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betwixt hill and dale, a golden river flows and ebbs on the spring winds. - behold - the common brook shrew and the vole dance with the devil

Ring up Inland Waterways and tell them about the problems, maybe [or not] they will send some workers out to clean it up.

I'm 68 now and remember when the River Ribble was still being dredged to keep it navigable for the ships going into the Docks. The silt and sand was piled up on the banks further down towards the estuary. It was called little Blackpool because of the sand. I've had walks down there with my Grandad. He once found a fisherman's chest and took it to the Dock master office to claim the salvage. Further up towards the dock itself were the remains of concrete boats which were built as experiments during the first world war. Russian timber ships would dock and it was possible to buy russian vodka. As the sailors weren't allowed off the ship they would lower bottles down in baskets the recipient would test the quality by lighting to check the colour of the flame and when happy take the bottle and put the agreed money in the basket. New Years was special all the ships would have Xmas trees on top of their masts and at the stroke of midnight the hooters would sound. It's all gone now and just memories.

sunday jul3rd 2022 preston brook 8am - Wigan, poolstock 9pm with a loo stop at trafford park

Your scaring the fish away from the fisher men and women who will have nothing to eat tonight !!! 😂

No vlogs so I am unsubscribing. South Carolina

CZcams isn't sending me notifications of your latest blogs despite being subscribed and belled I don't know if anyone else has been experiencing this problem ?

Big woof woof eh.. 😋 Too big for the boat.. 😅

Stunning footage once more Elliot

Hi Elliott, hi Sue What an adorable couple of alpacas. Where did you guys find them? Mark Alberta, Canada

Hi nice to see you were is Sue? Have you stopped doing vlogs now?

wow, worth watching you get bored . I live on Wash and can stand on marsh and see nothing of turning tide, then you turn and water is creeping up all around. |t makes such lovely patterns and mini waves. one of your shots looked like the surface of the moon under the water. just lovely drone footage.

The wonders of nature, 🙂I'm down on the South Oxford, just having an easy afternoon and trying to catch up.

To say Preston was once a thriving commercial port. For the last twenty years, perhaps thirty years or more, since the port closed and the dredging stopped, the Ribble has been an awful navigation. That's not by any means to say I didn't appreciate your presentation.

Nice to see this video. I did not know that this river experienced a tidal bore. I guess the Severn Bore makes for more spectacular filming due to the wave size and speed, but this one probably has much fewer people ever filming it. Maybe you could film the Severn Bore while surfing it sometime ;) ;) ;)

Must have missed an episode, didn’t know you had arrive on Lancaster Canal

Great video mate the drome footage was awesome take care both of you x 😊

Wow Elliott, that was amazing!!! All that nothing time, but then, with the tide came in ... brilliant! Thank you for all the hours of boredom (at times) spent to be able to show such a wonderful natural event like a tide coming in, and coming in with gusto! Greetings from half a world away.

That was interesting,,,,,,,thank you young fella!

Thanks Elliott. That was interesting, with some very nice drone footage.

It was interesting to see that they were releasing water from Preston Dock (at the end of the video). Some good places to watch the tide coming in are: Freckleton Naze: This is at the corner of Freckleton Creek, opposite Astland Lamp and the River Douglas. There is a14m trig point and you are high up. There's a couple of benches there. Walk out there on the Lancashire Coastal Way from Freckleton Boat Yard or the Ship PH. Lytham (not St Annes!): Probably the best place to see the bore is at the west end of The Green (100m grass strip alongside the promenade). This is where there is spot where inshore fishermen launch. The tractors to tow the boats out are there. They drive down a natural cobbled 'road' that goes 45 degrees towards the sea (R).When a big tide comes in. It usually forms a standing bore wave as it tries to cross this 'road'. Also, about 1/3mile upstream, quite near the Windmill, there is a wooden jetty for the lifeboat and the sailing club to launch. You can walk right down this to be very close to the water at low tide. This gives the opportunity of a water level view of the tide coming in. You can walk back in as it floods the jetty.

Elliott, that drone shot was incredible. I have only seen water move like that once before and that was at the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick. Mark Alberta, Canada

Hi Elliott, Sue and Josh, Elliott you mentioned smelling the sea. On my journey around Britain one of the things that I was attempting to find was a childhood memory. That memory was the "smell of the sea". This smell is a bouquet of smells pulled together into one. I did not find it in Hastings, nor Yarmouth, very faint in Cromer and Colchester area. Where I did find it was on the west coast of north Wales and in Portsmouth. I challenge you to explain this. Why the south and west coasts. In my childhood I was in Lyme Regis and in 2019 I was in Lyme. Both times the smell of the sea was prevalent. Mark Alberta, Canada

Well done Elliot very interesting tc now the oldies 👍

Great video, loved it.

Thanks for that Elliott it was so cool to see. Sorry you had such a long wait for its arrival 😂

Nice 1 Elliot…

What an interesting walk about!

Very nice video Elliott

Hi Elliot to get to see tidal bores etc you need to be there for High Water Springs or H.W. S. it is nothing to do with the seasons, the word Springs is that the water spring UP ,and Down. Cheers

Oh wow, I could sit there until it got dark 👍

Nice so peaceful no traaaaiiins or car noise. I draw a line at crows though lol. Hope you're both well.. ❤

Bliss

A fully grown man on a scooter is the most cringe thing ever!

Bro does not have a ticket for that ride

Great to see but not my favourite bunch of birds when I'm paddling my kayak. You'll see in my youtube videos I put SWAN HELP when I spot em. They don't like me much. Caught some on my video uploaded yesterday swimming at Rose Narrowboats lovely to see as long as they stay away.

Oh. That's so great to see. Thanks for sharing. ATB.

Great music! Is there any link between this and the Channel 4 programme?

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Hello guys! Just watching the crossing of the Ribble Link! So exciting!! Now take Josh out there!

I would not go on a river the ⛵🚢 are not made for ▶️ rivers , that is why you go in twos

Glad you enjoyed it Elliott, I'n on Sue's side in that I'm happy to watch someone else travelling it

Hi Elliott, What a journey you have just experienced. I have watched others negotiate the Ribble and yours appeared to be the smoothest. Maybe that is because Narrowboat Raggedy Ann had two VERY experienced boaters on hand. Thank you Elliott, Mark Alberta, Canada (currently in Portsmouth)

Well done. Keep on cruising.

Did I miss something? I haven't seen you guys on Josh for awhile, Are you guys just bopping around by Auto/train and Josh is moored up somewhere, just wondering cuz I haven't seen you on Josh for quite awhile. Glad you got to live out River Ribble dream ,really looking forward to seeing the video about the murdered old lady, sounds fascinating even tho you had no idea you were standing where someone was murdered, kinda crazy, well anyway 👋👋 hi it's Kevin from Michigan and as I always say "keep pushing on"💪 "

As you said, very different scenery along the canal (no towpaths, very narrow and windy) but then being on such a big wide river! And by the way, your excitement was palpable! Thanks for taking us along for the ride. 😍

That was really interesting especially after the how-to video a couple of weeks ago. Well done Elliott and thanks...and thumbs up for Gerald too!