Wye Invader - The Return
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2014
- On the 26th November 2012 The Wye Invader, a 38m (124 foot) Dutch barge started her navigaton back down the River Wye to Sharpness having being moored for 23 years in Hereford. This is a photo and video record of that event as shot by the crew, friends and bystanders. More info - wyeinvader.uk
Even harder than going upstream, for those who have not done this, it's a bit like navigating a tea trolley on ice. People will still talk of this in a hundred years time. You have every reason to be proud of what you have done...
This was a huge loss for Hereford..not just the restaurant but the lack of backing for navigation on the wye.
how much trade and revenue would a marina in the city generate..
I think mostly the folks of Hereford are genuinely ashamed of their council.
fantastic to see the invader flying down the forest..
Thanks for posting such a story
Total respect matey! Loved both your videos of Wye Invader. You are a hero!
Just watched your videos - you have my greatest respect - cheers 🥂
Having to navigate at speed & get it right first time - wow !
Look at your Journey from a different perspective. I have no doubt it was a trip to remember that took guts and perseverance. All that aside it must have been a costly and heartbreaking defeat, to have to see your dream destroyed by a group of very selfish people. Councils, they don't change. They are made up of people of self interest wether it be fishing clubs or business. There is no justice in their decisions. It certainly will be one to tell the grandchildren.
Just watched both videos of the trip up and down the wye, looked like a challenge but a good laugh!
Did she ever make it to sharpness dry dock and what's happened to her now?
The end of the story and the next chapter - www.wyeinvader.uk/offsite-2/wyeinvader2/
The videos are as gripping as the original story told to me by friends in the WyeDean Canoe Club, who assisted in your trip up past the Biblins all those years ago. So my question is....When will the book be available? I'll take 10 copies!
realmente increible , !!!!
Lovely country! I'm a Cotswolds lad
Hi That return must have been more hairy than the original journey with all that land water coming down, there must have been times when you was out of control, Thanks.
If there was, I'm not going to admit it ;-)
Where is she know? does anybody know
She has a new life, currently moored in Sharpness Dock.
@@WyeInvader thats good
What happened to her ?
+Mike Crees apologies for delay, just noticed your question. See the Wye Invader website - wyeinvader.uk - a new video 'Wye Invader 2' will be uploaded very shortly.
Thank you for that..kind regards Mike
Where is the boat now? Seen the narrowboat.
@@dhutch2000 She has a new life, currently moored in Sharpness Dock.
Doomed from the beginning by the parochial attitude of the local council, Hereford is cursed by less than mediocre governance since at least the early post war period. The succession of council have lacked any vision and the inability to plan beyond the next election, along the way they’ve squandered innumerable opportunities to develop and improve the lives of those they are responsible to serve by focusing on serving themselves.