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Absolutely!

If you know ya boat ya know your boat;))

I will be making my way back through the Middle Level in the next week or so. If we pass each other,give me a shout.

Thanks so much for the support

Enjoying the journey with you Martin. Keep up the good work.

We love the Nene. We’re moored on Middle Levels at Bill Fen.

Thanks for the support. You're right, not many views or subscribers but it's more about the appreciation of those that do watch. Thanks again for the support.

Hi mate great vlogs I watched from start yes OK the first few were slightly boring but I know you said they were for you when you get a old fart to look back on but now you got boat they Great vlogs and I love them I feel sorry for you hardly anyone watches yours so far 0 to 1 like and there are worse vloggers and they get thousands off likes and views and your better than most off them keep it up

Thank you for watching and the encouraging comments

Very entertaining and informative.

Hi. Thanks for watching and for your comments. I had mentioned in a previous vlog, that I wasn't going to explore on my way down the Nene. I had a deadline to make in Cambridgeshire...I'd promised my former colleagues that I would visit them by a certain date. My plan is to explore on the return journey later in the year.

Lovely to see our lovely river especially as we have spent the last 50 years cruising it and know almost every twist and turn it takes. The fantastic history of the towns and villages on the way was barely touched on. I feel this gentleman would have enjoyed the experience much more if he had done more research. Lilford Hall which was at first described as a farm ! Though he did correct it. Pilton ( the other side of the river to Lilford has connections to the gunpowder plot. Oundle town didn’t get a mention despite the Talbot Hotel having the staircase from Fotheringhay Castle and the famous Oundle School being there. Though he mentioned Wansford, no mention of the Haycock Hotel nor the legend that gave it its name. I could go on….Maybe he will do a bit more research on the next leg of his journey.

Thanks for the ride Martin. The moth is called the Ermine. Take care.

Thanks

Richard, thanks. I appreciate comment like that.

Keep it up u are doing great

I met a boat going the other way but, thankfully for me, near the Eastern portal and well past the kink.

I remember travelling East through Braunston Tunnel in 2003: it was pouring down with rain and, despite the water dripping off the roof and coming down the vents, it was a lot drier inside than out and we were reluctant to emerge! There is a kink roughly halfway through where the tunnellers met on slightly different alignments because of a surveying error, and our 55' boat encountered a 72-footer near that spot which made for some delicate negotiation to pass each other in the darkness.

Great video! A huge amount of detail - even enough for a retired boater! Nice to see that Coventry has expanded it's heritage sites - more venicles in the transport musuem and the old cathedral tidied up to make it a useful - without hiding up the horrors of war. Pity no shots of the newer cathedral where the chapter house 'windows' are echoed in the Meeting House at Sussex University.

I have lived and studied in Coventry.

Grear video, if you would please say what canal you are on and every once in a while, say the bridge number you are passing under. just subscribed. South Carolina

great to meet and chat to you to, sorry we had to rush off 🤣🤣 looking forward to catching up again soon 👍🏼👍🏼

I'm from America, through research found out I had ancestors that lived in the Fens for a couple of generations,mepal and sutton mostly. I'm coming to Britain for first time in Nov, want to visit Wicken fen. I'm coming in first week of Nov. Is the weather decent enough then? Very interesting video.

Thanks for the comment and sincere apologies for the slow reply. The readings on steel thickness was amazing for a boat so old.

looks great, our boat was surveyed by ian at gayton aswell... our boat is 86 and had same good readings as yours...