314 - Narrowboating into the City of Leeds
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2020
- In todays vlog we travel from Castleford to Leeds on the Aire and Calder Navigation ready to start our trip across the Pennines on the Leeds & Liverpool canal
The Music used in this vlog
Milk - The Mini Vandals
Men at Work - The126ers
Quiet - The Mini Vandals
Summer Love - The 126ers
_________________________________________________________________________
► MINIMAL LIST NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS MAP
www.minimallist.co.uk/shop
► BIRMINGHAM CANAL NAVIGATIONS MAP
www.minimallist.co.uk/shop
► MINIMAL LIST T-SHIRTS & MUGS
www.minimallist.co.uk/shop
_________________________________________________________________________
► Our Links
• BLOG• www.minimallist.co.uk
•TWITTER• / nbminimallist
• PATREON• / minimallist
• FACEBOOK• / nbminimallist
•INSTAGRAM• / nbminimallist
•ONE-OFF DONATION• paypal.me/NBMINIMALLIST
_________________________________________________________________________
► Jo wrote a short book about her travels and how she met Michael
tinyurl.com/yaw8a7t3
_________________________________________________________________________
► Michael's T-Shirt Shop
www.teepublic.com/user/yawpit...
_________________________________________________________________________
► FAQ
Q• Why do you speed up some of the footage in your videos?
A• We don't, we film it as time-lapse footage. We do not have the battery capacity or data storage to film in real time as our cruises can last up to 7 or 8 hours. We use to the time-lapse footage to help tell the story of movement rather than showcase the scenery. We limit the amount of time-lapse shots we use in each vlog.
How nice to see Leeds. I grew up in Harrogate, then Leeds. My grandfather and his brothers ran a timber importing business that was based on the canal, near to where the Royal Armouries are now. Back in the 60s, when I was a boy, it was a great thrill to visit the timber yard and ride in the cabin of the crane that went over the canal to unload barges. The area was very different then; no smart apartments or museums!
That crane sounds like an interesting view to have had! Amazing how much these places change in so short a time, really! M
I've cycled this route from Castleford to Leeds many times.
It’s a lovely stretch by boat, did see some cyclists but as the towpath often disappears entirely I wasn’t sure what route they’d taken! M
Great Journey to Leeds, wow at how wide and deep the locks that were on the way. Thanks for your vlogs.Jo & Micheal 💗💙🙋♀️
Thanks for coming along with us! M
love you three always a gas watching you
Thank you! 😊
That blue bridge you went under after the royal armouries is the bridge where they made the 2nd earliest celluloid film ever produced, its on TH-cam
Ahh, Louis Leprince... I knew of his first film, had never heard of Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge. Fascinating! M
A belated welcome to Leeds from a local viewer.
Thank you! 😊
Hello there very nice music n interesting viewing, locks were incredible large,
Great to see this part of the canal system (thanks) nicely put over?,
Thank you for sharing your video cheers take care see you soon.
Thanks for watching! M
Ah Leeds, my second favourite city (after Glasgow) the scene of my teenage years. It's a city of high places and big views -Belle Isle, Seacroft village, Armley, Woodhouse Ridge / High Headingley and other places. I was also pleased to see some good quality graffiti these days. Not all of it, that's never the case, but some excellent work amongst the tags and rubbish.
You were actually in the City of Leeds since before Rothwell. The boundary is more than half way between there and Castleford.
I really need to revisit Leeds… shame we missed about half of the sights in the midst of the still partially locked-down times. M
Great vlog, loved travelling into Leeds visited many years ago,thank you for the vlog. Best wishes Christine
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching! M
Hi guys ,you must come back to leeds ,the arnouries you will need a good half day to go around .lovely place to see ..
I’ll definitely visit the Armouries at some point, once they reopen and i can find a sensible train. Really sad to have missed it while there. M
" I got a peice of metal in my leg haha" Doing it for the laughs. Now that made me laugh.
Thanks for another interesting and very funny vlog guys.
Always have to do it for the laughs! M
Good to meet you and finally see your take on Leeds! I suspect you may have dodged a bullet not mooring at the Armouries.
Last time I did, planning on only staying for a night, I was stuck there for over three weeks as the river went into flood and they shut the lock gates.
And Granary Wharf is a sore point. They've not fixed the gates there which are clearly knackered and leaky and have been for a few years now. They just ash it up rather than fixing it. So it is often very short of water. I used to love mooring there but the past year has been awful and more often than not I find my boat sat on the canal bed.
Come on, CRT. Get it sorted.
Other than that, Leeds is a great city for boaters. A small community but friendly enough.
They seem to have tried to treat the low water levels by just turning on a pump that was running continuously, though we still grounded out in there! M
Another great effort. God Bless.
Love your channel. I like the fact that you give some of the history of the areas you pass along the way.
Thanks! Glad you like the voiceover, Jo spends quite a bit of time on it! M
Brilliant vlog plenty of variety set dry sunny overcast rain etcera 😉
Don’t get me wrong... I’ve watched with very great interest all your vlogs. I am, however, now very pleased you’re now on an actual canal (as opposed to a river). I admire your intention to cover all navigable inland waterways of England, but canals is the way forward for me. Looking forward to more.
I visited the Leeds Armoury 20+ years ago and it was very interesting. I trust you will get an opportunity soon. I’ll be sure to watch out for you on the Trent and Mersey where I spend most of my time cruising these days....all the best.
It’ll be canals for quite a while from here! M
Another brilliant & well put together vlog.....stay safe.....thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! M
Great video - have lived in Leeds for ten years, and am still trying to understand it!
Ha! Glad you enjoyed the video!
so you will be now passing where is loved to walk between Leeds and Rodley, Bramleyfall woods were lovely and you can see Kirstall Abbey. Look forward to the video.
Hey there Jo and Michael ,you've certainly got the reboarding after a lock down to a real slick art even with a dog in tow.Nice vlog with the usual historical tidbits that make your vlogs interesting.
Cheers,say safe
Thanks! Yeah, George has gotten much better at getting aboard! M
Great vlog as always guys, I live near Leeds and it's always nice when I watch things and can say I know where that is, I've been there :-) keep up the good work, and the armory is well worth a visit when it reopens.
Will definitely return to visit the Armoury! M
Loved seeing you on this stretch, as you came near my home, down road from the m1bridge and Stanley ferry.
Lovely area! M
Great vlog....
Thanks! M
Love the maps!
It looks like an interesting city!
It has some terrific Victorian architecture.
I love the Cookie Monster meets the Great Wave t-shirt. Haven't seen that one before. Me want!
It’s a good one, found it on TeePublic a while back! M
Wow 7:58 Open up, here comes the airplane! HAHA I wish went I was captaining I was fed by my 1st mate.. 😁😁😁 😜😜😜
Thank you both for allowing me to tag along, hope the weed hatch is not too bad.I too have heard of Leeds, but never been there.
It’s worth the visit, is Leeds, though I’ll definitely need to return again once the sights have opened. M
Great vlog those locks look very big.
They are, though not like the Manchester Ship Canal! M
Marjorie is a whopper and so are those locks! Fantastic!
Thanks! M
I see that George has developed that condition that affects many dogs "selective hearing". We have missed out on two or three museum trips this year. Thanks for your videos.
He’s had that one for a while! M
Hey, good to have you back! I missed you. Awwwww! I was actually concerned that you two had been sucked down into the whirlpool created by pulling the plug, like Jono seems to be stuck in. I am thrilled to see that you are okay. If you hear of any Jono sightings, do (please?) let me know?
I had heard of Leeds but thought it was about half the size of York. I'm surprised! I have been to Texarkana. And that is about all I can say about that. Well, I could also say that they are very proud of their hotel rooms there and I never figured out why. I will be honest. It was one of the best stopping points when driving from the East to the Southwest. I allow myself so many hours in a day and more than half the time, it ends up being the place I would be at my stopping time. I really haven't given it much of a chance. If anyone from the area sees this, feel free to clue me in about what is there. Oh Michael, I am with you about museums you have been wanting to see closing during your closest intersect you have been at only to discover it is closed. Then being incredibly disappointed. Did you find a virtual tour and then spotting what you could through the window? Not nearly as good as going in but an interesting peek before you return.. I didn't know it was there and now I want to go
to Leeds.
Great video and thank you! I enjoyed it very much and I look forward to your next one. 😁
I got just enough of a peek in the glass staircase to draw me back to the Armoury. I’ve never really found virtual tours work for me, always want to see the thing directly. Hopefully things right themselves sooner rather than later! M
It's a shame the Armouries was closed - you will love it! It reopens on September 16th, I believe
Yes, I really was looking forward to it. Ahh well, no doubt I’ll visit at some point! M
You'll need to allow plenty of time. Watch out for events, I've watched jousting there! Stay safe and well.
I’m not blaming the Chinese for COVID any more than I’d blame Americans for the 1918 Flu. M
Great to see my part of the world from an unusual angle!... The Armouries is definitely worth a visit, I've taken my kids there numerous times 😎👍... sad that 2020 is a write off!
Such a write off! At least when it comes to cultural venues! Will definitely return when things get a bit more normal! M
The water looked like glass couldn't asked for better weather.
I did that journey in 2010 over to Wigan I loved the Leeds and Liverpool canal. I decided that I would live on a boat after I visited skipton while working in the area I am still living on my boat and will always be.
Skipton would have definitely have that effect on me, if I hadn’t already caught it at the Camden Locks! M
Just a note to say how much I enjoy your videos... I was last on the canals in the 1990s and enjoyed a long term 8-week hire from Black Prince and had different sets of friends that joined me as we did very good coverage of the canals of northern England and the midlands. You folks are at the top of my list of people I would love to share a pint with at a canalside pub. Given my age, I doubt I will get to fly back to the UK in my remaining years... but who knows. In any case, thank you for both your normal videos and your stop-motion speed videos. Consider some realtime videos with just music or even just ambient canal sounds, as a long-form 2 to 6 hour in length.
Battery power hand tools modified with rubber drive wheels might ease the exertion needed to turn the sorts of gate wheel paddle controls that you saw in video 310. You are both still very young but looking ahead to the autumn of your cruising years it might be worth looking into.
There’s a number of technical hurdles to real time videos that we’d need to overcome, mainly powering those GoPros (they’re older models with no direct power connector and a battery that dies in a little more than half an hour when recording video), but also logistics of storing all that data... we’ve found it better to stick with the timelapse approach for our trips. As for the modified power windlasses spinners, I like the idea but Jo thinks it’d be cheating! M
Nice and relaxing. I'd love to join you. Lol
Awesome video once again...😛
I worked on the Leeds Flood alleviation scheme for 2 years.
I know it well...
Nice to actually meet you the other day🤗..
Wouldn't Mind the couple of the maps maybe I'll see you before I go...
Your neighbour
cygnet 👍
Hey there, nice to meet you too! Sadly we moved on this morning before you were out and about, need to make it up to the tunnel, as a spot opened up and we’ve got to get right up to the top for Friday. That said we don’t actually have any of the maps aboard, they’re just order online, so couldn’t have gotten you one anyway! Hope you get moving again soon! M
You didn't get far I'm just coming up the Lock 21e
Any1 else just get reminded of peaky blinders when they see a canal cuz Charlie’s yard
My only knowledge of Leeds is from the 1970 album "Live at Leeds" by the Who.
Love the videos especially this one as i am Leeds born and bred :-) From a point of view of Leeds industrial past, the three best attractions in Leeds are The Armouries, Thwaite Mills and Armley Mills. I'm a little surprised a few more people in America don't know of Leeds as the Leeds United football team are partly owned by the San Francisco 49ers.
To be fair, a LOT of people in America don’t pay much attention to the 49ers, and definitely not to what they own! ;-) M
We are interested in history too and although I have been to Leeds a few times, for shopping or taking my son to tenpin bowling competitions, I too would like to visit the armoury. Great vlog as usual.
Thank you! Yes the armoury does look like an interesting place to visit! Wow, I didn’t know there was such a thing as tenpin bowling competitions!
Minimal List this was a few years ago now, haven’t played recently but I should think they still (will) go on.
The boat you past which has sunk was a live aboard which was usually moored at the Staithes Landing on the right just past it. At the end of 2019 we had a big flood which washed it downstream and onto the opposite bank to where it lays now. There were then two further floods which washed it from the bank to where it met its sad end. It’s been there months now, it’s called Grace Darling. I live local and walk my dogs in the fields there.
That’s a sad ending for a boat. Hope the owner didn’t lose too much. M
I live Nr Wigan and Leeds is one place I have never visited. Passed through on the train and circumnavigated into North Yorkshire but never visited. I take my dog everywhere so I tend to avoid the hustle and bustle but I do like York where we have stayed many times in our Caravan and Campervan. Perhaps Leeds should be put on the agenda?
We liked Leeds, quite a lot of interesting sculptures and architectural details northeast of the station, and just a very different feel from other English cities, with its own character. Probably best to wait till the museums reopen though! M
Your vlogs are great watching and very educational for somebody like me who will be a narrow boat owner next year, where are you buying all your bits and bobs such as the walkie talkies and life jackets, a boat chandlery or e-bay.
Well they come from all over really... Midland Chandlers is a major source, and their locations are all pretty well stocked and worth a visit (or several) for a new boat owner. Many items we get off of Amazon, as when they’re “fulfilled by Amazon” or “sold by Amazon” they’ll usually ship to their Amazon Lockers, and there’s very often one not too far from the canal. The rest is whatever chandlery we happen to stop by and find useful stock in. Not really eBay users at all, but I’m sure it could work. Also when you’re new on prepare to run up a bit of a bill at Screwfix and/or Toolstation locations, it’s amazing how many little odd tools you’ll find you need over time!! You’ll love life aboard once the initial learning curve has been conquered! M
So you made an Aire in navigation this episode? George sure is a happy dog even in the rain.
Heh... to Aire is human! M
The size of some of those locks against your boat make it look like you're in the Panama canal!!!
Heh, they’re not small, that’s for sure! M
Things I know about Leeds....it's got a football team, it's up north and no one talks about Leeds. Looks like a lot of money spent on buildings old and new, the city seems to have it's act together.
It definitely appeared to be churning along well! M
That variable height barrage across the river isn’t the first by about 120 years! To conserve navigational depth between Kingston upon Thames and Brentford the Victorians constructed Teddington lock and, later, Richmond lock and moveable barrier. The 2 cast iron foot bridges which run across the top of the lock are an early example of monetisation of an asset! Wikipedia has the gist of both the engineering and social aspects of the story.
I believe Jo was quoting a notice on gov.uk, it’s the first time such moveable weirs have been installed specifically for flood control: www.gov.uk/government/news/innovative-moveable-weirs-now-in-place
Minimal List : thanks, interesting difference is that the Richmond half tide barrage is manually operated by horizontal hand wheels which are similar to some lock sluice mechanisms; hard work for the lock keeper.
Sounds like it! Must be quite strong in the arms! M
Oh my gosh!! Where have you 3 been? I have kept looking for weeks on a video. I have missed you guys. And this video was way back in July. I hope you guys are doing okay. Love this one. As always, stay safe and love from Las Vegas NV 💕💕
We’ve been moving like mad while there’s good weather to be had and Jo’s been unable to edit, but we’d fine and more coming soon! M
Would suggest carrying on towards shipley,keighley and on to Skipton, some beautiful countryside and a very nice section of canal.
That’s actually the only option unless we want to go back the way we came! 🤣
@@MinimalList didn't know if you was carrying on or just going to visit leeds.
Nope, finishing the whole of the L&L over to Wigan, as that’s the section we missed last year! M
Shame Thwaite mills was shut it an interesting visit it was a mill for chalk used for putty and paints and fertilizer. The Royal Armouries is worth going back for too
Definitely a list of things to revisit once all of this calms down some! M
When you return to Leeds don't miss out on an excellent opportunity to do a live podcast....you can call it "Live at Leeds without The Who".
Heh! M
Leeds is great. Independence for W Yorks!!
😉😉always good
Texas resident. Due to my generation very familiar with Leeds. How? Great Album “The Who Live A Leeds”! Whenever I hear Leeds I always say “As in the Who Live At...
My generation just missed that one, will have to run back and give it a listen! M
Leeds 3rd largest city in England, only minutes north to the countryside. Friendly
It’s a nice city, and much larger than I’d apprehended at all! M
Hmm, everyone we met was quite nice. M
3rd largest in England? Ha! London, Birmingham, Manchester are all significantly bigger. Pretty sure when you discount Bradfords population from the total for Leeds that Newcastle and Liverpool are bigger as well.
I think it’s third largest by area, not by population. M
@minimallist it's not, it's between 5th and 7th depending on the metric used ☺️
I can't believe how much of the northeast has succumbed to Thatcher's legacy of industrial closures. And even more surprising is how quickly the countryside encroaches on these old sites
Thanks guys, I do enjoy all your travels through the different types of scenery and the commentary is so informative. All the best guys. Stephen.
It does amaze me how quickly nature will take back any sign of human activity... as if it’s been figuring out for a very long time how to erase those who only act in the short term interest. M
by the time you two posted this my guess is you will be at the other end,hope you enjoyed it regards alex & maria
A wee bit past the end, actually! M
Guess you could say I cheated with record knowledge.
Leeds is where The Who recorded an excellent album, and I recognize Wigan from a song on one of my George Formby compilation albums.
(Around 1960, the Canadian "Ace Of Clubs" [by London] and Capitol labels released many of his songs here for the first time.)
Ahh, all a wee bit before my time, hence no pre-recorded pre-conceptions! M
Yes the canon makes up for almost everything. Was the prop fouled? Sitting there looking all regal is better than rolling in mud/looks like mud but isn't/dead things.
Leeds is wonderful I've visited once. There are some great pubs. The armory is worthwhile, but not as great as the italian royal armory
Well I’ll have to visit both to compare! M
@@MinimalList a good plan, the italian one is in Turin, it is a reasonable flight. Can't say i went anywhere other than the armories and some pubs that trip, i was giving a talk on the moral economy of media. the pub i enjoyed most was Whitelock's Ale House www.whitelocksleeds.com/drink/
There is a moral economy of media!?! M
I miss your narrated visits to museums and other attractions. Maybe you could stand outside and speculate on what you would have said if you could get inside. I'd give that a thumbs up, for sure.
Heh... “and here we have an imaginary wall, covered it seems on whosits I’ve just made up”! ;-) M
yay back again mind the ancient time lapses filled a gap :)
Glad they’re helping a little while we’re cruising more than editing! M
Castleford flood lock must have been made for a boat with a train of unpowered barges behind it.
Indeed it was, they were known as Tom Puddings! M
So if you don't stop for silly things like sleep, you can do Leeds to Liverpool in 3-4 days. A week at 12 hour/day.
I could never live in Leeds, avg temp is 12.6. I like it closer to 35 or 40.
Don’t think you could live in England at all! M
If you haven’t passed Skipton yet, checkout Bizzie Lizzies for Fish & Chips. By the bridge, downtown.
We have passed (videos are behind us a fair bit right now), but we did try out their chips! Lovely! M
@@MinimalList 👍
Anyway here is some more detail on the bladders. I can think of several sluices where the gates are lowered rather than raised. but maybe they are classed as sluices rather than a weir.
news.leeds.gov.uk/news/innovative-moveable-weirs-now-in-place-at-leeds-flood-alleviation-scheme
Thanks for the link! M
Who else waved at the people on the bridge. Me.👍
ha ha me too!
@@radio-su6lh 👍
👍😎👍
It's a shame you could not get in at the dock. We only just got in there in 2014 and our friend Jack tied up along side us.
Get used to a vast and bewildering array of lock mechanisms - the wooden beam ground paddles are a hoot!
Just as a taster of what we experienced at Clarence Dock this is an extract from my second book:
facebook.com/TheWrongWayRoundbyBoat/posts/803733607050943
The whole of the M62 corridor is interesting...although it was designed in it's original form in the 18+19th century, well before the advent of the motorways. Liverpool has lots of colonial history and especially trading history, Wigan is known for mining, pies and a pier that isn't a pier (if you have time visit the pier head museum in Wigan), Manchester is the birthplace of the computer, industrial revolution and the Imperial War Museum (although technically, I think, it's in Salford) and then Leeds home of the oldest surviving film, Hippo bones found in the city centre, Houdini nearly dying and Sooty and Sweep! Safe travels
It’s a fascinating region, though the hippo bones were a surprise to hear about! M
@@MinimalList Indeed
Thought I was trending for a sec there
💙👊😎💙👊😎
Sorry if it’s already been answered, but what’s the name of that up tempo music (sounds like country with a banjo) that was played twice in this vid?
Sorry we didn't see this, Jo's added the music source to the description below the video. M
With narrowboat ownership being so 'loosely tracked', it seems like someone industrious could go refloat and appropriate the sunken narrowboat 4 minutes in. I'm sure somewhere deep in the annals of UK law is the appropriate info on salvaging rights on the canals, but even without it, it seems like once you have a narrowboat and it's not 'clearly' stolen, then possession is 99% of the law and you can go about getting all the BSS, etc on it after you do your thing. I'm sure the locals would know when you reflected it and could inform the owners if that's locally known, but depending on the boat, it may have been a transient boat or even floated down from somewhere further up and then sank, to the point they wouldn't know who was doing the work on it VS the 'proper' owners. Heck, it seems like if you said "Yes, we've been asked to get it moved to be restored" no one would be complaining and I doubt if it'd become major news. A bit weird, but not terribly different from buying a truck out of a field and getting it retitled, but at least vehicles have the VIN for tracking, etc.
On the south basin of the Leeds Dock, in one of my 'random readings' whilst following other narrowboat videos over time, I remember running across an article about it being leased by the group that manages the buildings around it (residential and commercial mix) and they have some sort of plan to have an entertainment/events platform in the basin on the water. I think that's why there're no moorings or boats in it at present. This may be completely incorrect or out of date as it's been at least a year since I remember reading that :)
Now I'll never get any sleep worrying about boomerangs.
And I'm glad George got a cracker :) But hopefully M got to eat eventually, as well!
Thank you as always for taking the time and effort for these videos. I love seeing parts of the canal network in your videos that sometimes get missed by others, and the very candid descriptions of the "This part was hard and we're tired" as it helps put everything in perspective. Please stay safe and hopefully there's great weather for your next cruising days. I love this upcoming section of canal from seeing it in other videos, and I'm really hoping you get to have the best time on it!
Thanks for that! As for the salvage idea, as I understand it Wreck and Salvage law in the UK applies only to coastal waters and naturally flowing tidal rivers... the moment you’ve passed a lock or weir then a sunken boat is Lost Property and you can’t legally keep it once recovered. Not to say some might not try, but it could leave them facing charges of theft if there were a paperwork trail and a hull number to follow. Probably better to avoid the hassle and purchase the dunk boat outright, as I doubt the owner wouldn’t part with it cheaply in most cases. M
@@MinimalList Oh, I definitely wouldn't think of doing it, but it seems surprising when you see some of them sunk that sit for years in some cases (i've seen videos from various channels where the same boat is sitting sunken in the same spot through multiple years). Someone with some gumption and enough ping pong balls can do some cleanup ;) Would be interesting to see what a sunken hull would go for, but also makes me wonder there'd be 'fees' associated with it (ie, if I own a boat, and sink it in the canal, and leave it for 6 months with diesel and my toilet and other bits leaking out, and then sell it to someone, is there any sort of debt associated with the damage to the CRRT system, and is tied to the owner at the time of the event or the new owner who recovers it? Scary legal questions, unfortunately.
Yeah, my guess is there’d potentially be a lot of charges that would follow on with the hull... the CRT has quite a legal process to go through to seize a boat, as private property rights are pretty strong here, so unless it’s actually impacting navigation or the environment negatively they don’t usually go to that (largely unrecoupable) expense. Liability for raising one without permission from a whole bunch of different people and authorities would probably be pretty high, and the value of whatever you brought up probably not more than scrap value on the metals. M
LIve at Leeds?
The Who - Live In Leeds? Must have heard of that... :) *edit - Seems it has already been pointed out, a few times in the chat!
It has been, but afraid The Who was a wee bit before my time and that album never reached my radar. M
@@MinimalList You're missing a treat, great vid by the way.
Thanks! Will have to find a copy of the album! M
Nacogdoches, Texas.
I’m from oregon and I’ve never heard of that one. Wouldn’t have a clue how to pronounce it.
Apparently it’s something like “NAK-uh-DOH-chiz” but a lot of people seem to go with “NAG-oh-DOE-chez”... M
@@MinimalList correct. Nacogdoches and Natchitoches were two indigenous American brothers of the Caddo People. Nacogdoches named for the first brother is the oldest settlement in Texas. Natchitoches, LA is named for the other brother.
@@willar1338 I can pronounce Oregon and Willamette properly 😀 And oddly enough, I learned how to pronounce Willamette "the right way" while in Nacogdoches.
I've heard of Texarkana. I've watched Cannon Ball Run 1.
Ahh, but have you been there? M
Castleford the pits of the earth, I wouldn’t stop 🛑 if I was you...
It was pretty pleasant!
Minimal List the stretch of canal from there to Leeds is pretty awesome though . Safe Journey 😁
Don't end up in the old dry dock area, it's totally yuppie
We didn’t notice any particular yuppiness. M
@Ann-Marie Paliukenas Quelle surprise
@@MinimalList Cos they're locked down, doh
Dutch barge turning around?
They do it from time to time... if I remember correctly that one was heading off a water point and back down the lock we’d come up. M
@@MinimalList I seem to recall a video you did where Jo mentioned something about you wanting one after you complete the canals.
Possibly... something a little more ocean-worthy, perhaps! M
Now you're on the L&L you're going to have start calling them "Cloughs" instead of "paddles". Rhymes with "Cows".
Hough the heck does clough rhyme with cow, though?!? ;-) M
Hi Jo, is your book available?
It’s on Amazon, I believe she’s got a link in the description of most videos! M
Thanks! Having used the link, Amazon website stated it was out of stock. And know price. Strange...🤪
What country are you in?
In the UK.
Hmm, strange, it should be available. We’ll take a look into this tomorrow. M
You didn't know anything about Leeds. Way in front of some Texans who don't know New mexico is part of the US. So Bad that one paper has a column called "One of the fifty is missing"
Hah... then there’s Puerto Rico, which some Presidents don’t seem to know produces native-born Americans. M
@@MinimalList Yes but native born Americans by law and not by the constitution. All in all a very messy arrangement.
It’s not really all that messy... the Constitution doesn’t define citizenship at all outside of the 14th Amendment, which is pretty unambiguously clear that you’re a full citizen if you’re born or naturalized on the territory of the United States and subject to the jurisdiction of its law (the latter part only applies to children born to foreign dignitaries/consulates/missions and their staff)... Puerto Rico is definitely US territory, hence people born in Puerto Rico after its annexation are full citizens under the Constitution, whether or not the US Code clarifies that point, though it did. It may not be a State, but there’s no real argument that every person born there isn’t a full-fledged native citizen. M