I love watching your videos. I hired a boat with my wife and her family over the Shannon in 2018 and Upper and Lower Lough Erne in 2019 because of your videos. Unfortunately I lost her to cancer last year but I love watching your videos especially that mad one through the Ardnacrusha Dam. God bless you both and I look forward to watching more from you.
We're very sorry to hear that you lost your wife only last year, That must be terribly painful and you have our very sincere sympathies. I do hope that the two holidays on the waterways were memorable ones that you both enjoyed. We're really glad that you enjoy the videos and hopefully you will get out on the waterways again soon. Who knows you may do the Ardnacrusha run yourself some day. Best wishes for the future. H&M
Hi folks, I delighted to see the extent of the progress on linking the Shannon to L Neagh . Back in the late 1980's some friends of mine had a property in Ballinamore. One dull day , out driving I spied through the hedging what I thought was a lock. I made everybody get out and have a look and sure enough it was one of the old Ballinamore - Ballyconnel canal locks. I knew nothing about it at that time, but with some painful research, no internet back then, I found out some of the history. Since then I keep an eye on progress. So much water to explore, brings out the adventurous kid in me. That kid hasn't been very far away for the last 60 odd years. I watched your video on castle Archdale. It brought back memories of a holiday there in the 1960's just before everything kicked off for the worse up there. Its where I learnt to row in the little sailing dinghy my father had towed behind his old Ford Anglia. They wernt very big inside! He tied a long rope to one of the mooring rings on the very wide seaplane slipway and the other to a ring on the transom. I spent what seemed like ages rowing about within the arc of the mooring ring. 😄 I do remember there was a regular swell into the caravan park bay. It could have been windy out on the lake , but as you say there is a lot of shelter about the islands. Stay safe
Thanks Loki, hope that you'll get a chance to cruise the Shannon Erne Waterway / Ballinamore Ballyconnel canal. They did a great job on the restoration. Castle Archdale has a wonderful history as you'll know, we were born into a very lucky generation. Many thanks H&M
An absorbing account of your latest adventure, folks. Well done and well produced. Great to see some more progress on a beautiful old waterway. Keep up the good work, Harry and Marion.
Love exploring Ireland's waterways with you. The Google Earth overview at the beginning was very helpful in getting my bearings. The drone footage adds a lot too. Well done!
Great to see the blogs again. I'm itching to get a boat and take it seriously. I learnt a lot about solar and have built a system at home. Doing a lot of cycling on the Royal canal at the moment, must have just missed you in Mullingar. Keep it up, thanks, Sean
Happy New to you both hope you are keeping well hope we are going to see you out on the Shannon now it’s NewYear things can only get better we can be hopeful.With best wishes to you Harry and Marion .GodBless.🌎🇮🇪🇮🇪☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️❄️❄️❄️
Happy New Year to you both hope you are both well.Just love your voice Harry.We just love Ireland would like to visit The Shannon sometime we think Ireland and Ireland’s wonderful love both places.love to you both.will have so much pleasure in watching after our evening meal.🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
It's really brilliant to see your production skills advance! The drone shots are brilliantly placed, the secondary camera angles off the boat and the close ups of the CLOSE UPS you have with some of the banks and moorings! Brilliant stuff!!
Fantastic folks thanks so much. The film production is getting so good Harry, well done. There is just not enough of it!! Also I am a Saunders so perhaps I will put a syndicate together to buy the castle,,,, Would you be available to be the tour guide Harry????
I was at the Canal Store at Clones with Maire Treanor in 2019 at the Treanor clann reunion. I work on a canal in England as a volunteer for restoration
So glad your back hope you are well think things are looking like normal hope it’s the same for you .We don’t have a boat 🛥 the River Shannon looks beautiful and a place to visit.We love Ireland and Ireland is that correct way of saying it after a busy day we just love to sit down with you two.We love Ireland as a whole from both sides.Foxes Afloat are in Scotland now if your interested.So have got plenty to see on these Winter 🥶 nights.Love to you both best wishes watch you both on later.GodBless..🌈🌈🌈🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶💚💚💚💚💚💚☮️☮️☮️☮️
Hi guys! Great video! I was down looking to buy a boat down at a marina which I cant say which one for personal security and I found your boat!!! I was looking at m and m which is currently for sale, I was talking to the man at the marina, nice guy, and he has his dog! Anyway, I love your boat! I'm looking for something similar but I quite like the look of those princess 32ft... hope you guys are well!!
Hi Kim and thank you very much 👍 Boat prices often go down a bit at this time of year, but make sure to get it checked out properly before handing over your hard earned cash. Gavin is a decent lad to deal with🙌 Good idea to look at plenty boats so you know what to expect for your budget. Best of luck and hope to see you on the water. H&M
Shannon erne is a wonderful waterway.i had a beautiful spring over night stay at castle saunderson earlier this year with a wonderful early morning walk through the forest which I saw 3 or 4 deer enjoying their surroundings and freedom of the forest.I just can't understand why waterways ireland made the bridge so narrow and tight and also I hear a lot of complaints from other boaters around belturbet and the Erne that you cruise all the way up to castle saunderson to find there is no room to moor because there are 3 boat there already.Surely waterways ireland should have fitted a bigger jetty??and whoever built the bridge must have had road users in mind and not boaters any boat over 40ft is tricky.but that said I will be back very soon.Thank you for sharing.
hi Harry I was talking to you and your wife at ballyconnell with my dad just before the video lol. my question is do you need to get a different map to see were you are going I don't see it on my map to Castle saunderson
Hi Alan, good to hear from you and we really enjoyed meeting you in Ballyconnell. This part of the navigation doesn't appear on most charts yet because it's just too new. But I use the electronic charts (csig) on my phone. They're freely available to all iwai members. They show this navigation 👍 Hope that helps. H&M
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I love watching your videos. I hired a boat with my wife and her family over the Shannon in 2018 and Upper and Lower Lough Erne in 2019 because of your videos. Unfortunately I lost her to cancer last year but I love watching your videos especially that mad one through the Ardnacrusha Dam. God bless you both and I look forward to watching more from you.
We're very sorry to hear that you lost your wife only last year, That must be terribly painful and you have our very sincere sympathies.
I do hope that the two holidays on the waterways were memorable ones that you both enjoyed. We're really glad that you enjoy the videos and hopefully you will get out on the waterways again soon. Who knows you may do the Ardnacrusha run yourself some day. Best wishes for the future. H&M
Nice to see you out and about again
Cheers David 👍
Hi folks,
I delighted to see the extent of the progress on linking the Shannon to L Neagh . Back in the late 1980's some friends of mine had a property in Ballinamore. One dull day , out driving I spied through the hedging what I thought was a lock. I made everybody get out and have a look and sure enough it was one of the old Ballinamore - Ballyconnel canal locks. I knew nothing about it at that time, but with some painful research, no internet back then, I found out some of the history. Since then I keep an eye on progress. So much water to explore, brings out the adventurous kid in me. That kid hasn't been very far away for the last 60 odd years.
I watched your video on castle Archdale. It brought back memories of a holiday there in the 1960's just before everything kicked off for the worse up there. Its where I learnt to row in the little sailing dinghy my father had towed behind his old Ford Anglia. They wernt very big inside! He tied a long rope to one of the mooring rings on the very wide seaplane slipway and the other to a ring on the transom. I spent what seemed like ages rowing about within the arc of the mooring ring. 😄 I do remember there was a regular swell into the caravan park bay. It could have been windy out on the lake , but as you say there is a lot of shelter about the islands.
Stay safe
Thanks Loki, hope that you'll get a chance to cruise the Shannon Erne Waterway / Ballinamore Ballyconnel canal. They did a great job on the restoration. Castle Archdale has a wonderful history as you'll know, we were born into a very lucky generation.
Many thanks
H&M
Thanks guys. Great video 👍
Cheers Neil 🙌
Brilliant video!
Ta🙌
An absorbing account of your latest adventure, folks. Well done and well produced. Great to see some more progress on a beautiful old waterway. Keep up the good work, Harry and Marion.
Thanks for that David 👌
Love exploring Ireland's waterways with you. The Google Earth overview at the beginning was very helpful in getting my bearings. The drone footage adds a lot too. Well done!
Cheers Drew, we're delighted that you enjoy and appreciate the shots. Ta. H&M
Great to see the blogs again. I'm itching to get a boat and take it seriously. I learnt a lot about solar and have built a system at home. Doing a lot of cycling on the Royal canal at the moment, must have just missed you in Mullingar. Keep it up, thanks, Sean
Thanks Sean, hope you get that boat soon👍 Might bump into you on the water ⛵
Happy New to you both hope you are keeping well hope we are going to see you out on the Shannon now it’s NewYear things can only get better we can be hopeful.With best wishes to you Harry and Marion .GodBless.🌎🇮🇪🇮🇪☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️❄️❄️❄️
Thanks very much Diane and many happy returns. Here's looking forward to a great 2022 and a great new season.
H&M
Great video. Enjoy
Cheers Leona 👍
Happy New Year to you both hope you are both well.Just love your voice Harry.We just love Ireland would like to visit The Shannon sometime we think Ireland and Ireland’s wonderful love both places.love to you both.will have so much pleasure in watching after our evening meal.🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Thanks so much Diane, and we hope you'll get visit the waterways here too. Wishing you and yours a very happy new year.
H&M
It's really brilliant to see your production skills advance! The drone shots are brilliantly placed, the secondary camera angles off the boat and the close ups of the CLOSE UPS you have with some of the banks and moorings! Brilliant stuff!!
Thanks a ton Anto, glad you noticed those shots! Ye I did cut it a bit too close to that bank ;-)
Thank you, you are an inspiration!
Cheers for that Donal 😀🙌
Thanks, H&M. Great video. I'm looking forward to getting up that way probably next year. So many new places to explore.
Thanks for that and hope you enjoy your adventures nest year 👍
Wonderful filming with the drone!
Thanks Jeeves, ye the drone makes a difference alright 🙌
Excellent video and information. I've been warned about the dreaded turn at the bridge so nice to actually see it.
Thanks Raymond, the Bridy is okay so long as you proceed slowly. A 60ft barge would find it very difficult I'd imagine. 👍
H & M
Thank you so much!
The scenes filmed with the drone are beautyful.
Good luck to you
Thanks very much Klaus 👍
Fantastic folks thanks so much. The film production is getting so good Harry, well done. There is just not enough of it!! Also I am a Saunders so perhaps I will put a syndicate together to buy the castle,,,, Would you be available to be the tour guide Harry????
Ye I'm ready😜 Glad you're enjoying the videos. We're trying to produce fewer videos but better quality. Hope that works👍 Thanks for watching 👌
Work on the Marina has started!!
Good news 👍
Looks like our northern brothers made the entrance to N.I. as hard as possible ?
I can't help but think that some of the local land owners could certainly have been more helpful, but sure it will slowly progress regardless.
I was at the Canal Store at Clones with Maire Treanor in 2019 at the Treanor clann reunion. I work on a canal in England as a volunteer for restoration
Hi Ian, Marie does some fantastic lacework alright. Keep up the canal volunteer work 🙌👍
H&M
So glad your back hope you are well think things are looking like normal hope it’s the same for you .We don’t have a boat 🛥 the River Shannon looks beautiful and a place to visit.We love Ireland and Ireland is that correct way of saying it after a busy day we just love to sit down with you two.We love Ireland as a whole from both sides.Foxes Afloat are in Scotland now if your interested.So have got plenty to see on these Winter 🥶 nights.Love to you both best wishes watch you both on later.GodBless..🌈🌈🌈🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶💚💚💚💚💚💚☮️☮️☮️☮️
Thanks Diane, and great to hear from you as always 🙌 I'll make time to catch up with Foxes Afloat this evening 👌. Mind yourself 👍👍👍
Hi guys! Great video! I was down looking to buy a boat down at a marina which I cant say which one for personal security and I found your boat!!! I was looking at m and m which is currently for sale, I was talking to the man at the marina, nice guy, and he has his dog! Anyway, I love your boat! I'm looking for something similar but I quite like the look of those princess 32ft... hope you guys are well!!
Hi Kim and thank you very much 👍 Boat prices often go down a bit at this time of year, but make sure to get it checked out properly before handing over your hard earned cash. Gavin is a decent lad to deal with🙌 Good idea to look at plenty boats so you know what to expect for your budget. Best of luck and hope to see you on the water. H&M
@@DriftwoodBoatBlog hope so!!! Thanks guys
Shannon erne is a wonderful waterway.i had a beautiful spring over night stay at castle saunderson earlier this year with a wonderful early morning walk through the forest which I saw 3 or 4 deer enjoying their surroundings and freedom of the forest.I just can't understand why waterways ireland made the bridge so narrow and tight and also I hear a lot of complaints from other boaters around belturbet and the Erne that you cruise all the way up to castle saunderson to find there is no room to moor because there are 3 boat there already.Surely waterways ireland should have fitted a bigger jetty??and whoever built the bridge must have had road users in mind and not boaters any boat over 40ft is tricky.but that said I will be back very soon.Thank you for sharing.
Hi Derrick, ye it certainly is a great waterway. I'm with you on the bridge, clearly designed by someone who never set foot on a boat 😀👍
hi Harry I was talking to you and your wife at ballyconnell with my dad just before the video lol. my question is do you need to get a different map to see were you are going I don't see it on my map to Castle saunderson
Hi Alan, good to hear from you and we really enjoyed meeting you in Ballyconnell. This part of the navigation doesn't appear on most charts yet because it's just too new. But I use the electronic charts (csig) on my phone. They're freely available to all iwai members. They show this navigation 👍
Hope that helps. H&M
Sorry to ask. But do you know if you can still moor at quigleys marina glass on.
Hi Diane, yes as far as I'm aware you can.