so pleased you had a wonderful time on my canal, i call it my canal because i was involved in the restoration of the Rochdale before British Waterways /Canal and river trust took it over, around twenty years of blood sweat and tears. the best job i ever had, its a hard work canal compaired to some canals . it sets the pace don't try to rush it, a privalige to work on the rochdale . i've started to write my memouirs of the time on my canal, ive worked on it , in it , and also under it ' .very best wishes
The Hebden Picture house is mega. They show ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ every Christmas Eve, it’s become a bit of a tradition for many families who all stand to applause at the end credits. What’s more you can settle down to the film with a proper brew, in a proper cup!
COLD, WINTER, ENGLAND , well done you two, boating, travelling and getting off the canal and rediscovering,,love the People's Popular front of Crimea #MontyPython reference, You are traveling first and boating second !
Made my way right back to video 334 !! Phew, some watching has occured. Hebden Bridge looks well worth a visit. Brilliant video as ever. Thank you for all your fantastic vlogs. Time for George to go get his ball !! :-)
That one lock was so busy - SO many people and not one single mask in sight! I really didn't have this canal on my radar because of things I'd heard about that first part of it - but your vlogs have changed my mind.
Hi Guys, glad you enjoyed the area, this is my back yard, it can be evil but beautiful in the winter, it's also the same in the summer, being in a valley you take what you can get 😂😂❤
I lived in Walsden for a couple of years in the late 90's.Some great walks in that area along the canal and surrounding hills. Loads of wildlife, Falcons on the tops, Kingfishers between Tod and HB. I saw Lost in Space in that cinema, was so impressed I went back the next day to watch it again. Brought back some great memories for me. Thanks.
Todmorden is a lovely little town, once half in Lancashire and half in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Fully West Yorkshire since the boundary changes of 1974. It once ran it's own municipal bus service (jointly owned with British Railways), over quite an extensive local network, with an aged fleet of Leyland double deckers. More recently, it had (pre Covid) an excellent Thursday market, where everything from art to laptops could be purchased. I look forward to my next visit, once this horror is ended... whenever that is.
Happy New Year to you both and George. Thanks for focusing on Timaru Aotearoa :) and that boat Sophie looked quite tidy. Loved the music it added to the area and cruise. Hope you are coping in the cold and lockdown and we can only hope that things may improve in 2021 but not sure. Thanks for sharing some good days and we can appreciate being able to move freely. Even though NZ is not in lockdown internally now I know lots of people are struggling with the inability to cross our border to even get to Oz but we do appreciate that we could have Christmas with friends and family here but know that this could change at any moment. Looking forward to more moments in your 2020 year xxx
Thanks for that and Happy New Year to you as well! Here’s hoping you guys can keep it out of the country... Arden seems to be doing a pretty stellar job so far! M
Black Pit Lock always attracts Gongoozlers. They just appear from nowhere!!!!! Great memories of many trips up and down from Sowerby Bridge to Todmorden in the past.
Happy New Year to Perseverance and her crew! I did see that those 3 disliking chickens were here LOL. Can I put in a small request? Herons, I need more herons please. Beautiful birds without the stupid noises that geese and ducks bring. Stay safe and stay cruising ^5
Thanks for taking me back in time. I am living in the US now, but I grew up in Halifax just "up the road" from Hebden Bridge. Hebden Bridge often floods in major rain events. Good to see the canals getting a lot of use these days. Dave.
I have been following the guys from Foxed Afloat for well over a year and have recently found you and very much enjoy your posts. Best wishes from South Florida where our big 45 foot coach is currently wintering. Happy New Year!
I love Hebden Bridge. Been there once and enjoyed so much. My first place to get a close up of a narrow boat. My friend who is NHS helped with a situation near the canal whilst we were there. Always working. Visited a cute little residence of my friends friend. Did some shopping.
Had some savage games of rugby league against Todmorden (pronounced; Todmodden) in the dim and distant past. Going there was never easy but it is a lovely place.
I’m so surprised to see no masks ... not a criticism, just an observation. Here in rural NEW England we hardly ever see maskless faces out in public anymore, ever since March 2020. Thanks for the beautiful journey. Loved Hebden Bridge when I got to visit there ages ago. Hope to visit again an by narrow boat if possible!Happiest of New Year wishes to you!
Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year to both of you. May next year bring as much pleasure to you both as you have brought to the internet during the last year.
Wow, that towpath looked crowded. Had people forgotten about social distancing? Maybe we’ve all gotten a bit more aware of the need for that the last few weeks. Lovely to be following a late summer tale this time of the year. Thanks also for showing some of the scenery during your walk in the first section of the vlog.
That was back during the brief moment when lockdown was over and the government here was more or less encouraging people to rush back into life... in hindsight those subsidized meals were not, perhaps, the best of ideas! Thanks for watching, and here’s hoping for a Happy New Year! M&J&G
My husband used to walk around in shorts in the winter and you knew it was cold when he stepped into a pair of pants. Now that he is no longer up and around, he needs long sleeves and he still gets cold. Getting old is wasted on the elderly. That should be put on the youth of the world and they could just plow right through it. But, nobody asked me. Do you remember when More and Mindy had a baby who turned out to be Jonathan Winters? He was born an older gentleman and got younger as time progressed. Uh oh! Took a sharp right off topic and starting to ramble. Sorry sorry! Great video!
Thanks you guys for climbing all the way up Waterloo hill with George, Liked his frizzbie harness. The view was quite refreshing, and beauty ehh....Multi-tasking, shopping while underway doing Locks and traveling, did you do a load of wash as well....
Back in the Manchester of the 70s the more "free thinking" elements aspired to move out to Hebden Bridge and Todmorden, with its wonderful 3 storey back 1 storey front terraced houses and laid back vibe.... so I can imagine (as I haven't been there for over 25 years) that it must now be full of tie dye wearing OAPs and 'exotic aroma' cafes... or has it been Milleniumised?
Absolutely love the music you chose. You always do very well with the choice. Countryside is breathtaking. Thank you for taking all of us along and sharing. PS... Happy New year!!!
1st Seasons Greetings and wishing luck to everyone on a healthy new year ,, Ah Monuments I have thought better of including a discourse ,, thanks for sharing i hope the new year is as comfortable as this channel is , thanks
Your historical episodes are you both at your best (in my opinion). They probably require more work and planning, but maybe they're more fun for you too... Anyway, excellent!
Yes, lots more work but also more interesting. I just don't always have the capacity to do the research. Especially as I currently have 30 odd vlogs waiting to be edited. Should keep me busy for a while. Thanks for watching and for the kind words.
Very lovely pictures thank you. Emphasise the first syllable swallow the next two for the West Riding pronunciation of Todmorden as in "Tod mer dn". Mytholmroyd gets "My thom royd" . Sowerby Bridge gets close to "Sorby".
It always amazes me how very incredibly inconsistent and seemingly random the British are with their vowels. Never will get used to it! Sorby, indeed! M
Happy New Year to you both. On the day you did this cruise we were travelling to Stansted airport to fly back home to Fuerteventura and it was unbelievably cold for the 30 August!
Enjoyed your vlog as you have been on the best part of the canal .never walked up to the pike ,will do now .we went just a week after the serious floods the whole place was so upsetting the people who lost there homes businesses omg .the path was cracking some had been washed away .so glad you loved it .I wish you both a happy new year keep safe xxxx
A lovely video as I used to live on a narrowboat and made the same journey many times. In Hebden bridge , you moored in exactly the same place that I overwintered when the locks closed and you also sailed past the sewage works outside Hebden bridge that was my alternate mooring. Everyone else avoided mooring next to the sewage works , but it did not smell and was peaceful and quiet !
My experience of living on a boat through winter in Hebden bridge was both weird and wonderful as the tourists disappeared and the locals started to party.
Winter in Hebden Bridge does sound nice. We honestly found the town lovey but far too full of tourists for it to feel comfortable in the middle of a pandemic.
That was a lovely cruise, I call minus 2 (which it is here at the moment) chilly, oh for the warm days of summer. Happy New Year, 2021 has to be better than 2020! Stay safe, and warm
The last time we visited Hebden Bridge we treated ourselves to Bacon Butties at the cafe at the railway station - brill. The station is a preserved example of Lancashire and Yorkshire station after being renovated in the mid 1990’s
@@MinimalList should give you a ‘taste’ www.coolplaces.co.uk/places/uk/england/west-yorkshire/8925-station-cafe www.visitcalderdale.com/fd-the-coffee-station
Some very nice filming again, helped a lot by some beautiful canalscapes between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge. I also enjoyed the trip up to the monument. The thought occurs that when things return to normal, it would be very nice to take a walking trip along canal towpaths in this area. Wishing you all the best for the New Year!
Hi This whole area is stunning i have walked the whole area including upto Stoodley Pike. I would say give yourself an overnight stay if you want to do the best part from Todd to Sowerby Bridge this will let you see Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd Luddenden foot and down into Sowerby Bridge. I promise you won't regret it the scenery is stunning. When you get to Mytholmroyd please take a look at the new river defences ( the walls and bridges) i worked on it this year it cost £23m completed this year after 4 years of work but check out Mytholmroyd floods youtube Feb 2020 you will see its money well spent after what they had to go through. With houses and businesses being flooded.
It is a stunning area and well worth a bit of a hike about! Absolutely lovely to see it from any of the high points! Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Wishing y’all a most Happy New Year! Have enjoyed these journeys with you and look forward to many more of them. Stay safe, warm and healthy! Pats for George, Cheers from South Carolina!
Happy New Year! I was surprised but disappointed to see the condition of the boat Timaru Aotea Roa. Timaru is about 100 miles south of Christchurch NZ where I live. Aotea Roa is the Maroi name for NZ which translate to Land Of The Long White Cloud.
Wow! One of our 'crew' joined Rocko and I on our afternoon walk today and we were, inevitably, talking about the chances of being able to have a canal cruise at some time during 2021. We are very doubtful about Easter (which is booked) and almost as doubtful about the possibility of doing our Scout Summer camp (in three narrowboats on the GU) that was cancelled this August. So I raised the idea of doing two weeks towards the end of next August and crashing the South Pennine Ring, purely on what I've seen on your vlog. It is stunning. Part of the problem is not being able to plan anything. I suppose the answer is to plan anyway and have 'options'. I've just checked 'Shire Cruisers' website - as seen on your vlog! - and they offer a wide variety of options to be able to get one or more of the 'rings' done in the time. It wasn't until I looked at their route map, that I realised the difference between the North and South Pennine rings and I've watched you effectively do both! How are you going to follow the Rochdale? Thank you for a belting vlog this year and wish all three of you a Happy, Peaceful and Healthy New Year.
Either ring is worth it, so plan for both and do whichever works out! Afraid you’ll have to keep watching to see what we do next! Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Happy New Year. 2 Questions. What was that square thing you were tapping while you were on your walk? Did you ever find out what the triangular wooden structure on the lower end of the locks was for?
That was one of two rather boxy metal sheep that someone had seen fit to erect along the way! And not a definitive answer, though we’ve been told they’re to keep the doors from warping. Happy New Year! M&J&G
Hmm... overall, I’d say the sheep are more numerous simply by dint of their prodigious reproduction tactics, but there seem to be more cattle farms and acreage set aside for cattle grazing. But it’s an extremely rough back of the hand estimate at best! M
As far as we know we’re still the leaders in the Silver Propeller count. As for plans, well we still need to get across the Wash and over towards Cambridgeshire and the rivers Nene and Great Ouse... that was originally planned for late 2020, now we’re going to cross the Wash in May, but Covid has pretty much made it so we’re just making it up by ear for the foreseeable future! M
It appears to me that Stoodley Pike Monument must be built of that most Yorkshire of stones, millstone grit (yes, Yorkshire has limestone too, but it's the millstone grit which is surely what represents the county most accurately).
@@danensis It's an evocative name, at least to me. It also reminds me of the Yorkshire Three Peaks walk, where the three tops; Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-y-ghent are all topped with the stuff. Not to mention the rain and bogs as well.
George exhausted=entertained, oncoming heat death of the earth, and my similar physical and intellectual desire to resist the inevitable... Human trait or animal instinct???.
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so pleased you had a wonderful time on my canal, i call it my canal because i was involved in the restoration of the Rochdale before British Waterways /Canal and river trust took it over, around twenty years of blood sweat and tears. the best job i ever had, its a hard work canal compaired to some canals . it sets the pace don't try to rush it, a privalige to work on the rochdale . i've started to write my memouirs of the time on my canal, ive worked on it , in it , and also under it ' .very best wishes
We thoroughly enjoyed the Rochdale! Thank you so much for all your hard work
The Hebden Picture house is mega. They show ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ every Christmas Eve, it’s become a bit of a tradition for many families who all stand to applause at the end credits. What’s more you can settle down to the film with a proper brew, in a proper cup!
If sounds lovely!
COLD, WINTER, ENGLAND , well done you two, boating, travelling and getting off the canal and rediscovering,,love the People's Popular front of Crimea #MontyPython reference, You are traveling first and boating second !
Glad someone got it! M
A day that made up for previous troubles.
Made my way right back to video 334 !! Phew, some watching has occured.
Hebden Bridge looks well worth a visit.
Brilliant video as ever. Thank you for all your fantastic vlogs. Time for George to go get his ball !! :-)
Glad you enjoyed this older one! M
Glad you enjoyed this older one! M
That one lock was so busy - SO many people and not one single mask in sight! I really didn't have this canal on my radar because of things I'd heard about that first part of it - but your vlogs have changed my mind.
It’s well worth the visit, despite the first bit of effort! M
Hi Guys, glad you enjoyed the area, this is my back yard, it can be evil but beautiful in the winter, it's also the same in the
summer, being in a valley you take what you can get 😂😂❤
I lived in Walsden for a couple of years in the late 90's.Some great walks in that area along the canal and surrounding hills. Loads of wildlife, Falcons on the tops, Kingfishers between Tod and HB. I saw Lost in Space in that cinema, was so impressed I went back the next day to watch it again. Brought back some great memories for me. Thanks.
Happy to have brought back some good memories. We honestly loved the Rochdale Canal. It is one of our favourites. Such a lovely area.
Great video. You have moored up at the exact same spot at Hebden Bridge that we moored when we hired a canal boat last year.
Nice Vlog guys. I watched it on the big screen for the First time wow fantastic scenery.
Todmorden is a lovely little town, once half in Lancashire and half in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Fully West Yorkshire since the boundary changes of 1974. It once ran it's own municipal bus service (jointly owned with British Railways), over quite an extensive local network, with an aged fleet of Leyland double deckers. More recently, it had (pre Covid) an excellent Thursday market, where everything from art to laptops could be purchased. I look forward to my next visit, once this horror is ended... whenever that is.
We really liked Tod too. There was a market on but we obviously wanted to stay away from the crowds. Hope you get to visit again soon.
Beautiful canal, thank you guys.
Happy New Year to you both and George. Thanks for focusing on Timaru Aotearoa :) and that boat Sophie looked quite tidy. Loved the music it added to the area and cruise. Hope you are coping in the cold and lockdown and we can only hope that things may improve in 2021 but not sure. Thanks for sharing some good days and we can appreciate being able to move freely. Even though NZ is not in lockdown internally now I know lots of people are struggling with the inability to cross our border to even get to Oz but we do appreciate that we could have Christmas with friends and family here but know that this could change at any moment. Looking forward to more moments in your 2020 year xxx
Thanks for that and Happy New Year to you as well! Here’s hoping you guys can keep it out of the country... Arden seems to be doing a pretty stellar job so far! M
Very good vlog and very good musical accompaniment. HNY.
Glad you like it! Happy New Years! M&J&G
Get warm Mike wear warmer clothes, Happy New Year to the both of you.
Thank you! We’re trying! M
Very relaxing video, I am lucky i live 8 miles from this location. and it is a lovely place.
Black Pit Lock always attracts Gongoozlers. They just appear from nowhere!!!!!
Great memories of many trips up and down from Sowerby Bridge to Todmorden in the past.
It’s such a beautiful area! We hope to be back soon! M
Happy new year great video amazing journey and great views.
Thank you and Happy New Year! M
Happy New Year to Perseverance and her crew! I did see that those 3 disliking chickens were here LOL. Can I put in a small request? Herons, I need more herons please. Beautiful birds without the stupid noises that geese and ducks bring. Stay safe and stay cruising ^5
We shall attempt to requisition more herons... though they seem to disappear for winter! M
That was a trek to that tower but fabulous views. It's always alot easier with two in the locks.
Jo must have set a record for walking canal towpaths & operating locks - certainly obvious why she is the slim one - Happy New Year - Love your vlogs
She’s also simply not one of nature’s bear men! And thank the gods for they! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Love watching your videos. We are sitting in narrow boat poppy 👍 with snow all around us. What a fantastic canal ☀️
It’s well worth the visit, isn’t it? Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Thanks for taking me back in time. I am living in the US now, but I grew up in Halifax just "up the road" from Hebden Bridge. Hebden Bridge often floods in major rain events. Good to see the canals getting a lot of use these days.
Dave.
Glad we could take you back! M
Happy New Year Michael and Jo!
Stay safe out there!
Looking forward to another year of adventure with you.
Thank you! And Happy New Year to you too! M
I have been following the guys from Foxed Afloat for well over a year and have recently found you and very much enjoy your posts. Best wishes from South Florida where our big 45 foot coach is currently wintering. Happy New Year!
Well welcome aboard! Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
I love Hebden Bridge. Been there once and enjoyed so much. My first place to get a close up of a narrow boat. My friend who is NHS helped with a situation near the canal whilst we were there. Always working. Visited a cute little residence of my friends friend. Did some shopping.
It’s a lovely town! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Had some savage games of rugby league against Todmorden (pronounced; Todmodden) in the dim and distant past. Going there was never easy but it is a lovely place.
I’m so surprised to see no masks ... not a criticism, just an observation. Here in rural NEW England we hardly ever see maskless faces out in public anymore, ever since March 2020. Thanks for the beautiful journey. Loved Hebden Bridge when I got to visit there ages ago. Hope to visit again an by narrow boat if possible!Happiest of New Year wishes to you!
The rule here is masks whenever indoors or otherwise having to come close to people. Unfortunately not everyone follows the latter part. M
Happy New Years, Jo and Mike and George.
Thank you. Happy new year to you too!
Happy new year to all three of you.
Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Sending you both all the best for the New Year. Xx
Thank you for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year to both of you. May next year bring as much pleasure to you both as you have brought to the internet during the last year.
Thanks for watching! Happy New Year! M&J&G
@@MinimalList I second Leonard Smith's comment above. Take good care of yourselves.
Wow, that towpath looked crowded. Had people forgotten about social distancing? Maybe we’ve all gotten a bit more aware of the need for that the last few weeks. Lovely to be following a late summer tale this time of the year. Thanks also for showing some of the scenery during your walk in the first section of the vlog.
That was back during the brief moment when lockdown was over and the government here was more or less encouraging people to rush back into life... in hindsight those subsidized meals were not, perhaps, the best of ideas! Thanks for watching, and here’s hoping for a Happy New Year! M&J&G
My husband used to walk around in shorts in the winter and you knew it was cold when he stepped into a pair of pants. Now that he is no longer up and around, he needs long sleeves and he still gets cold. Getting old is wasted on the elderly. That should be put on the youth of the world and they could just plow right through it. But, nobody asked me. Do you remember when More and Mindy had a baby who turned out to be Jonathan Winters? He was born an older gentleman and got younger as time progressed. Uh oh! Took a sharp right off topic and starting to ramble. Sorry sorry! Great video!
Hah, those were among my favorite episodes of Mork and Mindy! Winters and Robin were great together! M
Thank you for brightening up our 2020. You folks rock.
Thanks for watching, glad we could make it even a tiny bit less bleak! Happy New Year! M&J&G
What a beautiful area!! Thank you for filming...
VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR !!YOU 3..!!.😊
Thanks for watching them! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Thanks you guys for climbing all the way up Waterloo hill with George, Liked his frizzbie harness. The view was quite refreshing, and beauty ehh....Multi-tasking, shopping while underway doing Locks and traveling, did you do a load of wash as well....
We certainly did, have to get the laundry in whenever you can! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Back in the Manchester of the 70s the more "free thinking" elements aspired to move out to Hebden Bridge and Todmorden, with its wonderful 3 storey back 1 storey front terraced houses and laid back vibe.... so I can imagine (as I haven't been there for over 25 years) that it must now be full of tie dye wearing OAPs and 'exotic aroma' cafes... or has it been Milleniumised?
Hebden Bridge certainly had some nice, laid back shopping... but I’d hesitate to say I saw a single tie dyed shirt in the whole place. M
Wishing you all well for the coming year.
Thanks you! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Absolutely love the music you chose. You always do very well with the choice. Countryside is breathtaking. Thank you for taking all of us along and sharing. PS... Happy New year!!!
Thank you very much! That is actually really nice to hear as I find choosing the music so hard. Happy new year to you too.
Happy Hogmanay and many thanks for all your videos in 2020. Have a smashing 2021!
Thanks for watching, and here’s to a much improved New Year! M&J&G
1st Seasons Greetings and wishing luck to everyone on a healthy new year ,, Ah Monuments I have thought better of including a discourse ,, thanks for sharing i hope the new year is as comfortable as this channel is , thanks
Thank you for watching! And Happy New Year! M&J&G
CPF, splitters!
Beautiful! I wish I could go there.
Happy New Year!!
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Happy new year, thanks for all the excellent vids, all the best Keith, Judy and Billy
Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
That half sunk boats been there the best part of 5 years, however in the last month or 2 it's been taken away
Well glad to hear they've cleared it eventually! M
used to work market there it was like going back into 70's lovely place
I love the videos and Michael’s sense of humour especially the Monty Python reference!
I can’t really claim the sense of humor as my own, as I got it from Pratchett, Python, and late night reruns of Allo Allo! M
Thank you for sharing your walk us. Happy New year to you and your family's. Stay safe.
Thank you for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Happy new year from todmorden cracking vid yet again
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A picturesque journey today, I loved Hebden Bridge when we visited there 5 years ago on our road trip. Happy 2021.
Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Thanks for the look at the beautiful countryside.
Thanks for watching! Happy New Year! M&J&G
@@MinimalList Happy New Year.
Thank you for all your vlogs this year, lets hope next year is better for every one
Take care and stay safe Jackie and Pete xx
Thank you for watching! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Your historical episodes are you both at your best (in my opinion). They probably require more work and planning, but maybe they're more fun for you too... Anyway, excellent!
Yes, lots more work but also more interesting. I just don't always have the capacity to do the research. Especially as I currently have 30 odd vlogs waiting to be edited. Should keep me busy for a while. Thanks for watching and for the kind words.
What a beautiful area, thank you so much for taking me along, made me forget about the cold here!!! Take care and my very best wishes you for 2021.
Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
beautiful and a joy to watch ... take care and happy new year
Goran
Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
A Happy New year to you both and George.
Thank you, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Very lovely pictures thank you. Emphasise the first syllable swallow the next two for the West Riding pronunciation of Todmorden as in "Tod mer dn".
Mytholmroyd gets "My thom royd" .
Sowerby Bridge gets close to "Sorby".
It always amazes me how very incredibly inconsistent and seemingly random the British are with their vowels. Never will get used to it! Sorby, indeed! M
Happy New Year to you both. On the day you did this cruise we were travelling to Stansted airport to fly back home to Fuerteventura and it was unbelievably cold for the 30 August!
It sure wasn’t warm that day! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Enjoyed your vlog as you have been on the best part of the canal .never walked up to the pike ,will do now .we went just a week after the serious floods the whole place was so upsetting the people who lost there homes businesses omg .the path was cracking some had been washed away .so glad you loved it .I wish you both a happy new year keep safe xxxx
Definitely do the walk, it’s gorgeous and makes for a very pleasant day! Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
A lovely video as I used to live on a narrowboat and made the same journey many times.
In Hebden bridge , you moored in exactly the same place that I overwintered when the locks closed and you also sailed past the sewage works outside Hebden bridge that was my alternate mooring. Everyone else avoided mooring next to the sewage works , but it did not smell and was peaceful and quiet !
My experience of living on a boat through winter in Hebden bridge was both weird and wonderful as the tourists disappeared and the locals started to party.
Winter in Hebden Bridge does sound nice. We honestly found the town lovey but far too full of tourists for it to feel comfortable in the middle of a pandemic.
Thanks for the 2020 distractions. Happy New Year!
Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Next time you're here fyi there is a huge park in Tod much bigger than the one in Hebden! Down Burnley rd, only a few minutes walk from town :)
Well wish we’d found that! M
That was a lovely cruise, I call minus 2 (which it is here at the moment) chilly, oh for the warm days of summer. Happy New Year, 2021 has to be better than 2020! Stay safe, and warm
Happy New Year! M&J&G
A big George Up! ♥
Thanks! Happy New Year! M&J&G
A weird event occurred in 1980 in Todmorden involving a police constable Alan Godfrey. It may be worth some research. Great vid by the way.
Hmm, I’ll have to do a bit of googling, thanks for that! M
Thanks happy new year 🥳 too you both enjoyed these canals vlogs this year thanks 🙏
Thanks for watching them, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Stunning views!
They are indeed! M
Happy New Year to you both! I love those Ram Rocks. Just a lovely place and it is stunning.
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the tow path been close from july this year as it is link to the railway station of the long distance path from derbyshire , edale
Happy New years you two keep smiling through 2021 xxx
Happy New Year to you too.
Happy New Year may your new year be fantastic see you next year cheers 🥃
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Happy new Year guys, your in my old stomping ground now so your sure of a warm welcome and more importantly good ale|
Nice grounds to stomp! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Happy New year have a good one..........very enjoyable & well put together vlog.........see you in 2021........stay safe............thanks for sharing
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Happy new year...and thank you for sharing your journey!💜🎆
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The last time we visited Hebden Bridge we treated ourselves to Bacon Butties at the cafe at the railway station - brill.
The station is a preserved example of Lancashire and Yorkshire station after being renovated in the mid 1990’s
Sad to say we didn’t visit the station, sounds quite interesting! M
@@MinimalList should give you a ‘taste’
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Some very nice filming again, helped a lot by some beautiful canalscapes between Todmorden and Hebden Bridge. I also enjoyed the trip up to the monument. The thought occurs that when things return to normal, it would be very nice to take a walking trip along canal towpaths in this area. Wishing you all the best for the New Year!
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This whole area is stunning i have walked the whole area including upto Stoodley Pike. I would say give yourself an overnight stay if you want to do the best part from Todd to Sowerby Bridge this will let you see Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd Luddenden foot and down into Sowerby Bridge. I promise you won't regret it the scenery is stunning. When you get to Mytholmroyd please take a look at the new river defences ( the walls and bridges) i worked on it this year it cost £23m completed this year after 4 years of work but check out Mytholmroyd floods youtube Feb 2020 you will see its money well spent after what they had to go through. With houses and businesses being flooded.
It is a stunning area and well worth a bit of a hike about! Absolutely lovely to see it from any of the high points! Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Wishing y’all a most Happy New Year! Have enjoyed these journeys with you and look forward to many more of them. Stay safe, warm and healthy! Pats for George, Cheers from South Carolina!
Thanks for watching! George enjoyed the pats! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Happy New Year! I was surprised but disappointed to see the condition of the boat Timaru Aotea Roa. Timaru is about 100 miles south of Christchurch NZ where I live. Aotea Roa is the Maroi name for NZ which translate to Land Of The Long White Cloud.
We went through Timaru on our way back up north from Dunedin! We’re really missing New Zealand right now! Happy New Years! M&J&G
Stoodley Pike is a lot bigger than you think it is. That pound at Stubbins is always low - it tends to leak into the adjacent houses!
It’s the biggest Pike either of us has walked, that’s for sure! Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Wow! One of our 'crew' joined Rocko and I on our afternoon walk today and we were, inevitably, talking about the chances of being able to have a canal cruise at some time during 2021. We are very doubtful about Easter (which is booked) and almost as doubtful about the possibility of doing our Scout Summer camp (in three narrowboats on the GU) that was cancelled this August. So I raised the idea of doing two weeks towards the end of next August and crashing the South Pennine Ring, purely on what I've seen on your vlog. It is stunning.
Part of the problem is not being able to plan anything. I suppose the answer is to plan anyway and have 'options'. I've just checked 'Shire Cruisers' website - as seen on your vlog! - and they offer a wide variety of options to be able to get one or more of the 'rings' done in the time. It wasn't until I looked at their route map, that I realised the difference between the North and South Pennine rings and I've watched you effectively do both! How are you going to follow the Rochdale?
Thank you for a belting vlog this year and wish all three of you a Happy, Peaceful and Healthy New Year.
Either ring is worth it, so plan for both and do whichever works out! Afraid you’ll have to keep watching to see what we do next! Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Thanks for this. Happy new year.
Thank you for watching! Happy New Year! M&J&G
Happy New Year.
2 Questions. What was that square thing you were tapping while you were on your walk? Did you ever find out what the triangular wooden structure on the lower end of the locks was for?
That was one of two rather boxy metal sheep that someone had seen fit to erect along the way! And not a definitive answer, though we’ve been told they’re to keep the doors from warping. Happy New Year! M&J&G
There's a fantastic brewery in Hebden called Vocation brewery.
Wow !
Happy New Year guys :)
Thanks! Hope you’re doing okay over there! Happy New Year from all three of us! M
@Minimal List :)
I was metal detecting in the field when that boat caught fire, about 2 years ago.
Wow! It’s been burning for a long time! ;-) Hope you found something interesting! M
Tell me which is more prominent in England sheep or cattle?
Hmm... overall, I’d say the sheep are more numerous simply by dint of their prodigious reproduction tactics, but there seem to be more cattle farms and acreage set aside for cattle grazing. But it’s an extremely rough back of the hand estimate at best! M
So whats the plans for next year are there any canals or waterways left for you guys to do, has anybody got as many silver propellers as you?
As far as we know we’re still the leaders in the Silver Propeller count. As for plans, well we still need to get across the Wash and over towards Cambridgeshire and the rivers Nene and Great Ouse... that was originally planned for late 2020, now we’re going to cross the Wash in May, but Covid has pretty much made it so we’re just making it up by ear for the foreseeable future! M
Sutton Pike?? It's Stoodley Pike!
It appears to me that Stoodley Pike Monument must be built of that most Yorkshire of stones, millstone grit (yes, Yorkshire has limestone too, but it's the millstone grit which is surely what represents the county most accurately).
It’s a very Yorkshire stone, I’ll admit! M
Also the title of a very evocative book by Glyn Hughes.
@@danensis It's an evocative name, at least to me. It also reminds me of the Yorkshire Three Peaks walk, where the three tops; Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-y-ghent are all topped with the stuff. Not to mention the rain and bogs as well.
Curise???? I can see stoodley from my house about 12 miles away
Woops, fixed that one! Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year! M&J&G
Ahh, why does George have a clay pigeon clipped to his collar?
That is a collapsing waterbowl
Heh, that’s his shaming punishment for having killed a clay pigeon. And also a water bowl! M
George exhausted=entertained, oncoming heat death of the earth, and my similar physical and intellectual desire to resist the inevitable... Human trait or animal instinct???.
I’ll side with the animal + vegetable on that one! Where there’s a way, there’s a will! M
A comment lost in the multitudionus opinion vomit of TH-cam comments sections!
Not entirely lost! M