367. Barrowford Locks and Foulridge Tunnel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Join Sally and I, as we visit Barrowford Locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal where the adjacent Canal and River Trust reservoir is undergoing extensive repair works and then move on to Foulridge for refreshments and a look at the tunnel. Includes stunning aerial views.
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Nice to see Sally again,your smile always looks twice as big when she is with you 😂
There’s a reason for that, we’re very happy together. Thanks for watching 🤠
Alan, love the videos of you and Sally venturing out together.
Hi Ron, that's kind of you to say, we hope you enjoy watching.
Have only visited your country twice. Each time were just layovers at Heathrow airport. Until I can actual tour your country, I enjoy the views of the beautiful countryside that you provide. Best wishes to both you and Sally.
@@ronh7384 I hope you are able to make a proper visit soon and enjoy what we can offer over here, meanwhile many thanks for watching and supporting the channel. All the best Alan and Sally.
Alan another good vlog Beautiful part of the country i visited there about 63 years ago years and it still looks very much the same as i remember it. Good to have Sally with you and her little Reggie for company for you both. Never seen paddles like those before different for sure Stay safe be carful and enjoy your trip Ed 40 S of Vegas
Hi Ed, thanks for commenting, that is a long while back. We had a lovely day and the video will be a nice memento for us. Different canals or lengths of canals used different types of paddle. Best wishes to you from Sally and myself, take care whatever you’re doing.
Nice to see Sally with you again. Great vlog as usual.
Glad you enjoyed it Hugh, we had a lovely day.
A lovely and informative vlog with some interesting drone footage of the reservoir.
I know this stretch quite well, having been through both sets of locks and the tunnel.
There are interesting facts about a cow falling into the canal and swimming the whole length, coming out the other end and being revived with a stiff drink from the nearby pub.
Also, the tunnel wasn't built as a conventional tunnel. The hill was excavated into a valley shape. The canal was laid, then built over and then the hill replaced over the top.😮
The coffee and bacon sandwiches in the cafe are the best.
They look as if the top locks have been spruced up since I was there last and I remember the bottom locks being really heavy.
I remember Paul from Morning Star (Narrowboat Life Unlocked) jumping off the boat near the tunnel entrance and slipping on the wet stones and falling into the canal. Fortunately he was unhurt.
The Old rail line was interesting. There is talk of opening an old rail line from Skipton to Colne. That makes a change.
Anyway Alan, now you have recce'd the place, are you planning to come up this way next year? You will love it.
Thanks for the information Harry, I had heard about the cow but didn’t realise it was here but I wasn’t aware of the ‘cut and cover’ approach to building the tunnel. Any railway reconstruction has to be good. I can’t see me visiting the L&L by boat but I will continue to do so by camper van. Thanks for your comprehensive comment, all the best, take care.
Learned the story of the cow while lunching in the pub on our first canal trip in '77.
Can't be too much wrong with a man who likes a drop of Peroni !! Interesting that after travelling this stretch of the L & L on my first canal trip in 1977 I passed this way a few weeks ago when travelling to Padiham whilst on a short break in Lancs (from Cornwall!)
Hi Ian, I’ve always drunk lager but it was Carlsberg in the glass. I hope the video brought back some fond memories for you, thanks for commenting. Cornwall is one of my favoured areas, I used to live in Torquay.
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good vid cranking it thanks lee
Thanks Lee, all the best.
Lovely vlog. Very picturesque. Looks like u all had a lovely day. Best wishes
It was a lovely day Trevor and one we’ll remember for a long time. Glad you enjoyed watching, all the best.
Nice vlog you two, Alan could you tell me what was the large black and white object by the Foulridge Centre my wife thought it looked like a modern sculpture of a Nun best wishes Rob.
Hi Robert, many thanks. That’s an interesting idea but I think it’s the upright support for a wharf side hand crane, especially as this building was a warehouse. All the best, Alan and Sally
Hi Alan and Sally. Love the different aspects of going walkabout. And letting us see more of your beautiful countryside
Hi Kat, hope you’re keeping well. Glad you enjoyed this episode, we certainly had a great time. All the best.
Very enjoyable walk about accompanied by such relaxing music and so nice to see Sally and Reggie joining you on the walk. The drone work is great and definitely enhances the vlog by adding another dimension to the views. Looking forward to the next vlog.
That’s very good of you to say, thank you for your appreciation. I fully agree with your comment about the drone.All the best Alan and Sally.
A lovely video the aerial view was fantastic! Lovely to see sally enjoying the scenery. Have great week.😊
We had a lovely day and one we’ll remember for a long while. Thank you for watching, enjoy the weekend. Alan and Sally x
A very interesting and enjoyable vlog Alan, and lovely to see Sally and Reggie! Thank you so much x
We're pleased you enjoyed watching, we both had a lovely day out, thanks for commenting, Alan and Sally.
Good to see you, Sally, & Reggie out and about, & your interesting trek together. 💖
Thank you, glad you enjoyed watching, we had a lovely day out.
Evening Alan, that was a lovely day out, and so nice to see Sally back with you, not forgetting the adorable Reggie! Congratulations on your choice of music, beautiful, and I thought it complimented the video perfectly. Thanks for sharing..🍷🍷
We had a great day, the weather was kind to us and I was pleased with how the video came out, a lovely day for us to remember. Choosing music is the hard part, I’m glad you liked it 🥂
A lovely walkabout in wonderful surroundings on the Leeds & Liverpool. It was so nice to see you with Sally once again, and her pooch, Reggie. She does bring a bit of colour to your cheeks Alan. 🖖 Be happy in everything you do.
We had a lovely day out and are so pleased you could share it with us, many thanks for watching and commenting. All the best, take care.
Hi Both and "One eyed Pirate dog". Hope you are both well. When we walked with our son along the cut, we saw the widebeam "hotel boat" and I was rendered speechless by "Skipton" as it went past. My son reckoned I had become a real cannaller as I had never seen a widebeam workboat before either. Have had a fair bit of sadness lately with bereavements, especially the loss of our senior cat Rory. but this vlog cheered us up.Really enjoyed this . Keep Well both. Bob and Helen.
Hi Bob and Helen. We’re both fine thanks and hope you are. I’d never given any thought to widebeam workboats but they make good sense. Sorry to hear of your loss and glad you enjoyed watching this episode. All the very best to you both, Alan and Sally.
We once stayed in Foulridge in an amazing cottage. When we walked the canal we were amazed to find it completely empty of water. A few yards of orange para-webbing and chained up lock gates. No sign of any work being done at the time, mind you, this was about 16 years ago. Metres? Sorry mate i am an imperial bloke.
Hi Frank, there must have been some substantial repairs going on somewhere at the time. The tunnel sign is quoted in metres but I did put yards/feet equivalents. We have a confused measurement system don't we. We went metric in 1965 but it's not fully caught on .... Have you ever heard anyone say how many miles they get to the litre!! Cheers
Thanks Alan for taking us along on this lovely adventure with Sally and Reggie, with some wonderful views and great historical info'. I hope that you are doing well. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Glad you enjoyed it Stevie, we had a lovely day out. We’re both fine thanks and hope you are. Best wishes from us both.
Hi Alan, lovely scenery. And they had cyclepaths, brilliant. I would love to have cycled along there. It was nice to see Reggie again. It was strange that those locks were left open. I know they do that on rivers, but not usually canals. xx
Hi Jenny, sometimes lock gates will swing open of their own accord. When you try and close a pair of gates in a double width lock, the wash of closing the second gate, can make the first closed gate open. It can be very frustrating. Certainly good cycling along there xx
Hello Alan Sally & Reggie.Good to see you all together again.
That was an excellent trip around the locks & a nice Inn to have lunch Hope you enjoyed your day. Take care & keep safe. 🍷🍷
We had a lovely day thank you Bob and this video will be a good reminder of it. All the best, take care 🥂
saying Hi to Sally and Alan from his friend in the US If we in the US could get rid of some on the many interstate hwy's in the US and put in Canals you and Sally could visit us and bring your narrowboat and I have some gift's for you and Sally when you come
Hi and greetings to you across the pond. That sounds like a great idea, would certainly slow down the pace of life. I remember your kindness from last year, so it’s nice you’re thinking of Sally and I. All the best.
Hello Alan mick from Hull really enjoyed this episode hope you are well and I will look forward to your next episode 😊😊😊
Thanks Mick, all well with Sally and I, hoping you’re good too. Glad you enjoyed watching, we had a lovely day. All the best🤠
Thanks you two for taking me along. Just the sort of walk I'd love to do if I ever make it over there. Cheers!
Let’s hope you can achieve that. We had a lovely day out and are glad you could share it with us. All the best.
Hi, Alan, There doe not seem a way I can contribute to you channel please let me know if there is.
Hi Andrew, that's very kind of you to offer. Donations are welcome and appreciated and can be made via Paypal, the link to do so is in the Description of the video, just follow the instructions from there. Thank you very much, Alan and Sally.
Lovely day., thank you for sharing.
We’re so glad you enjoyed it, thank you.
This channel is fast becoming my favourite boating channel. No nonsense, informative and entertaining.
That's very kind of you to say Ed, thank you so much.
Excellent trip, many thanks, AJ
Glad you enjoyed it Alan, cheers.
carlsberg lol no go for proper bitter
Hi Richard, I don’t drink bitter, never have, it’s a matter of taste!
Lovely to see you visiting my part of the world and great to see that you both enjoyed the visit. Walking this section of canal has always been a favourite with several generations of my family. No criticism but it did grate a little with your pronunciation of the two places though - locals would say Barrow Ford and not Barrow Fud, and its more like (but not quite) Foal Ridge and not Foul Ridge. Also, despite the information board shown in your video about the railway closure, it was not a direct victim of the 1963 Beeching report. It's death warrant was signed by the Labour Transport Minister, MP for Blackburn, Barbara Castle in 1970. What a useful piece of track that would have been today if it had remained open. So sad.
Different dialects do cause issues with pronunciation. Barrowford is one word and not two, so it should sound differently than when spoken as a two word variant. This sort of debate is quite common. Locally, is the River Nene, depending on where you live, it is either pronounced as Nen or Neen, either seem to be accepted. The problem with the Beeching Report is that it had no regard to alternatives, it was purely looked at as a cost exercise, today would be very different the social and wider economic interests would be considered. Trackbeds should have been preserved for the future.
Indeed, local pronunciation can follow little rhyme nor reason. I was recently in Teignmouth, Deven where the river is pronounced Teign, but the town it flows through seemed to be pronounced Tinmuth. 😂. So many variations in a common language.
Beeching's report actually recommended that the Colne to Skipton rail line be retained.
@@peterrushton798 That's right, I used to live in Torbay, next door! Cheers
nice one
Many thanks.
Alan thank you for another great vlog. Was nice seeing Sally and Reggie. He’s a cute little guy. Have a safe and healthy autumn
Thank you so much Ginger for your appreciation, glad you enjoyed watching, you too enjoy autumn time, all the best, take care Alan and Sally.