Maybe because I live in the USA, your link will not let me order a canal guide. But I really want to have a map so I bought one on eBay. It is from somebody here that had the same fantasy about living on a narrowboat and cruising the canals. I love every thing about your travel videos. The sites,sounds,drone shots, the history, Dillon, your beautiful narrow boat, and your sunny personalities( even when you are working thru " stuff"). I hope you keep on entertaining and brightening my days. Love you both and Dillon too XOX
My Great Uncle (Wilfred Durnall) was tenant farmer at Cowley Farm in the 1950’s. It’s close to Cowley Tunnel and my sister and I always scrambled down to the towpath and played in and around the steep banks of the canal whenever we visited our Uncle and Aunt. We were only 7 and 11 yrs old and were never concerned for our safety. We were let free to roam and as a 7 yr old, Cowley Tunnel (albeit short for you) represented a real challenge for me when dared to run through it shouting and I found the echoes it made when deep inside terrifying. We always waited to wave at the crew of any working barge that happened to be passing through before we decided it was time to return to the Farm. The bargees sometimes used to moor up after leaving the cutting and collect their milk from the farm before continuing on to Birmingham. I remember the barges were nearly always fully loaded and hearing them them chugging off in the distance. They were sometimes steered by women, often with several children on board. The cutting at Gnosall was long, very deep and heavily overhung with trees, it was often a dark and forbidding place for us young children to be, but still we liked being there. My Uncle told us the it was dug by hand by Irish navvies who lived in temporary huts built alongside the canal. As a child I remember scratching the red hard sandstone with a stone and marvelled at the hardness of it. I found it difficult to believe it was possible for the tunnel and the entire cutting to have been carved out by ‘pick and shovel’ alone. The cutting was originally part of the the tunnel itself, but had to be opened up by several hundred yards because the overlying sandstone was unstable as it passed through the land by Cowley Farm. My great uncle told us that ‘The Navigation Inn’ at Gnosall was named after ‘the navvies’ who lived in the area whilst excavating the canal and laying the railway track for the Shropshire Union Canal and Railway Company. He was then in his 70’s with first hand knowledge of living in the Gnosall area during the 1890’s. We travelled there by train that stopped at Gnosall bridge. What a different place it was then.
Foxes Afloat - me too, but we’d need a ‘Time Machine’ to get back to those times, well over 68 years ago. I’ll always remember Cowley as a rather ‘special place’, that with the exception of daily chugging from the passing barges, was a quiet and very remote place’ inhabited only by rabbits and primroses.
5:55, "there's a real shady area".....do you ever use "shady" to mean, sort of, dodgy i guess you say in the UK? if you said "there's a real shady area" in the states, it would be sort of dangerous. i am LOVING what i can learn about language by watching your videos. i teach all over the world [china, turkey, saudi arabia, indonesia, belarus, etc.] and i always tell students that even though i'm a native english speaker, whenever i watch anything on BBC or guys like you on youtube, i have to look stuff up. ps. i also love that you don't always know how to pronounce certain things and talk about the "pronunication police" because especially english language learners in china can't believe it when native speakers are as confounded as they are, haha
Love the tour guide/history stuff. Really sets this channel apart from the other narrowboat channels. The drone footage also helps a ton, so much of the canal network is below grade for obvious reasons and the drone lets us see above the hedges.
You lads always make me smile. I know what you mean about yappy dogs. Makes my ears tired. Now my little boy is part Pug. So lucky for both of us he has the reserved, "I'm the companion of Royalty you peasant" attitude and not the little man one. He never yaps, only barks in his dreams but he sure has the look and it works. And when we drive about in summer he loves to sing with me. Wherever you are I hope you're all safe. No more falling in the canal. Keep enjoying your travels and I'll keep enjoying them with you.
Would love to meet you guys as you are such a scream lol. I love looking at the beautiful scenery and the different colours on the barges/boats. Thank you for making me smile, you will never know how happy you guys make me feel. 💖💖🙏🏻 xx
Our boat is the one moored behind you when you are getting diesel. It's been at Norbury since 1st September getting a repaint, a full set of new windows and someother work. We were there to see the progress last week and spookily told David our choice of tinted windows was made after seeing Silver Fox and your Caldwells video. He even commented he liked them so much he may replace his own. A week later, there you are moored in front of us. Great video as usual, you would never think it was winter.
Yay! Now my day is all happy. One of my fav sailor couples released a super happy video, and then yours popped up in the feed right after! You two always make me smile, big time. Btw, that bridge sign is hilarious. "This bridge is insufficient to carry weights beyond the ordinary traffic of the district"... er... what on earth is the ordinary traffic? Tanks? Strollers? Bicyclists, one at a time? Or just the garden gnomes guarding the bridge...? Wonders over wonders! Ohhhhh and you have manufactured homes! (at ~ 15:30) What Americans call "Mobile Homes"... innnnteresting! I lived in one of those for a few years. Seriously, love you guys. I realize we only see the happy times, but you two just exude happy feelings, really.
We were in the BCN last autumn and I got rather fed up having to keep going down the weed-hatch. Not so bad if you can get to the side but on a couple of occasions, we completely lost drive and just drifted in the middle. Fortunately, we didn't hold anyone up. Rubbish is a problem - until you get into the posh bit by all the swanky bars and retaurants by Gas Street Basin - they keep that tidy enough. If you are heading towards Birmingham, I can recommend the moorings at the top of lock # 1 at Farmer's Bridge Junction. There is a tiny arm and there are 14 day moorings there - relatively quiet for a big city, showers, water etc. and the city centre is just a short walk away. CRT office just across the bridge.
Thanks, David. We've been to Birmingham a few times on our old boat and some hire boats and never had the issues with rubbish in the canal, but it might be that you caught a bad time for that part. Cheers! x
Yet again another great one. Amazing to see how quickly your following has grown even among people who wouldnt necessarily be narrowboat enthusiasts. The ingredients to this are, a spoonful of professional production, a pinch of an eye for a good camera shot, large dollop of comedy, spoonfuls of interesting history and sprinkled with honesty and integrity. Well done again.
Thanks guys, what a way to start our day. You make us smile and feel great. Even though we are thousands of miles away we feel as though we are part of your family THANKS.
thats better now i have had my weekly dose of foxes afloat, your videos need to be on repeat prescription they always cheer me up. Thanks guys for another great episode, looking forward to next week.
Greetings from Texas! We love you guys! We've caught up on all your old videos, we need you to start posting twice a week!!! I have a few questions for you guys. 1) How many coats and jackets does Shawn have?!?!?! 2) Where does he store them all? 3) Does Collen own a jacket? A serious question or 2...After watching you two and some others my wife and I are considering spending a year on the canals after I retire. 4) Can you recommend a good website to search for boats? 5) Where do you go to chat with other boaters? Keep up the great work!
Hey guys! Okay... 1. He has 5 jackets 😂 2. Anywhere he can find to leave them 😂 3. I have 2. 4. If it's just a year you're planning, look into long-term hire. I'm not aware of any companies who do long term hire but I'm sure a Google search might bring up some results. 5. We don't really go anywhere to chat with other boaters. Just say hello as we pass. xxx
@@FoxesAfloat No, we are planning to buy a boat, use it for a year, sell it...unless we love the lifestyle. As for talking with other boaters I meant like when boaters tell you where good/bad places to moor are, or when you hear about a backup during lock maintenance.
Whichever way you go, you are going to get closer to the heart of the canal network; Birmingham. Like in Lord of the Rings and Mount Doom, Mordor, you should be able to see the darkness and smell the evil on the horizon .... lol.
Birmingham, be great to see how it's changed, cycled most of the tow paths as a youth and worked near Bridley Place as an adult. Haven't been there in 30 years... 👍 Thanks to you guys I'm losing weight - While using a treadmill I'm binge watching your vlogs, they're so entertaining I keep walking till I've covered at least three episodes. Lost 6 pounds so far. Can't wait to get back on tonight. 😊
@@FoxesAfloat ... I most definately did enjoy... Shroppie is nearly as nice as the S&F, which is where i had hoped you would go next... then surf down the Severn during a wet Feb... but i expect you will go BCN and take advantage of the cold weather keeping the TTs indoors. Wherever you head it will be enjoyable to watch.
Cruise for the second star on the right and straight on till morning. Or is it second star on the left? I always get it mixed up. Great Vlog as always you guys. Makes me wish we had canals here in Utah.
Hi Colin and Shaun, I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this already but on your trip through the Cowley Tunnel of 81 yards over 38.8 seconds you averaged an impressive 4.27mph. Like Colin, I have ASD and am always compelled to work out stuff like this. Happy travels guys, loving the channel.
Hi Foxes afloat. Hello from nottingham. Loved watching ur video. We love ur canal journeys. We have Southwell but some say it Suthal. We have Bulcoate some say bullcutt. Interesting. Regards from us here.
Top notch chaps! Keep going South! It’s always sunny down there ☀️ (sometimes) (so I hear). Splendid Ello Ello policeman impression btw - what a programme 🇫🇷 ‘Oh, René!!!’ Have a fab weekend 😊👍🏼
Another outstanding vlog guys. It was a struggle, but I was able to delay watching it until this morning so as to savor it over coffee in front of the fire in the woodstove as it snowed like crazy outside. May have to watch a second time later. Thank you both. K Pres. of Foxy Fan Club US
Turn right at the junction; then the FULL Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal to the Severn, then downstream to Worcester, where you will have had ample time to work out if you want to do Birmingham or not. If so, take the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, if not, continue on the Severn to Gloucester..... :-) :-) :-)
Seeing your puppy Dillon reminds me greatly of my little lady. Saighton's Misty Maidon. Obviously she had Saighton blood lines. She was a hell of a grouse getter. Love your videos. I think I know where the wife and I will be on our retirement trip.
I'm so confused. I sit patiently awaiting for 4.00pm on Fridays to watch your vlog and as soon as you appear on screen you cheerfully say "Good morning". I carefully check my watch, regularly wondering what has been going on with my day? Is my clock wrong, did I nod off after that cuppa and was I abducted by alien beings? I hope I wasn't probed. Great vlog as always. Interesting to hear about the aircraft 'mooring' on the canal. Following last weeks "incident" shouldn't falling in the cut be re titled as "Doing a Dillon"? Where you just checking the depth or attempting to walk on water? ; )
Good evening Foxes and greetings from Wales. Another interesting and fun video, thank you. Colin, you seemed a bit mystified by the Oxford aircraft you mentioned. At the risk of repeating information already posted by someone else below and/or boring you I thought I'd enlighten you a little. The Oxford was manufactured by Airspeed and was a twin engine monoplane that was designed by non other than R J Mitchell, he of Spitfire fame. It was a very successful design and was used throughout the second world war to train aircrews in navigation, radio operation, gunnery and bombing. As I recall it was not hugely different in size to such as the Avro Anson or the Bristol Blenheim, two much better known combat aircraft of their time. Hope this is of some interest. Regards to you both.
Foxes Afloat They used to be a flour mill between the Navigation and Boat Inns and legend had it in the village that this was where Hovis bread was invented..
Guys Always great to catch-up on your adventures. Chocolate, buttered malt loaf and a nice warming drink on a chilly January morning...... sounds mighty fine! Mike
Great vlog as usual. I notice on yours and other vlogs abandoned and sinking boats.When do these become a hazard to navigation? Is the River Trust responsible for removing them?
Colin you are very much like my son so I understand you perfectly! You are so fortunate to have Shaun! I thought Shaun was going to work during the winter months?
Hello guys just a not to say I love all the videos you do but the history ones like this are the best. The love and care you have for each other is wonderful and obvious to all. Thanks again.
Gnosall - a Gnome who knows everything! 😂 Lovely vlog again.......this really is my weekly fix of gentle loveliness.......thank you so much! Malt Loaf.....yes please..... with half a pound of butter on! Saturday night teatime in Yorkshire. Take care lovely fellas.😁 😘😘😘
Hi guys brilliant vlog & thanks for filming the diesel and supply boat as we previously enquired , 4 weeks and counting until we get our new boat and we’re so excited do you remember that feeling when you were waiting for yours .
Another awesome vlog!! Love the history of the canals. Going to snow here in Massachusetts today 6 inches. Good time to watch some your Oder vids like when building the boat. Best to Dillon 😍
Hi guys my other half has a question about Dylan's harness what make is it and is it a floatation harness? We have two 🐕 one who is 17 and other is 4 and like sitting on top of boat when traveling
ive noticed the UK has alot of strange names of towns n such but i guess that is the same everywhere love watching the tour of the country ,you both make me laugh with the jokes and mispronuciations of names
Thank you kind sirs for your effort putting these videos out. I looked back a few weeks to get an idea of the number of comments you're getting. Well over a thousand every week for sure. Are you surprised at the response you get? I know you've been doing this awhile now. I joined at the boat launch myself. Very glad that you work is being rewarded.
Hi Guys, another multi comment starting with 82. Oh, Colin, your so brave and butch, id have been calling him all the names under the sun from the safety of being in the cabin. I would have Googled BUMS but I couldn't speel it. 83. Dillon obviously loves hid daddies It must be great not to have any time constraints, When we had our hire boats we had to get to where ever in order to get back in time. The honesty box at the lock reminded us of a vineyard we visited in Aus. Tables full of good wines a couple of corkscrews and an honesty box to pay for anything you took away. Spent a quarter of an hour trying to remember “Blackey”, the series predates Dave so he couldn’t help. Tie a large cork to yer lump hammer, it might float. 84 SSI & Shauns Bowles, your rotten to him Colin. Crispy sheets, good times had by all. Dillon is one very spoilt and very happy dog, bless him. 85 A gnother gnu. Cheesesy feet Stop picking on poor Shaun, rotter Thanks again guys, another great evenings entertainment, funny, informative and great photography.
@@FoxesAfloat Really, I look forward to your "show" Not that my world is lacking, but you offer me a peek into a different world, full of beauty, new ways and civility. Yes, I choose to ignore that we see is only the best moments..I'm ok with that ;)
nice 1 again m8s. but after the buttered malt loaf, i think i'l go make a vegemite sanga an a coffee. but it feels like my mum an dad, mum was you drive, i'l navigate, an i was only 7 then.
I'm a year behind you - but catching up. I can't offer opinions on your destination. I recently watched all of Peaky Blinders - so I'd love to get a look at Birmingham canals. I'll just have to see what you did.
When you first showed the malt loaf I thought you had a doily on the plate! It took me back 50 odd years to sitting with my favourite aunt - Auntie Mu. Thanks for triggering that memory.
Your use of the drone sets your narrowboat offerings far and above the others out there. Seriously good work. Your ground-level camera placements are excellent as well. And no inexplicable extreme closeups of nose hairs.
Always a gem of interest in your vlogs boys. WW2 air field so interesting and as for name pronunciations, you’re doing well Colin. There are many names here in Tasmania I’m unsure of when it comes to pronunciation! 😉 Love the winter landscapes of the canals which your filming does so well. Thanks as always, we so look forward to your adventures every week. James and Colin🤗
Foxes Afloat And just in case you visit Tasmania one day, we live in Launceston which is pronounced Lon-ces-ton by locals, whereas, it’s name sake in England I believe is pronounced Lorns-ton😉
Being loving your vlogs! I'm down in Bromsgrove so please come and head to Worcester and i'll buy you both a pint as you head down the Tardebigge flight!?
@@FoxesAfloat Kane has that in his knees, he has a metal knee cap from it as well (try that with a dog who doesn't like vets), he has cartafen injections (vet let's me do them) which last six months and we also give him joinsure which has glucosamine in it and salmon oil. Oh and he likes the heat from the log burner. Have a great evening, more narrow boat viewings tomorrow, scary.....
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Maybe because I live in the USA, your link will not let me order a canal guide. But I really want to have a map so I bought one on eBay. It is from somebody here that had the same fantasy about living on a narrowboat and cruising the canals. I love every thing about your travel videos. The sites,sounds,drone shots, the history, Dillon, your beautiful narrow boat, and your sunny personalities( even when you are working thru " stuff"). I hope you keep on entertaining and brightening my days. Love you both and Dillon too XOX
Sorry about that, Marjorie. We're working on a USA link.
My Great Uncle (Wilfred Durnall) was tenant farmer at Cowley Farm in the 1950’s. It’s close to Cowley Tunnel and my sister and I always scrambled down to the towpath and played in and around the steep banks of the canal whenever we visited our Uncle and Aunt. We were only 7 and 11 yrs old and were never concerned for our safety. We were let free to roam and as a 7 yr old, Cowley Tunnel (albeit short for you) represented a real challenge for me when dared to run through it shouting and I found the echoes it made when deep inside terrifying. We always waited to wave at the crew of any working barge that happened to be passing through before we decided it was time to return to the Farm. The bargees sometimes used to moor up after leaving the cutting and collect their milk from the farm before continuing on to Birmingham. I remember the barges were nearly always fully loaded and hearing them them chugging off in the distance. They were sometimes steered by women, often with several children on board. The cutting at Gnosall was long, very deep and heavily overhung with trees, it was often a dark and forbidding place for us young children to be, but still we liked being there. My Uncle told us the it was dug by hand by Irish navvies who lived in temporary huts built alongside the canal. As a child I remember scratching the red hard sandstone with a stone and marvelled at the hardness of it. I found it difficult to believe it was possible for the tunnel and the entire cutting to have been carved out by ‘pick and shovel’ alone. The cutting was originally part of the the tunnel itself, but had to be opened up by several hundred yards because the overlying sandstone was unstable as it passed through the land by Cowley Farm. My great uncle told us that ‘The Navigation Inn’ at Gnosall was named after ‘the navvies’ who lived in the area whilst excavating the canal and laying the railway track for the Shropshire Union Canal and Railway Company. He was then in his 70’s with first hand knowledge of living in the Gnosall area during the 1890’s. We travelled there by train that stopped at Gnosall bridge. What a different place it was then.
Wow! I wish you'd have been there when we passed through. Your description stirs up such an image of the time. Amazing! Fascinating! Thank you!
Foxes Afloat - me too, but we’d need a ‘Time Machine’ to get back to those times, well over 68 years ago. I’ll always remember Cowley as a rather ‘special place’, that with the exception of daily chugging from the passing barges, was a quiet and very remote place’ inhabited only by rabbits and primroses.
Like a wearing warmed jumper straight out of the tumble dryer. Can always count on you to provide great content. Thank you
Our pleasure! 👍🏻
Quote of the video goes to Shaun: "I'm not doing it all again just for that!" You gknow to hit that like button right gnow people.
Haha! Gno way! 😂
I lurve malt loaf. Colin, stop bein 'orrible to Shaun 😂
Mmmmmmmmmalt loaf 😋
5:55, "there's a real shady area".....do you ever use "shady" to mean, sort of, dodgy i guess you say in the UK? if you said "there's a real shady area" in the states, it would be sort of dangerous. i am LOVING what i can learn about language by watching your videos. i teach all over the world [china, turkey, saudi arabia, indonesia, belarus, etc.] and i always tell students that even though i'm a native english speaker, whenever i watch anything on BBC or guys like you on youtube, i have to look stuff up. ps. i also love that you don't always know how to pronounce certain things and talk about the "pronunication police" because especially english language learners in china can't believe it when native speakers are as confounded as they are, haha
Cheers, Bob. Yeah, shady also means dodgy over here too 😂 Must be amazing to teach all over the world 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Love the tour guide/history stuff. Really sets this channel apart from the other narrowboat channels. The drone footage also helps a ton, so much of the canal network is below grade for obvious reasons and the drone lets us see above the hedges.
I totally agree. It offers a view unseen by most people. Cheers! 👍🏻 x
You lads always make me smile. I know what you mean about yappy dogs. Makes my ears tired. Now my little boy is part Pug. So lucky for both of us he has the reserved, "I'm the companion of Royalty you peasant" attitude and not the little man one. He never yaps, only barks in his dreams but he sure has the look and it works. And when we drive about in summer he loves to sing with me.
Wherever you are I hope you're all safe. No more falling in the canal. Keep enjoying your travels and I'll keep enjoying them with you.
He sings with you...? That sounds brilliant! Yeah, no more falling in, although Shaun is due for a tumble 😏 x
Would love to meet you guys as you are such a scream lol. I love looking at the beautiful scenery and the different colours on the barges/boats. Thank you for making me smile, you will never know how happy you guys make me feel. 💖💖🙏🏻 xx
Awww, thanks, Sue 💜
The drone shots really do add to the value of your wonderful production !
Thanks, Kevin!
Our boat is the one moored behind you when you are getting diesel. It's been at Norbury since 1st September getting a repaint, a full set of new windows and someother work. We were there to see the progress last week and spookily told David our choice of tinted windows was made after seeing Silver Fox and your Caldwells video. He even commented he liked them so much he may replace his own. A week later, there you are moored in front of us. Great video as usual, you would never think it was winter.
Haha! It’s a sign!
We love the windows. Great choice and most people who see them love them.
Yeah, the weather was gorgeous! ☀️
Another great vid. Really enjoy the chemistry between you two - best comic duo since Morecambe and Wise?
Hehe, thanks 😂
Yay! Now my day is all happy. One of my fav sailor couples released a super happy video, and then yours popped up in the feed right after! You two always make me smile, big time.
Btw, that bridge sign is hilarious. "This bridge is insufficient to carry weights beyond the ordinary traffic of the district"... er... what on earth is the ordinary traffic? Tanks? Strollers? Bicyclists, one at a time? Or just the garden gnomes guarding the bridge...? Wonders over wonders!
Ohhhhh and you have manufactured homes! (at ~ 15:30) What Americans call "Mobile Homes"... innnnteresting! I lived in one of those for a few years.
Seriously, love you guys. I realize we only see the happy times, but you two just exude happy feelings, really.
We do show the bad times too, but luckily there are more happy than sad 💜
@@FoxesAfloat too right
We were in the BCN last autumn and I got rather fed up having to keep going down the weed-hatch. Not so bad if you can get to the side but on a couple of occasions, we completely lost drive and just drifted in the middle. Fortunately, we didn't hold anyone up. Rubbish is a problem - until you get into the posh bit by all the swanky bars and retaurants by Gas Street Basin - they keep that tidy enough.
If you are heading towards Birmingham, I can recommend the moorings at the top of lock # 1 at Farmer's Bridge Junction. There is a tiny arm and there are 14 day moorings there - relatively quiet for a big city, showers, water etc. and the city centre is just a short walk away. CRT office just across the bridge.
Thanks, David. We've been to Birmingham a few times on our old boat and some hire boats and never had the issues with rubbish in the canal, but it might be that you caught a bad time for that part. Cheers! x
Yet again another great one. Amazing to see how quickly your following has grown even among people who wouldnt necessarily be narrowboat enthusiasts. The ingredients to this are, a spoonful of professional production, a pinch of an eye for a good camera shot, large dollop of comedy, spoonfuls of interesting history and sprinkled with honesty and integrity. Well done again.
Alan, thanks! We do try to make them interesting to everyone 👍🏻
Such a happy looking doggy!!!! Yay!!! looks lovely there, peaceful.... i like that.... I get to go up into the mountains here!
Peaceful is good 😊
Fantastic Lads. Loving it. Well Done
Cheers, Matthew 👍🏻
Oh for a buttered slice of Soreen's! (Malt Loaf).
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Thanks guys, what a way to start our day. You make us smile and feel great. Even though we are thousands of miles away we feel as though we are part of your family THANKS.
Aww, thank you! Have a nice weekend 👍🏻
Thanks for another great Foxy Fix, lifted my spirits tonight.
Nice one 👍🏻 Enjoy your weekend, Callum
Following the Cadbury theme - I guess it will be the Birmingham Canal Network with a trip to Bournville - CHOCOLATE 🤪
Haha! Not sure about the crowds and noise of Birmingham 😬
mmmm Maltloaf....don’t have it here in America...but Amazon sells it. It’ll be here tomorrow!
Mmmm... I want Malt loaf again now 😂
Another great video, you saved my Sunday again.... Thx guys and hav fun😊👍
Aww, cheers, Gaz!
thats better now i have had my weekly dose of foxes afloat, your videos need to be on repeat prescription they always cheer me up. Thanks guys for another great episode, looking forward to next week.
I wish we got a prescription charge for each view 😂
Greetings from Texas! We love you guys! We've caught up on all your old videos, we need you to start posting twice a week!!! I have a few questions for you guys. 1) How many coats and jackets does Shawn have?!?!?! 2) Where does he store them all? 3) Does Collen own a jacket? A serious question or 2...After watching you two and some others my wife and I are considering spending a year on the canals after I retire. 4) Can you recommend a good website to search for boats? 5) Where do you go to chat with other boaters?
Keep up the great work!
Gumtree have narrowboats David. Also, try rugby boat sales.
Hey guys! Okay...
1. He has 5 jackets 😂
2. Anywhere he can find to leave them 😂
3. I have 2.
4. If it's just a year you're planning, look into long-term hire. I'm not aware of any companies who do long term hire but I'm sure a Google search might bring up some results.
5. We don't really go anywhere to chat with other boaters. Just say hello as we pass. xxx
@@FoxesAfloat No, we are planning to buy a boat, use it for a year, sell it...unless we love the lifestyle. As for talking with other boaters I meant like when boaters tell you where good/bad places to moor are, or when you hear about a backup during lock maintenance.
@@Bob8091 Thanks! I'll check it out!
Whichever way you go, you are going to get closer to the heart of the canal network; Birmingham. Like in Lord of the Rings and Mount Doom, Mordor, you should be able to see the darkness and smell the evil on the horizon .... lol.
well done a other good vlog dun with the same humour that makes you smile
Aww, thanks, John! 👍🏻💜
Birmingham, be great to see how it's changed, cycled most of the tow paths as a youth and worked near Bridley Place as an adult. Haven't been there in 30 years... 👍 Thanks to you guys I'm losing weight - While using a treadmill I'm binge watching your vlogs, they're so entertaining I keep walking till I've covered at least three episodes. Lost 6 pounds so far. Can't wait to get back on tonight. 😊
Aww, man that's brilliant. Well done!
Bang on time!!.. 00:00 in Malaysia and it's time for cup of hot chocolate with the Foxes... are we sitting comfortably.. then I'll begin....
Enjoy!
@@FoxesAfloat ... I most definately did enjoy... Shroppie is nearly as nice as the S&F, which is where i had hoped you would go next... then surf down the Severn during a wet Feb... but i expect you will go BCN and take advantage of the cold weather keeping the TTs indoors. Wherever you head it will be enjoyable to watch.
@@malcolmelliott1876 #Spoilers 😉
Just because Dillon decides to go for a swim last week doesn't mean you have to follow suit Collin lol! Another wonderful vlog thanks guys.
Haha! I was lucky just to get my leg in 😂
Rhymes with Fnosall
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DEFO envious of the lifestyle . Ya gno? Good on ya Mates !!!!
Cheers, William. 💜
Jazz. ... nice !
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Thanks for telling us where all the good and bad mooring spots are guys... My Google Maps layers are filling up nicely ready for this years launch.
Haha! You won't go far wrong! 👍🏻
You guys made me laugh a lot. Thank you. The gift of humor is a good one. Stay well..
Thanks, Martin!
I love when every Friday there is new video from The Silver Fox! Thanks for I do enjoy the content.
Thanks, Tom! 👍🏻
Oh dear! I am getting addicted to these vlogs!
haha! 😏
Cruise for the second star on the right and straight on till morning. Or is it second star on the left? I always get it mixed up. Great Vlog as always you guys. Makes me wish we had canals here in Utah.
haha! Can't see any stars in this cloud 😂
Hi Colin and Shaun, I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this already but on your trip through the Cowley Tunnel of 81 yards over 38.8 seconds you averaged an impressive 4.27mph. Like Colin, I have ASD and am always compelled to work out stuff like this.
Happy travels guys, loving the channel.
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Speedy!
Hi Foxes afloat. Hello from nottingham. Loved watching ur video. We love ur canal journeys. We have Southwell but some say it Suthal. We have Bulcoate some say bullcutt. Interesting. Regards from us here.
I'll have to make a note of these, just in case we come down the Trent 😉 x
Malt loaf should always be spread with thick butter
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Top notch chaps! Keep going South! It’s always sunny down there ☀️ (sometimes) (so I hear). Splendid Ello Ello policeman impression btw - what a programme 🇫🇷 ‘Oh, René!!!’ Have a fab weekend 😊👍🏼
Haha...! I shall say this only once...
Thanks, James 👍🏻😂
Brilliant voice so interesting to watch
Cheers, Anthony
Thanks for a entertaining and informative blog, I like the way you combine your travels with history and information. Keep it up!
Thanks, Bernard!
Ohh do the canals go on further into Wales? Thanks!
Yes, all the way to Llagollen.
Another outstanding vlog guys. It was a struggle, but I was able to delay watching it until this morning so as to savor it over coffee in front of the fire in the woodstove as it snowed like crazy outside. May have to watch a second time later. Thank you both. K Pres. of Foxy Fan Club US
Ah, So you're President of our fan club...!?!?! Nice one 👍🏻
@@FoxesAfloat LOL A little ahead of myself I know. Got to get this thing rolling somehow. Love the videos. K
Shaun you are a delight to watch, your little chuckle is wonderful, thanks for another stunning vlog
Thanks so much
Turn right at the junction; then the FULL Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal to the Severn, then downstream to Worcester, where you will have had ample time to work out if you want to do Birmingham or not. If so, take the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, if not, continue on the Severn to Gloucester..... :-) :-) :-)
Hmmm... Rivers in winter 😬
Birmingham with crowds 😬
Haha!
Seeing your puppy Dillon reminds me greatly of my little lady. Saighton's Misty Maidon. Obviously she had Saighton blood lines. She was a hell of a grouse getter.
Love your videos. I think I know where the wife and I will be on our retirement trip.
Enjoy it! x
Thanks Lads for the Friday chuckle. 👍😘😎.
Our pleasure, as always 😂💜
Sliver Fox! Brought to you and fueled by Cadbury 😊
Mmmmmm... Chocolate! 😋
Birmingham or Worcester!! I live in droitwich so hoping you come this way 🤞
Could be. That's where we bought our very first boat from 😉
As an American I could never pronounce those places.
Haha! It's hard enough as a Brit! 😂
Brilliant as always! What a crackin neck of the woods your in. Watching you two is better than the telly anyday of the week :)
Aww, thanks, Steven!
Fame at last! ..........featured in a Foxes Afloat out take. Sorry chaps 😁
Where...? 😂
On the embankment as you approached Wheaton Aston. "Have I seen you on TH-cam?"
I'm so confused. I sit patiently awaiting for 4.00pm on Fridays to watch your vlog and as soon as you appear on screen you cheerfully say "Good morning". I carefully check my watch, regularly wondering what has been going on with my day? Is my clock wrong, did I nod off after that cuppa and was I abducted by alien beings? I hope I wasn't probed.
Great vlog as always. Interesting to hear about the aircraft 'mooring' on the canal.
Following last weeks "incident" shouldn't falling in the cut be re titled as "Doing a Dillon"? Where you just checking the depth or attempting to walk on water? ; )
Haha! We always start on a morning 😂
So people who live in Gnosall , would be known as Noseallas 😉 I'm Glad I live in Cardiff now
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Another Fab vlog ,thank you,safe journey Mr Wet Leg and Chef Put The Dinner On x 😅 x
Mr Wet Leg 😂
Do you pronounce it without sounding the g at the beginning ie nosall?
Yes, More like Noze'ull
Good evening Foxes and greetings from Wales. Another interesting and fun video, thank you. Colin, you seemed a bit mystified by the Oxford aircraft you mentioned. At the risk of repeating information already posted by someone else below and/or boring you I thought I'd enlighten you a little. The Oxford was manufactured by Airspeed and was a twin engine monoplane that was designed by non other than R J Mitchell, he of Spitfire fame. It was a very successful design and was used throughout the second world war to train aircrews in navigation, radio operation, gunnery and bombing. As I recall it was not hugely different in size to such as the Avro Anson or the Bristol Blenheim, two much better known combat aircraft of their time. Hope this is of some interest. Regards to you both.
Fascinating! Cheers, Jon!
Sitting here in Kuwait with somebody who comes from Gnosall.
No way! 😂👍🏻
Foxes Afloat They used to be a flour mill between the Navigation and Boat Inns and legend had it in the village that this was where Hovis bread was invented..
Guys
Always great to catch-up on your adventures. Chocolate, buttered malt loaf and a nice warming drink on a chilly January morning...... sounds mighty fine!
Mike
It was lovely 😋
Small yapping dogs - Hairy Maggots is my favourite description 😂.
😂😂😂
Rats on leads 🤣
In Kuala Lumpur we call small yapping dogs, "MOPS", I will leave it up to the imagination where the mop handle is inserted 😜😜😜
Great vlog as usual. I notice on yours and other vlogs abandoned and sinking boats.When do these become a hazard to navigation? Is the River Trust responsible for removing them?
I guess they're always a hazard. The CRT remove most of them.
@@FoxesAfloat There are a lot less than there used to be 40 years ago!
How is it possible that anyone would give a thumbs down? What is not to love?
We love our haters 💜 A dislike counts equally as engagement with the channel and boosts our popularity on TH-cam's algorithms 😉
Lovely episode. Never disappoints. Beautiful, informative, humorous. Thanks.
Thank you, Margaret! 💜
Colin you are very much like my son so I understand you perfectly! You are so fortunate to have Shaun! I thought Shaun was going to work during the winter months?
We managed to budget well enough that he doesn't have to 👍🏻
If anybody can cheer me up on a wet and windy day it’s you two. Thanks guys.
Our pleasure, Ron 👍🏻
How interesting. Your videos are always so good. I get to learn something every time I stop by. Thanks for sharing.
Our pleasure, Max. Thanks!
Hello guys just a not to say I love all the videos you do but the history ones like this are the best. The love and care you have for each other is wonderful and obvious to all. Thanks again.
Thank you so much, Philip! 👍🏻
Great vlog looks a bit chilly . Malt loaf yum , I forgot just how good it tasted
Thanks guys
Paul
New Zealand
Yummy 😋
Gnosall - a Gnome who knows everything! 😂 Lovely vlog again.......this really is my weekly fix of gentle loveliness.......thank you so much! Malt Loaf.....yes please..... with half a pound of butter on! Saturday night teatime in Yorkshire. Take care lovely fellas.😁 😘😘😘
Oh yes! Definitely at least 50/50 with the butter 😋
Hi guys brilliant vlog & thanks for filming the diesel and supply boat as we previously enquired , 4 weeks and counting until we get our new boat and we’re so excited do you remember that feeling when you were waiting for yours .
Oh yes! That last couple of weeks dragged by for us. I hope everything goes smoothly! 💜
Another awesome vlog!! Love the history of the canals.
Going to snow here in Massachusetts today 6 inches.
Good time to watch some your
Oder vids like when building the boat.
Best to Dillon 😍
Aww, I want six inches of snow! ⛄️ Haha! Have fun in the snow ❄️
Dillon seems to be walking straighter, now. Did he give up drinking?
Haha! He has good days and bad
Who Gknew. Best wishes from Australia
Haha! Cheers, Rob 👍🏻
Hi guys my other half has a question about Dylan's harness what make is it and is it a floatation harness? We have two 🐕 one who is 17 and other is 4 and like sitting on top of boat when traveling
I'm not sure where we got it, it's quite old and can't see the name anymore. I'm pretty sure we bought it from Amazon a couple of years ago. x
Another superbly enjoyable video with relaxing background music, especially entertaining discussions and excellent filming. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, James! 👍🏻
ive noticed the UK has alot of strange names of towns n such but i guess that is the same everywhere
love watching the tour of the country ,you both make me laugh with the jokes and mispronuciations of names
Aww, cheers, Debra!
Another quality vlog. Regards AJ
Cheers, AJ!
Great prenaceuntion chaps, of place names close to where I live, that I've always struggled with! Another supe vlog. Many thanks as always.
Cheers, Mike!
Thank you kind sirs for your effort putting these videos out. I looked back a few weeks to get an idea of the number of comments you're getting. Well over a thousand every week for sure. Are you surprised at the response you get? I know you've been doing this awhile now. I joined at the boat launch myself. Very glad that you work is being rewarded.
Yeah, it's mind-blowing the number of comments we get and about 2,000 new subscribers each month. Amazing!
Hi Guys, another multi comment starting with
82. Oh, Colin, your so brave and butch, id have been calling him all the names under the sun from the safety of being in the cabin.
I would have Googled BUMS but I couldn't speel it.
83. Dillon obviously loves hid daddies
It must be great not to have any time constraints, When we had our hire boats we had to get to where ever in order to get back in time.
The honesty box at the lock reminded us of a vineyard we visited in Aus. Tables full of good wines a couple of corkscrews and an honesty box to pay for anything you took away.
Spent a quarter of an hour trying to remember “Blackey”, the series predates Dave so he couldn’t help.
Tie a large cork to yer lump hammer, it might float.
84 SSI & Shauns Bowles, your rotten to him Colin.
Crispy sheets, good times had by all.
Dillon is one very spoilt and very happy dog, bless him.
85 A gnother gnu.
Cheesesy feet
Stop picking on poor Shaun, rotter
Thanks again guys, another great evenings entertainment, funny, informative and great photography.
'Tie a cork to your lump hammer'... Sounds like a euphemism 😂
Super, another great mix of travel vlog, a touch of history with fantastic presenters.
Awww, thank you, Joseph 👍🏻
@@FoxesAfloat Really, I look forward to your "show" Not that my world is lacking, but you offer me a peek into a different world, full of beauty, new ways and civility. Yes, I choose to ignore that we see is only the best moments..I'm ok with that ;)
Another great vlog. The music was awesome. Thank you 😊
Aww, thanks, Lily! 👍🏻
'Gosh-all? ... we'll see. :) ... chocolate! :) ... 'Nose-all' - I wasn't even close ... I reckon, Birmingham. :)
Birmingham...😬 The crowds, noise, boats, engines, loud people along the city towpath...😕
@@FoxesAfloat Hmm ... scratch Birmingham. :D
nice 1 again m8s. but after the buttered malt loaf, i think i'l go make a vegemite sanga an a coffee. but it feels like my mum an dad, mum was you drive, i'l navigate, an i was only 7 then.
Awwww! Never tried Vegemite sanga 😋
@@FoxesAfloat when an if you do, don't spread it thick eh!
I'm a year behind you - but catching up. I can't offer opinions on your destination. I recently watched all of Peaky Blinders - so I'd love to get a look at Birmingham canals. I'll just have to see what you did.
We do go to where they filmed Peaky Blinders 😉
When you first showed the malt loaf I thought you had a doily on the plate! It took me back 50 odd years to sitting with my favourite aunt - Auntie Mu. Thanks for triggering that memory.
Hehe. No problem 💜
What on earth is “malt loaf”..... please elaborate lol
Do forgive the clueless Canadian!
It's basically a fruit loaf with a hint of malt to it. Also, delicious! 😋
Foxes Afloat so a malted fruit cake?
Dillion always looks so happy with his tail wagging :) .. Another great informative video guys
He's a happy dog 🐶 💜
Your use of the drone sets your narrowboat offerings far and above the others out there. Seriously good work. Your ground-level camera placements are excellent as well. And no inexplicable extreme closeups of nose hairs.
Haha! I hate those. Just no need 🤣
Always a gem of interest in your vlogs boys. WW2 air field so interesting and as for name pronunciations, you’re doing well Colin. There are many names here in Tasmania I’m unsure of when it comes to pronunciation! 😉
Love the winter landscapes of the canals which your filming does so well.
Thanks as always, we so look forward to your adventures every week. James and Colin🤗
Ah, cheers guys!
Foxes Afloat And just in case you visit Tasmania one day, we live in Launceston which is pronounced Lon-ces-ton by locals, whereas, it’s name sake in England I believe is pronounced Lorns-ton😉
Soreen malt loaf - currently half price in Tesco. Just picked up 2 loaves!
Nice one. Sending Shaun round 😂
The thing about the plane crashing is odd because I was looking at that accident yesterday. Anyway love your videos!
Being loving your vlogs! I'm down in Bromsgrove so please come and head to Worcester and i'll buy you both a pint as you head down the Tardebigge flight!?
All those locks 😬 Might do 😏
Going to get some malt loaf now, or black bread as it’s known by me. Yum
Mmmm... Malt Loaf 😋
Howdy chaps from the Forest of Dean.
Hope Dillon is ok see he had a bit of a limp at one point.
Come down our way.....
He has arthritis in his back legs so does limp sometimes.
@@FoxesAfloat Kane has that in his knees, he has a metal knee cap from it as well (try that with a dog who doesn't like vets), he has cartafen injections (vet let's me do them) which last six months and we also give him joinsure which has glucosamine in it and salmon oil. Oh and he likes the heat from the log burner.
Have a great evening, more narrow boat viewings tomorrow, scary.....
Ah yeah, we use similar supplements and they worked pretty well. Good luck with the viewings 👍🏻
Airspeed Oxford, twin engine training/liason aircraft from WW2. Metal and wood construction, the Kiwis have a restored example near Christchurch.
Nice one 👍🏻
Love the background music in this vlog - I'd like to have it playing on a long distance car trip from Chicago to Atlanta!
Go for it!