Operating locks on my Narrowboat [Ep 38]
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- In this weeks video I cruise my narrowboat from just above Big lock in Middlewich up the 4 locks to moor at the Kingslock pub. I have been asked many times how I single hand the locks, so I hope this video gives you a little insight to single handing / operating locks on your own .....I hope you enjoy!
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Flow Job by Heidi Manning
Nip in the air by Heidi Manning
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I can't help but smile on the double entendres, the old ones are the best. Thanks for the smiles.
Thank you Rick 😂 it just slips out 😃
Lovely wintery shots Mrs pirate lady. It's been a very mild winter but those frosty mornings are magic. Great vlog. Take care
Thanks Will .. I got up early and took them wintery shots in my pjs 😂😂 I looked a right knob 😂🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate ha ha
The narrowboat pirate, the queen of the innuendo, 😁❤👍
😂😂 thank you 🏴☠️
Absolutely fantastic big narrowboat fan watch loads been in bloody hospital for a bit and binge watched all yours . Thanks for the laffs 🏴☠️
Fan from now on 👍
Aww thanks John, get well soon x x 🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate I will I'm an Accy lad tuff as Ole boats thanks xx
So today I was outside doing some work no jacket only 0 Celsius here in Alaska. Came in and noticed in the mirror a set of diamond cutters and immediately thought of you.. Too Funny, but the good with the bad; there was shrinkage as well.
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Hey hey well what can I say, another fab video from you. Can’t wait till next week. Please stay safe both of you and give my mate Puddin a hug for me. Xxxxx
Aww thanks Mick, take care of yourselves 😄🏴☠️
I'm hoping someday soon to come visit your lovely canals and hire a narrowboat to give life on the cut a try. My biggest reservation is dealing with the locks. I'm a single woman in my 60's and will have to see how I do. Your music is lovely and the titles gave me a chuckle. Thanks Heidi
Oh Karen you will love it, and during the summer there are always plenty of people about to help out 😃 thank you for your lovely comment 😃🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate - you've been a big inspiration. keep posting these wonderful vlogs and give Puddin a hug for me
Very informative. Don't think we've seen a single boater doing a lock before and the techniques used.
Think 'bum shutting' a lock gate should be the new name for it! 😉😁
😂😂 I ‘bum’ them 😂😂
Not just enjoying your vlogs Heidi but im loving your music too..Stuart X
Thank you Stuart 😄🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate My pleasure entirely Heidi X
Great to see that depositing ones GoPro in the lock is not a complusory thing
Supreme confidence, years of practice. A "Gusher" love that. thanks for another great video, Ray
😂😂 thanks Ray
Well, it's either watch you or the news on BBC1. Easy decision!
😂😂 thank you 😄🏴☠️
Lovely vid!! Love to see you doing "One Paddle" ;) Nice big sausage too!
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Hi Heidi, Thankyou for another great vlog, good to see getting through the locks ; and also go to Kings lock quite regularly as go middlewich a lot love the area. Excellent video, well done. John.
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
Unless you have a rum appreciation site I have seen and enjoyed all of your videos. Thank you
Thanks for watching Andrew, I aim to release new ones every Thursday at 6pm GMT
You would like Rum jungle. 1860's or there abouts a bullock team were bogged for a wet season near the settlement of Batchelor in the northern Territory. They, over several months drank all the rum, every drop.... this is the site of Australia's first uranium mine 30km from me.
@@andrewmills744 oh wow - I bet they had some hang overs 😂😂 it sounds beautiful 😄🥃🏴☠️
Hi Heidi, i really enjoyed watching this video being a disabled pensioner this is the nearest thing i will get to a narrow boat so watching all the in's and out, and life in general I find fascinating, so thank you for sharing
Thanks so much for watching David ❤️ it’s a lot easier with friends / crew 😃🏴☠️🥃
New subscriber here, Love the sound of your lister. It's now on my bucket list to visit the old country and and cruise on a narrowboat, even if it's a hire, keep up the good work and the good life.
Aww thanks so much for watching and subscribing …😄🏴☠️ I hope you do come and get a hire boat as it’s a lovely experience 😄
Excellent. It's amazing how many people are mystified by locks. You've explained them well. Lock ladders are a great boon to the singlehanded. Before they were installed we sometimes had to resort to climbing gates and making death defying leaps from the lockside on to the roof when going downhill. There's a great film called "Towpath Encounter" that shows how it used to be done in the days of horse boats.
Thanks Chris, I was worried about this one for everyone to say ‘you shouldn’t do that etc’ but at least I do them 😂😂
@@TheNarrowboatPirate Different people have different ways of doing things. It's worth remembering that locks are dangerous places though. There seem to be more and more accidents as more inexperienced people take to the cut. You might do a video about gruesome things that can happen sometime. I lost a friend who drowned when locking singlehanded. I know someone who fell in and was sucked through a paddlehole. Most people don't survive that! You think climbing that ladder is dodgy? When I worked on "Parbella" we would enter the lock into Liverpool docks sometimes when the tide was almost out and one of us had to climb 30 or 40 feet of ladder with a heavy rope over our shoulder. The other would carefully maneuver the boat alongside the ladder as the swell lifted it up and down.
@@TheNarrowboatPirate You need to learn to use your belt to hold tools, specifically get a small tool bag. Makes life easier.
@@isntimportant I suppose you do need a small tool bag if you have a small-----(fill in the blank there!)
Thursday's now are new Narrowboat Pirate days. Fantastic video wheyhey!
😂😂 thank you 🏴☠️
heidi just love your videos and the life my nexts move is a boat next as you no i life full time in van life 7 years now blessings peace davey somewere in uk
Awww Davey, you will love it … it’s so much easier then van life as you can moor anywhere for 2 weeks no probs as long as you can get close to the bank 😄 hopefully see you for a bbq and run on the cut in the future 😄🏴☠️
hi Heidi last Oct I almost lost an expensive camcorder but managed to grab it so I then purchased a reel of fishing line and every time I used the cam onboard I would tie it with the line to the boat and thankfully I did as the next day an overhanging tree branch knocked the cam over but the line stopped it going in the cut but anyway today's video was very informative and hey its time for a big tot of rum
Hey Paul, the go pro is usually stuck to the roof on its little magnetic tripod but I had it balancing on the lock gate 😂 phew at least I was able to get it out though eh heheee 😂😂🏴☠️
Go Pro do supply a buoyant handle, screw it on and chuck it in the cut and it floats.
Yes I have one, but its only good if your holding it and I had the go pro on a little magnetic tripod which usually sticks to my boat roof 😂 … phew at least I was able to retrieve it though 😂
Cracker of an episode... lovely demonstration of lock work and how to ditch a camera that has evidence of any recent offences... Beautiful ice scenic shots 😎
Thanks Matt … you are almost up to date 😂😂🏴☠️
Nearly there... episodes going down almost as quick as the whisky 😜
Another good one Bab lovin it..
Thanks Bob 😃🏴☠️
Thanks Heidi for taking us on a lovely but cold cruise with your great tunes. Take care and all the best. Stevie ... Wehee x
Whey hey! Thank you x x 😃🏴☠️
You make it look so easy x
Thanks Karen, just take it slow and all is good 😄🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate I will x
Best narrow lock/boat handling video ever. Yay Jakki too!
LOL! Heidi you are so funny. And I love your music. Being frozen in means you get to snuggle in for a bit, eh? I love all things about this vlog!!
Aww thanks so much Ann 😃🏴☠️❤️
wish it was longer nice baps I do like a Flow Job hey 😁
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Those ladders can be VERY slippery, but you were careful I can tell no doubt through a lot of experience! I have moored at King's Lock a few times and taken advantage of the pub and chippy, both very handy, although the noisy road is a bit of a nuisance :( I liked the look of your sausage and Jakki's baps :)
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Thank you very much I was starting to go into withdrawal from your narrowboat video. You showed up just in time. You always make me laugh with some of the things you say like what you called the goo on the wall of the lock. We just got 18 inches of snow a few days ago and tomorrow another 12 inches. These videos are always fun and Thanks for sharing.
😂😂 ooooh I wish I had 18 inches! It’s gone mild here now 😄🏴☠️
Great vlog as usual
When you were moored in middlewich you were opposite my mate Ian who makes pipes on his boat sable
Small world eh …. Pipes ?
@@TheNarrowboatPirate tobacco pipes!
Nice 'un. I often get comments when I step off the stern going up the Cheshire locks as the boat drifts into the chamber. Not a lot of people have seen that technique, but it saves so much scrambling about on slimy ladders.👍
You'll have to let us in on your music production techniques sometime.
Thanks Giles, yes I often do it that way when I can … so much easier 😄🏴☠️
I love your NB adventures, RumWench music & beautiful videography! Hey to Jax & Puddin
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
You are proper good you! Never mind about the go pro 😂
Great music and hats off to you for braving the cold. Arrrg shipmate.
Thanks Martyn 😃🏴☠️❤️
Much prefer going down than coming up ooh matron!
You should try a windlass belt holder or shoulder strap they're brilliant for keeping the hands free climbing the ladders 👍
Yeah i prefer going down too 😂 I normally leave my windlass at the lock when I go back for my boat … it just threw me out of sync with Jakki setting the locks 😂😂 I was naughty haha 😂😂 ‘look no hands!’
almost caught up.. Love your stuff.
Aww thanks so much 😄🏴☠️
Thanks for putting this video together !! I’m always enjoying watching them …take care and stay safe !!
Aww thanks love, I try 😂😂 stay safe too 🏴☠️
Howdy Heidi, great cruise and your lock work is super. Great scenery. Keith ❤️❤️
Thanks Keith 😃🏴☠️
I'm sorry you weren't able to have a rum today, so I'll drink one for you. Thanks again for a look at the canals in the UK.
I caught up at the end thankfully 😂😂
Heidi, can we hear more of your great music .
I’ve got 3 on Amazon music, Spotify etc so far … it takes ages to get them approved 😂 the published ones are on this channel though under the music section 😄🏴☠️
Loved it Heidi I know it is cold in winter but it alllooks so silvery would have arum but many years ago rum and black was my down fall youand Jackie doing a great job, could not be better fishshop and pub
Thanks Kath , it was bloody cold 😂😂 it’s just very windy now, I’ve not been able to move for the last 5 days …. Yes, I enjoyed my sausage 😂 x x x
JAKKI! Boy, have I been mangling it. And what news, that you love a nice sausage. :-) Fun video, well done again! Love the new tune.
Thank you 😄❤️ I do love a nice sausage 😂
Excellent video Heidi. Those ladders look so slimy be careful when you are on your own. All the best. Stephen
Thanks Stephen, yes that’s why I didn’t have Rum for breakfast 😂😂🏴☠️
Hi there. First time on here. I love your easy way you take life on the canals, but I couldn`t stop laughing at your description of the manner you were walking ( as if you had piles haha!). Vince (Narrowboat cruising & lifestyle) recommended your vlog, so here I am.
Aww I love Vince 😃🏴☠️ and welcome aboard - I hope you enjoy the videos 😃😂
Great one. Hope you all stay warm.
Thank you x x 🏴☠️
She's back. Great.
Every Thursday at 6pm 😂🏴☠️
Love the videos. As an occasional single-hander (you've got me doing the double entendres now) I second the suggestion of a windlass holster. Apart from making ladder climbing and lock gate jumping easier, you're less likely to leave it behind when you exit the lock.
And going uphill in Brindley locks, I find that even letting in the water slowly pushes the boat forwards, counter-intuitively, so I always keep her nose against the top gate on tickover. But, each to their own - you're obviously doing something right!
I do sometimes leave in tickover but only on locks I know well but I wasn’t going to show that in case I got shouted at 😂
How’s keeping your cast iron cooking gadget warm on top of the stove going? We need more cooking lesson, disasters, 🤪, waiting with anticipation!!
It’s currently in the back of the cupboard 😂😂
Thank you very much for the solo lock “Arise!” instruction. I’m nervously awaiting the “Thou shalt descend” instructions.
Beautiful photography and the new single is just lovely, can’t wait for that to hit iTunes. Your single “Stiff Ripples” has arrived, great debut album coming together!
I don’t think anyone has mentioned it but the artwork for the first two singles is quite enchanting. That dreamlike shot of the two of you gliding into the mist and the grey, no doubt laughing your heads off, is really evocative.
Hahaa thanks John, that photo was taking by a fellow boating chum of mine when I had just come off the River Trent in amber 😂😂 I almost pooped myself 😂 I am glad you are enjoying the videos .. I am currently heading towards the Macc and Peak forest which is all going up so I won’t be able to show going down for a couple of months 😃🏴☠️
A bit of a let down then (!)
Curious, did you write the nip in the air (ayre?) while iced in?
Love the connoisseur rum tasting if you can get enough donations you could make it a regular feature. One way of finding your sea legs.
😂😄 I’ll be unconscious 😂🥃🏴☠️ cheers
Nice one, Oh to win the lottey
Keep playing Richard … I sold my house and everything I owned to buy my boat and It’s the best thing I ever did ❤️
Hi Heidi, you can get a float that attaches to your gopro, much easier to recover. Lovely video again :)
Thanks Simon, yeah I have one but it’s a selfie stick and I had it on a little tripod … I may have to attach that too 😂😂
Thank you,locks look more manageable now. Hope you do one going down ☺️🤗
I will do, but I’ll be going up for at least a couple of months as heading to the peak forest but when I start going down I will do another 😄😄☺️ but it’s a bit easier going down but just need to keep an eye that the boat doesn’t slide back towards the Cill
@@TheNarrowboatPirate Really!! In my mind I thought going down would be harder. Well well live and learn 💃 looking foreward to the Peak Forrest 🤗
@@kirstenmadsen2628 I find it easier single handing as I don’t bother with ladders and pull the boat out the lock and jump on at the bottom 😂
@@TheNarrowboatPirate Blimey looking foreward to that circus act 😳😆😋
When the camera went in I am sure there was a few choice "pirate words" :) But glad you got it out
😂😂 I had to cut that scene 😂
another great video, thank you. Always interesting as to how single handed boaters get through locks and as they say every day is a school day. is there any chance you could do a video in the future featuring your engine? its history, how old it is, where was it built, what did it originally power, how long was it out of service before being put in your boat, HP, how you service/check it and so on. loving your fresh approach to boating.
I have mentioned my engine in lots of earlier videos inc the tour, first ever video and I can’t remember which other ones 😂😂 I’ll try to mention again in the future
good see you on the cut thanks le
Thanks Lee ❤️🏴☠️
Always a joy to see you an jakki back at it again and your music is calming as well. Great views and fun people. Tarah to you both and be safe
Thanks Steve, most of the time she won’t let me film her when she is onboard 😂😂
Hi Heidi when locking why not free up one hand with a windlass holster 👍
I know, I know …. I usually leave the windlass up there after opening the gates but …. 😂🏴☠️
I’ve been spelling jakki name wrong sorry
It’s ok 😄🏴☠️
Good morning Heidi.... Enjoyed this a lot. Did you order yourself one of those toy parrots that repeat what you say? Coincidentally we watched the episodes on my husband's phone not this CZcams channel.
Hope you are well say hi to pudding woof woof woof 🐕🐾
You know what, I am going to get myself one of them 😂😂 Puddin says hi back 😂 thanks for watching guys 😃🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate 🐦🎶👍you might even be able to have it as part of your videos and definitely speaking to people when selling.... He looks so cool as well. I used to have one but not with the hat! Have a brilliant day out there 🎶👍🐦🐾🌄
Great video and information working the locks, I have just bought a new flask I will be able to play your
new game, ❤️
😂😂 I’ll be playing that again next week 😂😂 join in with me, cheers
@@TheNarrowboatPirate Can I have a dummy run to check the rules 👍
@@dozergyp yes … just watch any vlog and every time me or another goes under a bridge, take a swig 😂
Hello pirate lady and jax
Ahoy Morris 🏴☠️
Glad you got your gopro back!
Yes me too and it works perfectly 😂 I did have a little panic to be fair 😂😂
@@TheNarrowboatPirate I was going to say, you were pretty, "Oh, this is annoying," for how much swearing I'd be doing, lol.
@@thepeanutgallery1699 I had to cut that scene 😂😂
@@TheNarrowboatPirate Lots of angry duck, swan, and engine-grinding noises in the edit. 😆
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So the trick is to enter slowly, wait until the full length is in and then keep an eye out for gushing. Is that right? ;-)
😂😂 yes hahaha
You answer a comment a few days ago that one winter you were frozen in for 6 days with the ice thick enough to walk on. I’ve been watching other boaters for maybe 3 years and none of them have shown ice that thick. I saw a very old video in black and white at a time when working boats were main use. Many men would be in an open boat going back and forth rocking the boat as a horse did the pulling. The rocking would break the ice. Too much work for me.
It was 6 weeks frozen solid … and it was in 2010, I had not long had my boat … it was horrendous we were all linking hosepipes to get water as no one could move .. the fuel boats couldn’t even get through
I usually only get frozen solid for 2 weeks max at a time over winter then it melts and you can move again but it refreezes a few times 😃
Apparel that doesn't matter about getting covered in lock gunk, a belt to relieve your hands from holding the windlass while climbing ladders and in single locks do you really need to climb holding the rope?
Just had a thought that it may be prudent to lob the rope up to lock topside to save the hand. not tried it as I generally don't bother with the rope at all and manage to do 5 locks per hour in a flight single handed (but not film it).
I did once lose my windlass in a wide lock 24 of Hatton when the rope in my hand became taut with wind on the boat and flicked the windlass out of the hand leaving me halfway up the ladder with my boat in the middle of the lock. Had to get to the top, haul the boat to the side and get a spare out. I did try searching for it but involved a swim (spring/summer) as an alloy one. Decided to use a belt since then, and jubilee clips for the sea searcher.
That’s why I explained I don’t often take a rope going up and also usually leave the windlass there when I open the paddles and do the gates but it’s real life and we all do things we shouldn’t 😂😂
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That was very informative, and eye opening. Hiring a Narrowboat is on my bucket list, but realistically I would have to pick a stretch of canal with no locks. How do people get Widebeams through the sections where the Hire Boats are moored up? Thanks for the great Vlog.
If you have a crew it’s a lot easier to do locks, but as I usually do them on my own, so I thought I would show it all …. Wide beams can only go on wide canals which there are not many of, so are very restricted - narrowboats can so the whole network so if you like cruising are much better 😃🏴☠️
Would love to know how the rum was named Red Leg…lot of history in that where I come from.
I just found the answer 😄 Our rum is named after the native RedLeg Hermit Crab. Moving from one found shell to the next, this hardy little crab goes with the flow and embodies the spirit of laid-back island life without a pirate in sight.
Hello Heidi - greetings from Poland
A very interesting if short cruise. I hope there is no long lasting damage to yout GoPro after its swim in the canal.
A great lesson on single handed navigation of going up a flight of locks. How about a "jacket cam" for Jakki?
Lovely to meet Andrea and I hope you enjoyed your sausage and chips with a rum chaser.
A wonderful video, again full of fun and laughter. Thanks so much for taking me along. Stay safe please.
Please check your email! Surprise! Surprise!
Thanks Michael, I’ll have a look now 😃🏴☠️
Awww Michael, that e-card was wonderful …. Thank you very much 😃❤️🏴☠️
BTW I live near rum jungle
What’s Rum jungle ? It sounds like heaven 😂
You 2 are just a couple of dolls…
Thank you 😄🏴☠️
Love the vlog hope your go pro is ok.
How long did it take to get used to doing the locks. Mark and I really can’t wait to live on the canal.
Take care
Ahoy the go pro is fine thankfully, thank you 😃 I’ve been single handing for years, but it’s always easier and faster when you have 2 of you … I am very independent so didn’t want anything to stop me in my tracks 😂 … when are you starting your new life chapter ? 😃🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate we hope to put our house on the market by March/April hopefully houses round here don’t take long to sell. Would love to think it’s this year but ha next year will be fine. If your around Yorkshire we’ll pop and see you.
@@carolinefiler5506 I love Yorkshire 😄
If she's flying the black flag and you board her and take her boat under naval law it's now your property right? I've got a dinghy, brb - about to get a narrowboat!
😂😂 prepare to be keel hauled 🏴☠️
What is your favorite rum
I drink everything 😂 usually Aldi supermarkets cheapest but i do enjoy a nice Kraken 😂🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate Unleash the kraken!
Maybe you could do a rum tasting review and score them? Just to wet the lips 💋
😂 cheers 🏴☠️
Nope!
Can't stand this no more.
Laughing my ass off every time I click on You're videos. Not good for an old man!
You're not just the Pirate Queen, You're the Queen of innuendos! I get hickups...😂
Wait..., can't find any rum here...
Oh, there's some whisky!
Saved!!! Schkal!
Take care!🙃
😂 thank you and you can’t beat a good whisky, in fact I drink whisky just as much as rum 😂😂