100. Middlewich to Nantwich on my narrowboat (Shropshire Union canal, Middlewich branch)
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In which I continue my return trip to Middlewich but then do a 90 degree right turn onto the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union canal, get some fuel and fenders from a fuelboat, go all the way along to Barbridge and turn left onto the Shroppie, and past the entrance to the Llangollen canal.
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Theme music: "Vespers" by Topher Mohr and Alex Alena, from the TH-cam music library
The homage to Rocky Horror Picture Show was hilarious
as he started off I was thinking..no..he isn't....then YES! YES! he just did that!!
I wonder if David did the dance too.
Your relationship with the "Time Warp" had me in stitches.
:-)
A group of grp boats is called a Tupperware party. Just FYI.
Mr.Johns, If you had it to do all over again and money was not a care, what would you do differently if anything? Thank You so much for allowing us to live somewhat vicariously through you.
I don't think I would, I'm very happy with how things have worked out. If I won the lottery, I might get my own custom boat built but I don't strictly need to!
oh my gosh..the Rocky Horror reference was priceless!
It just seemed right! I found myself saying "it's just a turn to the left" and the rest just followed :-)
CruisingTheCut so funny! when you said 'it's just a turn to the left'. I thought 'oh, that sounds like..' then, you kept going as if reading my mind..have a good day!
julie ross I was thinking the same thing 😁
Awesome "Time Warp" reference! 👍
The Rocky Horror allusion in this video is like the addition of "hundreds-and-thousands" onto a dish of ice cream. Delight upon delight!
My blood pressure actually dropped watching this. Thank you
Cruising the Cut - good for your health. Excellent!
Did i just hear you do the time warp? Sort of? Brilliant!
Huzza - I have made it through a 100 episdes in less then a week! All the excitement, the cliffhanger in episode 99; soo many memories…
Slow down!! Canal time, remember? :-)
It's this single video that got me hooked on cannal boats and the history. Done two hire holidays since I watched this and now I have decided it's my retirement dream.
Fabulous idea
I could spend the rest of my life doing this but he makes it looks to easy. Life really cant be this easy I wish it was..
Love the rocky horror picture show reference
:-)
Did anyone else catch the "Rocky Horror" reference starting @4:17? It actually made me laugh a bit.
It was brilliant!
I’m thinking everyone else
I was laughing hard enough to cough with that Rocky Horror Picture Show reference!
The second you said "It's just a swing to the left...", I was thinking of that song/scene, then you went on with exactly what I was thinking of and I just cracked up. And the fact that you said it so dryly made it all the funnier! XD
You're a clever and funny guy, Dave!
That's exactly how it came to me. I said the first line entirely dry and then suddenly realised what I'd said. The rest was inevitable :-)
I gotta give you a like on this one just for the Rocky Horror reference LOL
rlt422 yep another little delight
This was one of my favorites of your videos. So many disparate interesting bits, and the scenery was truly beautiful. Thanks for the work you put into it.
Happy Cruising
Thank you Allen, glad you're still enjoying them.
Lovely surprise to see you passing my parents on NB Teal at Barbridge Junction on their final trip before selling their share.
Wow! 100 vlogs. And I've loved watching every one of them. Thank you
Awwww, thank you
I imagine that guy selling the fuel goes home happy most nights. That looks like a nice relaxing job . If you've ever sat in traffic in a city for up to 4 hours total time each day you'll know how nice his job is. Even in the rain that would be a great job
Timewarp reference was just sublime 😂, loved the first 100 looking forward to next 100+ a
Thank you :-)
The Time Warp ... Love it.
TWO confirmed GBH sightings! Yawza!! What's for dinner? Meatloaf! Har Har Har! Nice to see some fellow Canucks getting out and about. And as always, I really appreciate the lovely scenery and weather. It's very grey , damp and dismal here now.Happy 100th!
GBH???
CruisingTheCut The Great Blue Heron!!! That means the ecosystem around the canal is still healthy enough to provide non polluted ponds and streams full of what the herons like to snack on; little froggies, fishies and such like. Seeing one GBH is fabulous, seeing TWO in one area is a knickers dropping triumph!
My daughter owns the laundrette at Basin end, Nantwich....hope the service was good. I have the little Shop on the Canal 😊
Yes, wry good
@@CruisingTheCut Wryly eyeing your underwear.
Thank you David for taking us along.
Thank you for watching.
Love the poetry! :D Also, as a Canuck, it's neat to see Canadians sharing your canals & coincidentally, my Mom was born in New Brunswick. Such a small world. o/
Thank you for this great post, always love watching the beautiful green country side going by.
And there's loads more to come!
I love your RHPS bit
bit disappointed there wasn't the expected viking style boat burning etc to celebrate episode 100 but what a beautiful part of the country that was to make up for it...stunning.thank you.
Great, cheers
Mad props for the the Time Warp reference.
So from discovering Cruising the Cut just over a week ago, I now find myself at episode 100. Hugely entertaining and a welcome distraction from my eat sleep work repeat existence in the current Lockdown 2.0!
Same here
100 vids....started at 001 through 100..still a joy...thank you
Well done, looking forward to seeing the VLOG of you doing the Llangollen canal, we loved it. Quite a few lift bridges though, not the most convenient of obstacles when you are solo, my wife remembers dangling from the rope which was used to open one particular bridge, most were hydraulic, possibly they all are now, she was a lightweight at the time. Have a good summer.
Thank you. I'll probably wait for a convenient moment when I have crew aboard!
What a truly wonderful job that fuel boat guy has.
Congratulations on your 100th episode. The country parts of the video are my favorite parts, but the doing the laundry facilities are important to... I would of had to stop for ice cream though... lol...
In retrospect, I think I should have too!
I was hoping you were going there. "Let's do the time warp again!"
:-)
It ain't just me, these get better every episode. Do you get tired of reading "Well Done!"?
Never! :-)
Love your Rock Horror reference!
Yes, the fence IS there to keep the English out! Very smart new stern fender. Do you ever find that you give a long blast on the horn to warn people you're there, but rarely is it returned? So you come round the corner, and there's a boat heading straight for you... Congratulations on your centenary vlog, by the way!
I do find that, exactly!!
A little left & a little to the right. & now you are doing the narrowboat dance. LOL
Congratulations on the 100th vlog! I so enjoy them, but do miss the 'information' ones - I keep having to revisit them! Back in March I thought I'd be on a boat by now, but struggling with the sale of my house. Your, and Nutshell's vlogs are managing to give me my NB fix until the day I can live the dream! Thanks!
Cruising in summer, information in winter!
I know I'm late to the dance but having watched this vlog for the second time, I have to say I missed the Rocky Horror reference the first time. I must have popped out of the room for a minute or two during the first viewing. Well played.
100 Videos, who would have thought it. Well made as always, congrats and thanks.
Actually 112 videos but the 100th official vlog!!
Full marks Frank 'n' Furter !! Made me laugh, keep it up.
...yeah... I was thinkin'...hey....and then it goes on! It's like the panto, so clever!
One day soon I hope to become a narrowboat owner once more
The next best thing is following your journey along our beautiful canals
Thank you. I hope you get a boat soon :-)
Congratulations on the 'ton up' David. It doesn't seem like that long ago that Dulcie and I first discovered your vlogs back when you were first embarking on your narrowboat adventure. It has been a pleasure journeying with you.
Here's to the next 100 vlogs! :)
Thanks Dean and Dulcie! Good to have you along :-)
Love the Rocky Horror reference...how did you get the pedestrian to put his hands on his hips on cue?
I did??! Haha pure coincidence.
@@CruisingTheCut Just the magic of the canals.
Looking forward to the next 100 vlogs! ☺
It's an exhausting thought!
well done on episode 💯
Ta
Hi David, I loved this one. The scenery is perfect (except for the sunken boat). When you made that left turn toward the end, it looked like the narrowboat TEAL didn't leave you enough room to pass. I always look forward to your next vlog. Take care.
He didn't, really. Don't know why, I was out of the turn before he got to me and I'd blasted the horn so.... who knows. Cheers
A collective noun for a group of GRP cruisers? How about a Clotilla? Or a Tupperflock? Mind you, they do look like a Tribe-o-glass...
I love all of those! Whether the GRP owners would... ;-)
Definition of boat - Break Out Another Thousand - Dollars, Pounds or whatever! Great vlog 100, thanks!
So true!
We loved the Middlewich branch when we had our share boat. Especially Bramble Cutting. Enjoy.
Lovely English countryside. ....so beautiful. Hope to visit one fine day.
I hope you do!
Was that a little bit of Rocky Horror picture show humor as you were maneuvering into the tiny tunnel at Middlewich?
:-)
Love your vlogs! They bring back so many warm memories, this time of one of our favorite laundry spots on the Ring and of our friends who operate the Duke and Duchess Hotel Boat. Thank you, David. We look forward eagerly to the next hundred and to quaffing one or two with you one day. Our treat !
Cheers Bob. You know you're a boater when you have "favourite laundry spots"!!
A group of grp cruisers is known as a tupperware party.
Another great video, loved the Time Warp reference! My parents and I (many years ago) did the Llangollen Canal and the impressive Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, we also did the Harecastle Tunnel! How I miss those holidays... one day I will do it again with a group of friends :-)
But will you do the Timewarp?!
Snuggling up with a cuppa for your 100th episode. Congrats from California
Sounds perfect! Cheers
David, another terrific vlog, thank you. Glad to see a fellow Canadian (and fan of yours) cruising the cut. Cheers! Stephen
I have quite a few Canadian viewers, judging by the TH-cam statistics!
"Pretty much in Wales" :) by 15 miles. That is the retaining wall for Hurleston Reservoir. Re-watching the entire series again!
Hi, I'm from Australia and wait impatiently for your videos each week. Really enjoy your stories and travel, also your tone and speech are great, much better than some of the gigglers or mumblers.
Enjoy your travels, I'm jealous.
Impatience, no! This is canal time ... the videos appear as and when, in their own sweet time ;-) Glad you like them.
Just came across this - how have I not seen these videos before? Thank you for taking us along...do you boat solo? The locks are a bit of a challenge by yourself, I would imagine.
My wife and I did the Four Counties Ring in 2001. She was three months pregnant and had morning sickness at the time, needless to say I enjoyed the boat more than she did! This stretch on the Middlewich Branch was quite beautiful as I recall, and I think you captured that very nicely. The locks were notably deep, although I don't recall lockkeepers at Cholmondeston. I also enjoyed the railway bridge we crossed under somewhere on this branch (got scared when a train passed overhead at somewhere around 100mph faster than my speed at the time!) I would love to do that trip again, maybe 2018!
Thanks for tuning in, glad you like it. Yes, I boat solo - I did a video a while back about doing locks single-handed. I hope you get to do it again too :-)
Fantastic a supply boat on a canal never though I would see that.You do a superior job of showing us all something wonderful and enjoyable to watch and I trueily thank you.
Much appreciated
Another wonderful trip. Uneventful, that's always good. Beautiful scenery. I'm always amused when you call domesticated animals "wildlife" :)
Yep - my vlog, I'll call it how I want to ;-)
That's OK I call some people I have met the " local wildlife "
Haha, I know what you mean!!
Nice trip. I love the Rocky Horror reference.
Ta
I enjoyed the 'Rocky Hulling Puncture Show' ref (it's a shame the hand hipped chap on the tow path didn't appear just before you pulled 'the bow in tight' as that would have synchronised so well).
Congrats on 100 vlogs! We don't own a narrowboat nor plan to buy one.... but.... as soon as I see you post a vlog, I find the first possible 20 minutes to brew a cuppa and watch your entertaining and relaxing vlog. Thank you so much for enriching our lives!
Thank you! What a lovely comment. Cheers
While I always like your play on words, the Rocky Horror remake was particularly impressive and nearly had me coughing up a fur ball laughing so hard 😆😝
Conversely that sunken boat is a horror. So very tragic.
Finally, why do some locks have lockees and some not?
Generally the longer / harder lock flights might have volunteers where individual locks would not
Well David, congratulations on the 100 th episode, as interesting and fresh as the first, well done.
Thank you
Very lovely tour. Thanks.
Congratulations on the 100th episode! Really enjoying your videos and I am sure it takes a long time to put them together.
It really does! Glad you like them, cheers.
Rocky Horror!! 😄
👍👍
It was good to be reminded of the Rocky Horror Picture Shoe. In the early 70s I was just starting a career in the film and TV industry and I had the job of edge numbering each day's rushes (dailies) from the studio. Every foot of the film (and the sound on 35mm audio tape) had to be sequentially numbered on an archaic printing machine and then I drove the rushes from London to Bray studios in my venerable Wolseley 1500. The excess cash from my mileage claim was usually spent on running repairs for the car.
is the term for a lot of plastic cruisers "A tupperware party"
Maybe but they won't like it...
Well, that was a nice languid one CTC, thank you very much indeed!
Good :-)
Would love to see you do the Llangollen canal and go over the Chirk and Pontcysyllte aquaducts
Loving your vlogs only had a passing interest in canal boats I live near Llangollen but stumbled across your vlogs, they are brilliant really well done and you now have me planning to hire a boat to try it out. Thank you. 👍
Excellent! Hope you have a great time.
Wow! I can't believe I've watched a hundred of your videos along with the Exploring Alternatives and the News item. In fact some of them I've watched twice. During that time I've hired 3 NBs and booked a build slot with Aintree Boats. So a huge thank you for giving me the confidence to follow my dream. I was on the Leeds and Liverpool canal last week and that ledge below the waterline on the siding is really annoying and I'm positive it damages boats, I could have done with very long fenders! Also the problems mooring due to shallow water are a nuisance. I wonder how much of the towpath can't be used for mooring because of silt , too much I think! Thanks again, I love your videos.
Thanks Sylvia. Wow, what an exciting time for you :-) hope the build goes well. Cheers
LOL had to log in to sing the Time Warp with you! :D
I moved abroad over 20 years ago and enjoy watching your videos as they are both relaxing and bring back great memories of canal boat holidays with my parents as a kid... luckily there are nearly another 200 videos before I catch up to your 'present' - looking forward to them all.
Frankenfurter would have been proud!
Hello David Awesome video like always . Beautiful scenery . Thank you for sharing :-) I always look forward to your videos. :-) Cheers
Thanks Tom
you are welcome David
Well done on the century of Vlogs, i have enjoy following you adventures and doubt i have missed a single one , keep them coming and ill try hard not to crash into you next month when a very foolish hire boat company has allowed me to rent one of there precious boats :P , take care and safe journeys
Thank you. I will be safe, I'm moored for July and August! Have fun :-)
Congrates C.T.C. on vlog 100 ! I haven't yet made my way through all you bits yet but just wanted to say I am really enjoying the canal adventures. Keep up the good work mate !!!!!
Cheers!
I sing "Let's Do The Canal Warp Again"
100 up, well done, fascinating , Ive enjoyed them all, have a great summer.
Thanks Ken
Lol I’m an old ship builder . We called cruisers in port all tied together .... a brothel !
Nice to see people from all over are fans of your vids. Including other Canucks like me from central Alberta.
It's quite incredible to see I have viewers in Canada, America, Australia and loads of really far-flung places!
A fuel boat?! How cool is that! Making a living while cruising the cut. Someone should start a floating barber boat. And a floating ice cream boat.
They exist already ;-)
Yes I saw the floating ice cream boat at Stratford this year. Didn't buy an ice cream but from the look of the crowd I'd say he was doing ok.
Dwight Turner there *is* a floating barber. I saw on the BBC, I specifically took notice because I have a long haired friend who lives on a boat, he always said “I’ll have my hair cut when the barber visits me” . If I remember correctly m the floating barber is in London.
Absolutely glorious #100! Congratulations and please do keep us along for your adventures...I love seeing the world thru your lens. Since a "Lamentation of Swans" is already taken, perhaps a "Plethora of (yogurt) pots" ? Thank you for making these vlogs and if it takes a whole other year to see you thru Llangollan it will be a pleasant year indeed. Cheers!
Who knows when Wales will beckon?!
How about a "Bloat" of GRPs ? Greetings from Cape Coral, Florida, USA
Well done on your 100th, binge watched the first 60 odd episodes great stuff, the collective noun for GRP cruisers is a laminate
Haha, I like that!!
Collective noun for a bunch of GRP cruisers is probably a grapple.
Here's to another Hundred. Well done.
Thanks
Plastic boats - a Tupperware party? :-)
Love it :)
Congratulations on the 100th vlog and I must say I'm a bit jealous of your life style on the boat. Keep up the good work 👍
Cheers :-)
A group of GRP cruises is called a "plastic party"
Tupperware party maybe? 🙂
4:17 I was waiting to see if this turned into what I thought it would. Brilliant lol
Let's do the boat warp again..lol
great Rocky reference..love your blog
Thank you
Nice rocky horror reference. :D