Just love old industrial England, sadly I think some of the pubs are still struggling. Have been watching a blog called 'The Mindful Narrowboat' an artist, teacher and now narrowboat enthusiast who creates beautiful drawings and delivers historical info in a lovely format. Doing a great job Rob, I'll stay tuned. 😊
Canals allowed transport of bulk materials…coal, ore, cotton bails. Basic industrialisation. Still think everything in pommyland needs a gerni. Brighten the place up. Cheers.
I never expected that you would do a walk all the way to the UK. That’s a very long walk Rob! I think if you had gone through the canal tunnel, you would have drawn a crowd.to this video….still a great video.
Hello from Brisbane - though I used to live in Linthwaite, so this is a trip down memory lane! :) The "No Tipping" sign you saw is in English and in Urdu, as spoken in Pakistan. There are about 7,000 people who speak Urdu in the Huddersfield area, but the area where you found that sign is, as evidenced by the shops nearby, a neighbourhood where Urdu is spoken just as much as English. Tell me you didn't walk all the way up to The Sair Inn, when in Linthwaite, "up a hill"? That's a steep hill for a wee. I love that pub. Brews its own beer. Proper local pub. And if you don't mind - "Slaithwaite" is pronounced Slath-waite if you're not from there; and (correctly) Slaugh-wit if you *are*. Mind you, I get all the Brisbane placenames wrong.
My now deceased father was born very close in Duesbury. His parents were publicans at The Fryers Vaults in Dewsbury when he was born, and then The Wilsons Arms Hotel on Huddersfield Road in Mirfield in his teen years.
Less of Moor's is more. More or less. Great video. Really interesting. Will you be doing one on Manchester? My partner is from there and has enjoyed your uk vids so far and also for being so close to where she lived. 👍
Great video, pity about the rain. I was born in Crosland Moor and the Canal was part of my childhood adventures. The rail tunnels are actually joined to the canal tunnel via a series of shafts that were used to remove the rubble during construction. If you venture up onto the tops the old pack horse trail leads you to the remains of the camps built by the navvy's and also several vents. If you travel another couple of miles you will also find the remains of a Roman encampment. The canal network was constructed primarily for the shipment of textiles in this area although a multitude of other goods were carried on the system, there were once literally hundreds of mills in the Colne Valley and surrounding area although from the 70's onward most were abandoned due to competition and were either knocked down or went up in smoke. As you may have guessed I am a bit of an enthusiast for local history and have been living on a Narrowboat for the last couple of years. Enjoy your travels.
Many mills have been demolished and the dressed stone was reused for new housing. Some mills have been repurposed for offices and a handful for apartments. We used to catch the bus up to Marsden and walk down the towpath stopping to fish at the places where we knew there were large pike. At that time, the mills were producing high quality cloth.
Great video. You're not far from Bolton. It would be great to see it and hear some stories about the character Fred Dibnah from there. What a character!
Bit of a mind trip this one with all the Logan names... especially as someone who lives near Marsden myself 😂 That tunnel is amazing! Wonder how it was managed to ensure that you never had a barge coming the other way! 🤔 Good clip mate!
Hi Rob, I loved watching this one. The canals are amazing. Those steps going straight down look scarey. One slip and you bum it to the bottom. LOL. Hope you're having a great holiday. Love Kate
Didn’t even see this video come up in my feed. Loving the content as always rob! And what’s up with the pubs not being open in the mornings in England? I find that so weird
What a fun and interesting walk, even in the rain! Love that kitty was spotted on the wall too. Yes indeed, that tunnel looks terrifyingly dark and claustrophobic.
@ no worries mate so I guess ur spending Christmas in Britain then where ur dads from ( I’m just saying that because I don’t know if ur mum is British too
At 6.00 there's a whispery voice - could it be a ghost?? It's where Rob is saying I don't know what they do with those buildings and it seems like an answer is whispered back at 6.00 which sounds like anno verdi - can everyone else hear this?? What the heck is it??
I doubt it would have been "dynamite" used in quarrying the Canal tunnels. Or even the earliest Railway tunnels. Black Powder was the weapon of choice in them days, old son. Probably just as well that the Old Dart is such a miserable drizzly place - all those masses of fallen leaves would take a running fire over the river and canal out here in dry old Oz!
@@walkaboutwithrob Canal Tunnel built 1794 to 1811. "The first (of 3 eventually plus the Canal Tunnel) single-track railway tunnel, built for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on its line between Huddersfield and Manchester, was completed in 1848." "Dynamite was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1866 and was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder." Nitroglycerine was discovered in 1846 by Ascanio Sobrero, but was really too dangerous for regular use until Alfie worked out how to stabilize it in Fuller's Earth and make it safe for blowing Tunnels or Bank Safes! 😜 Gotta treat a lot of "Tourist Information" as local Bovine Excreta at times. 😉😊
@@theoztreecrasher2647 I think you are being more than a little pedantic on this one. Okay, it wasn't dynamite but it was still black powder/ explosives. In other words, they still do basically the same job.
@@walkaboutwithrob Yep, can't argue with that - though anyone else with a modicum of interest in the history of early tunnelling/quarrying might have appreciated an accurate usage timeline. Can't fault the expertise in film making and choice of subject matter though. 😉😊
Just love old industrial England, sadly I think some of the pubs are still struggling. Have been watching a blog called 'The Mindful Narrowboat' an artist, teacher and now narrowboat enthusiast who creates beautiful drawings and delivers historical info in a lovely format. Doing a great job Rob, I'll stay tuned. 😊
Canals allowed transport of bulk materials…coal, ore, cotton bails. Basic industrialisation.
Still think everything in pommyland needs a gerni. Brighten the place up. Cheers.
Hi Rob. Loved the reflection of the building in the canal at 5.55 🌸
Always loved narrow boats, Follow numerous TH-cam channels
aye lad 👍 roger griffiths channel i watch , almongst others ☝️
I never expected that you would do a walk all the way to the UK. That’s a very long walk Rob! I think if you had gone through the canal tunnel, you would have drawn a crowd.to this video….still a great video.
Glad you enjoyed the video. But as you can see in it, the gate is bolted - so no access.
Awesome, what a great area to walk in.. Nicely done too and a few laughs as usual.
always look forward to your next video ☝️ 🔭 🙄 you've really gone a far afield for this one .. hope you're having a great time 👍
Having a great time!
Narrow boats Rob not barges. Great video btw!
Nice video Rob. Any walk away from Huddersfield is a good one.
Hello from Brisbane - though I used to live in Linthwaite, so this is a trip down memory lane! :)
The "No Tipping" sign you saw is in English and in Urdu, as spoken in Pakistan. There are about 7,000 people who speak Urdu in the Huddersfield area, but the area where you found that sign is, as evidenced by the shops nearby, a neighbourhood where Urdu is spoken just as much as English.
Tell me you didn't walk all the way up to The Sair Inn, when in Linthwaite, "up a hill"? That's a steep hill for a wee. I love that pub. Brews its own beer. Proper local pub.
And if you don't mind - "Slaithwaite" is pronounced Slath-waite if you're not from there; and (correctly) Slaugh-wit if you *are*. Mind you, I get all the Brisbane placenames wrong.
Thanks, Rob. Great walk.
Yay, you found an open pub! Have a gander at The Wandering Turnip re loss of huge numbers of pubs. Loved the walk, thanks!
👍 love the turnip, huge fan
Bit of shade casually thrown at Mitsubishi there.
Bits are missing 😉
They used to make single use aircraft!
@@philgray1023yes for the zero 😳 if my memory serves me correctly ..
Thanks Rob, used to live in Leeds and worked in 'uddersfield, brought back memories, great video!🙂👍
Cheers! Glad to hear it resonated.
My now deceased father was born very close in Duesbury. His parents were publicans at The Fryers Vaults in Dewsbury when he was born, and then The Wilsons Arms Hotel on Huddersfield Road in Mirfield in his teen years.
Another hilarious episode.
Less of Moor's is more. More or less.
Great video. Really interesting.
Will you be doing one on Manchester? My partner is from there and has enjoyed your uk vids so far and also for being so close to where she lived. 👍
Possibly!
Great video, pity about the rain. I was born in Crosland Moor and the Canal was part of my childhood adventures. The rail tunnels are actually joined to the canal tunnel via a series of shafts that were used to remove the rubble during construction. If you venture up onto the tops the old pack horse trail leads you to the remains of the camps built by the navvy's and also several vents. If you travel another couple of miles you will also find the remains of a Roman encampment. The canal network was constructed primarily for the shipment of textiles in this area although a multitude of other goods were carried on the system, there were once literally hundreds of mills in the Colne Valley and surrounding area although from the 70's onward most were abandoned due to competition and were either knocked down or went up in smoke. As you may have guessed I am a bit of an enthusiast for local history and have been living on a Narrowboat for the last couple of years. Enjoy your travels.
Many mills have been demolished and the dressed stone was reused for new housing. Some mills have been repurposed for offices and a handful for apartments. We used to catch the bus up to Marsden and walk down the towpath stopping to fish at the places where we knew there were large pike. At that time, the mills were producing high quality cloth.
A very interesting walk. Thanks for sharing.
In summer you can take a trip boat through the tunnel! I'd love to do it. The canal tunnels fascinate me.
Thanks Rob
Great Video Btw!
Great video. You're not far from Bolton. It would be great to see it and hear some stories about the character Fred Dibnah from there. What a character!
Bit of a mind trip this one with all the Logan names... especially as someone who lives near Marsden myself 😂 That tunnel is amazing! Wonder how it was managed to ensure that you never had a barge coming the other way! 🤔 Good clip mate!
Hi Rob, I loved watching this one. The canals are amazing. Those steps going straight down look scarey. One slip and you bum it to the bottom. LOL. Hope you're having a great holiday. Love Kate
Didn’t even see this video come up in my feed. Loving the content as always rob! And what’s up with the pubs not being open in the mornings in England? I find that so weird
What a fun and interesting walk, even in the rain! Love that kitty was spotted on the wall too. Yes indeed, that tunnel looks terrifyingly dark and claustrophobic.
Glad you enjoyed the walk - the tunnel is way more spooky in person!
So North of England... Well done..
Slawit - Glad you found the Commercial open.
Lobe catching up with your walkabouts Rob. Are you just on holiday back in the UK, or a permanant move? Cheers
16.51 , wasn't worth it 😅 But the pink foliage afterwards, pretty!
Merry Christmas Rob!
Thanks, you too!
@ no worries mate so I guess ur spending Christmas in Britain then where ur dads from ( I’m just saying that because I don’t know if ur mum is British too
That was a good video. Just a thought, maybe easier to ask the locals what is open or closed.
@Useyourthirdresource I did and was unfortunately given incorrect information.
Life on the canals seems pretty idyllic. The sign's in Urdu, by the way.
At 6.00 there's a whispery voice - could it be a ghost?? It's where Rob is saying I don't know what they do with those buildings and it seems like an answer is whispered back at 6.00 which sounds like anno verdi - can everyone else hear this?? What the heck is it??
I'm not sure what it is actually. There's two or three videos of mine where apparently people have heard whispered voices.
I doubt it would have been "dynamite" used in quarrying the Canal tunnels. Or even the earliest Railway tunnels. Black Powder was the weapon of choice in them days, old son.
Probably just as well that the Old Dart is such a miserable drizzly place - all those masses of fallen leaves would take a running fire over the river and canal out here in dry old Oz!
@theoztreecrasher2647 www.shirecruisers.co.uk/canals/standedge-tunnel.php
@@walkaboutwithrob Canal Tunnel built 1794 to 1811. "The first (of 3 eventually plus the Canal Tunnel) single-track railway tunnel, built for the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) on its line between Huddersfield and Manchester, was completed in 1848."
"Dynamite was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1866 and was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder."
Nitroglycerine was discovered in 1846 by Ascanio Sobrero, but was really too dangerous for regular use until Alfie worked out how to stabilize it in Fuller's Earth and make it safe for blowing Tunnels or Bank Safes! 😜
Gotta treat a lot of "Tourist Information" as local Bovine Excreta at times. 😉😊
@@theoztreecrasher2647 I think you are being more than a little pedantic on this one. Okay, it wasn't dynamite but it was still black powder/ explosives. In other words, they still do basically the same job.
@@walkaboutwithrob Yep, can't argue with that - though anyone else with a modicum of interest in the history of early tunnelling/quarrying might have appreciated an accurate usage timeline.
Can't fault the expertise in film making and choice of subject matter though. 😉😊
@ why is it you are always so smarmy and sanctimonious?
can't they afford to turn on the sun,.