I'm still catching up on your blogs and enjoying all of them. They don't drain the swing aqueduct. They swing it with the water in it. It was a great excitement from my childhood days to see it all in motion.
@@MinimalList Yes. I also saw that video. Anyway, I've now caught up with you. I can finally hit the bell and start watching on a regular basis rather than binge watching! Happy new year to you both.
The bridge you pass under @10:00 mins at Patricroft was designed by George Stephenson to carry the Liverpool to Manchester Railway and was constructed in 1830.
We crossed the Barton aqueduct bright and early one summer morning back in 1986. In those days, the aqueduct was left swung open to the ship canal overnight and we arrived before it had been swung to allow Bridgewater travellers to cross. As far as I remember, the crew swung it at 8:00 in the morning, so we were able to watch the whole process. The most extraordinary part of it was that the whole span was lowered into a socket once it was lined up with the Bridgewater canal to seal the joint, which meant lifting (and lowering) something like 2300 tons of span...
The Barton Swing Aquaduct is world famous because it's the only one ever built in the world. It swings with the water in it still. Two blocks swing closed to block the water off, off on the canal and one on the bridge itself both ends. Then the bridge swings open full of water. The whole thing takes about 45mins to an hour as they open the aquaduct about half an hour before ships come through. Also the lighthouse is an actual working lighthouse. Apparently the person who owns it has a passion for them so he built it in his garden. It only lights up on special occasions (I have never ween it working though)
Rumour has it that the Lighthouse came around because the bloke who owns the house there wanted to build a granny flat in his garden but couldn't get planning permission. However he managed to use an old loophole in planning regs says that permission isn't required for a lighthouse. Whether they were pulling my leg or not... ! Good to see you earlier passing through Leigh (2nd time :) )
I think that’s a folklore explanation... found the owners name and some information about it in a newspaper article. Apparently he sold his boat and started building the folly, a long held dream and a nod to a nautical life. Certainly interesting to see it! M
The swing Aqueduct opens quite often they don't use stop planks but short gates, the leaks are sealed by dribbling saw dust into the contact points until the flow stops.
Unbelievable :-D Even after 228 episodes you still can't make the exit lines right! And I'm glad you can't - the cutouts are hillarious :-D And I love them! Keep up the good work...
A trip to the UK is on my bucket list, I had always figured a month would be good, After watching you guy's for the past few years, I'm going to need so much more time.
Many ‘happy hour’ sat in Kellogg’s waiting to load in days gone by! We just had 2 days on the L&L. Didn’t go far but it really is rather delightful. Hope you enjoy it all 👍 C&R
I think one of your best videos. This one was chock-full of interesting and beautiful sights and scenery. I especially loved those converted Flat buildings along the canal, I'd love to live in one of those! The Lighthouse was quite unique ;) I thought the Swing Aquaduct was actually beautiful. LOVED this one! Thanks ;)
Love your time lapse to save on battery life.... it actually helps the vlog. I gave a thumbs for watching ... travel fatigue, not performance anxiety, possibly light house anxiety.
Never attempted to hit a golf ball,at a tank, but I have driven a tank! Lovely vlog, glad that the dog was okay, but very upsetting. I never realised how close the canal was to the Trafford Centre, you learn something new every day. Got my map today, now just got to frame it, it's beautiful, i can't imagine how many hours it took. Take care.
Hi guys I'm doing the Chirk aquaduct today camera at the ready. Can't wait to see it lit tonight. Great vlog as always looking forward to the Ribble link. Take care you three.
...you mean the "Canal age in Britain" -- because all the elements of a canal (bar swing aqueduct) had been invented and implemented on the Canal du Midi in southern France. 90 years earlier. :-) I actually shared a few locks on the Midi with narrowboats. Hope they hadn't tried to take it across the Channel on their way there... Lovely vid, and do keep up!
I was just going to say Keith and Bernadette ‘the tiller people’ are just in front of you. The swing aqueduct was open when they got there and had to wait for it. Such a shame it’s not being maintained.
That towpath in Sale is like a racetrack for bikes! Know it well as family live nearby. Many a time have had to leap out the way when walking with grandchildren. Definitely unsafe for dogs on the loose. Have moored there on occasions. Good shopping place. Will be interested in the Ribble trip. Seems ages since we joined you up the locks at Chester.
The Tiller People have a video of the swing/aqueduct bridge in action , they don't drain it as it moves full of water . Sorry to mention that but i do watch a lot of narrowboat vlogs but your near the top of the list :-)
Ooh, that’s even more interesting! I’d assumed they’d drain it just because of the problems of slosh, but it would be a lot of water to lose. I’ll have a look for the video! M
I own the blue boat moored up just passed Stretford marina (passed very quickly) have lived in the area for years and seen both the road bridge and the aquaduct swing on many occasion. Great when the road bridge gets stuck open in the hot weather because its expanded with the heat. They have to get the fire brigade out to pump water from the ship canal to make it contract again. Seen that loads of times too.
Ah Stretford, my neck of the woods. If only I'd known you were coming 😃 They upgraded that towpath a few years ago and linked it in with a national cycle route so you do get a lot of bikes on there. Its not the prettiest canal but there's a lot of industrial engineering history associated with the Bridgewater, and there's no locks. You should have stopped off at Worsley as it a a lovely place and steeped in canal history. Also Castlefield at the end of the Manchester branch is worth seeing - maybe another time.
The videos are a bit behind us... you’ll see in later ones still being edited we found our way back to both Castlefield Basin and the Delph, albeit by a most circuitous route. M
from what I can remember the swing bridge work much like the Anderton lift... except it uses single "lock type"' gates on land and bridge sides to block the canal water from gushing into the MSC and then turns still full of water... which is a lot of tonnes of water!! It looked a lot better painted last time saw it though. It operates nearly as quickly as the road bridge, which used to be the only road crossing before Warburton until the M60 was built. Worsley is nice.. used to live near there.
@@MinimalList when it stops turning the water swishes from side to side like me getting out the bath!... the lateral forces on the swivel must be immense.... over 50% of the weight turned is the water in the trough. Globally unique yet not a heritage site ? why? It must be a Grade ? listed building.
Thank you for sharing another great video! of course I hit like! I wonder who the 3 clowns are that disliked this video? The leg is on the mend. Still using a cane at times though. The weather here in Ohio is starting to turn. Cold, damp, and windy. Had a little bit of frost here yesterday morning. Hoping all is good with you three!
The Worsley Delph levels were opened up about 15 years ago or so, as they wanted to survey the condition of the underground levels. What used to happen was coal tubs were floated into the level and after a short distance, they would reach a series of inclined planes which would take the coal tubs down to different levels, the coal tubs were floated to near the coal faces on underground canals that stretched as far out as beyond Walkden (about 11 miles). The survey found the levels were in good condition although they didn't investigate the deep levels. Go the other side of the hill by following the M60 and you find the Irwell Valley where the Manchester, Bolton and Bury canal which is currently being restored, here you will find the Wet Colliery which is where James Brindley made water travel uphill! This colliery was another where a canal ran into an underground colliery. This isn't something peculiar to the Manchester area as the original Harecastle canal tunnel had canal adits where coal tubs were floated down from an underground wharf at the Goidenhill Colliery, Brindley seemed to be an expert at building underground colliery canals. When Telford built his replacement Harecastle Tunnel, it cut across the coal canal adits and sealed them but even today they are still there just behind the tunnel wall and that is where the orange ochre water in the T&M canal comes from.
@@MinimalList Here is film footage of the underground canals from the 1950's, when they were used to drain the nearby big collieries of water! th-cam.com/video/eeOlk5s-4dc/w-d-xo.html
@@merlinonline67 Thanks for the link, what an amazing piece of the UKs industrial history, I for one would look forward to a trip through the underground canals, and try to appreciate the work conditions the miners endured to help UK prosper in the 1800s.
Great pity you did not call at the mining museum at Astley just before you got to Leigh, fascinating place. Great video, you are in my neck of the woods now.
While on our canal holiday in July we spotted Chris Boardman. He was opening this refurbished towpath to be a commuter route into Manchester. It did appear to us that this was a very fast cycle route. We made comment that the dog walkers on here would stand no chance. Someone would be getting wet or nettle stung.
It’s wide enough there really need not be any conflict, as long as the dogs are on a lead and not running with a bike that’s being ridden by a fellow who’s not paying attention! M
"The Towpath Incident" sounds like the title of something where Good sir Holmes would be calling on Doctor Watson for his expertise in towpath pathology. (I still have to watch video and see what happens)
@@MinimalList I think the Industrial Revolution brought about a more dramatic change in human existence than even the tech/bio/materials revolution we are experiencing right now. To go from an agrarian society that hadn't really changed since the feudal period to a coal-driven, steam-powered, time regulated economy was unprecedented. Our current tech revolution isn't as dramatic because we have been eased into with the steady march of technology over the last 30 years, and the presentation of technological marvels in entertainment and media since the 1950's. The next big change will be automation/robotics, and THAT will have huge impact on our daily existence. Peace.
Personally I’d say the biggest revolution was December 17th 1903 to July 20th 1969... from first powered flight to the moon in less than one human lifetime... also nuclear fission, computers, and figuring out that the universe is full of galaxies and expanding. M
There’s one license for the CRT waterways, but there are a few other canals not covered by the CRT. The Bridgewater is owned by Peel Ports (who also own the Manchester Ship Canal) and they’ve got a different scheme, though they do have an agreement where boats licensed for one can spend up to a week on the other, so long as there’s more than a month between visits. M
We were recently on the K&A - my wife was walking our dog on the tow path and very nearly got hit by a cyclist coming from behind doing I reckon about 15mph. I shouted from the boat and she just had time to drag the dog out of his way
Thankfully she was able to... we’ve had a couple times where they’ve nearly hit George, usually someone in a stupid hurry who doesn’t like to use a bell for some reason. M
@@MinimalList A good number of cyclists when sharing any path with pedestrians need to, 'A' - Concentrate on what they're doing and 'B' - Slow TF down. Great video as usual. Film, interesting commentary, editing, music, etc. Safe travels to you all. --- P.S. I'm a cyclist too!
Is the building straight in front of your boat @11:29 the same place where Guy Martin started out with his canal boat in the TV serias about early industrial Britain?
what's changed your mind when you first started traveling the canals you said you didn't want to do the Ribble link I hope it goes ok for you good luck
@@MinimalList He's the real star though Michael boy, as the Brits say, "he puts bums on seats, bums on seats" ,ha,, ha, ha, ask Jo for a translation...
Good video, thanks! That poor dog. Maybe she was watching the people and tried to avoid them, totally missing the dog. I searched for the lighthouse on the Bridgewater and there were several references to it on a Bing search. I retired google because of all the ads and tracking and moved to bing because at least you earn points on Bing, much like frequent flyer miles. Anyway! I suspect you also did a search but this seemed to be the most informative article on the lighthouse, rather than quick mentions of the lighthouse in Bridgewater Canal articles. Sorry about all the google ads on the page but, well, that’s why I quit google. More is more, as they believe. salford.media/article/history/the-monton-lighthouse-part-1-r607/ Tell us what you think. And if you found better info on the lighthouse, I would enjoy hearing your take on it. Michael, you do a really good job of taken a good amount of information and presenting it very succinctly and interestingly. Which is why I ask. George seemed rather bored this time but you two had some nice teamwork going which is good to see! Thanks for taking us with you. Now I am going to go see what you were up to on the Leeds and Liverpool. I got behind. I seem to stay awfully busy for being retired. I am not sure I retired. I just seem to have moved from a lucrative position to a volunteer obnoxious post. 😁🤐
@@MinimalList im flying back to the uk on the 30th, ive given it some thought about getting a wee 20ft ish grp cruise. any rough ideas on what its going to cost me per annum to keep it on the water in the evesham area.regards dean
Great as ever !, keep it up. Cant agree with comments about the dog and cyclist. car drivers know to go past animals so not to startle them. cyclists should exercise care when sharing the FOOT! path with other users.
I didn't finish the previous comment. Of course there is the odd self centered numpty to deal with but that is why we walk on the land side of the path so we can shove them in. That said, there are also dog owning nupties who just don't keep their dogs under control and/or don't invest time, energy and training. Look a Jono's dog. She is hugely obedient off lease, She even sits down automatically when a cyclist approaches. These wonderful assets of the UK are there for all to use and under no circumstances should the actions by a very few on both sides of this question be used to restrict one or the other from enjoying them. Besides, it would likely fall under a law that was a) difficult to enforce and b) not worth enforcing in terms of human resource commitment. In the end it really about a growing generation who are always in their own worlds. They isolate themselves in their tech devices to the point actual human face to face interactions are few and far between and they just are not aware or don't care about others. It is all about them,
I don't walk my dog on the towpath anymore as people on bikes can be horrible about it. Also walking without the dog had a young kid ride up my calf on his bike with no acknowledgement--they need to understand that you really can't hear bikes coming up behind you and they need to give some kind of warning.
@@AmericasChoice don't know but it doesn't happen where I live and I really don't hear them at all! Dog was on a lead and all the bike needed to do was that and I would have gathered him up more plus dog is more aware of bike too.
I am a believer in cyclists having to have registration and 3rd party (including dogs!) insurance... just like cars. There used to be a British Waterways by-law that prohibited riding of bikes on towpaths... didn't stop me when i was a kid cycling home from school though. If the trendy eco freindly CRT wanted to gain popularity, which it needs, then they should make it a rule.. "buy a permit to ride the towpath" ... then they would either gain income from permits or lessen the amount of bikes. I thought car drivers were inconsiderate until I discovered the 21st century Britain, lycra-clad, eco warrior, hi-speed, towpath cyclist.
@@malcolmelliott1876 absolutely agree, we walk Tissington and high Peak trails and the number of cyclists that just barge past no bell or shout of warning, if you say anything you just get abuse.
Manchester Evening News article: "It may be 30 miles from the coast but it has been Phil Austin's labour of love - his own lighthouse on the banks of the Bridgewater Canal in Salford. He has spent three-and-a-half years working on the lighthouse and it has so far cost him é20,000. But his 36-foot tall weekend retreat, overlooking the moorings at Monton, has been worth it. Phil, 64, sold his canal barge to pay for his folly which will soon be fitted with a light to cast a beam on Monton Green". Simon Allen, the landlord of the nearby Barge Inn and one of Phil's close friends, said: "I'm still trying to find out the actual reason behind it."
@@MinimalList yeah... its called a bell... 1 quid in Poundland!!! a tenth the cost of fance LED lights or hundreth of the cost of lycra tops :-) Of there are the brakes and walking past.
Very clever technique to get comments... The Monton or is it Worsley Lighthouse ? depend on your view, is a faux "fake" does have a light used on special occasions " but which what is considered special and by whom?'. Commonly known as a "Folly" typical European phase for thing of actual no use... a rich persons quirky idea maybe. The builder " Phil Austin" a local did a BBC interview about it some time ago.... and its been use to campaign against a local incinerator ( given the smell they produce I'm not surprised) .... see you got me looking... just interested on finding out about something quirky... bikes and tow paths, hmmm I have no view as roads really are not safe either, plus dogs not controlled again hmmm, dogs need freedom to exercise and being on a lead is essential in many circumstances, however tow paths away from traffic should be a place to stretch their legs.... as long as nobody was hurt or injured then all's well i guess... really enjoy the blogs, something to wail away a few minutes in an evening while waiting to come back to Europe.....
The so called controversy re cyclists on the towpaths caught my attention. On public roads here in the part of Canada in which I live are arrogant pains in the backside who have never bothered to read the law. However having put a number of cruises behind is on the Thames, K & A and the GUC I have a somewhat more Christian view of cyclists. Of course there is the odd self centered numpty to deal with but I always pass cyclist on the land side of the towpath.
I'm still catching up on your blogs and enjoying all of them. They don't drain the swing aqueduct. They swing it with the water in it. It was a great excitement from my childhood days to see it all in motion.
Since found that out via a video of it in motion... quite a sight! M
@@MinimalList Yes. I also saw that video. Anyway, I've now caught up with you. I can finally hit the bell and start watching on a regular basis rather than binge watching! Happy new year to you both.
The bridge you pass under @10:00 mins at Patricroft was designed by George Stephenson to carry the Liverpool to Manchester Railway and was constructed in 1830.
We crossed the Barton aqueduct bright and early one summer morning back in 1986. In those days, the aqueduct was left swung open to the ship canal overnight and we arrived before it had been swung to allow Bridgewater travellers to cross. As far as I remember, the crew swung it at 8:00 in the morning, so we were able to watch the whole process. The most extraordinary part of it was that the whole span was lowered into a socket once it was lined up with the Bridgewater canal to seal the joint, which meant lifting (and lowering) something like 2300 tons of span...
Oh wow. What a lovely memory. Thanks for sharing
The Barton Swing Aquaduct is world famous because it's the only one ever built in the world. It swings with the water in it still. Two blocks swing closed to block the water off, off on the canal and one on the bridge itself both ends. Then the bridge swings open full of water. The whole thing takes about 45mins to an hour as they open the aquaduct about half an hour before ships come through. Also the lighthouse is an actual working lighthouse. Apparently the person who owns it has a passion for them so he built it in his garden. It only lights up on special occasions (I have never ween it working though)
Rumour has it that the Lighthouse came around because the bloke who owns the house there wanted to build a granny flat in his garden but couldn't get planning permission. However he managed to use an old loophole in planning regs says that permission isn't required for a lighthouse. Whether they were pulling my leg or not... !
Good to see you earlier passing through Leigh (2nd time :) )
I was born there. If it isn't true, it is certainly folklore as I have always known about this.
I think that’s a folklore explanation... found the owners name and some information about it in a newspaper article. Apparently he sold his boat and started building the folly, a long held dream and a nod to a nautical life. Certainly interesting to see it! M
The swing Aqueduct opens quite often they don't use stop planks but short gates, the leaks are sealed by dribbling saw dust into the contact points until the flow stops.
Would love to see it swung for ourselves! M
Unbelievable :-D
Even after 228 episodes you still can't make the exit lines right!
And I'm glad you can't - the cutouts are hillarious :-D And I love them!
Keep up the good work...
All I can say is it looks easier than it is! M
My home town! I live a hundred miles and change south now in similarly damp Gloucestershire. Love your videos!
Thanks! Love your home town! M
Hi ,I got to say I love your videos you give so much information out as well it’s so nice to come on the trip with you,thank you john
Thanks, glad you enjoy them! M
A trip to the UK is on my bucket list, I had always figured a month would be good, After watching you guy's for the past few years, I'm going to need so much more time.
Totally agree. Sadie (my border collie companion) says sell everything and go now! I think she might have a crush on George. 😆
If you can swing more than a month, please do ... the boats move slow, and there’s much to see! M
Lovely vlog.....thanks for sharing
Thanks! M
Thanks again you two.
Thanks for watching!
Great trip today. I just love the bloopers at the end.
Thanks! M
Hello from Ogden, Utah. You guys are great. Hope the rest of the year goes fantastic for you as well as the nest and so on.
Hello 👋🏻 thanks for the kind wishes!
Interesting cruise today! Lots going on....really enjoyed it and glad all involved in the collision are fine! Safe travels!
Thanks! M
Many ‘happy hour’ sat in Kellogg’s waiting to load in days gone by! We just had 2 days on the L&L. Didn’t go far but it really is rather delightful. Hope you enjoy it all 👍 C&R
We’ve enjoyed every bit we’ve reached! M
Best sign off yet Michael!
NAILED IT!! 😁
Almost too professional, another very cool vlog, Thanks for sharing
Heh! Thanks for watching! M
I think one of your best videos. This one was chock-full of interesting and beautiful sights and scenery. I especially loved those converted Flat buildings along the canal, I'd love to live in one of those! The Lighthouse was quite unique ;) I thought the Swing Aquaduct was actually beautiful. LOVED this one! Thanks ;)
Thanks! Glad you liked it! M
Love your time lapse to save on battery life.... it actually helps the vlog. I gave a thumbs for watching ... travel fatigue, not performance anxiety, possibly light house anxiety.
Definitely light house anxiety! M
Never attempted to hit a golf ball,at a tank, but I have driven a tank! Lovely vlog, glad that the dog was okay, but very upsetting. I never realised how close the canal was to the Trafford Centre, you learn something new every day. Got my map today, now just got to frame it, it's beautiful, i can't imagine how many hours it took. Take care.
So glad you like the map! Thanks for purchasing a copy! M
Hi guys I'm doing the Chirk aquaduct today camera at the ready. Can't wait to see it lit tonight. Great vlog as always looking forward to the Ribble link. Take care you three.
Hope you had fun on the aqueduct! M
Looking forward to seeing your cruise on the Ribble Link and your comments after seeing other vloggers that recently did it. I'll be watching.
It’s only a few more episodes off! M
...you mean the "Canal age in Britain" -- because all the elements of a canal (bar swing aqueduct) had been invented and implemented on the Canal du Midi in southern France. 90 years earlier. :-) I actually shared a few locks on the Midi with narrowboats. Hope they hadn't tried to take it across the Channel on their way there... Lovely vid, and do keep up!
LOL They may be annoying to you but the tongue-twisting ending is always good for a chuckle. Loving the glimpses of England. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for putting up with my tongue twisting! M
@@MinimalList Oh I more than put up with it. I enjoy it. ;-)
We moored up just outside the mall that you past.Lovely area. Rented the hire boat from Kate Narrowboats that you also passed.
I was just going to say Keith and Bernadette ‘the tiller people’ are just in front of you. The swing aqueduct was open when they got there and had to wait for it. Such a shame it’s not being maintained.
Lucky them! I would have loved to have seen it in action!
Minimal List they were thrilled to bits. In all their years of being on the canals it was the first time they’d seen it. What a fabulous invention.
That towpath in Sale is like a racetrack for bikes! Know it well as family live nearby. Many a time have had to leap out the way when walking with grandchildren. Definitely unsafe for dogs on the loose. Have moored there on occasions. Good shopping place. Will be interested in the Ribble trip. Seems ages since we joined you up the locks at Chester.
Ages and a good many, many miles! Videos are a wee bit behind, but we’ve been having some adventures, and came close to Chester again for a day! M
Never Quibble about the Ribble.
Especially if you’ve got trouble with Tribbles at the time! M
Well I'm not sure I've ever heard a lighthouse used as an excuse... I'll give it a go next time I feel too tired.
Weird seeing Sale/Streford, I used to go running along that canal
Similar feeling Jo was having as she edited our first pass towards Leigh at the moment we were making our second pass. M
The Tiller People have a video of the swing/aqueduct bridge in action , they don't drain it as it moves full of water . Sorry to mention that but i do watch a lot of narrowboat vlogs but your near the top of the list :-)
Ooh, that’s even more interesting! I’d assumed they’d drain it just because of the problems of slosh, but it would be a lot of water to lose. I’ll have a look for the video! M
I own the blue boat moored up just passed Stretford marina (passed very quickly) have lived in the area for years and seen both the road bridge and the aquaduct swing on many occasion. Great when the road bridge gets stuck open in the hot weather because its expanded with the heat. They have to get the fire brigade out to pump water from the ship canal to make it contract again. Seen that loads of times too.
Oh wow!
Ah Stretford, my neck of the woods. If only I'd known you were coming 😃 They upgraded that towpath a few years ago and linked it in with a national cycle route so you do get a lot of bikes on there.
Its not the prettiest canal but there's a lot of industrial engineering history associated with the Bridgewater, and there's no locks. You should have stopped off at Worsley as it a a lovely place and steeped in canal history. Also Castlefield at the end of the Manchester branch is worth seeing - maybe another time.
The videos are a bit behind us... you’ll see in later ones still being edited we found our way back to both Castlefield Basin and the Delph, albeit by a most circuitous route. M
from what I can remember the swing bridge work much like the Anderton lift... except it uses single "lock type"' gates on land and bridge sides to block the canal water from gushing into the MSC and then turns still full of water... which is a lot of tonnes of water!! It looked a lot better painted last time saw it though. It operates nearly as quickly as the road bridge, which used to be the only road crossing before Warburton until the M60 was built. Worsley is nice.. used to live near there.
We’d love to see the swing aqueduct in motion... must be quite the sight! M
@@MinimalList when it stops turning the water swishes from side to side like me getting out the bath!... the lateral forces on the swivel must be immense.... over 50% of the weight turned is the water in the trough.
Globally unique yet not a heritage site ? why? It must be a Grade ? listed building.
Thank you for sharing another great video! of course I hit like! I wonder who the 3 clowns are that disliked this video? The leg is on the mend. Still using a cane at times though. The weather here in Ohio is starting to turn. Cold, damp, and windy. Had a little bit of frost here yesterday morning. Hoping all is good with you three!
Thankfully we’ve had just one frost yet, and it was very brief. Hope it doesn’t turn too bad over there! M
The Tiller People have posted the bridge swinging ,holding them up .
th-cam.com/video/N4Kbn_cIb0s/w-d-xo.html is the link to their Barton Swing Aqueduct v-Log
Dodger I posted the link for people. I thought it was pretty cool!
We heard about it but haven’t seen! Will watch! M
It makes me so happy when you post xxx keep em coming xx how about a Halloween tale around the log burner?
Heh, I’ll ask Jo about that one! M
Lovely relaxing cruise, thanks for a great vlog.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
The Worsley Delph levels were opened up about 15 years ago or so, as they wanted to survey the condition of the underground levels. What used to happen was coal tubs were floated into the level and after a short distance, they would reach a series of inclined planes which would take the coal tubs down to different levels, the coal tubs were floated to near the coal faces on underground canals that stretched as far out as beyond Walkden (about 11 miles). The survey found the levels were in good condition although they didn't investigate the deep levels. Go the other side of the hill by following the M60 and you find the Irwell Valley where the Manchester, Bolton and Bury canal which is currently being restored, here you will find the Wet Colliery which is where James Brindley made water travel uphill! This colliery was another where a canal ran into an underground colliery. This isn't something peculiar to the Manchester area as the original Harecastle canal tunnel had canal adits where coal tubs were floated down from an underground wharf at the Goidenhill Colliery, Brindley seemed to be an expert at building underground colliery canals. When Telford built his replacement Harecastle Tunnel, it cut across the coal canal adits and sealed them but even today they are still there just behind the tunnel wall and that is where the orange ochre water in the T&M canal comes from.
Wow. what i feat of engineering. Im not sure id fancy going in there.
@@MinimalList Here is film footage of the underground canals from the 1950's, when they were used to drain the nearby big collieries of water! th-cam.com/video/eeOlk5s-4dc/w-d-xo.html
@@merlinonline67 Thanks for the link, what an amazing piece of the UKs industrial history, I for one would look forward to a trip through the underground canals, and try to appreciate the work conditions the miners endured to help UK prosper in the 1800s.
Great pity you did not call at the mining museum at Astley just before you got to Leigh, fascinating place. Great video, you are in my neck of the woods now.
Videos are still behind us, and we’ve now passed the mining museum twice without being able to stop in due to scheduling... hopefully some day! M
Wow Sale! My birthplace in Wentworth Drive, Sale.
While on our canal holiday in July we spotted Chris Boardman. He was opening this refurbished towpath to be a commuter route into Manchester. It did appear to us that this was a very fast cycle route. We made comment that the dog walkers on here would stand no chance. Someone would be getting wet or nettle stung.
It’s wide enough there really need not be any conflict, as long as the dogs are on a lead and not running with a bike that’s being ridden by a fellow who’s not paying attention! M
When you get to Barton and out of Trafford Park, you enter the City of Salford, not the suburbs of Manchester.
Ahh ... though in my mind suburb of Manchester is pretty synonymous with a metropolitan borough bordering on Manchester. M
On Friday the 13th of September I thought of you. I believe you were on the Ribble Link, hope it all went well.
We were indeed, and yeah it went fine... as per usual, in my experience, nothing ever goes wrong on Friday the 13th. M
Love the music👍
Thanks! It’s so hard to choose sometimes!
The club at Stretford is the watchhouse not the whitehouse.
Ahh, good to know. M
The curious incident of the dog and the bike in the day!
A sad affair... the yelping was painful, even though she did get up quick. M
"The Towpath Incident" sounds like the title of something where Good sir Holmes would be calling on Doctor Watson for his expertise in towpath pathology.
(I still have to watch video and see what happens)
I’m not sure even Watson would have developed an interest in the pathology of towpaths. M
That coalfield and the Bridgewater Canal are arguable the progenitors of the Industrial Revolution, and the birth of so many of our modern convinces.
Yep! Fascinating story! M
@@MinimalList I think the Industrial Revolution brought about a more dramatic change in human existence than even the tech/bio/materials revolution we are experiencing right now. To go from an agrarian society that hadn't really changed since the feudal period to a coal-driven, steam-powered, time regulated economy was unprecedented. Our current tech revolution isn't as dramatic because we have been eased into with the steady march of technology over the last 30 years, and the presentation of technological marvels in entertainment and media since the 1950's. The next big change will be automation/robotics, and THAT will have huge impact on our daily existence. Peace.
Personally I’d say the biggest revolution was December 17th 1903 to July 20th 1969... from first powered flight to the moon in less than one human lifetime... also nuclear fission, computers, and figuring out that the universe is full of galaxies and expanding. M
@@MinimalList Those were pretty monumental.
One of the tanks at boomers and swingers golf range was used in a recent 007 film, not sure which film or tank though.
Hah! Really! Cool!
@@MinimalList there more about it here. golfbusinessnews.com/news/courses/boomers-and-swingers-call-in-the-artillery/
2 goldfish in a tank, one says to the other ... how do you drive this thing ?
I see a crossing of the Mersey coming in the near future :P
Hi DangerMaus or it could be the Ribble to the Lancaster . wink wink !!!!??
Could be both... wink wink nudge. M
Thumb down below, thanks for the bell, skip the comment, cheerio!,
Cheerio! M
You pair at the end what you like..
Enjoyed all. I thought you just had one licence for the boat. What's with getting one to go in the next stretch, ?
There’s one license for the CRT waterways, but there are a few other canals not covered by the CRT. The Bridgewater is owned by Peel Ports (who also own the Manchester Ship Canal) and they’ve got a different scheme, though they do have an agreement where boats licensed for one can spend up to a week on the other, so long as there’s more than a month between visits. M
@@MinimalList Thank you very much for that. Love the Map you've done. Makes more clearer.
We were recently on the K&A - my wife was walking our dog on the tow path and very nearly got hit by a cyclist coming from behind doing I reckon about 15mph. I shouted from the boat and she just had time to drag the dog out of his way
Thankfully she was able to... we’ve had a couple times where they’ve nearly hit George, usually someone in a stupid hurry who doesn’t like to use a bell for some reason. M
@@MinimalList A good number of cyclists when sharing any path with pedestrians need to, 'A' - Concentrate on what they're doing and 'B' - Slow TF down.
Great video as usual. Film, interesting commentary, editing, music, etc.
Safe travels to you all. --- P.S. I'm a cyclist too!
I swear, all of BoatTube is up that neck of the woods this year. I think it was @foxesafloat who just spoiled your Kelloggs reveal a week or 2 ago? :)
Possibly, though with all our different editing schedules I think we were there at very different times... M
Is the building straight in front of your boat @11:29 the same place where Guy Martin started out with his canal boat in the TV serias about early industrial Britain?
Yes it is! 2:19 in this video th-cam.com/video/3fvhtjzyE74/w-d-xo.html
Yep, that’s the Packet House, just outside the Duke of Bridgewater’s mines and the start of the golden age of canals! M
what's changed your mind when you first started traveling the canals you said you didn't want to do the Ribble link I hope it goes ok for you good luck
We hadn’t researched it enough way back when... ‘tis nothing, the Ribble... worst part is Savick Brook, due to mud. M
Say you guys, ( M ), George is back, at last!!!...
He’s always around, sometimes he’s just camera shy! M
@@MinimalList He's the real star though Michael boy, as the Brits say, "he puts bums on seats, bums on seats" ,ha,, ha, ha, ask Jo for a translation...
Don't know if you have tried it yet but the metro doesn't allow dogs on 😦
Sad, but true. First truly unfriendly public transport we’ve come across in England. M
You guys need a security team.
So you sailed out of Sale for the lee of Leigh.
Indeed, and crossed a lot of bridges and water on the Bridgewater! M
@@MinimalList Ah, ha! LOL
It's the Watch house not white house it's the home of the watch house cruising club. The house was build to watch the river mersey for flooding.
Oops! Thanks for the correction!
Good video, thanks! That poor dog. Maybe she was watching the people and tried to avoid them, totally missing the dog. I searched for the lighthouse on the Bridgewater and there were several references to it on a Bing search. I retired google because of all the ads and tracking and moved to bing because at least you earn points on Bing, much like frequent flyer miles. Anyway! I suspect you also did a search but this seemed to be the most informative article on the lighthouse, rather than quick mentions of the lighthouse in Bridgewater Canal articles. Sorry about all the google ads on the page but, well, that’s why I quit google. More is more, as they believe. salford.media/article/history/the-monton-lighthouse-part-1-r607/
Tell us what you think. And if you found better info on the lighthouse, I would enjoy hearing your take on it. Michael, you do a really good job of taken a good amount of information and presenting it very succinctly and interestingly. Which is why I ask. George seemed rather bored this time but you two had some nice teamwork going which is good to see! Thanks for taking us with you. Now I am going to go see what you were up to on the Leeds and Liverpool. I got behind. I seem to stay awfully busy for being retired. I am not sure I retired. I just seem to have moved from a lucrative position to a volunteer obnoxious post. 😁🤐
Thanks for the link... I’d found some information on Austin’s Folly, but it wasn’t so in-depth! Quite interesting! M
I live in south Africa and a lad i worked with back in 2005-2008 now runs a gin bar in Sale. Pull in and tell em Dean the saffa sent you
Heh, sadly we’re long past Sale now, otherwise I’d have had to have done that! M
@@MinimalList im flying back to the uk on the 30th, ive given it some thought about getting a wee 20ft ish grp cruise. any rough ideas on what its going to cost me per annum to keep it on the water in the evesham area.regards dean
Great as ever !, keep it up. Cant agree with comments about the dog and cyclist. car drivers know to go past animals so not to startle them. cyclists should exercise care when sharing the FOOT! path with other users.
True, though running a dog with your bike is pretty dangerous, even without cross traffic. M
Glad the dog is okay! Nothing more dangerous than bikers racing along on walking paths!
"Learn a new thing every day on Minimal List" (after 1:32) Ah, so it's; minimal lean, maximal learn.
Exactly! Though sometimes Incidentally! M
I meant 'next' not 'nest'. ha
I would like to Party with you guys at your favorite pub and have fish and chips . San Diego David
Sounds good, though you’ve just reminded me we’re a bit far from Old Town and my favorite fresh tortilla! M
Sale? Theres another Sale? When shops hang the sale sign up I can never tell if there being patriotic or reducing there prices..
It’s a real problem! M
I didn't finish the previous comment.
Of course there is the odd self centered numpty to deal with but that is why we walk on the land side of the path so we can shove them in. That said, there are also dog owning nupties who just don't keep their dogs under control and/or don't invest time, energy and training. Look a Jono's dog. She is hugely obedient off lease, She even sits down automatically when a cyclist approaches.
These wonderful assets of the UK are there for all to use and under no circumstances should the actions by a very few on both sides of this question be used to restrict one or the other from enjoying them. Besides, it would likely fall under a law that was a) difficult to enforce and b) not worth enforcing in terms of human resource commitment. In the end it really about a growing generation who are always in their own worlds. They isolate themselves in their tech devices to the point actual human face to face interactions are few and far between and they just are not aware or don't care about others. It is all about them,
I don't walk my dog on the towpath anymore as people on bikes can be horrible about it. Also walking without the dog had a young kid ride up my calf on his bike with no acknowledgement--they need to understand that you really can't hear bikes coming up behind you and they need to give some kind of warning.
What happened to bells or calling out "on your left/right."?
@@AmericasChoice don't know but it doesn't happen where I live and I really don't hear them at all! Dog was on a lead and all the bike needed to do was that and I would have gathered him up more plus dog is more aware of bike too.
I am a believer in cyclists having to have registration and 3rd party (including dogs!) insurance... just like cars. There used to be a British Waterways by-law that prohibited riding of bikes on towpaths... didn't stop me when i was a kid cycling home from school though.
If the trendy eco freindly CRT wanted to gain popularity, which it needs, then they should make it a rule.. "buy a permit to ride the towpath" ... then they would either gain income from permits or lessen the amount of bikes. I thought car drivers were inconsiderate until I discovered the 21st century Britain, lycra-clad, eco warrior, hi-speed, towpath cyclist.
@@malcolmelliott1876 absolutely agree, we walk Tissington and high Peak trails and the number of cyclists that just barge past no bell or shout of warning, if you say anything you just get abuse.
@@malcolmelliott1876 British Waterways supplied a permit for cyclists in the not too distant past.
Lighthouse: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/lighthouse-family-at-home-on-canal-1065883
Manchester Evening News article:
"It may be 30 miles from the coast but it has been Phil Austin's labour of love - his own lighthouse on the banks of the Bridgewater Canal in Salford. He has spent three-and-a-half years working on the lighthouse and it has so far cost him é20,000. But his 36-foot tall weekend retreat, overlooking the moorings at Monton, has been worth it. Phil, 64, sold his canal barge to pay for his folly which will soon be fitted with a light to cast a beam on Monton Green".
Simon Allen, the landlord of the nearby Barge Inn and one of Phil's close friends, said: "I'm still trying to find out the actual reason behind it."
Thanks for the info!
If only there was a device cyclists could buy and mount on their bike to let others know they were coming up behind them....
ipb1966 Like a shout or a polite “coming though” ?
Hi you want a Machine that goes Ding Ding
Indeed, if only... I’m sure some technology must exist! ;-) M
@@MinimalList yeah... its called a bell... 1 quid in Poundland!!! a tenth the cost of fance LED lights or hundreth of the cost of lycra tops :-) Of there are the brakes and walking past.
#flotiest is when you poop after eating Cheetos
#ewwww
Very clever technique to get comments... The Monton or is it Worsley Lighthouse ? depend on your view, is a faux "fake" does have a light used on special occasions " but which what is considered special and by whom?'. Commonly known as a "Folly" typical European phase for thing of actual no use... a rich persons quirky idea maybe. The builder " Phil Austin" a local did a BBC interview about it some time ago.... and its been use to campaign against a local incinerator ( given the smell they produce I'm not surprised) .... see you got me looking... just interested on finding out about something quirky... bikes and tow paths, hmmm I have no view as roads really are not safe either, plus dogs not controlled again hmmm, dogs need freedom to exercise and being on a lead is essential in many circumstances, however tow paths away from traffic should be a place to stretch their legs.... as long as nobody was hurt or injured then all's well i guess... really enjoy the blogs, something to wail away a few minutes in an evening while waiting to come back to Europe.....
Thanks for letting us know about Phil Austin... didn’t realize it was such a recent folly... sold his boat to pay for it and all. M
The dog should have been on a lead whilst in a public place!!!!
True, though frankly no one should be running a dog with a bike, lead or no. M
If that hat could talk...
... it’d say “cor, that’s a big ‘ead, that’n!” M
Hi, regarding #floatiest - heres a link: est1761.org/learn/floatiest. Enjoy the northwest.
The so called controversy re cyclists on the towpaths caught my attention. On public roads here in the part of Canada in which I live are arrogant pains in the backside who have never bothered to read the law. However having put a number of cruises behind is on the Thames, K & A and the GUC I have a somewhat more Christian view of cyclists. Of course there is the odd self centered numpty to deal with but I always pass cyclist on the land side of the towpath.
Hope one day the CRT sees sense and bans cyclists from the tow path
I can’t see that happening ever! I just think some cyclists need to slow down and they all should be using a cell!
It won't ever happen. In fact the opposite is more likely with CRT having to support sustainable transport in order to attract funds.
Which would be ironic as the dog owner was on a bike