Bald Explorer: An Abandoned Canal - The Shrewsbury and Newport Canal
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- The Shrewsbury and Newport Canals were once connected to the Shropshire Union Canal allowing coal and limestone to be brought out of Telford during the Industrial Revolution. Cheese and other products from Shrewsbury were exported across the country and overseas thanks to these important waterways. Sadly, in the mid twenthith century the canal fell into disuse like so many of the British navigations. However, the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust are attempting to put the canals back into water. This is their story.
For more about the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust check out their website here: cms.snct.co.uk/
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Lush photography, excllent commentary, highly professional. This is television material, brilliant. This film maker takes pride in his work unlike some of the appuling documentaries from the BBC, ITV and independent film companies. He is a credit to broadcasting. Support him.
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@@RichardVobes100% agree. 👍
DUCKSPOTTER was our boat my husband fitted it out from scratch. It was wonderfully nostalgic to see it.
so happy that Karen is still living happily aboard.
Wow! How marvellous - what a small world.
Oh my gosh..you were around 5 years ago and I just found you??!!! How did I miss it?! And what a high quality production you have!!!!
I had lost track of Vobes since his wonderful daily show until now. I really appreciate the top quality documentary quality about such a specific and interesting historical subject! Being American, I had never even considered the impact of English canals and now I want to visit! The animation represent an amazing amount of work and were brilliant! Thank you for being the consummate entertainer, Richard!
This show is brill,I much prefer this format than your present, great history!
This is my favorite episode of The Bald Explorer. I hope you get the chance sometime soon to revisit the restoration efforts and see where they've gone in the time since you first aired this episode. I'm sure your coracle would love to get back into the water there again. =)
Thank you very much
I would love to see an update of the canals. 😀
This programme has been very interesting to watch, and the editing and sound quality are really superb.
Thank you very much!
A wonderful well told history of the canals .congratulations Richard.
What a fantastic program, first time I've seen you and won't be the last!! You're such a good presenter, and your whole crew are incredibly professional. I'm just going to see if you've made more programs about the canals. 10/10, I can't praise you enough.....
Thanks so much!
Truly a masterpiece in pure English histories and traditions!
I honestly got to say that's one of the best videos I've seen on TH-cam for a long time, I really found this interesting n so well put together video, thumbs-up 👍 from me
I think this is bar far, the most informative and well-produced video I've yet to see on England's system of canals. The production quality, the research, the narration are unparalleled. My American hat is off to Richard, to say this was a joy to watch, is a gross understatement. Yes . . . I hit that Subscribe button faster than you'll know. I look forward to viewing so many more of your fine and informative videos. A huge Thank You Sir.
Thanks so much Michael. These longer format videos are very time consuming to make. I loved making them and there are about 8 like this on the channel. These days I make shorter less well made videos purely because the TH-cam algorithm prefers it and people will forget me if I spend three months each time I make a video. :)
Incredibly, this is the first of your videos which I have watched - but it certainly won't be the last! This is not just extremely informative but also interesting and engaging. This is not always an easy balance. The photography is excellent being innovative and imaginative. I absolutely love some of the cameo shots and I say this as a professional landscape photographer.
Thank you so much.
Richard, I have watched hundreds of documentaries in my life, many on Great Britain and the Industrial revolution , which I love , and I have to say your videos are up there with some of the best! Your friendly manner and clear and pleasant vocals, provide a refreshing change . You're a natural and I'm glad I found your channel. Being a rail enthusiast , the canals have always interested me so I hope to get over there soon to see them in person. P.S Julia is also a lovely addition to your walks.
Regards, Gregg.
Bless you Gregg - and thank you for your very kind words. It means a lot. :)
@@RichardVobes You're welcome Sir!
Gregg.
This is one of my favourite pastimes I used to love watching Timothy West and Priscilla Scales it was so relaxing to watch and therapeutic for the mind. Thank you Richard 👏👏🫡
What a superb and totally professional piece of work. I am filled with hope that the potential for the future of our canal system will be fully realized, and this video will surely have played some part in that. Many congratulations.
Thanks so much Malcolm. I appreciate your lovely comment.
Stumbled across this - and so glad that I did! Thoroughly enjoyable and educational without being 'stuffy'. If I'd not read some of the other comments, I would have sworn that this was a professional production! Hats off to you Richard; a job very well done. I look forward to viewing more of the same now that I've subscribed. Thankyou.
Thanks so very much. Yes, I am a one man band.
Well presented Richard.
Due to the times of limited cash after WW 2 as a family in UK we didn't go far.
Since living in N Z we have enjoyed such programs as you took the energy & research to produce Plus library books - have learned much .
So, once again thank you !!!!.
From a G Gran in NZ 🤗
Excellent, professional presentation. Informative, well scripted, very well filmed.
When did the English succumb to the present day mindset of passively accepting all the rules and regulations that we increasingly have to endure ? ... Needing permission to launch a coracle on a stretch of water ! Don't even ask.. these people need to learn their place.
Easier to ask forgiveness than permission!
Hi it's very picturesque around Shrewsbury canal,green trees and fields were amazing,it's soothing and pleasent to see all around.i hope to see more
Many thanks
Hi Richard, wow what an excellent video, well produced and wonderful music! I think you really captured the essence of these waterways and I loved hearing the stories people had to tell! I thought the computer graphics reconstruction really enhanced the story and brought another element of how things used to be! Thank you so much for pointing me towards this video, I'm looking forward to the update with you and Julia with bated breath! 👍🙂
I have been following a number of people on the canals in England, but your video was very informative. Thank you. I live in New Zealand and canals would have been impossible in our landscape I would think.
It would be lovely to see canals in NZ. Thanks so much for watching.
Absolutely brilliant, interesting, informative, And inspiring to see the work that is going on to restore the canals.
Jesus for the first 5 mins I figured I was watching a pirated upload of some BBC documentary. You deserve way more then 3.6k subs and I'm sure you'll get there. One more sub here. Cheers mate.
Thanks so much. More long format videos to come - they just take longer to make.
Watching from Eastern Tennessee, USA AM very Interested in England, as just found my English cousins. Want to learn much about England. So glad you're providing the history behind the current use of these canals. Have seen all of your current videos of your current exploring on the canals with narrowboat.. Have very much enjoyed your videos. Thanks.
@@RichardVobes I have to agree, excellent production on this, I would expect to see this on a documentary channel on Sky TV!
I'm watching in 2022 and a new subscriber! 42k now, I'd say he did it! 👍
same here
I feel like posting those poor buggers a brush cutter and a chain saw! Bow saws here in Australia would be laughed at, even in volunteer organisations. Good luck to all the volunteers, very rewarding and valuable work.
Even a mulcher/shredder would be worth it's weight in gold. Recycling the brush after it's cleared.
Well done, worth my time and a cup of tea. Good work and thank you for all those who care for history and it's stories.
Thanks for watching Mike - we enjoyed making this episode.
Absolutey superb video. Thank you Richard
Very welcome
the quality of the content and production is first class. a job very well done
Thanks you so much
not a bbc ohhhhhhh wow
@@RichardVobes I saw a mention some time ago about an abandoned canal tunnel alongside an abandoned railroad tunnel, with an existing/in-use railroad tunnel beside them. I'd love to see you do a video on those.
I just found this video and I am truly amazed at the production quality and informational content. Thank you so much, an amazing find. I love your style and look forward to watching all your content.
Thank you Peter. I wish I had the time and money to make more of these longer, well-produced formats.
I'm from Fort Worth, Texas. My family emigrated from near Maidstone, Kent County in 1870 and settled in Michigan. This was fascinating. Best to you. Eaglegards...
So pleased you enjoyed it.
Wow! Richard has reinvented himself.. this is fantastic! A new and improved uptempo intro, Richard even appears to have more energy and has gained a few lbs, has more spring in his step. I double checked the date to see if this was indeed the new RV.. 6 yrs ago? No way. 😥
I came across your documentaries by accident. I usually watch World vlogging travellers but with LOCKDOWN now, there's less around. I have to say your vlogs are amongst the best I've seen. Informative, Interesting and 1st.class presentation; great visuals on my large TV screen. I will he watching them all now. Thank you so much.....
Thanks Tony. Many of the shorter one are less well produced - that one took three months to pull together.
These explorations are excellent. Very professional, informative and entertaining.
Thank you Phil - this sort of higher end productions take a lot of time to make, hence why many of my video are more simpler walks. I hope to make more higher end documentaries soon.
The Shrewsbury and Newport Canal must be reopened , Lottery this is what you were formed for .
Couldn't agree more
Just started following you recently. Now going back to see what I have been missing. Many thanks!
Very well made and interesting. Love the narrow boats, locks, and other features. The scenery is is just awesome!
Thank you so much.
I carried out major repairs to the bridge at Woppenshall junction .We put a steel pins into each block that forms the arch ,then tied these off to girdle above the arch and then cast a concrete arch holding all the blocks in place across the bridge. This was done as the bridge had a large crack across it ,probably caused by the ground settling around the abutments once the water was cut off from beneath it .The works were done in the 1990 by Shropshire county council Highways Department .
Well done that man - you did an excellent job. Thanks so much for your feedback and for watching my little effort.
The charm of old England is remarkable. Buildings made so sturdy it seems they could last forever.
So different today, eh?
What a fascinating documentary, I know parts of the canal in Shrewsbury very well, and I used to drink in the Canal Tavern before it closed. Once again thank you Richard for such an amazing story.
Steve Woodman Thanks Steve. It looked like a fabulous pub. Shame it closed.
Very professional. I'm extremely impressed. I learned a lot as well. I'm always up for that. Thanks...from the USA!
I got interested in these canals and narrowboats by David's channel, CruisingTheCut. You sir, I found because of your more recent video's about what concerns us as humans, ... people so to speak. Richard, you are a gem. I enjoyed this explorer video very much. I am not completely bold but getting close.
Warm regards from the Netherlands 👍👏🇳🇱❤
There can never be too much history. So well done Richard!
Thanks so much. Much appreciated.
Just came across this video and its almost broadcast quality; informative and fun too. Impressed.
Thanks very much Samantha. Appreciate the comment.
spent sooooo much time on the Newport canal 40 plus years ago as a kid, fishing and walking for miles during the summer holidays .....first time i've seen it in years, great work, very professional production ,thanks
My pleasure Vern. Thanks so much for watching.
For me as an American passerby: This is a truly interesting bit of living ones life in a different way! Thank you for this insight!
Thanks for watching Timothy.
Loved walking along the Newport canal and locks
This is the first time I have seen this. This is one of my favourite pastime besides archaeology. And I used to watch Timothy West and prunella scales I wish they would bring back the episodes. It's so sad about prunella scales with her dementia bless her. Thank you more please. 🙏
The British have a very rich culture. It is amazing to an American that a piece of infrastructure as old as these canals are is still 8n use and in as good shape as they are. Kudos to you who maintain them.....
We do have to look after our history and not take it for granted. :)
The Erie Cana in New York is still open to limited commercial traffic.
Aye but I've just read that though they have 3000 navigable miles they've lost 2,500.
Unfortunately these days most the monies made for the canals go on flashy events and high wages and pensions for upper management and the 6 directors. The canals are literally falling apart and have been for The last ten years. Most of the maintenance fell behind about 5 years before canal and river trust merged from Brittish waterways 5 years ago. 10 years ago the boaters were informed by BW that they had to not spend any money on the canals because the government were saying they wouldn't renew the 50 million pound a year grant which would end in 5 years. When the 5 years came and the grant was no longer BW changed its name to Canal and River Trust . BW was no more to look after the canals , however they did manage to build and open 20 brand new marinas that are called BWML British Waterway Marina Ltd ( funded by boater fees and grants that should have been spent on the canal system ) . CaRT began 5 years ago and still the canals are not being maintained and work is only carried out when it breaks. Most the engineers of BW were laid off to make way for sub contractors . Monies are wasted on flashy events, flashy company cars and overpaid CEO's.
Us boaters love the canals and our lifestyle but it is forever threatened by those we pay our fees to.
Locks along the system are in excellent condition where they advertise historical sites but the other 80% of the locks are a disgrace and difficult to operate and at least 30% are just dangerous.
They are good at making a show !
Thankfully they had nothing to do with this one or they would of edited the boaters comment of them filling in the canals to prevent re- opening !!
A lovely video
so nice to find your channel and these terrific uploads with heart and soul!
I stumbled upon a video of how to paint a narrowboat a few weeks ago. This is wonderful. Thank You.
You're very welcome!
Hello Mr Vobes. I really enjoyed this video. I'm from Indiana USA and we have a canal or two in Indiana.
One of them goes through our capital city of Indianapolis. I don't know its history but the Indianapolis canal is beautiful and is a pleasant walking/biking path through downtown. Not much is made of our canal past. History of your British canals is very romantic, and the use of your canals is pretty inspiring, too. Thanks for your nice video.
Thanks Judith - very much appreciate the feedback and comments. So glad you enjoyed the video.
Would it not be nice if we could have narrow boats out your way and in PA, where we still have a lot of canals but the weather is not as nice here as in the UK in winter, as you know. :)
Judith Meyer a
I came to this from a Time Team episode, and frankly can't find much difference in production quality. Well done you. Cheers from America.
Thanks so much.
Okay Richard, thanks. Great video and informative.
Actually his videos are classics .... Very soothing and peaceful and therapeutic.
Thanks very much
Just watching this. Makes me wish we had something similar here in the USA. I want a nerrowboat
They are amazing things.
New York state has some canals. And a lot of people travel up and down the Mississippi.
Classic Vobes, Wonderful film making. Cheers.
Thanks very much
What a beautiful presentation this has been it was as good as a produced TV show.
Thank you so much.
Thanks so much. @Andrew P
I come from Burnley where there were lots of Cotton Mills back in the industrial revolution and in town there is a part of the Leeds and Liverpool canal called The Weavers Triangle.
I think you would enjoy a visit there.
Lots of history and beautiful canals.
Great documentary, thank you so much!
Thanks for watching - really appreciate it, Scoopy.
As an American, I find the British canals fascinating. Thanks for a wonderful presentation.
My pleasure - thanks so much for watching.
That was a most entertaining video. Brilliantly filmed and presented. Many thanks for sharing.
Thank you - amazingly it seems to have gone down well. I wish I had the time to make more of that quality.
Brilliant. One of your best. A truly professional and very interesting documentary. Happy to see more of these.
Wow, such a professional film Richard, well done. Very interesting stuff, thankyou.
So pleased you enjoyed it. I made it a while a go with my son as cameraman. But they take too long to make on one's own.
Fantastic video, I realised after watching twenty minuets in how engaging this video was, I was completely captivated, so professional.
You are so kind - thanks very much. I am thrilled you enjoyed it.
Bloody hell what a fantastic documentary, and a very well deserved sub.
richard vobes is perfect :) this doc not only fascinating but also so thoughtfully stunningly well made in every way ~ WOW, thank you! I have GLADLY subscribed :)
Thanks you so much Harold. I really appreciate it.
Excellent! Really enjoyed this!
Thanks very much - a much longer full length documentary I made some years ago. (For no money of course!)
Iam a History buff and enjoy seening the canals saved. good work people.
Much appreciated
Just came cross this one Richard !
Out of all of your vids I think that this is my favourite !
But after the event I know , but well made , informative and
ver ' relaxing ' to watch !
Diction as always , clear and not ' fussy ' !
Great for youngsters to watch in connection with their
school work etc ! Very informative for them to watch !
10/10 ☑️ 🤓👍
Thanks so much - made a while ago now!
Wonderful! Well done, beautiful, informative, elegant. Thank you.
Thanks so much David. Glad you enjoyed it.
i have been following you on facebook with the Bald Explorer ,many thanks to Steve Pilfold for sharing you and i must say what a decently professional docu/presentation this is .Thank you very much indeed Richard.
Thanks Shawn for your kind words. It took a while to put together, but clearly it was worth it.
Stumbled across this vlog and really found it interesting. Thank you.
Fabulous - thanks Colin!
Loved this one. I have so enjoyed this production. I do spend time watching the "Cruising The Cut" as well. He is all about cruising the canals in a long boat. I wish I could spend some more time in England. Maybe I will be able to make another trip.
Oh you must. So much to see.
Cheryl Conrad You should have a look at Foxes Afloat, great vlog.
@@alanjackson4646 Thank you for pointing to Foxes Afloat--we're in love with narrowboats here in the midwest of US. Country House Gent, Cruising the Cut, lots of good ones. I'd also point everyone to John Rogers, who has a similar attitude toward travel, which is The Meander, though on foot. He's interested in the influence of place on people & does terrific vlog walks primarily around London.
I found cruising the cut by accident.. I can't stop watching him. I live in Texas, USA. I wish I had a narrow boat here. I'd live on it and start a trend I wish was already here. I'd give everything up I own for a narrow boat..
@@latinoclint I was in San Antonio just over 50 years ago and was very impressed with its little canal system. So at least you do have a token intimate canal to enjoy I have not managed to get back but which I assume has expanded by now as it was very popular. Has It?
I am following a few "famous" canal boater vlogs... BUT this should be the Introduction video! Awesome video... awesome presentation!
You are very kind - thank you.
I'm doing the same . Hope to retire and live on a narrow boat
Can't understand why you haven't become mainstream telly. Bravo mate.
Me neither, but I have tried. :(
Fantastic! Professionally presented and very interesting. Please more of this :)
I will try to make more - you can imagine the time and commitment something like this takes. Thanks so much for watching.
These films are absolutely brilliant, I can't believe I have only just found them.
Fantastic production quality.
Best wishes
Jimmy the mower
Many thanks!
Excellent Documentary, Thank you for making it and sharing it
My pleasure.
Excellent vlog Richard, brilliant content.Thanks.
Hello Richard. I have only just found you. I have been researching the current situation, know what I mean, and seen some of your most recent videos. I like your common sense interpretations of the mess the world is in. This video is wonderful, I will be searching out some more of your adventuring videos. I am a keen walker and love the countryside. Thank you. ilona. Toodle pip.
31:06 there's still one similar in use near me in Canada (the Big Chute Marine Railway). Thanks to British engineering I can travel from Lake Huron/Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario (386 km) through the locks on the Trent Severn Waterway without ever having to leave my boat. Cheers, great channel .
Fabulous - so good to know.
Wonderful, thanks again for another great film
A lot more involved that the normal ones I do now! Thanks Cheryl.
A truly fantastic film- brilliantly edited and presented like a true pro. Well done.
Thanks so much for watching.
Very good, and well presented, well done and Thank you Richard.
Thanks so much for watching.
Great show old Bean!
How did I never see this one Richard! Hope your well matey!
Absolutely fascinating video. Thank you.
My pleasure!
This was wonderful, thank you!
Thanks Chris.
This is tremendous, thanks for making it
Cheers from Canada
Thanks so much for watching
Absolutely brilliant. We've lived close to the Hadley guillotine Locks for a few years now and knew that they had been part of the canal system towards GKN but had no clue that it was as vast of a network as we are learning now. Recently my husband and I decided to discuss potentially getting a Narrowboat in the future, but at the same time with his fascination of the Shire Horse and being used as work horses for the Canals, I've been investigating more about the history. Now that we reside closer to Trench Lock, we had no idea that on our doorstep was this amount of history having walked up the incline plane many times and never knowing that under our feet the entire time was once the canal. I can't thank you enough for making this documentary and now plan on photographing the hard to see parts that still hold water within GKN as I've been in the facility a number of times (allowed, of course) yet never knew it was there until watching this sparked my curiosity and explored more on Google Maps.
Fascinating. Very well done on making this!
Thanks so much for your comments. I am thrilled that it has opened up the history of the area. So much of our past is hidden in bushes or lost to the landscape and suddenly when you know what was once there there is a huge amount of respect for the hard working people that worked there. I am thrilled you enjoyed the video. Thank you.
I live in shrewsbury and volunteered with the shrewsbury and newport canal trust a few years ago - helping to clear weeds and litter on the path at the shrewsbury end. I don't know how they'll ever get to shrewsbury at all, let alone all the way to the flaxmill. Ditherington road, telford way and other roads cross over where the canal was, the station car park and morris lubricants are in the way and most of the rest has been filled in. Relocating a supermarket and some power poles is easy. Tunneling under at least 2 major roads, digging up Shrewsbury station car park and demolishing the morris lubricants factory would be impossible. It would never happen.
It is a big project.
Just brilliant well done sir.
Fascinating presentation Richard, very informative too
Thanks so much Craig.
A very interesting and well made vlog with lots of historical information,absolutely fascinating ....thank you
Thank you so much for your lovely comment.
Watching you have a paddle around my home town is quite amusing
Very interesting video nicely put together!
Such excellent quality. Thank you
Thank you
A real gem of a production. Very best of luck with the project which can only be helped by a documentary of this calibre.
Thanks so much Robin.
Very good quality. Enjoyed your programme very much.
Thanks Luke.
Stellar effort Richard!! Got here from "cruising the cut" and am thoroughly inspired..... bit of a pity really since im in New Zealand!
Thanks very much - my daughter is in New Zealand as it happens. Lovely place.