diesel, look after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves - even if it takes THREE days!!🤣🤣🤣
I probably didn't save that much money. It's just the freedom to do it if I want. 😄
Good evening sir, I've been binge watching your videos this evening, My wife and I have been on a few NB holidays. This year we pick up our boat from Stone and wondering what direction to go on our 14 day holiday. We did the four counties last year. Watching your videos for ideas 😊 Thanks for sharing. Subbed 👍🔨📐😀🪚
Hi. So pleased you are enjoying my journey. Have you seen my vlogs on the Caldon Canal & Macclesfield? The Upper Peak Forest is one of my favourite canals.
@slowboatthroughbritain HI Steve Yes I watched the Caldon one which we're humming and haying about doing, Also we've done a wee bit of the Macclesfield but might do the other one you mentioned. Right now I'm watching the one you uploaded earlier today. 👍 Thanks Gary
@GaryThomsonJoinery the first part of the Caldon is fairly built up but there are some amazing stretches further out. Check with the hire firm if the boat will fit through Froghall tunnel That's an experience 😉.
Love your natural vlogs. I’m 61 and would love to live on the canals. How practical is it do you think ? You seem to manage very well but think you’re younger. Best wishes.
It depends on your outlook in life. Thanks for the compliment. I am actually nearly 10 years older😲. But I do have over 50 years experience with canals.
Came very close to hiring a narrowboat from Brewood quite a few years ago(maybe one day) a few years ago we hired Morning Cloud from Cheshire Cat and we winded just past the pub a at Wheaton Aston and as you did had a few beers there walked up the road to the Co Op bought a chicken and cooked it on the hoof, great memories thanks for the vlog,stay safe.😊
Lovely canal the Shroppie. I knew the landlord of the Swan in Brewood. So was always worth a visit. Sadly he has moved elsewhere.
good see you put vlog out and cranking it thanks lee
Cheers Lee
Good morning from Dartmoor Steve. I expect you've been asked this before but, as a solo boater roughly how long between pump outs and what is the average cost?
I can last 6 to 8 weeks depending how much I use shore toilets like pubs. Average price is £20 to £25
The tow path must have often been a right old frightful mess in the days of the horse drawn narrowboats. A lot of that graffiti shows a lot of thought went into the design and the colours. The cost in aerosol cans alone must be considerable. Imagine if that same effort and imagination was directed towards more constructive (and lucrative) purposes. Spring is on its way... where blossoms announce the beginning of spring... I live in Canada...if only it were so here! Can't complain though... well, actually we can, and do. Too hot and humid in the summer and too cold and damp in the winter but that is just traditional as we are prepared for such but crabbing about it is a great conversation opener!
I think the towpath was better maintained in the days of working boats. The canals had lengthsmen who's responsibility was checking locks and towpath issues on their length. I agree some of the 'artists' have a talent. But much is just vandalism 😔
Great cruise, I always enjoy and appreciate the scenery around the canals. It may sound strange, but I enjoy the architecture of the bridges you pass under. And I enjoy checking out the other boats as you pass them.
Thanks Me too
Pleasant vlog Steve i thought for once the graffiti was interesting on the bridge, As you commented the blossom was lovely on the Blackthorn but i think my favourite bit was Avenue bridge as you said very atmospheric. Take care 😊
Thanks. The Shroppie seems to have more legends than any other canal. There are places in some of the cuttings that the old boatmen refused to stay
G'day Steve, how's your eyes mate? Seeing the world clearly I hope.
Thanks for remembering. They are fine, but do get dry and tired more often. I am told it is common after cataract surgery.
@@slowboatthroughbritain 😎
Hi Steve. Regarding passing places when it's narrow. I think it would be good to have a boaters code where if the passing spaces are on one's left, you have right of way. If the passing spaces are on one's right, then give way to the oncoming boat. When I was on that stretch I never encountered an oncoming boat, but as I was heading Eastwards, I was prepared to put my 'code' into practice.
I think in general the first to the wide bit waits for the oncoming boat and pass as normal. Fortunately I have never met anyone there either.
@@slowboatthroughbritain sometimes they're not obvious until you practically on them, due to overgrowth. However I take your point as the most practical when the passing spaces are well apart. Thank you for posting these very calming videos. I enjoy them immensely
good see you putting vid out on you channel cranking it on the cut keep up the cool vids thanks lee
Cheers Lee. Hope you are well.
Being alone and being lonely are two very different things. You can be lonely in a crowd. You can be alone and at peace with yourself and surroundings. People with chaotic and stressful lives will ask you if you are lonely. Is this a case of misery loving company? I know what I would choose. The medics have extended your warranty! Enjoy the days given to you.
Very true.
Nice cruise as usual. When you lost your steering, was it silt, mud or something else. I was thinking, would it be possible to get stuck in all thus.
Thank you. It was silt. Moorland Rose like most narrowboats gets deeper at the stern. As she pivots about a centre point when turning, the rear couldn't swing out.
What a lovely day for February, Very impressed with the roundhouse at Gailey Bridge not so impressed with the breasting of hireboats glad you found a pub,stay safe.😊
Fascinating place, Gailey. But it does get a little tight through there, especially in winter when all the hire boats are home.
Lovely video as always Steve, was nice to meet up with you briefly yesterday, Colin and Lynn
Thank you. Great to meet you too. It is always good to put faces to people who watch my vlogs.
Brilliant channel. Lovely cruise. No fussing. No drama. Thank you. Just a joy to watch and dream. 🎉
Thank you. Pleased you approve 👍
good vid on channel cranking it on the cut keep up the cool vid you do thanks lee
Cheers Lee
nice scenery between all those locks,was wandering with all the years youve been going through locks,how many times you have left your windless on the boat,or is it a first.
That's got me thinking 🤔 I can't remember any other time I have left my windlass on board. Certainly never on Moorland Rose.
Good video on channel thanks lee
Thanks Lee
The swans were outpacing Moorland Rose! Does that daft cranky fool shout at them to slow down as well?
He seems to spend all day cleaning his widebeam. It probably never moves so he doesn't understand the concept of speed. 🤣
Nice vlog Steve, That bridge certainly took a hit trust you to be near two pubs it must be hard work, I've still got a childlike sense of humour so I thought Boggs lock was great, stay safe. 😊
Thanks 👍
Don't know what happened to my first reply. It just disappeared. CRT were very quick doing a clear up and getting the canal navigable again. I do have to vet these pubs, it's in my contract 🤣🤣
Another great cruise. Warm up, see you next time.
Thanks a lot. Take care
Love your videos, so relaxing!
Thank you. So pleased you enjoy them. Lovely to know they are appreciated 👍.
A fine vessel ⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️
Great to see on the canal
Looked rather windy at the end there.
We had quite a few windy days over winter. Not much better now we are going through summer. 😮
Looks great, even in the mid winter. I agree you might be on your own but out in fresh air you've always got mother nature for company. You're living my dream!!
Thanks. I am fully enjoying it.
Hi Steve very enjoyable cruise, l am now relaxed thank you.
That's what it's all about 🤣
Never been on the Staffordshire and Worcester canal even in winter it looks good especially the train line, Glad you passed your MOT,One thing I've been meaning to ask I watch the adverts believing it gets you money is this true, Great vlog and keep right.😊
It is a lovely underrated canal. The ads do pay a little bit. Probably a couple of pints a month for me. 🤣 Thanks for your help. But feel free to skip them.
If it gets you a few pints I can live with them.
Hello Steve, glad you got a clean bill of health. Lovely peaceful vlog, thank you. Best wishes Christine x
Thanks I am sure all the fresh air and lock work helps
Lovely relaxing cruise,so peaceful,
Thank you.
good vid on the channel cranking it on the cut thanks lee
Thanks Lee
Good video as always I live opposite the crown pub in handsacre and yes the chip shop is very popular narrowboat will stopped here in December and I said hello to him as a I was local he said they was very good he had some with his son.Trevor stopped but didn’t rate them.Michaels fish bar gets a lot of mentions on all the vloggers did you stop and have any
Thanks for the comment. I usually call in the chippy when I stop in Handsacre. As you say popular with the boating crowd.
I walk the canal network all over by driving so far and walking on the 1st of jan I parked by bridge 70 and walked just past Colwich lock I was able to past that fallen tree there is just a glimpse of me and by beagle on the video I did say hello to you as you went by.I was walking by rugeley tescos later on in January and Gary was on the towpath with dale.I had a talk with him for 10 minutes or so and he gave me a mention as was going under bridge 58 on the way to fradley I’m a avid viewer of you both.areyou meeting up with Gary and crew again
You did well to get passed that fallen tree. The guy at the house at Colwich lock said it had been like that for ages. I cannot remember if I responded to your hello. If I didn't, I apologise, but I was concentrating on getting through the gap. No fixed plans to meet up with Chugabug, but no doubt we shall see each other again a some stage.
@@slowboatthroughbritain yes you did reply to my hello I was able to get past by the tree as there room on the bank by the river. Enjoy your journey down the staffs and Worcestershire canal it’s a lovely canal
Alrewas always looks like an anagram, but I haven't worked it out yet.
🤣🤣 it attracts some strange pronunciations.
Lots of tight curves ot that stretch, you had to to aware with all boats in opposite direction,the straigh parts had some lovely scenery.
It is an underrated canal for the scenery.
Happy New year steve, I'll have my birthday on the 7th January, I thought you might have been tempted with that tree on the towpath for firewood only done that first section of the T and m just passed a pub called the Plum something always like cruising by a train line, great vlog stay safe. 😊
Had my birthday between Christmas and New Year. I was tempted with the wood but awkward to tie up safely. Are you thinking of the Plum Pudding at Armitage. Just before the 'tunnel' They have some decent moorings on the pub side of the canal.
@@slowboatthroughbritainyes that's the name when we went in we tried ,Pedigree, Bass and Speckled Hen it was a good night. Lol and very good food and ser.
Great vlog Steve, I love being on the journey with you, so peaceful and relaxing.
Thank you.
good vid on cranking it wit frends keep up the cool vlogs thanks lee
Hi Lee. Thanks for the comment.
Great vlog as per usual, Happy Christmas. Lol. hope you had a few jars in the Swan, take care.😊
Thanks. Always good beers in the Mucky Duck 😀
good vid cranking it on the cut liveing the dream keep up the good vids thanks lee
On the ball this week, Lee. Many thanks for you comment.
Great cruise, happy to still get notifications. See you next week.
Thank you
Thank you, Steve, for these videos - a perfect combination of gentle cruises and the occasional words about things of interest. Love them. One question, though: Bridge 36, towards the start of this video, is indicated as a turnover bridge, but since the towpath doesn't go beneath it I can't see how it's a turnover. Maybe it has been rebuilt at some time?
Thanks for the comment it makes the effort worthwhile. The towpath switches from one side to the other. Hence a turnover bridge. Here the towing line would have to be disconnected. The bridges where the line can stay attached are known by various names. Snake or Roving, these are a more elaborate than a standard turnover.
@@slowboatthroughbritain Thank you for the explanation. Safe travels!