264. Forty historic narrowboats in convoy on the canal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- After a hiatus due to "global events" (!), the annual historic canalboat festival came back to the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port. Spread over the Easter weekend, it began with a convoy of narrowboats coming up the Shropshire Union Canal from Chester to Ellesmere, and I went along to document the event.
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I never knew this world existed until this dude
Absolutely wonderful way to spend 24 minutes with David.
Wonderful video. I was disappointed when you announced that you were no longer cruising, although I certainly understand the reasons. But I am very glad to see that the content and quality of your videos hasn’t changed a bit. They are always top notch. I’m a displaced Arizona cowboy now living in LA. I became interested in narrowboats and the canal system and it’s history when I discovered your vlogs. I could never do it, too wet and cold for me, I prefer the desert and horses. But it is a fascinating activity and way of life. Maybe someday I’ll do a holiday on the Cut. Thank you David.
Thank you
Agree my sentiments entirely I love it in Australia but love the canals but too cold for me cheers n beers Marty Qld
David, you do have a knack for interesting, enjoyable and informative commentary. You're a natural story teller.
Thank you
The glorious sound of some of these engines.
Great story again.
Thank you.
Isn't it just?!
All that talk of keeping keeping Cruising The Cut alive without a boat of your own. If this is what we can expect it is already mission accomplished.
Hey… yet another informed, classy piece of work. David. Very professional and yet not at all intimidating. Thank you so very much sir!!
Hear hear.
Never in my lifetime would i ever hear the term "shibari" used to describe narrowboat moorings.
Just the kind of top-notch wordplay you expect from a channel such as this
If you had made this video three hours long, covering every facet detail about every boat, I still would have watched it wishing there was more. Another excellent video. Thank you!
Totally agree.
Nice to see you continuing to make interesting canalboat content, nicely filmed and narrated as ever. Thanks.
Thank you very much!
What a beautiful array of boats and canine captains. A very elucidating canal and boat film. I don't know what is in my DNA but I am overcome with such a yearning when I see all these canals and their boats. It's like trains but better. Fascinating. Nice job, David.
Thank you very much!
Terrific. What a pleasant day in only 24 minutes. This is how history should be preserved, alive and working.
See.......David said he would continue with the vlogs and in a documentary sort of way. This is evidence of his promise and a very fine vlog it is indeed. Thanks David for allowing us all to appreciate your expertise and skill in making these easy to watch films.
I literally lived for a whole year whilst studying to be a teacher in the properties oposite at waterside court which I could see in your video and of course you visit now I've moved back home! absolutely lovely canal and great people always friendly and talkative whenever I walked down the canal.
Lovely to watch, well produced. Very quintessentially British I dare say.
These are the kind of vlogs you were born to do! Lovely footage, interviews and narration.
So glad that you continue to make canal videos.
The only thing missing....?
Cheese sandwiches of course!
Edit: the labour of love of these restorations is a joy to see
Activate the new ‘Thanks’ button David so we can show our appreciation for your work. It’s in Monetisation > Supers.
I prefer not to as I moderate all comments so would be in an awkward position if someone paid and put an offensive comment. I have PayPal and Patreon links in the description if anyone is very keen!!
My understanding is that Thomas Telford was commissioned by a consortium of Business owners and Farmers in Ellesmere-Shropshire, to build a canal from there to the nearest part of the sea.
In those days, a horse and cart could pull a ton of produce, a horse pulling a canal badge could pull 20 tons of produce.
The consortium wanted to get their farming produce to the burgeoning industrial North West, particularly Liverpool and Manchester.
The Final stretch of his canal from Chester’s Historic Roman Walls to the Sea, Namely the Mersey Basin was completed in around 1790.
Telford on completion of his Canal, stuck his standard exactly where you are now, and called it “Ellesmere’s Port”
From Ellesmere-Shropshire, to Ellesmere’s Port at the Mersey Basin.
Lovely to see you capture so much history.
Interesting to see the old working boats still on the canals and the great history of their war efforts.
Welcome back, I've been getting withdrawal symptoms because of a lack of cruising the cut.
Cheers! The last one was only a couple of weeks ago!!
@@CruisingTheCut Sorry missed that one the notification system threw a wobbly, watching it now to get my fix, no more cold turkey lol !
Nice to see these historic boats still cruising the waterways. So many great stories.
You are a wonderful stoty teller. I have about zero interest in boats, wide or narrow, and yet I am here, captivated by what you are telling.
I liked the part with interviews with the owners about the history. It is fascinating and impressive the work they’d done to them, saving history.
What an amazing video! Edited so wonderfully, David, that I'm actually fairly bloody gutted I missed this gathering!!!
There are so many more facets to the canals and the boats on them than cruising back and forth, a gorgeous video this. Something new every time nowadays, thank you.
As much as I have enjoyed your cruising content, this is probably of even more interest. Thank you for the special episodes
The constant chug, chug, and chug, of the narrowboat engine. Unmistakable and intoxicating at times
Best phrase "fiddling with the oily bits". A treat as I took a hire boat to there a few years back. Thanks.
It's interresting to see that Bolinder engines were in use in England even then. Bolinder were later (1932) fused with another Swedish company called Munktell to form Bolinder-Munktell. They were in turn bought by Volvo in 1950, which is why older Volvo tractors, buldozers, escavators etc. carried the monkier Volvo BM.
And regarding the pronounciation. As a Swede I have always had the stress on the second syllable: Bo-LIN-der.
Well well. Always wondered what the BM meant when i saw those articulated dumptrucks appear ij the UK in the 1970s.
Another great video from one of the best narrators on TH-cam.
Such a robust and storied history of life and commerce. It’s no wonder that these boats are so cherished by their passionate owners. I think it’s truly a testament to how beneficial and purposeful these craft were that some had a vital commercial use up through the 60s and 70s, which came as a surprise to me.
Great professional video! I loved it. The history was quite interesting!
So wonderful to see the canals used in such resplendent ways. This way of life must be kept going, it's part of British eccentricity which adds so much to the value of Life.
I love these history videos with interviews of the owners...great shots of the convoy!
Wow David you have certainly excelled yourself with this video. The commentary is excellent and the flow of the documentary could not be better. Packed with information and real time interviews with very proud owners only adds to the interest of the whole thing. You should feel very proud of this video David. Hope you have settled into your new home by now, good luck.
Really nice to see all those boats and get some of their history, all with the gentle narration that so many of us enjoy.
I like the direction your taking your channel, expanding on canal life in and around the system. I like hearing from those who live on the canal but don't have a TH-cam channel or social media attached to their life onboard.
With your new chapter in life, I hope you continue with the content of the narrowboats channel. your coverage is a very relaxed, informative, and pov look at narrowboat life. Thank you
I am going to try to tell you how much your videos have meant to me over the years,,,as a Yank whose family left Old Blimey over four hundred years ago,, your videos remind me where I came from, and just how much life as you have described it resonates with me and how easily I feel at home in an atmosphere I was once completely unaware of. A little corner of me is forever England, and for that,,I am thankful.
".. tied aside in marine shibari..." Poetic as always 😀
What a kinky boy!
Wonderful David, your great commentary, the boats and interviews, so pleased that the Cruising the Cut videos will continue in this way. I could listen to your voice all day long.
The decorative designs are just beautiful! Those pitchers painted to match their boat made me smile.
Another cracking vlog David. It's now time for a cheese sandwich and a cup of tea.
I live in the US and I'm a sailor (when I get the infrequent chance). I am fascinated by live-aboard boats of all kinds.. I very much enjoy your videos.. Fun, relaxing, and well narrated... Thank you for sharing..
That was absolutely fascinating. Wonderful to hear all those people telling the stories of their boats. What a wonderful bunch of people and boats. So lucky that we have people who invest their time and love into these historical vessels. Thanks for sharing this!
I love your long form docu vids like this. They are a great way of relaxing while having my breakfast; since your style of vids always puts me in a great mood before I have go to work for the day.
This excellent vlog shows that one doesn't have to live on a boat to post an informative and entertaining bit about the boats and canals. Thanks for the work. I wished I lived on your side of the pond so I could view these firsthand after only a short trip. Greetings from Louisville, KY.
Thank you for documenting this interesting and historic gathering. Loved hearing the background on these crafts. Gloria 🐂
Excelent story telling as always. Thanks!
Thankyou David for sharing a piece history, it was lucent to see we still have some beautiful boats and engines still going strong. Very well put together so thanks again. 😊
Much appreciated, ta
Your first post Wreyland video. As always, superb in all aspects, content, narration, filming and production. Very professionally done.
A thoroughly entertaining and educational watch whilst enjoying a cheese sandwich and cup of tea Sunday lunch. Thanks David.
Fantastic! Thanks David for sharing this with us! Beautiful boats, awesome sounding engines, and very proud owners pleased to share the history of their vessels! Not too dissimilar to our classic carshows here in the States. I bet it was a wonderful experience.
Excellent report David, beautifully shot and especially well written.
DITTO!!!
Great work David! I hope your viewers notice and appreciate your high level of professionalism.
Wonderful! They are such an important part of our heritage aren’t they and it’s great to see enthusiasts restoring and maintaining them so lovingly. I love the sound of the ‘traditional’ engines :-)
Really well filmed and edited. The opening boat ballet was splendid. Thanks ...all the best...Chris 🇨🇦
Another super video. Thanks so much for sharing.
Brilliant video David, i am often found at Ellesmere port as I live about 30 minutes away. I have stood on Saturn at Ellesmere on the Llangollen canal and seen my good friend Boat Horse Cracker pulling it along on the Montgomery canal.
I agree that this is another wonderful video and as usual fantastic narration!
Thank you kindly!
Great video! BBC should give you a gig.
Good to see you're keeping out of mischief. The new approach is looking very promising. More scope for your documentary skills perhaps
You've hardly taken a breath from selling your boat and here you are already turning out another quality canal history lesson. You are a driven man David and we're lucky to have you continuing your excellent work.
Cheers
Most absorbing, loved it. I was wondering about transport of perishables, now I have my answer. Thank you!
Absorbing is right. At 25 minutes, I was sure I would skip ahead a bit, but I watched every second. Well done (as usual), David!
Love heritage events... as a history teacher, I appreciate how important it is to preserve our past for future generations. Thanks, David.
Great flog David, especially the personel story’s surrouding these nicely maintained boats.
These gatherings have some similarities with those of motorcyclists, one being that there is a great fibe👍.
Great video David. Love all the great historic boats. I do miss you on the canals though!
My grandads old FMC boat the Clee is awaiting restoration,my mum and aunt lived on board and we have some great photos.
You always give an inspired account of whatever you do - but this video must be the pinacle of your art - voice and video blend into a single entitity.
I know my grandfather was invited to join the Russels to complete / continue the name of the of the updated engines, but he decined - probably because he was Navy (and inland waters were not quite 'correct'). All this was before any of the next generation(s) discovered narrowboating.
FMC also have a tenuous connection as both my father and I passed Buclesbury on our separate ways to work "somewhere / something in the City".....
Edit: I've always wondered where 20: Bucklersbury EC4 was - and it's difficult to find anything in the City of London as everything is crammed together - That's how the Great Fire happened - This time I tried harder. Buchlersbury was gobbled up by Legal & General in the 1960s and now is "underneath" Walbrook Square, not far from the Bank of England and Mansion House. Another coincidence as L&G were cleints of the firm where I trained - that's what interested me. From training work to a hobby years later....
FWIW - although Bucklersbury is a hefty criceters' throw from the Thames, thus not unreasonable to have an office there, but its also a location of umpteen companies registered offices and not much to do with where a company actually trades.
Wonderful wonderful wonderful an absolutely informative video, so much history and so much love and money given to these great watercraft. Please have more of these types of videos of narrowboat gatherings and festivals along with interviews with owners about the boats history
Cheers, there are a few more on the channel
SIGH.......... Oh what an absolutely LOVELY change of pace and focus from everything going on in our world and in my own confused USA right now. Yes, I realize the slow and nostalgic pace of vintage narrowboats here is only a pleasant illusion, but we all need a bit of a time out from the hurry-hurry ding-dong craziness of our world today. I have followed you from your beginning of Cruising the Cut and even though you are no longer actually cruising yourself, your wonderful calming pace of presentation is always a lift to the human spirit, at least mine.
THANK YOU FOR THE TRANQUILITY OF THIS VISIT!!!
Magical as always David. Brilliant stuff..Thanks.
I don't think I have so far heard anyone use the term "Marine Shibari" before when referring to boats tied to one another. But i suppose it is apt enough. after all that assortment of boats IS pretty to look at. Either way, you gave me a laugh with that. Thank you for that.
The main efflux for cooling water from the Stanton & Staveley iron works, just south of Ilkeston, was directly into the Erewash Canal, about a 200 yd walk down the towpath from a small car park. In winter, the gushing hot water hitting a baffle plate in the canal generated clouds of steam - a sort of artificial 'canal fog'! However, this made for some spectacular fishing in cold weather - and an ice-free stretch of canal. I remember driving there one Boxing Day morning in my little Austin A30, to try out a new 10 ft split-cane rod (yes - I AM that old!) Thanks for a lovely video, David.
Cheers
A similar story near where I grew up: Pilkington Glass used to discharge cooling water into a canal. You could see steam rising from it in winter. That section was called The Hotties. But our local legend went one better. The owner of a petshop that went out of business gave his tropical fish one last chance to live free by tipping them into The Hotties. For many years after fishing there produced much more exotic fare than your usual perch and tench. When I think of some of the other stories my uncle told me I don't believe a word of it - well the fishing story anyway - now.
This is such a fabulous video!!! As always you get the exact right mix of camera angles ( the drone shots in the beginning with the birds flying underneath !!), long shots, close-ups, interesting characters, great story-telling and captivating interviews. All expertly edited and presented. This clip should be on the Beeb. It really is that good! We viewers don’t know how lucky we are. 😊
Haha those damned birds didn't like the drone, they kept flying round it!!
I so admire the dedication to keep these historic boats on the water and running.
It does occur to me that they are like my old Grandfather's axe, it's had 5 new handles and two new heads!
What a lovely feature, David. Really well done (as always). Thank you for consistently high quality content on YT.
The swan may think it is the most elegant creature in white, but you, sir, are by far the most elegant spokesman for narrowboats, and narrator of the narrowboat experience.
Fantastic video please keep them coming. All the best Waynes Allotment.
I want to bottle CruisingTheCut and keep it in my medicine cabinet as a stress reliever.
Really enjoyed this. Especially the history and seeing the old motors. Thanks!
It’s hard to overstate how good this video is. Excellent…..simply superb.
Great cinematography, wonderful story, lovely pace, and rather exciting. Wonderful, clever, video - I’ll say it again, you could make a video about going to Boots to get a toothbrush fun and interesting.
Happy to see you've still got it even if you're off the water! Great video.
thank you david. regards richard.
Something about the rhythm of your commentary reminds me of the legendary Australian cricket commentator Richie Benaud. Very pleasing to the ear it is too.
Great to see people so passionate about something
What a wonderful video of such incredible history. It's great these people have preserved these boats. Hopefully, since most of these folks are getting a bit historic themselves, those of younger generations will take up the baton to preserve and continue the legacy of these historic boats to live on for future generations.
Perfect viewing for an overcast Bank Holiday. Excellent content and coverage as usual - thanks.
Your videos are superior quality! So good you went and interviewed few people. Amazing boats, great clips, thank you ! Frankie.fango
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All kidding aside, I wish to say this:
Your channel was one of the original channels that inspired me to see that ernest TH-cam vloggers are changing the world and making history. I have come to understand that TH-cam is an utterly AMAZING resource for humanity! If one looks, almost anywhere in the world has been documented to some degree on YT. One can explore the world (in a way) without moving.
And I research some of the most off-the-beaten path things/places ever...like the McMurdo Dry Valleys, which I discovered by exploring TH-cam while studying the most extreme environments on Earth.
TH-cam is AMAZING, and "Cruising the Cut," is an integral part of that. Thank you, sir, for introducing me to how immersive and transformative honest vlogging can be.
I'm going to look into how to nominate TH-cam for a UNESCO designation.
Loved it. Thank you
Thank you - absolutely fascinating
Excellent, very interesting ! My ginger cat Chester watched from my lap as I enjoyed a hot cup of English breakfast Tea, whilst we viewed your fine work.
This looks to have been a very relaxed and interesting event.
Thank you for posting. I really enjoy your channel, sense of humor, and story telling abilities.
Well my Monday has started off with a nice surprise. Thanks for the video, with your unique running commentary!
One if your best vlogs! Thanks David
Great filming with splendid musical accompaniment of historic chugging diesels. I think the guys below like it, and so did I. Perfect bank holiday viewing (and listening).
Thank you David. Amazing footage of an historic event. I was quite dismayed when I heard that you were selling your boat but if your new internet presence will continue to be as wonderful as this effort, then that was completely illfounded. Absolutely fantastic video David. Keep up the good work! Cheers and stay safe.
Wonderful video, loved the sound 🔊
Grand Vlog David a notch above top shelf. And the story telling made me think. When is the book coming out? Well done, David and till the next time Go Well David. And thanks.