Episode 49 As You Like It - or not, that is the question
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ต.ค. 2024
- Episode 49 As You Like It - The Stratford upon Avon Canal - part one
In part one Tales From The Swan’s Neck takes Narrowboat Reverie the 25 miles and 53 locks from King’s Norton in Birmingham, to the canal terminus at Bancroft Basin in Stratford upon Avon. Black water and graffiti makes way for a more genteel and rural landscape. Along the way Andrew has a close encounter with a draw-bridge, meets some stiff opposition, two types of rollers, and comes across one of the network’s more interesting canal junctions.
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Very pleasant series of locks👍👍👍👍
A lovely float all the same. Well timed for me.
Thanks. Good timing for you because I forgot to publish it because I was watching the football (soccer)!
Another enjoyable and entertaining video! Love your music selections also. All the best from Missouri.
Thank you so much Clovetta, pleased you're enjoying them.
Very enjoyable and interesting video as usual.
Thanks Thomas
Yes I think Kingswood is very very pretty Andrew. I was just thinking how nice it would be to live with that view and wondering if the people living on the canal did anything else but gaze out at the window all day at the view when you pointed out the one for sale. In my dreams ha ha !!
Hi Alison, people who gaze idly at the canals are called gongoozlers - yes there is such a word, it's the dictionary - they are usually to be found on bridges junctions. I suppose some may even buy canalside houses.
Stay safe and be lucky, mate.
Thanks, you too Tony
Favorite junction? Clapham? Lol. Cheers mate - great vid as always.
Hi Andrew , My favourite junctions are Hurleston Junction closely followed by Barbrigde Junction. Your funniest one liners, Blimey you won't miss the women around here, referring to the bright tops the three different women had on from your Trevor to Llangollen Vlogg, then the best - £25 for a haircut I mean what planet are these people on, your Vlogg coming out of Middlewich.. Im still laugh now when I see these Vloggs 😀 take care Pal , Simon
Simon, thank you so much, I'm glad some people at least get my sense of humour. One person took extreme umbrage at my comment about the bright coloured tops the women were wearing.
Hi Andrew, You a sceptic! Lovely calming vid as per. I bet Daybreak made the the heart skip a beat!
You take care and I was thinking maybe a collie would be a good companion as a sea dog for you?
Take care and if you can’t consult the book I sent.
Landlubber Hutchinson & Spouse. X
Me, a sceptic? Narrowboat Daybreak - I went back at night and crossed it out and renamed it Jouney! As for a collie, nice dogs but I don't fancy picking up the poo!
Yess as a beautiful canal did this twice last year in lockdown
I must say Philip I wasn't too keen on this stretch, but south of Kingswood is great
@@talesfromtheswansneck indeed it is missing the canals now
I don’t know when you filmed that, but there was certainly a lot of mud on the towpath. Very pretty area once you left the urban district.
Very pleasant video. Thank you.
Hi Lionel, It was filmed mid May - I cut out the bit where I was whinging about the state of the towpath. I don't know which country you're from, but apparently this is the bleakest summer we've experienced (so far) since 1954. Oh for a bit of sun and blue sky.
@@talesfromtheswansneck Ah! I’m from Wiltshire and the first three weeks of June were glorious, so I guessed you’d filmed it ebar
To finished my comments without accidentally posting... I guessed you’d filmed it earlier in that awful May.
@@lionelmarytravels6003 yes it was in May, but since the few days of sun we had during those few days of June I've barely seen the sun - until this evening. Lovely county, I was at art college in Salisbury
Wow Wow Wow ! How is it possible I've been watching Narrowboat videos for three years now, and have only just stumbled upon yours !!! ??? You Sir, are guilty of easily producing videos in the upper 3% ! Your Narration and Photography are simply unparalleled to most anything out there and I'm left to wonder . . . are you simply a natural at this, or in your past lifetime, were you working for the BBC ? I just love your style, editing, and unhurried way of revealing a story, a story which pertains to this particular location, this canal. You strike me as a cross between David Johns (Narration) and Colin from Foxes Afloat (Research). To say that waTCHING THIS WAS A REAL TREAT, DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO COVER IT and I have placed an icon on my desktop for easy access to your channel. I especially loved how much time you took in photographing Kingswood Junction, I was just drooling over the house for sale there. Thank you Andrew so very much for this treasured experience, I am your newest fan. Wishing you all the Very Best from Avondale, Arizona.
Wow Michael, thanks so much, I'll take that. Praise indeed. I was a stills photographer in my former life, and latterly taught film-making to people with learning disabilities. I so wish I could have filmed Kingswood from the boat but weather prevented this, and I went back (on foot) the following morning and was still disappointed with the weather, but at least it was dry. It is a fabulous place. I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
@@talesfromtheswansneck Clearly Andrew, you possess a great deal of talent and experience when it comes to film-making. I think those students you taught were very lucky indeed, to have you as their mentor and instructor. And . . . it is not just the photography which is exceptional, it is also the narration and research. You truly are giving David from Cruising the Cut a real run for his money. David has produced a few OUTSTANDING documentary videos, I especially enjoyed vlog 187 he did regarding the restoration work on the Litchfield Canal. I feel that your work is every bit as exceptional as David's, and I hope that is a compliment. I look forward to viewing your entire catalog. I wish all the very best Andrew, bless you and yours.
Gorgeous bit of water there Andrew. And wonderful guitar work to accompany!
Thanks John
The pure joy of episode 1 was an absolute pleasure to watch, and I watched it over and over.
Not many boaters complain as much as #minimalist, but by eck, you almost gave them a run for their money in this one.
Haha yeah well maybe my disappointment in this section came across, although I didn't think it was THAT negative. You should have seen the bits I cut out!
Looks well posh once you got past Hockley junction,at least you must feel well safe mooring up,it was kind of you to say Fradley junction was one of your favourite junctions,as we go there often,as we only live about 4 miles away at Lichfield,nice cafe and the Muckey Duck pub,or the proper name the Swan.
Brilliant vlog as usual Andrew,keep singing in them er tunnels ha .👍
Cheers Chris, but it is a great and interesting junction, and the Mucky Duck is such a good pub.
Petticoat Junction :)
Now I don't even know where that is, I'll have to google it.
Hi, Andrew, excellent video and also very interesting. Nice one, mate.
Another great vlog Andrew. I'm heading up the Severn next week to join the Avon to Stratford if your still about then I know a few crackin pubs on that canal 🍺🍻😁🍺🍻
Cheers Del, but I'm south of Banbury now. Catch up sometime.
Another great vlog Andrew, beautifully filmed as usual.
Thanks Robert
Great Haywood is one junction I like also but kingswood is good too
Interesting choice. Lovely bridge and often some canal traders - and of course the gateway to Tidal Wide.
Superb video work as always, the amount of time and effort spent really shows.
Thank you, I'm pleased you appreciate the effort
Crowley / Peachey junction G U / Slough arm as it always reminds me of the altercation with Eric Sykes in the film The Bargee
Haha yeah I remember that film, haven't visited the junction though
Another good vlog. Keep well...and dry.
Well is easier than dry!
Glad to see you looking so spry - stay well.
John, Ontario, Canada
Thanks John, you too.
Yes the Stratford is definitely one of those canals that improves as you go South.
It certainly is. I found this section distinctly average to be honest, but the section south of Kingswood is lovely.
Seems very busy/ a lot of other boats. Is that normal throughout the network ?
I'd move tomorrow, but don't have the spare 3 million to invest. $400K is cheap compared to what our home in oregon cost us. Then again, I'd be living on a boat on the cut IF I had my way in life. ;)
I agree David, a boat is the way to go.
:)
Dickens Heath is relatively rough. The Italian square bit with the water cascade is just normal flats. I think the plan was tom have cafes and bars there but that never took off no now It's a few offices and a nursery.
Hockley Heath is definitely not a footballers village, it's just where all the footballers drive through on their way to Lapworth & Tanworth in Arden.
Haha well that explains a lot Mike. Had to be footballers around there somewhere!
Llandudno junction
Oooo I'll have to google that one.
@@talesfromtheswansneck I used to get the train from there!