Fair play to you dude for staying so calm. I paddle on the Ouse and the Cam and encounter pissed up boaters regularly who either don’t notice me or don’t t give a fuck. I love a beer and a puff when I’m on the river but you need to stay in control and show respect for the environment and other people. Love your vids mate, keep it up!
I've boated and fished on the Gt Ouse since I was a kid in the 70s. Unfortunately there are a lot of ignorant people who don't slow down for anyone, there are also now a lot of long narrow boats and huge wide beams that the river infrastructure was never designed to accommodate, and there are a lot of SUPs and Lidl inflatable kayak day trippers who haven't got a clue about river etiquette. It's not a great mix unfortunately. I'm sure we've waved at each other at some point though!
Very politely ended on that video, Craig. TBH, I may not have been so chilled. Just how I am with my channel. I am glad you came out of the water safely along with your kit. Fair play to Campbell Canoes for coming out and I suspect there is a Pt.II coming. I hope so!
I've spent a lot of time on the river, My folks had a nice modern cruiser and I had a racing kayak. Wonderful times. I've been considering a canoe for river camps for a while now. I will say it though, Yes we liked a drink but no we didn't drink and sail. You could have been injured or killed. Hope he pays for the damages and learns his lesson. Stay Safe, All the best.
Rotten luck Chief. I’m sure you’ve been in worse conditions though. Looking forward to the next one. Also, please bring back “The Top Shaggers” intro. Peace and Love brother. 👊
Brilliant mate. Can't beat those days when you're buzzing n full of the joys of life 🙂🙂. Bloomin nightmare with the canoe . A beautiful bit of kit too n looked light as a feather. That was class nipping into that bar as you passed 🙂. Great film mate Atb Rick n Billydog
Not what you expected to see happening on a river just go's to show there's idiots everywhere glad you weren't hurt Craig I was really enjoying this would have been a top night out atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
That guy! What a pr!*k! I read the title and thought it'd be vandalism while you were camping. Can't believe it was an actual collision. Glad you're ok man❤
Brilliant boss (apart from the ding). You walked away, and yer man Jason sounds like a total geezer also. I had a nasty tumble at work today (forestry) down a steep bank...just dinged up, (no broken bones) and in view of the fact I'm now full of ibuprofen and beer, I can't feel a bloody thing 👍 Keep 'em coming (I recommend getting straight back on the , err, "horse". Do a sequel to this video to round it off in style, God bless 🤗🤗
Ahhhhh man!! What a shame!! Those Campbell Canoes are awesome! 😍 You were in one of my locals 'Waterside Inn!' if you ever come back over this way give me a shout! That river is great if you could have kept on going, although there are locks! Great video buddy and good to catch up on the weekend! Peace ✌️💚
Awe man what a pisser mate thank god you are ok ,yeah drink and narrow boat don’t go together what a pillock all was well too until that happened hopefully it gets fixed or replaced take care buddy all the best 👍🙏🚣🏻🚣🏻❤️👌
Well, that was an unexpected surprise at the end and well handled mate! Those canoes look really nice; keep going and don't let it shake you other than into strength, in any other way !!
Gutted for you Craig! Glad your all safe and sound though pal, bloody close shave that man. Jason's canoe looked blumming ace too, what a shame! Looked ultralight too pal, was it? Absolutely loved the barge bar, what an ace idea, I could retire doing that 😆. Thanks mate and as I say, glad your safe
Great video Craig pity about the out come with the canoe was looking like the start of a great adventure, keep up the good work mate. Atb Wullie ✊🏻🏴
Glad you managed to walk away from that. Here in Maine we have a lot of boating and many accidents, the majority of them caused by drunks on the water. Every year we have deaths attributed to alcohol. People just don't take boating as seriously as they should.
Bloody Hell mate! That could've been alot worse. Glad you got the pr*cks details, arrogant boaters are last thing we need. I often camp down by a canal, never met a bad soul yet, other than 2 (campers) who found my camp and essentially exposed it.. Hope it gets sorted. Take care All the best D & B 👍
Sorry you had such a calamity on the Lee. Last week you were by the river Thames near where I lived for the first 31 years of my life and this week you were on the Lee near where I have spent the last 32 lol. My son used to work in the Saracens head. Plenty of places around here to wild camp. I hope you get to visit again.
Well I know that stretch of river so well, loads of pubs in Herts , bit of bad luck with the boat,, but they say boating is a contact sport! 🤪, I live on my boat and my canoe lives on the roof , when I'm not paddling it, Those big steel boats are best steering clear of , I would have been gutted if happened to me , I hope you can come to an agreement with the wide beam owner ,
WTF, a lovley day out on the water, your happy, your mind's in a good place, then crunch .At least you are ok and the gear as well. Sorry fella. keep going br'o .ATB man,
I am so happy you were not injured. I know possesions can be replaced, but by this person, by not paying attention, it made this a preventable incident, not an accident. Stay safe and beware of foolish people.
Dam EAB hope they do pay up with not costing to you. Your sound no raging well not seen on video. Hope keep cool head hope see you on the water soon. 💪🏻
I actually own and live on a narrowboat and I can understand how sometimes a narrowboat can't see you but you were moored up in clear view with plenty of room for them to manoeuvre around you also I'd ask what speed they were approaching the lock with because they should have been in tick over less than 4mph
There were some fisherman a couple hundred metres down river from me and they both came up and knew straight away it was that boat and said he was going pretty fast down the river causing waves that were splashing over the bank and nearly Took out their rods aswell 😅. Yeah he wasn’t even pointing at the lock he would’ve gone straight into the bank
@@EastAnglianBushcraft boats should only be approaching locks in tick over any other speed is bad practice as they can crash into the gates and narrowboat take a while to come to a stop or slow down and have no steering in reverse , I always approach a lock in tick over then give it a kick of reverse so I'm barely moving forward I dont understand how they couldn't see you and how they even managed to hit you there , if they were going into the lock properly then they would have been a good few feet away from you at a very gentle speed theirs only two companies in the UK that manufacture lock gates which is partly why it's always best for boats to take so much care going into a lock
Ahhh man! if you had made it another half mile you would have seen the otters and an amazing stretch where there are loads of camping spots! so sorry there are soo many pissheads in my manor! if you are back down this way, would love to go on a mhiss' with you!!!
Wow what a watchinh was that your camp over did you get another canoe what a nob that guy was but at least your safe but at least that guy owned up great to see
Bro........ WTF Man... What an absolute clown that dude was.. So glad your ok tho man. Things can be replaced, people can't. Stay safe dude and see you on the next one.
Ah we get piss cans on the canal near us all the time weaving from one bank to the other on rented canal boats...they see a kayaker n they panic... had to help many get unstuck
Oh no! Bit of a difference between Australian bushcraft and British bushcraft mate. Sorry about your boat, what are the chances of that happening, right as your battery runs out! I'm glad the guy did the right thing and gave you his details and didn't try and deny what he did or anything - I guess that's always something.
That was an awful bit of luck there bud, glad you weren’t injured. Surely if the guy driving the boat had had a skinful then he should be reported? Isn’t it illegal to be drunk in charge of a vessel? The River Lea brings back some memories, I remember my Gran taking me to visit some of our distant family on the Lea, they lived in the lock-keepers cottage at Rammey Marsh (Near Waltham Abbey), this was about 40 odd years ago mind. Anyway, better luck next time, give us a holler if you’re planning a paddle up the Waveney one day, would love to dust my 14 footer off and join you.
The Lea is my local river - so glad you escaped without injury. Narrow boaters should know better than to go on the p**s when on passage., especially on a narrow waterway.
You'll always get that on the canals, that's why nobody uses GRP boats on the canals , narrow boats are tanks and they treat them like bumper cars, hire boats are the worst for it , have a go Kevin's on the tiller, top off and a stella . Stick to the rivers, river folk have more respect👍
As a narrowboater I have to pipe up on this. I'm on a canal right now and outnumber by GRP vessels full of drunk knobheads who don't slow down and make a general nuisance of themselves. I never treat my boat like a tank, would never do anything like this to anyone. Nice and slow past anyone else, I don't want to fuck up my nice new blacking or cratch cover and never treat it like a bumper car. Yes, you get idiots, but you're throwing all narrowboaters under the bus here. In my experience the arseholes on steel boats are a small minority, but GRP vessels can be a real menace.
The old swanwhisperer rides again. What a downer, narrow boat owners used to frighten the life out of me when we had our cabincruiser they weight tons and will crack open a GRP boat easily.
Hi 👋 i got a question . Is it possible to travel across country using just river ways. Norwich to the river Thames for example. I got inspired by all these wild camping and paddling videos . I think it's a good way to de-stress . I like the idea of booking some time off work. getting my kayak out. setting off from a nearby river and paddling off on an expedition somewhere 😅 not sure if it's possible ? River trails 🤔 I got most the gear now. Getting Cambridge kayak beginning of next month then I'm booking time off 😊
Fair play to you dude for staying so calm. I paddle on the Ouse and the Cam and encounter pissed up boaters regularly who either don’t notice me or don’t t give a fuck. I love a beer and a puff when I’m on the river but you need to stay in control and show respect for the environment and other people. Love your vids mate, keep it up!
I've boated and fished on the Gt Ouse since I was a kid in the 70s. Unfortunately there are a lot of ignorant people who don't slow down for anyone, there are also now a lot of long narrow boats and huge wide beams that the river infrastructure was never designed to accommodate, and there are a lot of SUPs and Lidl inflatable kayak day trippers who haven't got a clue about river etiquette. It's not a great mix unfortunately. I'm sure we've waved at each other at some point though!
Sorry about your canoe, Craig. Glad you weren't injured in the process. Hope that boat owner buys you a new one!
Was a rental
Very politely ended on that video, Craig. TBH, I may not have been so chilled. Just how I am with my channel.
I am glad you came out of the water safely along with your kit.
Fair play to Campbell Canoes for coming out and I suspect there is a Pt.II coming. I hope so!
Yes !!! The Canoe/kayak adventures are back 🤙🇬🇧🫡💪
I've spent a lot of time on the river, My folks had a nice modern cruiser and I had a racing kayak. Wonderful times. I've been considering a canoe for river camps for a while now. I will say it though, Yes we liked a drink but no we didn't drink and sail. You could have been injured or killed. Hope he pays for the damages and learns his lesson. Stay Safe, All the best.
"What a bummer" indeed. A sad end to an otherwise idyllic trip. Keep smiling 😎
Rotten luck Chief. I’m sure you’ve been in worse conditions though. Looking forward to the next one.
Also, please bring back “The Top Shaggers” intro. Peace and Love brother. 👊
Brilliant mate. Can't beat those days when you're buzzing n full of the joys of life 🙂🙂. Bloomin nightmare with the canoe . A beautiful bit of kit too n looked light as a feather. That was class nipping into that bar as you passed 🙂. Great film mate
Atb Rick n Billydog
Was absolutely gutted for you when I heard about this! What a beautiful boat too 😵
Top marks for keeping your cool. What a bummer end to your trip.
That was so close to a very serious accident.😲
Great video 👍
Not what you expected to see happening on a river just go's to show there's idiots everywhere glad you weren't hurt Craig I was really enjoying this would have been a top night out atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Awesome video Craig..sorry about your kayak - I am glad you were not injured.
That sucks. Handled well though. Stay positive, at least you are all good. Cheers
Can’t believe that happened man, main thing is you’re safe.
Looks like heaven to me. A day on the river is a good day. well unless its snowing😁 or your boat gets crunched
watching from Michigan.
That guy! What a pr!*k! I read the title and thought it'd be vandalism while you were camping. Can't believe it was an actual collision. Glad you're ok man❤
That’s sick that there was a bar on that barge. Shame about the canoe, was enjoying that adventure.
Glad you are ok mate! Hope it gets sorted soon.
Wow, that's not on. Glad you were ok though, sorry to hear your camp was cut short. Looked a nice river 💚
Brilliant boss (apart from the ding). You walked away, and yer man Jason sounds like a total geezer also. I had a nasty tumble at work today (forestry) down a steep bank...just dinged up, (no broken bones) and in view of the fact I'm now full of ibuprofen and beer, I can't feel a bloody thing 👍 Keep 'em coming (I recommend getting straight back on the , err, "horse". Do a sequel to this video to round it off in style, God bless 🤗🤗
ooooof!! Eri told me about this! Glad you're ok! Typical because you were so happy to be on the water!!
Ahhhhh man!! What a shame!! Those Campbell Canoes are awesome! 😍 You were in one of my locals 'Waterside Inn!' if you ever come back over this way give me a shout! That river is great if you could have kept on going, although there are locks! Great video buddy and good to catch up on the weekend! Peace ✌️💚
Awe man what a pisser mate thank god you are ok ,yeah drink and narrow boat don’t go together what a pillock all was well too until that happened hopefully it gets fixed or replaced take care buddy all the best 👍🙏🚣🏻🚣🏻❤️👌
So glad you weren't injured. Terrible shock though. Hope it gets sorted soon. It was a nice trip up to then. ❤🇦🇺
Brilliant video buddy
Well, that was an unexpected surprise at the end and well handled mate! Those canoes look really nice; keep going and don't let it shake you other than into strength, in any other way !!
I'm truly sorry that happened to ya..I'm glad yr ok...
The icehole is likely a drink driver as well. Easy going vid, cheers.
Well didn’t expect that 😂.
The main thing is your all good 👍
You're a chill guy. I can see how agitated you are in your eyes, and rightly so, but you're certainly not being a knob about it ❤
Gutted for you Craig! Glad your all safe and sound though pal, bloody close shave that man.
Jason's canoe looked blumming ace too, what a shame! Looked ultralight too pal, was it?
Absolutely loved the barge bar, what an ace idea, I could retire doing that 😆. Thanks mate and as I say, glad your safe
mate so sorry to hear about the boat but glad you are safe. Look forward to the next adventure pal.
Great video Craig pity about the out come with the canoe was looking like the start of a great adventure, keep up the good work mate. Atb Wullie ✊🏻🏴
Glad you managed to walk away from that. Here in Maine we have a lot of boating and many accidents, the majority of them caused by drunks on the water. Every year we have deaths attributed to alcohol. People just don't take boating as seriously as they should.
Absolute sickner. Especially with how well that day was going. At least you weren't hurt I suppose. Great video anyway.
Great video mate as always shame that happened but least your ok that’s what counts,take care buddy 👊🏼
Your channel is fab. I would so love to canoe like that :)
That’s a tough one mate. Your also lucky not to get crushed, 😮
Jeez that must have been pretty scary, its a big boat to have coming at you.
shame about the boat, cracking vid as always though dude. that pub on the water was a good surprise!
Wow, what are the odds eh ? Glad your're OK Mate !!!
Bloody Hell mate! That could've been alot worse.
Glad you got the pr*cks details, arrogant boaters are last thing we need.
I often camp down by a canal, never met a bad soul yet, other than 2 (campers) who found my camp and essentially exposed it..
Hope it gets sorted.
Take care
All the best
D & B 👍
Awesome 👌🤙
Inhales a doombar then writes the boat off 🤣 JK man gutted for ya!
So sorry Craig mate, that sucks! Ruined the perfect day out! Hope you are ok mate. All the best.
Great video, sorry about your canoe
Sorry you had such a calamity on the Lee. Last week you were by the river Thames near where I lived for the first 31 years of my life and this week you were on the Lee near where I have spent the last 32 lol. My son used to work in the Saracens head. Plenty of places around here to wild camp. I hope you get to visit again.
ah gutted for you mate! but, got to look at the positives... at least your not injured! ATB
Fuuuuu*k bro!!! Glad you're all kinds of good still and in one piece!!😮
Well I know that stretch of river so well, loads of pubs in Herts , bit of bad luck with the boat,, but they say boating is a contact sport! 🤪, I live on my boat and my canoe lives on the roof , when I'm not paddling it,
Those big steel boats are best steering clear of , I would have been gutted if happened to me , I hope you can come to an agreement with the wide beam owner ,
Glad you didn't have to go rajee on the boater pal😉👊 and very glad you are ok👌
Woah you got lucky there! Looked bliss until that point. Need to get me a canoe...
WTF, a lovley day out on the water, your happy, your mind's in a good place, then crunch .At least you are ok and the gear as well. Sorry fella. keep going br'o .ATB man,
Glad your ok mate....that was not good to say the least...enough said mate.
Ketchup soon,Dave Narfuk 👍🙏
Its the River Leeeeeee bro for lea lol nice video
Glad you weren't injured there mate. I'd have had him off the boat. Especially if he was pissed.
Looked a nice trip up till then
Tales from the riverbank...love this channel...
Pretty damn dangerous. Glad you're in one piece
Oi Oi shagga that looks pukka canoe and river sir beautiful video geezer 💪
Thank goodness you’re safe brother.
Absolute idiot
Bloody hell you were lucky to get out of that unhurt mate .
Hope that all gets sorted .that proper messed your adventures up mate
Glad you’re ok mate, made a bloody mess of a nice looking canoe. Shame was looking like a nice paddle.
Awww mate you started you trip so happy then that happens 😢
Glad you are OK mate
I am so happy you were not injured. I know possesions can be replaced, but by this person, by not paying attention, it made this a preventable incident, not an accident. Stay safe and beware of foolish people.
Shame that’s the end of your trip but glad you’re ok.
Dam EAB hope they do pay up with not costing to you. Your sound no raging well not seen on video. Hope keep cool head hope see you on the water soon. 💪🏻
Glad you’re safe mate. Stuff is replaceable, people are not……
Sorry to hear this and glad you are ok. Canals are better in my opinion. Hope the guy was made to pay for the canoe! :-)
I actually own and live on a narrowboat and I can understand how sometimes a narrowboat can't see you but you were moored up in clear view with plenty of room for them to manoeuvre around you also I'd ask what speed they were approaching the lock with because they should have been in tick over less than 4mph
There were some fisherman a couple hundred metres down river from me and they both came up and knew straight away it was that boat and said he was going pretty fast down the river causing waves that were splashing over the bank and nearly
Took out their rods aswell 😅. Yeah he wasn’t even pointing at the lock he would’ve gone straight into the bank
@@EastAnglianBushcraft boats should only be approaching locks in tick over any other speed is bad practice as they can crash into the gates and narrowboat take a while to come to a stop or slow down and have no steering in reverse , I always approach a lock in tick over then give it a kick of reverse so I'm barely moving forward I dont understand how they couldn't see you and how they even managed to hit you there , if they were going into the lock properly then they would have been a good few feet away from you at a very gentle speed theirs only two companies in the UK that manufacture lock gates which is partly why it's always best for boats to take so much care going into a lock
Ahhh man! if you had made it another half mile you would have seen the otters and an amazing stretch where there are loads of camping spots! so sorry there are soo many pissheads in my manor! if you are back down this way, would love to go on a mhiss' with you!!!
It's fixable with a good fibre glass guy👍🏻
Cruising the cut is a good channel if you like narrow boats
That was a "narrow" escape dude!
All jokes aside, I'm glad you are safe.
been waiting for this one
Boat life rocks, total freedom until someone wrecks ya day.
Lucky lucky lucky! That could of been really serious. You shouldn't be able to take such a big boat after a skin full. Glad you're ok!
Dude, to me your back..... TH-cam gremlins. Great to catch up.
Wow what a watchinh was that your camp over did you get another canoe what a nob that guy was but at least your safe but at least that guy owned up great to see
That was looking like it was going to be a perfect trip but at least your ok, worse things happen at sea mate if you know what I mean ✌️atb
Bro........ WTF Man... What an absolute clown that dude was.. So glad your ok tho man. Things can be replaced, people can't. Stay safe dude and see you on the next one.
Bummer mate. Nice place.
Terrible end to an otherwise great day...feel for you. Hope you got it sorted.Helen and Katarin Juska-Law with Stella and Terri with Robyn
I lived on a boat in London. In the 1990s have loads of info if needed :)
Ah we get piss cans on the canal near us all the time weaving from one bank to the other on rented canal boats...they see a kayaker n they panic... had to help many get unstuck
Oh no! Bit of a difference between Australian bushcraft and British bushcraft mate. Sorry about your boat, what are the chances of that happening, right as your battery runs out! I'm glad the guy did the right thing and gave you his details and didn't try and deny what he did or anything - I guess that's always something.
Shitty about your canoe 🛶 man, at least you got to walk away from the crazy incident, glad your ok!
That was an awful bit of luck there bud, glad you weren’t injured. Surely if the guy driving the boat had had a skinful then he should be reported? Isn’t it illegal to be drunk in charge of a vessel? The River Lea brings back some memories, I remember my Gran taking me to visit some of our distant family on the Lea, they lived in the lock-keepers cottage at Rammey Marsh (Near Waltham Abbey), this was about 40 odd years ago mind. Anyway, better luck next time, give us a holler if you’re planning a paddle up the Waveney one day, would love to dust my 14 footer off and join you.
That sucks. I’m looking for the camp brother.
The Lea is my local river - so glad you escaped without injury. Narrow boaters should know better than to go on the p**s when on passage., especially on a narrow waterway.
On the plus side. At least the sky looked normal.....
You'll always get that on the canals, that's why nobody uses GRP boats on the canals , narrow boats are tanks and they treat them like bumper cars, hire boats are the worst for it , have a go Kevin's on the tiller, top off and a stella . Stick to the rivers, river folk have more respect👍
As a narrowboater I have to pipe up on this. I'm on a canal right now and outnumber by GRP vessels full of drunk knobheads who don't slow down and make a general nuisance of themselves. I never treat my boat like a tank, would never do anything like this to anyone. Nice and slow past anyone else, I don't want to fuck up my nice new blacking or cratch cover and never treat it like a bumper car. Yes, you get idiots, but you're throwing all narrowboaters under the bus here. In my experience the arseholes on steel boats are a small minority, but GRP vessels can be a real menace.
I agree about hire boats though, those things are weapons and often leave locks in an absolute state and waste water
The old swanwhisperer rides again.
What a downer, narrow boat owners used to frighten the life out of me when we had our cabincruiser they weight tons and will crack open a GRP boat easily.
Doom Bar makes everything better. 🎉
Lucky you were not injured! Obviously the the guy has no idea how to maneuver!
Hi 👋 i got a question . Is it possible to travel across country using just river ways. Norwich to the river Thames for example. I got inspired by all these wild camping and paddling videos . I think it's a good way to de-stress . I like the idea of booking some time off work. getting my kayak out. setting off from a nearby river and paddling off on an expedition somewhere 😅 not sure if it's possible ?
River trails 🤔
I got most the gear now. Getting Cambridge kayak beginning of next month then I'm booking time off 😊
It’s a write off 🍺🍺🍺
Yeah mate I almost got done testing my canoe when it was new on the grand union canal by someone who rented a barge got tanked up almost hit me
Dude the grass cutter is probably what I see in my area the environment agency use them normally on sloping river banks
We have a family of swans on the canal near us and the male is very aggressive when we're canoeing. He's gone for us twice.