I stopped paying TV licence years ago and use TH-cam and Netflix. TH-cam content like this is Grade A. The filmography is superb, well-researched and delivered by personable creators.
I absolutely love the humor and the chemistry between you two. I always finish these videos in a much better mood then when I start them. Thanks for that wellness boost!
Love ending the week on a high note with Otis, Colin and Shaun. Lots of wonderful scenery and history. And oodles of laughs. I think that speedy guy was trying to knock his wife off the boat. 😉😉💙💙💙💙💙💙
There is nothing better than sitting down and relaxing with a few drinks on Friday after the working week and playing your blog ,you make me feel like I am there . Thanks keep up the good work
On holiday in Greece some years ago we met Owen & Iris Bryce. They had a narrowboat built to their requirements. It had to have room for a piano! Owen was a legend in the jazz world and loved to make music. The only problem they had was navigation the Leeds Liverpool canal. Their boat was too long for the locks after Wigan! The boat was named Bix after Bix Beiderbeck, the jazz musician. It took them 11 years to do all the waterways and when they arrived to lay up for the winter at Blisworth Iris went to buy bread. She came back without bread but told Owen she had found the house she wanted for retirement. So Bix spent some time tied up at Blisworth before being sold. 2/3 years ago Iris wrote us a letter to say Owen had died at 95. Jazz players from all over came to his funeral and gave him a New Orleans style send off. Look out for a book entitled Canals are my Life by Iris Bryce. She wrote others too.
Great way to finish work on a Friday. Kids still at school, wife at work, me at home with a cuppa and time to myself watching you guys. Perfect! Your camera work and editing is so good and with all your history snippets it’s like I watching a documentary on the BBC. Great shots in the tunnel!
Hi guys,thanks for another brilliant look at how the canals and tunnels were built! I wish my father could have lived to watch your blogs. He did many things in his life, mining and construction being two of his many endeavors in his life. He would have found your vlogs so fascinating. Thanks for bringing his memory alive this morning. 😃 Stay well, hugs to Otis.💓
Sorry a bit late getting to you chaps was busy baking doggie biscuits. Plenty of great information as ever and lots of laughs and innuendos 🤣🤣 Just what you need on a dull and wet Friday afternoon. Much love and a huggle for Otis. 🤗💖
It is brilliant how advanced technology was back then in certain areas, like building tunnels. Testing out the support walls for the tunnel from England to France to repair sections of the Blisworth tunnel was amazing. Thanks so much for telling us that groovy tunnel story and of course, how many bowel movements Otis had that same day.
We always look forward to Colin & Shaun day since we caught up with all your vlogs. There are never enough of them in a week though! I love Shaun’s cheeky laugh and facial expressions about some of the things you say Colin. You always give us loads of fascinating info and it really makes me want to try a bit of canal boat exploration. Keep up the good work :-)
That my friends was epic....noticeable difference in presentation and camera footage and the music was very apt....the only vloggers to make a tunnel interesting
Colin, thank you so much for all of your research. Here in the US, I have been a huge fan of our canal history....alas, it is mostly history here....for many years. I am so enjoying all that I have learned from you on each and every vlog. Carry on!
Great vlog. How they built the tunnel was so ingenious. Funny isn't it that when we think of people in the past so often we don't think of them as really clever and yet they built all this and invented all the things that make our life seem modern. Gorgeous Autumn colours in this vlog too. What a lovely day!
It's currently 0630 and I am an hour away from finishing a night shift so this was very much needed. Thanks for the laughs and smiles as always. Look forward to the next installment!
THANK you guys. Absolutely brilliant- again!!! Terrific recording , and music , and Otis is g r o w i n g 😁 have a great week guys, we all so look forward to our Fridays with the Foxes 😆👍🌟🍰🍰
Since returning back to work after 10 month's at home I'm now catching up on your Vlogs & absolutely loved this one, it's was brilliant. and when Shaun said "I had a sneaky look in your book when you weren't looking" well I nearly spat me coffee out all over my computer. Well done boy's enjoyed every minute.
This method of digging tunnels was first developed by the Ancient Greeks and later perfected by the Romans. One of the first recorded tunnels to use this and other techniques was the Tunnel of Eupalinos 6th century BCE. It's amazing how 2000 years later this method was still employed. Thanks for this video always look forward to Fridays love you guys. Stay Safe , Michael
I am never sure if I can explain well enough how much of a difference your videos make to me at the end of a week. I sincerely appreciate the visit and insight. I wish you three the very best... forever. Such good people. And yes, I love Otis. He's adorable. I wish I could have a dog.
Great show, guys! Colin, you're topic this time was incredible and very, very well done! Shawn standing by and looking as stoic as ever and Otis getting in on the act, popping that head up over the side rail wondering what the heck you're getting up to. Great show, keep it up!
Thanks guys. We’ve only recently come across your vlogs and we really enjoy them. The way you narrate the video is fantastic. You should be a presenter on tv. 👍🏻👍🏻 Have a good week guys.
This was a pearler! never realised how they built them, so much hard work.....they were no mugs- and it was such hard work...thanks for the info. and as usual, great film work...lovely scenery, amazng!!
Wow! This was amazing I never knew about the tunnel so this was so interesting to watch thank you, Colin, great video one of those “don't want it to end” ones... Also if you ever do decide to go on the nene towards to wash right to the end by the lighthouse give us all plenty of notice then I can bring the wine chocolates and cake as that's my home. My garden looks right out to the wash beautiful part of the country. You boys stay safe have a lovely day and big hugs to Otis 🙏🏻❤️
You guys always make my day. As a carer looking after my granddaughters, for my daughter, who suffers with a mental illness,spending months in hospital. I look forward to the laughs you share, thank you
I very much like the idea of financially supporting a vlog or programme I enjoy watching (and only that) ,rather than paying TV charges for something I do not watch, like repetetive news, influential media,ads,news ,quizzes and series etc . Watching your vlogs is real,exciting ,relaxing , entertaining and informative.
Absolutely love your Friday videos. Thanks for sharing a piece of your journey. I could not go into that tunnel. The building of that tunnel has kepts it secrets in the walls. What life must have been like for all those who worked on it. Wow to the tanacity of the human spirit. I felt like I couldn't breath just watching you go in there.... It's amazing how some people just go through life not being aware of their space or actions. So much history around those canals still preserved. Otis is getting so big already. Such a beautiful boy. Thanks again, hope you do a LIVE soon. May Grace keep you always.
A really interesting vlog. We needed this before we went through the Blisworth tunnel a few weeks ago! Lovely mineral colours deposited on the wall. Truly hats off to engineers and men that dug it. Hope your therapy is helping Colin. Live to all three of you. Xx
Just discovered you two fella's. Having a great time watching your videos. Keep them coming. I'm learning so much about England. I have to go there someday.
Another splendid video. Learnt so much today about the Grand Union canal. Really interesting. Are you going to do a book about your travels. I would be your first customer. Stay safe guys and love to Otis.😃😃👍👍🐕
Thank you for this history, really interesting, we take so much for granted in life! Wonderful video, great music, scenery...just loved every second of it! Best way to end the week! Please give Otis cuddles for me. 💖Take really good care, stay well & safe! Much love x
Hats off to the indomitable British once again. Wooden pegs and sight lines, chunks of wood and twine to build that tunnel in a straight line? Then repurposing old canal boats as fire pumpers in the war?? Amazing ingenuity. Wow. 💜💜
" It's Friday , it's 4 o'clock , it's time for FOXES AFLOAT " . Thankyou for another interesting vlog , I love the little history lessons on each place you pass through . Otis is growing so quickly and he is a handsome boy. Best wishes to both of you and of course Otis too👍😊🐾☯️☯️
Another fabulous job on giving us the stories of the canal, Colin! I'm always amazed by the amount of data you get in here for us, and how well you put everything together. It's greatly appreciated. And we love seeing the pair of you having such a good time along the way. We know it's not always sunshine and rainbows and such, but in general it's so nice to see that whether the weather is good or bad, if there're too many 'no mooring' signs along some river, or if the paddles on some canal or another have been greased, you both are side by side and finding the best way you can to enjoy it (or support each other when it's not so fun). And of course, thanks for including the gratuitous Otis bits - never going to complain about that, since my wife and I are lifelong Dog people. My only goofy comment this week is - Colin, did you get to give Shaun some sass about the trouble getting the life vest on? I'd assume there might have been some sort of Navy commentary going on there somewhere behind the scenes *grin* Thanks to you both for doing so much to make these so incredibly enjoyable and informative at the same time, and for sharing your lives with us.
@@FoxesAfloat always! I love your research and that I feel like I'm traveling, learning and enjoying. I've been home dealing with being unwell for a while and you alway put a smile on my face and make my day brighter. Thank you for the work you put in for us watching you out here.
Thanks for shining some fresh light on Blisworth Tunnel. We live just down the road from Stoke Bruerne and both our girls go to school there. We are not boaters but have been through the tunnel many times. The pub by the lock, The Boat Inn, runs trips through the tunnel at Christmas called The Santa Cruise. It has become a bit of a tradition in our family to go on this every year. You go though the tunnel towards Blisworth, turn around and pick up Santa and then back through the tunnel while he meets all the kids and hands out presents. Throughout the trip there are party games and food and drinks and basically just a good time had by all (especially the kids!). We have also been on Halloween trips through there which as you can imagine are really scarey with some dark tales and the tunnel decorated with a few monsters ha ha. But it was really interesting to get a more facts about the tunnel and how it was built. We must add the Canal Museum is an excellent place to visit. Many thanks, we have only recently subscribed and are still backtracking to pick up little gems like this!
Hi Guys. Only recently started watching the channel and have to say your films are quality. Informative, inspiring and entertaining. The style is so relaxed but there must be a lot of work in preparation and production. Keep up the great work.
Shawn, you are looking quite fit lately. Chasin after Otis would probably shave off a pound or two! I'm not sayin you needed to. I think you both are very handsome! Colin, you are too! Haha! See what I did there? I'm so clever! I've been commenting all over the place this mornin. I've had the day off and you are my entertainment. I can't think of anything better on a cold morning! Thanks for all the interesting info and the smiles!
Colin and Shaun, thank you so much for yet another very interesting, educational 'journey', wonderfully narrated, along the Grand Union Canal. (Ontario, Canada)
I’m trying to remember which 80’s ( 70’s?) band had a song called Ne ne, na na, nu nu. Loved the tunnel construction info. Thanks for another epic vlog!
It’s so lovely reliving our journey on the GUC through your eyes! On our hired narrowboat through the Blissworth tunnel, we did meet another boat coming the other way, but we were both going slowly and managed to glide past each other, barely 4 inches apart! Quite nerve-wracking, but exciting! Our return journey through the tunnel wasn’t so good. About 100 yards from the end, a boat came hurtling in (he must have seen us, so why he didn’t wait remains a mystery) and he was going so fast and was so far over to the centre of the tunnel that he actually rammed into us! A few choice words were exchanged I can tell you. He was ranting on about “bloody hire boats” - wish we’d had thought to get the name of his boat, he was a flipping menace. Apart from him though, everyone else we met on the GUC was lovely! Happy days.
What you are calling "Water Windows" we call stateside "Weeping Tiles" that drain into gutters on a house or into the basement sump pump to be pumped out the house sewer into the underground sewage system. Great vid....
For some reason, the Blisworth Tunnel though wider than other tunnels would give me the Willie's, it just looked more foreboding than others. I always fact check you on all the info you give us, and you've never been wrong. I don't do it to be mean I just like the canal history and like yourself, I have a BOOK. Great Vlog fellas. My best wishes to all three of you. Stephen.
Fantastic viewing, thanks guys. The tunnel facts alongside Shaun’s look of absolute concentration was a magical combination. Take care, keep navigating 🌈
Strange to see bridge 51 from a different perspective as I regularly drive over it. Also I always have a little chuckle when I drive down the A508 and the sign for the museum has the c scrubbed off the word canal lol.
Always enjoy the history of the canals you bring to us, the old photos and love the banter and giggles between you and Shaun, even a nippet of Otis. On a high again, guys! ❤ xxx
How many hours a week does Colin spend researching the history of the points of interest along the way? Always informative and interesting. Especially when Shawn is snickering behind your back Colin. Cheers!
Thanks guys, great vlog, lovely scenery & interesting facts all delivered with a good dollop of humour & was that a wee bit of innuendo.. or what 😜 - taken you up the Lancaster had me laughing out loud, love it, simply love it! Take care guys & enjoy the autumn cruise.👍
On holiday in yarmouth he who thinks he's the boss is supposedly watching the tv in reality is snoring I have got the headphones on, a big glass of wine and watching yet another great flog from you guys. Big hello to Otis 😁😁
Hey guys still loving the videos and watching Shaun trying to keep a straight face sometimes is really great. Big fuss for Otis .. and cyas next week from Portugal
Yay two cup's of coffee down and a few biscuits down whilst watching your brilliant Vlog on Blisworth tunnel and how they built it ( I hope the channel Tunnel dosn't leak like that !!!) Otis looks like he enjoyed his swim and like's lying in the sun to dry.... Do you always have to dress Shaun, Colin !!! That did look like a mother hen moment..... Keep Safe and Well all of you.. Kindest regards and Best Wishes Old Skipper :) xxx
Good evening happy Faffers. Great to be able to watch another informative and entertaining vlog. Seeing the old working boat reminds me of times spent on a working boat in 1981 moving steel coil from Rotherham to Goole, decks awash🤨. Stay safe and well. Already looking forward to next Friday. Time for a Pastis to celebrate the arrival of the weekend😁
It is pretty amazing to see your progressions from the earlier videos to the finely tuned segments you show today. (and yes, from Dillon to Otis). Congratulations, not only on the drone work, and the mini historical bits, but the interaction between you two! Love these videos!
Another wonderful video Shaun and Colin. I never tire of learning about the history along the canals and the Blisworth Tunnel was no exception. Thanks so much for sharing before and after photos, drone footage and spot on narration. Seeing the technical aspects of how all this amazing infrastructure works, I find all very interesting.
Another relaxing, humorous, delightful trip along the canals with two lovely companions and their faithful dog. Thank you. David 💖 XXX Oh I forgot to mention how informative it was too. 🥳🤩
You two appear to be having entirely too much fun out there on those canals! I notice as you pass other narrowboats that some of them are in a lesser state of repair than others. (Silver Fox is in an outstanding condition.) Does the canal or a government office have an inspection program for the boats before they can use the canal? Just curious. By the way, Otis' floppy ears make an excellent "sleep mask" for covering his eyes while he naps. Hard to believe winter is so close as you cruise through those great country scenes.
They wonder why conventional TV is dying - these videos are the explanation. Full of of information, interesting, funny and relaxing. Love it.
Aww, cheers, Mark!
I stopped paying TV licence years ago and use TH-cam and Netflix. TH-cam content like this is Grade A. The filmography is superb, well-researched and delivered by personable creators.
I absolutely love the humor and the chemistry between you two. I always finish these videos in a much better mood then when I start them. Thanks for that wellness boost!
Our pleasure!
Love ending the week on a high note with Otis, Colin and Shaun. Lots of wonderful scenery and history. And oodles of laughs. I think that speedy guy was trying to knock his wife off the boat. 😉😉💙💙💙💙💙💙
Haha! She would have gone flying in the breeze! 😂😂
@@FoxesAfloat 🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸
There is nothing better than sitting down and relaxing with a few drinks on Friday after the working week and playing your blog ,you make me feel like I am there . Thanks keep up the good work
Love that!
You boys do make me chuckle ... thank you!
Otis is growing & looking very handsome!
😊 thank you
On holiday in Greece some years ago we met Owen & Iris Bryce. They had a narrowboat built to their requirements. It had to have room for a piano! Owen was a legend in the jazz world and loved to make music. The only problem they had was navigation the Leeds Liverpool canal. Their boat was too long for the locks after Wigan! The boat was named Bix after Bix Beiderbeck, the jazz musician. It took them 11 years to do all the waterways and when they arrived to lay up for the winter at Blisworth Iris went to buy bread. She came back without bread but told Owen she had found the house she wanted for retirement. So Bix spent some time tied up at Blisworth before being sold. 2/3 years ago Iris wrote us a letter to say Owen had died at 95. Jazz players from all over came to his funeral and gave him a New Orleans style send off. Look out for a book entitled Canals are my Life by Iris Bryce. She wrote others too.
What an amazing story! 👍🏻💜
Lovely story.
...just another masterpiece in storytelling, filming, editing, choice of music...just amazing...very well done 🤩😄😁
Thank you so much 😀
I totally agree with you Fahrmann, well said.
You guys are so great together. Colin you could easily be a tv presenter on any show.
Awww, cheers, Anthony!
Always love the history you add to the videos, and this was a really interesting one.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great way to finish work on a Friday. Kids still at school, wife at work, me at home with a cuppa and time to myself watching you guys. Perfect! Your camera work and editing is so good and with all your history snippets it’s like I watching a documentary on the BBC. Great shots in the tunnel!
Thanks so much, Mark. Enjoy your cuppa!
Thank you all for the time you spend educating and showcasing the buildings along the way!
Any time!
Hi guys,thanks for another brilliant look at how the canals and tunnels were built! I wish my father could have lived to watch your blogs. He did many things in his life, mining and construction being two of his many endeavors in his life. He would have found your vlogs so fascinating. Thanks for bringing his memory alive this morning. 😃 Stay well, hugs to Otis.💓
Glad you enjoyed it
Omg, that is amazing. Really enjoyed that, we don't appreciate enough, the talent, hard work and risks those men had to built structures like that.
Well said!
Sorry a bit late getting to you chaps was busy baking doggie biscuits. Plenty of great information as ever and lots of laughs and innuendos 🤣🤣 Just what you need on a dull and wet Friday afternoon. Much love and a huggle for Otis. 🤗💖
Bake human biscuits! 😛💜
It is brilliant how advanced technology was back then in certain areas, like building tunnels. Testing out the support walls for the tunnel from England to France to repair sections of the Blisworth tunnel was amazing. Thanks so much for telling us that groovy tunnel story and of course, how many bowel movements Otis had that same day.
Haha! It's getting fewer. Only four today (so far) 😂😂😂
This is the best damn narrow boat vlog. Two amazing hosts and a crap ton of information! Love it!!!
Aww, cheers!
Better than any BBC program on the box or itv.. Very professional. You two need discovering.
Aww, thank you!
We always look forward to Colin & Shaun day since we caught up with all your vlogs. There are never enough of them in a week though!
I love Shaun’s cheeky laugh and facial expressions about some of the things you say Colin. You always give us loads of fascinating info and it really makes me want to try a bit of canal boat exploration. Keep up the good work :-)
Wow, thank you, Mark! 💜
That my friends was epic....noticeable difference in presentation and camera footage and the music was very apt....the only vloggers to make a tunnel interesting
Thanks, Tracey! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Colin, thank you so much for all of your research. Here in the US, I have been a huge fan of our canal history....alas, it is mostly history here....for many years. I am so enjoying all that I have learned from you on each and every vlog. Carry on!
Thanks for that, Jim!
The scenery, the old buildings and nature are magnificent. The information is both impeccable and amusing on how you tell it. We love you both
Thank you very much!
Great vlog. How they built the tunnel was so ingenious. Funny isn't it that when we think of people in the past so often we don't think of them as really clever and yet they built all this and invented all the things that make our life seem modern. Gorgeous Autumn colours in this vlog too. What a lovely day!
Amazing engineering using string and wood to dig a straight line 😂
I think they where just a smart then.
Watch every week religiously - it’s my wind down from a week of work. Super relaxing, thanks for creating the content!
Glad you enjoy it!
It's currently 0630 and I am an hour away from finishing a night shift so this was very much needed. Thanks for the laughs and smiles as always. Look forward to the next installment!
Glad you enjoyed it!
THANK you guys. Absolutely brilliant- again!!! Terrific recording , and music , and Otis is g r o w i n g 😁 have a great week guys, we all so look forward to our Fridays with the Foxes 😆👍🌟🍰🍰
Thank you so much, Graham 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Since returning back to work after 10 month's at home I'm now catching up on your Vlogs & absolutely loved this one, it's was brilliant. and when Shaun said "I had a sneaky look in your book when you weren't looking" well I nearly spat me coffee out all over my computer. Well done boy's enjoyed every minute.
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This method of digging tunnels was first developed by the Ancient Greeks and later perfected by the Romans. One of the first recorded tunnels to use this and other techniques was the Tunnel of Eupalinos 6th century BCE. It's amazing how 2000 years later this method was still employed. Thanks for this video always look forward to Fridays love you guys. Stay Safe , Michael
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I am never sure if I can explain well enough how much of a difference your videos make to me at the end of a week. I sincerely appreciate the visit and insight. I wish you three the very best... forever. Such good people. And yes, I love Otis. He's adorable. I wish I could have a dog.
Wow, thank you!
"I took you up the Lancaster" I nearly choked on my tea :))
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Can't believe how well these are done, you guys deserve a tv show!
Awww thank you xxx
Their Amazon series is quite good!
Great show, guys! Colin, you're topic this time was incredible and very, very well done! Shawn standing by and looking as stoic as ever and Otis getting in on the act, popping that head up over the side rail wondering what the heck you're getting up to. Great show, keep it up!
Thanks so much, Mike !
Thanks guys.
We’ve only recently come across your vlogs and we really enjoy them.
The way you narrate the video is fantastic. You should be a presenter on tv. 👍🏻👍🏻
Have a good week guys.
Awesome, thank you!
This was a pearler! never realised how they built them, so much hard work.....they were no mugs- and it was such hard work...thanks for the info. and as usual, great film work...lovely scenery, amazng!!
Thank you! Cheers!
That tunnel story line, video, sound and editing was brilliant, you both have done it again!!
Thanks so much!
Wow! This was amazing I never knew about the tunnel so this was so interesting to watch thank you, Colin, great video one of those “don't want it to end” ones... Also if you ever do decide to go on the nene towards to wash right to the end by the lighthouse give us all plenty of notice then I can bring the wine chocolates and cake as that's my home. My garden looks right out to the wash beautiful part of the country. You boys stay safe have a lovely day and big hugs to Otis 🙏🏻❤️
oooooh... Nice one, thanks! 👍🏻
You guys always make my day. As a carer looking after my granddaughters, for my daughter, who suffers with a mental illness,spending months in hospital. I look forward to the laughs you share, thank you
Bless you!
Thanks, Jan. Sending love! 💜
Thank you for the building history of Blisworth Tunnel. What a fete for that time and that size of tunnel! Have a great week!💜💜
Thanks, you too!
I very much like the idea of financially supporting a vlog or programme I enjoy watching (and only that) ,rather than paying TV charges for something I do not watch, like repetetive news, influential media,ads,news ,quizzes and series etc . Watching your vlogs is real,exciting ,relaxing , entertaining and informative.
Awesome, thank you!
That has to be the best, clearest and most interesting explanation of how they dug a tunnel, I’ve ever heard. I got it! Thank you.
Awesome, thank you!
Absolutely love your Friday videos. Thanks for sharing a piece of your journey. I could not go into that tunnel. The building of that tunnel has kepts it secrets in the walls. What life must have been like for all those who worked on it. Wow to the tanacity of the human spirit. I felt like I couldn't breath just watching you go in there.... It's amazing how some people just go through life not being aware of their space or actions. So much history around those canals still preserved. Otis is getting so big already. Such a beautiful boy. Thanks again, hope you do a LIVE soon. May Grace keep you always.
It's really not so bad, but you're right, you can feel the history in the walls. Otis is indeed growing like a weed!
A really interesting vlog. We needed this before we went through the Blisworth tunnel a few weeks ago! Lovely mineral colours deposited on the wall. Truly hats off to engineers and men that dug it. Hope your therapy is helping Colin. Live to all three of you. Xx
Thanks, Debbie 👍🏻
Shaun was on top form today, his chuckling away to himself just cracks me up, great entertainment as usually. Otis colours are really coming out.
They are!
Just discovered you two fella's. Having a great time watching your videos. Keep them coming. I'm learning so much about England. I have to go there someday.
Awesome! Thank you!
Excellent history story of the tunnel.. love the music... and poor Otis is just plum tuckered out... and the calendar is fantastic 😊😊😊
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks, Lawrence!
Another splendid video. Learnt so much today about the Grand Union canal. Really interesting. Are you going to do a book about your travels. I would be your first customer. Stay safe guys and love to Otis.😃😃👍👍🐕
I am 😏
Thank you for this history, really interesting, we take so much for granted in life! Wonderful video, great music, scenery...just loved every second of it! Best way to end the week! Please give Otis cuddles for me. 💖Take really good care, stay well & safe! Much love x
Glad you enjoyed it
Hats off to the indomitable British once again. Wooden pegs and sight lines, chunks of wood and twine to build that tunnel in a straight line? Then repurposing old canal boats as fire pumpers in the war?? Amazing ingenuity. Wow. 💜💜
Amazing history!
jeah, friday. it's foxes afloat-time. such a pleasure to watch your vlogs. Thank you soo much. take care. greetings from greece.
Awesome! Thank you!
" It's Friday , it's 4 o'clock , it's time for FOXES AFLOAT " . Thankyou for another interesting vlog , I love the little history lessons on each place you pass through .
Otis is growing so quickly and he is a handsome boy. Best wishes to both of you and of course Otis too👍😊🐾☯️☯️
Glad you enjoyed it
Another fabulous job on giving us the stories of the canal, Colin! I'm always amazed by the amount of data you get in here for us, and how well you put everything together. It's greatly appreciated. And we love seeing the pair of you having such a good time along the way. We know it's not always sunshine and rainbows and such, but in general it's so nice to see that whether the weather is good or bad, if there're too many 'no mooring' signs along some river, or if the paddles on some canal or another have been greased, you both are side by side and finding the best way you can to enjoy it (or support each other when it's not so fun). And of course, thanks for including the gratuitous Otis bits - never going to complain about that, since my wife and I are lifelong Dog people. My only goofy comment this week is - Colin, did you get to give Shaun some sass about the trouble getting the life vest on? I'd assume there might have been some sort of Navy commentary going on there somewhere behind the scenes *grin* Thanks to you both for doing so much to make these so incredibly enjoyable and informative at the same time, and for sharing your lives with us.
Thanks, Sean. Hehe, no I didn't;t give him any sass about his life-vest 😂
superb research and editing as uasual....Great work....
Glad you liked it!
So many shafts and a muscly length, you're really spoiling us!
Another excellent vlog. Fascinating about the lining up stuff. And the shafts.
Glad you enjoyed it 😉
So glad I got a little history lesson today. Thanks guys.
Our pleasure!
My favourite Foxes! Been waiting for you lovely gents to show up for some fun to watch.
Hope you enjoy it! 👍🏻
@@FoxesAfloat always! I love your research and that I feel like I'm traveling, learning and enjoying. I've been home dealing with being unwell for a while and you alway put a smile on my face and make my day brighter. Thank you for the work you put in for us watching you out here.
This was a fantastic historical account of this tunnel...thanks for the lesson 🙂 and as always sharing. Vic
Glad you enjoyed it
Great episode guys! Loved the history. I'm thinking "take you up the Lancaster" may go viral and become a common expression.
Haha! Imagine if everyone got taken up the Lancaster 😂
fabulous! if Amazon don't pick you up for at least a 10 contract their mad. love the 3 of you. xx
Haha! Three more seasons on the way 😉
I haven't watched anything on normal TV as interesting and well thought out as your vlogs in a long time 💖
Wow, thank you!
Thanks for shining some fresh light on Blisworth Tunnel. We live just down the road from Stoke Bruerne and both our girls go to school there. We are not boaters but have been through the tunnel many times. The pub by the lock, The Boat Inn, runs trips through the tunnel at Christmas called The Santa Cruise. It has become a bit of a tradition in our family to go on this every year. You go though the tunnel towards Blisworth, turn around and pick up Santa and then back through the tunnel while he meets all the kids and hands out presents. Throughout the trip there are party games and food and drinks and basically just a good time had by all (especially the kids!). We have also been on Halloween trips through there which as you can imagine are really scarey with some dark tales and the tunnel decorated with a few monsters ha ha. But it was really interesting to get a more facts about the tunnel and how it was built. We must add the Canal Museum is an excellent place to visit. Many thanks, we have only recently subscribed and are still backtracking to pick up little gems like this!
Thanks and welcome! x
Information of the type you give us, Colin, is never useless. We must forever learn or we cease to be a viable human. Wow, that was deep. ;)
Cheers, Ricki.
Great as always! Love the engineering history.
Glad you enjoyed it
You are now on the part of canal I took my Mom & Dad on.... wonderful memories!!
Awww, nice one!
Hi Guys. Only recently started watching the channel and have to say your films are quality. Informative, inspiring and entertaining. The style is so relaxed but there must be a lot of work in preparation and production. Keep up the great work.
Awesome, thank you!
loved the tunnel, Otis sleeping, and the music...and of course, you two/too :D :D :D
Thank you, for all of them 😂👍🏻
Shawn, you are looking quite fit lately. Chasin after Otis would probably shave off a pound or two! I'm not sayin you needed to. I think you both are very handsome! Colin, you are too! Haha! See what I did there? I'm so clever! I've been commenting all over the place this mornin. I've had the day off and you are my entertainment. I can't think of anything better on a cold morning! Thanks for all the interesting info and the smiles!
Thank you so much for inflating Shaun's ego. 😂
Colin and Shaun, thank you so much for yet another very interesting, educational 'journey', wonderfully narrated, along the Grand Union Canal.
(Ontario, Canada)
Our pleasure!
I’m trying to remember which 80’s ( 70’s?) band had a song called Ne ne, na na, nu nu. Loved the tunnel construction info. Thanks for another epic vlog!
Bad manners !
Those lyrics don't give me a lot to go on 😂😂
Foxes Afloat Tony is right. It was Bad Manners. Also purveyors of the classic 'Lip Up Fatty' 😳.
Colin and Shaun
Out of all the narrow boats vlogging YOU ARE THE BEST. The most professionally done.
GRANNY from north Logan Utah
Wow, thank you
you keep me going lost my mum this week she was 87 lived with her most of my life its hard but you keep me sain thankyou
I'm so sorry to hear that, David 💜
It’s so lovely reliving our journey on the GUC through your eyes! On our hired narrowboat through the Blissworth tunnel, we did meet another boat coming the other way, but we were both going slowly and managed to glide past each other, barely 4 inches apart! Quite nerve-wracking, but exciting! Our return journey through the tunnel wasn’t so good. About 100 yards from the end, a boat came hurtling in (he must have seen us, so why he didn’t wait remains a mystery) and he was going so fast and was so far over to the centre of the tunnel that he actually rammed into us! A few choice words were exchanged I can tell you. He was ranting on about “bloody hire boats” - wish we’d had thought to get the name of his boat, he was a flipping menace. Apart from him though, everyone else we met on the GUC was lovely! Happy days.
Yeah, we've met a few like that, and they always blame somebody else. In our experience hire boaters are generally lovely, slower, and more chatty 👍🏻💜
What you are calling
"Water Windows" we call stateside
"Weeping Tiles" that drain into gutters on a house or into the basement sump pump to be pumped out the house sewer into the underground sewage system. Great vid....
Thanks!
For some reason, the Blisworth Tunnel though wider than other tunnels would give me the Willie's, it just looked more foreboding than others. I always fact check you on all the info you give us, and you've never been wrong. I don't do it to be mean I just like the canal history and like yourself, I have a BOOK. Great Vlog fellas. My best wishes to all three of you. Stephen.
Cheers, Stephen. Keep me in check 😉
Great video as always. I appreciate the "how it was done." Thank you.
Thanks Shawn! 💜
Brought back memories lived in blisworth for 20yrs well done Colin love your vlogs
Glad you enjoyed it
Love the bit of history. Thank you
Thanks, Jackie! 👍🏻💜
Fantastic viewing, thanks guys. The tunnel facts alongside Shaun’s look of absolute concentration was a magical combination. Take care, keep navigating 🌈
Cheers, Chad!
Strange to see bridge 51 from a different perspective as I regularly drive over it. Also I always have a little chuckle when I drive down the A508 and the sign for the museum has the c scrubbed off the word canal lol.
Haha! Love it 😂
Evening guys!! Pink fizz and a giggle at your outtakes plus a bit of education... you make me relax each week! Thank you!
Our pleasure!
Great history lesson as always.
Thanks again!
Always enjoy the history of the canals you bring to us, the old photos and love the banter and giggles between you and Shaun, even a nippet of Otis.
On a high again, guys! ❤ xxx
Thank you so much xx
Wow that was so interesting you guys are so entertaining
Aww, cheers, Dave!
Thanks so much for your vlogs. I've enjoyed getting to know you both, and Otis. You are all wonderful.
Thank you so much!
How many hours a week does Colin spend researching the history of the points of interest along the way? Always informative and interesting. Especially when Shawn is snickering behind your back Colin. Cheers!
About three or four hours a day 👍🏻
I very much appreciate the work you do. Thank you for all that you do.
It is amazing what was built in the past and is still in use today.
Incredible skills!
Really enjoyable episode. Exciting, interesting, and lovely views.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks guys, great vlog, lovely scenery & interesting facts all delivered with a good dollop of humour & was that a wee bit of innuendo.. or what 😜 - taken you up the Lancaster had me laughing out loud, love it, simply love it! Take care guys & enjoy the autumn cruise.👍
Glad you enjoyed it. Maybe I can take you up the Lancaster one day! 😂
On holiday in yarmouth he who thinks he's the boss is supposedly watching the tv in reality is snoring I have got the headphones on, a big glass of wine and watching yet another great flog from you guys. Big hello to Otis 😁😁
Haha! I hate snoring! Give him a nudge 😂👍🏻
Hey guys still loving the videos and watching Shaun trying to keep a straight face sometimes is really great. Big fuss for Otis .. and cyas next week from Portugal
Portugal. Wow !
I really liked the choice of music during the tunnel segment :)
Thank you!
And the ending music reminds me of Spanish flamenco music.
Yay two cup's of coffee down and a few biscuits down whilst watching your brilliant Vlog on Blisworth tunnel and how they built it ( I hope the channel Tunnel dosn't leak like that !!!) Otis looks like he enjoyed his swim and like's lying in the sun to dry.... Do you always have to dress Shaun, Colin !!! That did look like a mother hen moment..... Keep Safe and Well all of you.. Kindest regards and Best Wishes Old Skipper :) xxx
Of course I have to dress him, he not getting any younger 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That tunnel creepped me out. I would have had to join Otis in the cabin. LOL
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Good evening happy Faffers. Great to be able to watch another informative and entertaining vlog.
Seeing the old working boat reminds me of times spent on a working boat in 1981 moving steel coil from Rotherham to Goole, decks awash🤨. Stay safe and well. Already looking forward to next Friday. Time for a Pastis to celebrate the arrival of the weekend😁
We've yet to head that way. Looking forward to the big industrial barges!
@@FoxesAfloat the one I was on was definitely a narrow boat with quite high hatch combing. I was, amongst other things the scrubber of the decks🤔😂
those people back in the day, managed to construct some awesome stuff. Nowadays, we cant even get decent road surfaces...
Haha! True!
Got to say no matter the day i have had , watching one of your video's always makes me smile , thanks guy's ..
Our pleasure, Aiden!
It is pretty amazing to see your progressions from the earlier videos to the finely tuned segments you show today. (and yes, from Dillon to Otis).
Congratulations, not only on the drone work, and the mini historical bits, but the interaction between you two!
Love these videos!
Thanks so much, Daryl.
@@FoxesAfloat Agreed, your progress and dedication has really shone through! Keep up the enjoyable content :)
Another wonderful video Shaun and Colin. I never tire of learning about the history along the canals and the Blisworth Tunnel was no exception. Thanks so much for sharing before and after photos, drone footage and spot on narration. Seeing the technical aspects of how all this amazing infrastructure works, I find all very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it, Michael. Cheers!
Fine history lesson as always1
Thank you! 👍🏻💜😛
Another relaxing, humorous, delightful trip along the canals with two lovely companions and their faithful dog. Thank you. David 💖 XXX Oh I forgot to mention how informative it was too. 🥳🤩
Cheers, David!
You two appear to be having entirely too much fun out there on those canals! I notice as you pass other narrowboats that some of them are in a lesser state of repair than others. (Silver Fox is in an outstanding condition.) Does the canal or a government office have an inspection program for the boats before they can use the canal? Just curious. By the way, Otis' floppy ears make an excellent "sleep mask" for covering his eyes while he naps. Hard to believe winter is so close as you cruise through those great country scenes.
Boats need to have a safety inspection every four years. Without that they can't have insurance or a boat license.
Always a great start to the weekend ! Otis seems to grow every time we see him
Yeah, he's growing up fast!