Boating through Banbury, Oxford Canal.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- I take my narrowboat through Banbury town on the Oxford Canal. Starting at the boaters facilities near Banbury lock, I head north through a very leaky lock, operate a lift bridge, then past Castle Quay shopping centre and Spiceball park and onwards to moor up near the Amazon warehouses.
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Lived in Banbury all my life up untill 12 years ago. Walked my dogs every Sunday along that very stretch brought back so many superb times, thank you
Thank you Phil for the wonderful videos, Stay safe and healthy to you and your cats! 🐈🐈
Thank you.
Hello Phil cracking video all that dashing about through the locks keeps you fit. all the best take care. 😊 👍
Yes it does keep me fit... Or does it? I'm always pulling muscles these days!
When your music came on at the end, Boots lifted his head, ready to watch Bushka and Midge, bless him!
Aw, no cats on that one.
He always recognises your music and sits up and looks for the 'boys'!
Every lift bridge looks too low to me. Thanks for sharing your cruise, pretty trees, Spring must be getting close.
Thank you. That video was recorded a while ago. I've got quite a few to catch up with... 😉
Always nice to see you cruising along...Hope Spring is happening your way? were still pretty cold with patches of ice and snow here in the Northwest of the USA!!
I am getting Spring Fever and thinking about growing flowers...😁...way to soon....but Ill figurre it out...Nice English City vlog I love all the brick work in England.its somehow earthier...theres always so much more green to be seen .. Your country is wetter and truly lovely. Look forward to the next time as always.Thanks!!.....😊
Thank you Susan. This video was recorded some time ago. I have a large backlog of videos to edit...
Well thats good news indeed!!!
Hi Phil, made me smile when you said the lift bridge looked low. First time we went under it, novice boaters on our first trip on our recently purchased boat, I managed to dent the chimney of our Lockgate stove.....🍷🍷
Yes these bridges don't account for anything sticking up above the roof. Often a degree of uncertainty.
Plenty rain lately
Thank you for having posted this beautiful video, I have lots of memories in Banbury having lived there for several years....
Glad you enjoyed it
You would not like it now sadly
Many thanks Phill, that was a delight, the birdsong and the quiet canal. Take care.
Many thanks
Hi Phill great viewing great idea going through early my favourite time is Sunday morning , that Sovereign wharf
Shop is only open on Fridays but they leave a phone number to call , but I do wish it could be open more often for gas supply, that lift bridge being so close to Tooleys yard isn't easy but as my boat is only 24ft I manage to pull up
On the left and go to the windlus I wonder if you could with a larger boat just bring the stern over but perhaps not the angle to leave the bow out but like you said it's awful when to many people watching saying is he going to fall in Mavis 😮 well I don't know !!
Dad where's his Horse !!
That old lift bridge certainly was a nightmare on your own. I used to try and get a couple of passing kids to sit on the balance beam to hold it open and just hope that they didn't get bored and wander off while I was passing under. On a note of historical pedantry, that 'arm' as you leave Banbury was in fact the original line of the canal and was still in use in the 1980s. The bit under the road replaced it when the road was built. The winding point you mention was where the original line came out.
Lovely cruise indeed. Very interesting vlog. Best wishes.
Thank you. You too.
Actually like to see an area developed, but it has to be done right. It must add to the area and in this case the canal as well. Looks good and ensures the existence of the canal. It makes it busier and better known with people.
It was a nice cruise Phil 😄
It was pretty run down before that redevelopment.
Great cruise Phil. Very peaceful and relaxing. Thank you.
Many thanks
Thanks Phil! Is it really 8 years since David from @CruisingTheCut did a video showing the CRT doing maintenance on this very lock. Suddenly feeling even older than usual.
Hi Phil absolutely love your vlogs the knowledge and information you provide from your experiences on the network are what a narrow boat cruising vlog should be for me, I'm curious I noticed you left your windlass on the mechanism of the lift bridge but turned it around was that in case the bridge decided to drop back down, using the handle of the windlass as a safety net?... if so excellent idea, never though of doing that 👍..
Much appreciated. I reverse the windlass (probably unnecessary) as in the past I have seen these start to gently unwind. If it did that the handle of the windlass would catch on the mechanism to stop that. Of course if a hydraulic hose burst it would drop like a stone!
the lift bridge just before tooleys yard has always been there it used to lead down from factory st where i was born over 70 yrs ago to alps furniture makers on the other side and the slaughter house farther down the lane and there was a coal yard where the castle centre is after toolys was a council yard with a winding hole and at the back of that was the castle mound
You made me doubt my memory but I checked my old canal guide book dated 1989 and it clearly shows a lift bridge immediately below Banbury lock as I reported. They did away with it during the redevelopment of the area and built a new lift bridge above the lock. I found an article about it and the old lift bridge is shown in the photo. www.narrowboatworld.com/6319-objections-to-canal-side-development
mr Brooks is correct and lift bridge 164 was known as Factory Street bridge. My copy of early 1970s Nicholsons clearly shows the lift bridge above the lock. Perhaps it was rebuilt at some stage but modernised with the hydraulic equipment. I came through there at least twice in the early1970s and while I don’t remember the lift bridges specifically I agree with you that the whole area has been transformed and barely recognisable. The area on the left above the lock was I think an open area for a bus station which must have swept away a lot of buildings in the 50s or early 60s. LTC Rolt describes the area in detail in his book Narrowboat in 1939/40. As you say Phil bridge 165 Mill Lane lift bridge has gone and replaced by the normal bridge.
On scene 6:19 I noticed a Royal Air Froce flag flying. Do you know the reason? Really enjoyed watching your video, so much I'm a subscriber now! I was stationed at USAFE (RAF) UPPER HEYFORD. And I really enjoyed, while off work, traveling All around the Midlands & the UK.
Thank you, and welcome aboard! I don't know about that flag? It's flying in Tooleys boat yard so something to do with them I suppose? I remember the fighter jets taking off from Upper Heyford in the early 90's. Very very fast and noisy!