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Cut Loose - tales of life after retirement...
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Registrace 14. 06. 2012
Hi, I'm Martin and I retired in July 2022. Since then, I've sold my cottage in Cambridgeshire and moved to a new home in Lincolnshire. I've also bought myself a narrowboat. All that from the person that stated "after retirement I'll never start another bloody project" (I spent 2 years restoring an MG and 16 years renovating a 19th C cottage). New home and narrowboat are kinda projects with a small "p"!
I'm not one to sit around pondering life and tinkering in the garden. I like to be involved and to see new things.
The reason I starting this channel is because I want to have a record of this part of my life for the future. It will also help the family to keep tabs on me and give them an insight into what's going on and where I've been, particularly relating to boating or camping!
So there we go. Content was a little sparse whilst I was making so many changes but hopefully I'm now producing top quality, highly entertaining vlogs (are you for real??!!) along with the best of them.
I'm not one to sit around pondering life and tinkering in the garden. I like to be involved and to see new things.
The reason I starting this channel is because I want to have a record of this part of my life for the future. It will also help the family to keep tabs on me and give them an insight into what's going on and where I've been, particularly relating to boating or camping!
So there we go. Content was a little sparse whilst I was making so many changes but hopefully I'm now producing top quality, highly entertaining vlogs (are you for real??!!) along with the best of them.
35 Changing the Course of History
Something a little different on the channel. This time it looks into a potted history of fen drainage and how the fens were established. #nature #drainage #history #nature #Great Ouse #Nene #Old West #Cam #Rivers
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34 Cut Loose with an Update
zhlédnutí 112Před 21 dnem
Just a short update of the first half of my return journey back along the River Great Ouse, the short crossing of the tidal Great Ouse and traversing the Middle Level to Peterborough. Unhelpful pharmacists, very helpful diesel engineers, fascinating wildlife experiences and amazing discoveries with sound. Underwater sound, under ground sound and sounds from inside trees! Check these out for mor...
33 Cut Loose on the Old West River
zhlédnutí 69Před 28 dny
A trip along the Old West River and briefly, back on the tidal River Great Ouse.
32 Cut Loose on Wicken Lode
zhlédnutí 892Před měsícem
This is a slightly different sort of video to the ones that I normally create. Its a record of the entire trip along a single water course; on this occasion, Wicken Lode in Cambridgeshire. However, progress was very slow so I've speeded up the footage. I hope that you enjoy it. #narrowboat #nature #boating #weed #mooring
31 Cut Loose on the River Great Ouse
zhlédnutí 156Před měsícem
The journey to Wicken Fen continues. As I get ever closer, the journey takes me along the River Great Ouse from Denver Sluice to Upware on the River Cam. Unexpected wildlife, drama's with rowers and an encounter with the "ship of the Fens". #wildlifephotography, #boating, #nature, #cruizinglife,
30 Cut Loose on the Tidal Great Ouse River
zhlédnutí 75Před měsícem
This is a shorter one about my first transit along a tidal river. It wasn't far but I was a little apprehensive beforehand. #locks, #narrowboat, #tide, #life jacket,
29 Cut Loose on the Middle Level
zhlédnutí 232Před měsícem
This is my journey and some of the challenges as I travel the link between the River Nene and the River Great Ouse; a journey through the Middle Level of the Great Fen. #nature, #narrowboat, #drainage, #churches, #locks, #Fens,
28 Cut Loose on the River Nene Pt 2
zhlédnutí 261Před 2 měsíci
This is the second part of my Journey along the River Nene. I resume at Thrapston Lock and the journey's end is Peterborough. along the way I encounter numerous old bridges, a steam railway, even more roman history and of course more of those wonderful EA locks! Enjoy. #steam trains, #nature, #locks and weirs, #amazing bridges, #wild swimmers
27 Cut Loose on the River Nene pt 1
zhlédnutí 626Před 2 měsíci
It's off the canals for the summer and onto the wide open spaces of the rivers of the East Midlands. Different locks, different moorings,....in fact the only familiar things are the boat....and water! #nature, #demoiselle, #solo, #tranquility,
26 Cut Loose on the Northampton Arm
zhlédnutí 110Před 2 měsíci
The trials and tribulations of navigating the short Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal. #shallow water, #broken engine, #lost windlass, #unusable locks, # stranded again!
25 Cut Loose back on the Grand Union Canal
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25 Cut Loose back on the Grand Union Canal
22 Cut Loose back on the Coventry Canal
zhlédnutí 170Před 3 měsíci
22 Cut Loose back on the Coventry Canal
Shiny new electrics pt2 - the blue stuff
zhlédnutí 37Před 4 měsíci
Shiny new electrics pt2 - the blue stuff
Shiny new electrics Pt1 - the battery saga
zhlédnutí 63Před 4 měsíci
Shiny new electrics Pt1 - the battery saga
I'm Finally Leaving My Lovely Cottage...
zhlédnutí 29Před rokem
I'm Finally Leaving My Lovely Cottage...
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 Christine. I thought at the time that it was Ermine but needed to research first.
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.
Fair point about the new cathedral but I was trying to squeeze as much of Coventry's diversity into the video as possible, without it becoming too long. Thanks for the comment.
I have lived and studied in Coventry.
I have to say that in the short time I was there, I found it an interesting place.
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
Russ thanks fir subscribing and many thanks for the suggestion. I will endeavour to identify more bridge numbers in the future. Thanks again
....one other thing, I've edited a small number of similar vlogs so identifying canals and bridges will increase by about vlog 20+. I hope that's ok.
great to meet and chat to you to, sorry we had to rush off 🤣🤣 looking forward to catching up again soon 👍🏼👍🏼
Nit a problem. I can waffle on a bit sometimes!😂
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.
Hi Billy, I've often been asked when is the best time to visit Wicken Fen? The simple answer is "any time" . My favourites are the changing of the seasons when everything starts to look different. November is a good time. A lot of the winter wildlife visitors should be in abundance. Wildfowl on Burwell Fen and possibly hen harriers on Sedge Fen. A lot of the management work will have been completed by then but the rangers should still be hard at it. For the best opportunities, call in at the visitor centre and speak to someone there. You'll enjoy your visit do much more if you are pointed in the right direction Regards Martin
@@Nbhalcyondays thanks for the information.
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...