49. Lapworth to the Saltisford Arm (Warwick) on the Grand Union Canal by narrowboat
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I'd spent several days idling away my time quite pleasantly at Kingswood Junction at Lapworth but now wanted to go and visit family for a bit so needed a better place to leave the boat.
So I went down the Hatton lock flight to Warwick and moored in the Saltisford Arm, run by the Saltisford Canal Trust. Lovely spot albeit a bit noisy from the traffic nearby.
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"Where the two staff members ignored me......" Love it! Like your style, Capper-tain!
Thank you
Scenery montages and all the rest EXCELLENT. Commentary PRICELESS
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Just as i think the vids cant get any better, they do, keep up the excellent work.
Haha and in this video it was literally all downhill from the start ;-)
Okay - I've - read the FAQ'S - will stop skipping adds. And here is me always wondering why anyone would binge watch tv series - 48 down hundreds to go.
I always enjoy the obligatory montages.
for me, BEST VIDEO in the first forty-nine - what a great combination of technical (locks), life-on-the-canal, and pretty montages of the lovely spring-summer weather with ducks and ramblers and dogs! Perfect!
No matter,I'm going to enjoy them none the less.
Just finished Your Vlog of You living The Dream, now to set My alarm for 3.50am for the Rat Race of The Week ahead,,,,,
Brilliant Vlog, as always.
The scenery is just great...complete with animals, birds and plants.
You must just love it.
Yes, when the sun's out!
It's all a mater of perspective.
Living here as I do in the high mountain desert southwest a rainy day is a beautiful day.
Loving these videos. Don't under-estimate those montages. They are magic and complete the videos. Keep it up.
Cheers
Many thanks, keep them coming, great to watch. Any chance of some more of your daily and evening life on board the boat. Cooking, cleaning, reading, watching the telly as light fades outside and your interior lights come on, drawing the curtains, preparing for bed , then getting up making breakfast, preparing for the days cruising etc.Its the small things of unusual lives that can be fascinating I think.
Maybe. I don't really cook and can't imagine me reading is interesting but maybe a "day in the life" video sometime...
Now that I have caught with all your posts, I now eagerly await every new post. Really enjoy them. You are one of my favorite mini series..👍 👍
Thank you.
Return of the Lockmaster :-) *Two Thumbs Up*
:-)
I am thinking of Hyacinth Bucket and her finger buffet with riparian entertainments and the extreme struggle with the locks. Great videos, thank you for sharing your amazing life with us.
Thanks for watching!
"The Dog and Windlass" would make a fun pub name.
It was nice to hear from you again and to enjoy the scenery montage portions of the vlog. Thanks for sharing. And thanks for the dry humor, showing the little café where two staff ignored you. Good stuff, that. You seem to be enjoying your life, as I would hope you would, and making the most of it. Locks like fun.
Haha! It is.
It looks like you have a fantastic time in your narrowboat on the cut, l envy your life just doing what you like ,going everywhere,awesome.
Hello David! Always a joy to see a new vlog on your travels! May the wind always be at your back! Cheers!
Hanks Ken
Yes sir yes sir three longboats full!
It always amazes me how you can have multiple camera recording for hours per day, and _somehow_ you manage to get a clean and precise -10 minute video out of all of that. Whereas amateurish me records with one [web]camera, and keeps almost all the footage in the final edit except for small things like clearing my throat, false starts, and staring at a detail on something.
I'm jealous of your editing skill in this matter.
Hahaha thanks
I'll bet @CruisingTheCut spends an hour or more for each minute of finished video. (Am I close?)
I've never measured it in hours per finished minute but a typical vlog takes me about 8-10 hours to create (excluding filming) so yes, I suppose you're about right!
"The Dog and Windlass" - good name for a pub.
I'm sure there are wrinkles and drawbacks, but what a lovely life (at about 2 1/2 miles an hour!)
I seriously considered selling up and moving to a life on the canal when I retired, but being in my
sixties and NOT fleet of foot I decided that locking on my own would be a no-no.
Anyway another excellent and most enjoyable vlog. Can't wait for the next !
Sometimes as high as 3 mph!
Boy racer !
Great series of 'blogs'....much appreciated! I'm a middle aged bloke about 1-2 years away from returning to the cut and this series is brilliant! Thanks David....keep them coming!
Thanks Andy
Delightful, as always. Thank you. What a pretty stretch of scenery.
It was gorgeous!
HAHA a few extra minutes video,very good thank you . Really do enjoy them.
More accident than design, probably back to normal next time ;-)
Classic as usual, beautiful video and commentary, brightened up my day following the depressing few days events.
Good to hear the videos are just the tonic! Ideally with gin.
Enjoyed your video.... as always. :-)
so relaxing that even the lock where easy for me !!!!!! LOL !!!!
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Hilary atop Everest! Great to have a laugh out loud moment in troubled times! Thank you.
I much prefer listening to you talk, your humor and quick wit are so much more enjoyable than the, "Obligatory scenery montage."
Awesome video in that Tunnel with the light reflecting off the Brick Ceiling...stunning
A surprisingly nice tunnel! But very damp.
Well done with negotiating the Hatton Flight. At least you had a partner to assist. I like the spur at Budbrook Industrial Estate, Stopped there too. A wonderful film today - love the montage! Thank you again for a lovely day
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That supermarket 5 minutes away is built on the canal, which used to extend further into Warwick by 400m or so.
I've gone back to watch a few vids and listen to the hauntingly beautiful theme music. As a guitarist, I've been noodling around trying to play it. My poor wife has sighed more than once as I butchered the tempo. Ah, retirement.
If you go into TH-cam's creator section, you can download the entire track from the YT music library. Cheers
I appreciate your keeping the fresh water full, and empty the know what.
What fun! Keep it up
Another great Vlog keep up the good work!!
Loved it thank you.
What a great vlog! Such an appealing way of life, and you present it so well. I enjoy your dry sense of humor, too. I look forward to vicariously traveling with you on many more occasions.
Thanks Ron!
Your videos are so relaxing seems to he quite the life, cheers from america, your commentary and descriptions are classics
Another great Vlog, such a relaxed way of life, even it you do have the pain of the locks, but well worth it I'm sure, really like the views of the country side and the old homes etc., being from the US of A it's a view into a different world, keep up the good work and looking for the next one, Cheers
Thanks John
This was delightful...to watch.
Wishing you well on your journey.
Loving your vlogs. You have inspired me to try a narrowboat hire next time I am in the UK. Looks like a very relaxing way to see the countryside.
Looking forward to perhaps sharing a lock or two with you one day! Through watching your videos its inspired me one day soon moving to the water, thank you for inspiring my adventurous spirit!
David as I watch you I think this would be the life!! it so relaxing n so pretty!! ty for doing what you do!!!
I absolutely love this vlog and the information is very useful. However, I will confess to watching them primarily for the scenery montages. There is some staggeringly beautiful countryside along your canals.
Then you're going to love the "bonus" scenery video I'll be publishing in a few days... :-)
I'm certain I will. I'll be looking forward to it. Thank you
great scenery!
Great video :)
truly enjoyed this one
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Those old working boats should be in a museum
Beautiful! Joe from Ottawa, Canada
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Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full 😎
Lovely farm land views
I came across your videos and am rather enjoying them. I've made it through 49. After so many the music is becoming rather dull though. Just the other night I fell asleep during a montage, ha. Thank you for your efforts! Cheers
As usual, a great vlog! I'm looking at them in a new light as we've just bought a narrowboat and intend to give continuous cruising a go starting in the spring of next year. These are now compulsory education vlogs! Keep up the good work.
Wow, fantastic. Congratulations!
i am michael from trinidad/west indies & i enjoy your videos, its a great way of life.
Thank you Michael, cheers :-)
I do love your videos. Indeed done the first 49 in 2 days!! I’d like to add, a cheese sandwich, always tastes better when cut as a triangle in my opinion. Please try. Keep up the great work and lifestyle
I look forward to these blogs. They provide a bit of sanity in todays world
Glad to be of service ;-)
Yes, at my current age of 66.9 yrs old, that lottery win will be the only ways I will also be able to buy that cottage..........
Yes not a bad spot Saltisford Arm, stopped off there on the way to Kate boats just down the cut. We too were ignored at that cafe.
Glad it wasn't just me!
love your videos mate I'm getting my own canalboat soon
Excellent, hope you have a great time aboard.
Ah thanks for the reply. Yeah didn't think you had been 'out there' from following your vlogs........have to do it at some point as it's the only way from here to the canal system! unless we are piloted around the other way to the Avon.......no thank you at this stage! We're trapped ha ha!!,!
Do have someone to come with me but not experienced either but two better than one on the river I'd say! Happy Cruising! Hope you're not getting too wet in this lovely British weather!
Soaked!
Love the music , sounds a bit like early Pink Floyd.
Yes. I can't agree with you more. Specifically More.
Stoned are we? (i am) lol
For some reason, we are intensely fascinated by all of these wonderful little do-it-yourself locks. We traversed 17 locks on a river cruise in Russia several years ago, with some drops as much as 50 feet! We're sure those locks are not self-service though! If you have a video that we've so far missed, where you show in more detail exactly what the entire process is like of operating a lock from entry to exit, please do let us know. Thanks David!
I did do one, not very good in hindsight, but can't remember the vlog number offhand and am about to run out of mobile data (dammit!) so will post later!!
Got it - th-cam.com/video/nEtIixsrBxw/w-d-xo.html
im very much enjoying my choice to start on your videos during my narrowboat youtuber binge, by popular demand from most of narrowboat twitter. very well executed and this is fpur years ago - the newer ones will surely be even more so. by the way, i'm sorry for the bad experience you had at hatton's cafe, i promise theyr'e not normally like that!! i enjoy a visit there from time to time.
Haha hello Emily, I saw a few tweets directing you here, nice to have you along :-)
@@CruisingTheCut it's nice to come along, currently watching you cruise through Stoke-on-Trent in 2017. really enjoying it so far! thank you for your hard work. :)
Hi there. I am enjoying your videos very much. The short, concise commentary says it all, no flowery garbage, just what the doctor ordered. Here in Canada we don't have canals like Britain, our waterways are wide and join lakes where the water can get quite rough, does not bode well for flat bottom boats. The scenery in England is so tranquil and pretty and the pubs, ahh, for the next pint. I was originally from Somerset. We have a saying here the a boat is a hole in the water you pour money into. Fair analogy I think given your expenses. Keep them coming mate, they are great.
Thank you. Yes, I can certainly relate to the bottomless pit of money... :-)
Good video
now that's what I call an efficient food processor, not sure I can beat that, not that I'd even try :-D
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good video as usual many thanks, errrr double mooring.
that's a new one I don't fancy.
I had one next to me for a day. Actually made me queasy, all the wobbling as next door kept getting on and off via my stern! It was non-stop :-(
I hope they took their muddy boots off, that would get on my nerves.
Ps : takes a sea sickness pill next time your doubled up. Haha
Luckily they moved on a day later. One one point the bloke started polishing his boat using mine to stand on (and rock) as he did!!
The Flying Reporter sent me here, brilliant videos! Subbed.
He's a good chap! Cheers
Just love your vlogs we can't wait to live the same slow paced life do you have to do daily engine check if so please could you film them thank you
I check the oil level before I set off and give the stern gland a twist of grease but that's about it.
Re; The wide brimmed hat look - a bit like a pretty young Dame Edna Everage Me-thinks ;-)
Plus! ... I think everyone who manages to navigate that set of locks should get some sort of medal at the end ... if only the CDM ;-)
Sigh. I was going for Indiana Jones :-(
You should send the CRT a letter typed in teen tiny font.
As for trying to read them from the boat, you could take a photo with your phone and then pull it up and zoom in to read 😳
Its being installed on the 21st of this month baby.!!Have to walk down the cut though to see boats and imagine
Fantastic! Take care. Get a CO alarm (seriously)
You could have soaped down the boat and got it rinsed going through this tunnel.🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺
Another great Vlog :) Now you've been on the cut for a while, how about one on how its been, how you've adjusted from land to water, what has been better than expected or a bit of a let down, how you've been getting on with the internet usage as im sure you watch other youtube channels etc.. and whats its like to live/stay in the middle of nowhere in what must feel like a black hole at night :D
Maybe; I'll put it on the "to do" list!
scrummy looking sarnie, going to make myself one now !!!! lovely vlog as usual,,,keep 'em coming !
It was only missing tomato which is they other key ingredient but I didn't put it in earlier in case the sarnie went soggy. Nothing as disappointing as soggy bread!
+CruisingTheCut What is a sarnie?
Abbreviated form of "sandwich"
+CruisingTheCut Ah, ok, I'm onboard now. It's too bad we don't have an abbreviated form of the word "sandwich" - we'd save so much time! :)
It's that tricky "dw" changeover in the middle that slows things down ;-)
Hey David, I mentioned in another comment (on a different vlog) that I'm hoping to get my own narrow boat here in Ireland next year...have to say, the thoughts of going through locks (I'll be by myself) is freaking me out!!! I get so bloody anxious just watching you go through them :p That being said, Ireland isn't very liveaboard friendly (seemingly they're trying to outlaw it) and locks aren't made for lone boaters (many of them don't have ladders, so it would definitely be a 2 person job). Not letting that put me off 'though....as they say (whoever 'they' are) were there's a will there's a way! ;)
Locks are fine (over here) single handed, you just need to take your time. I thought the ones in Ireland were staffed though?
Thanks, I'm planning on doing a 1 day course closer to d day so that should help with the nerves! I believe a lot of locks are manned, although not all. I'm sure I'll be grand :)
@@inoodleberry1 I live in Fermanagh. How's your boating experience so far? It's something I'd be interested in.
Please make a calm quite float , so we can use it to get ready to go to bed or nap. You do great shots, keep it up , Thanks
I'm not sure what you're requesting but if you mean just shots of moving, see this playlist of mine (from later videos): th-cam.com/video/-S2kKQaDnV8/w-d-xo.html
Why don't you try Vuollerim? Some 140 km uppstream the Luleälv in Sweden. The curren aroun 5 knt. No locks! But you have to carry your narrow five times! The lowest lift some 5 m the highest approx 30 m. I'll have a cup of tea for you when you arrive!
By the way. I like your vlog!
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Hatton Locks done them twice quite a few years ago wore me out both times.
That was nice🤔🇬🇧Paul
Such a lovely stretch of canal. I did notice at 5:01 and on a few other locks on the stretch, there's a smaller canal to the side of the lock. I wonder what these are. "Eat, Drink, Allday" looked rather tempting, by the way!
They're overflow/flood channels.
@@petesmith7796 I believe that new wider locks were built in the 1940's and the overflow channels are the remains of the old narrow locks.
6:43 Hehe that's definitely not an octopus... It's a very cute marijuana leaf :) Another absolutely stellar vlog, I'm slowly catching up to you!
Lol
In the days when this flight of locks was build... not like building a cathedral but a bit the same. When it was al finished life changed.
I totally understand, lottery wins keep missing me as well. But I keep trying, lol.
I know about the spiders but have you ever had unwanted visits from any other wildlife? Snakes? A wise old badger? A mouse carrying a sword being very territorial about an abbey?
There are few snakes in the UK let alone on the canals but I know some boaters have seen them. Many’s the night I’ve spent having long discussions with a wise old mouse carrying a badger though.
@@CruisingTheCut I’m from Wisconsin so I know first hand how brave and daring that mouse must be toting a temperamental Badger around
Do you sit with your evening tea and think up these pithy, punny titles? Love them!
I find myself looking forward to the next video partly for that reason. lol ;)
Indeed I do!
Sir Ed was a kiwi and so am I, (7 min 40 sec or so) and when he got down from Everest he proclaimed... "We knocked the bugger off." Did you do the same with that lock or did you just bump into it? Love the series, especially your early stuff. Nice attitude to a new way of life.
The CRT must have a lot of offices!
They have a fair few dotted around the network but they are also closing quite a few and amalgamating them for example the one at Fazeley has now shut.
Lovely video once again......am I right in thinking, you might have lost a little weight? All the work, opening & closing the lock gates, keeps you very busy!
I don't think so but I don't keep any track of it. The people in the other boat did most of the work!
That's goats for ya, shittin and eatin at the same time!
Starting Location:
www.google.com/maps/@52.3306429,-1.7215878,919m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Shrewley Tunnel:
www.google.com/maps/@52.3022712,-1.6871896,641m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Hatton Top Lock:
www.google.com/maps/@52.2996156,-1.6488677,581m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Hatton Bottom Lock:
www.google.com/maps/@52.2876274,-1.6106736,588m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Saltisford Canal Centre:
www.google.com/maps/@52.2872231,-1.6008564,360m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
You have got to watch " horse boating in stone TH-cam vid around the 4 minute mark pay close attention to the entering the lock
I do think you will find it quite interesting
Cheers I hope it helps you in the future
Jim
Do you think I need help? (Genuine question - what do you think is going wrong?)
Am just here for the puns
Scenery montage works so well from a narrowboat. Something shot from the window of a caravan traveling down the turnpike, not so much. :-/
Haha, maybe you're on the wrong roads :-)
LOL Goats, now officially known as "Manure processing units".
I,m enjoying your vids, it almost makes me want to return to England and give this a go, until I seen all the crap and graffiti along the canal ways. It's such a shame that people have no pride in their country. Keep up the good work :)
Jase
Thank you. Yes it is a shame but there are lots of lovely bits too.
As always it's great to see the canals and countryside looking lovely. The drips on the solar panels made me wonder how they are performing. Do you have one of the controllers that allows you to see their contribution in relation to what you get from running the engine?
The charge controller displays what's going in etc. They''re doing very well, I've never had to run the engine to charge the batteries.