Great vlog Will and I love it when you show us around these villages. Really makes you wonder what pleasure people get from fly tipping their crap into the canal.
It's not just a pleasure of the brainless it's the rich and wealthy as well. A posh row of houses were caught on camera dumping their garden waste in the canal. Not this canal another through Leicester. Hopefully I will show that in my later vlogs. Take care.
I was in Harborough last night (18.01.2023) after an engineering shift on the railway locally. Knew there was a marina in the town and very familiar with Foxton I thought? I wonder if Will as dropped a blog on it?? Little did I know!! Your one of a very few who have. Nice one ☝️ Will, you answered a couple questions I had.
Ha ha glad you liked that. Yeah Foxton is scary if you've just bought a boat. I loved it I still love it. It's even more lovely now the sun's out. Take care
@@NarrowboatWill yes like yourself I really appreciated the help of the volunteers there, I don't think I would've attempted it solo back then without them. Best wishes mate
Those swing ridges are a pain in the arse for single handers. There is a solitary bollard either side of the second one to tie onto which saves a half mile walk either end, useful as you have effectively closed the road but it's not easy. Coming back up I ended up following another boat with crew!! Good video cheers
Yeah it's so hard on your own. I've done them before and I put my front end on that one Ballard and run to the front etc. You know the routine. Not easy. Thanks for commenting bud.
Hey Will, just come across your channel... subscribed! Really enjoyed it, thanks for sharing your travels with all the lovely countryside and old architecture. I’m currently converting a minibus into a camper, in order to explore our lovely country by road, but deep down would love to explore it from the canal. Just need to convince the missus! Thanks again mate, look forward to the next video 😊
Ahh cheers Sheldon. Welcome aboard. Seeing this country by canal is probably the best way but not the quickest. I see lots of vans parked along the canal network. You can still enjoy it from a van. Good luck buddy.
Now that would be a ride of a lifetime, if you could get all the gates on the way down to open at the same time. Get a friend on a rope behind you and they would be able to water-ski all the way down, that would be one for the photo for the album ! Ha Ha.
Gallows Hill Bridge 8, Grand Union Canal (Market Harborough Arm). The factory has been embroiled in a long-running controversy over bad smells being emitted from the site. Fed-up people living nearby, on the A6 near the McDonald's roundabout, have complained to Harborough District Council about the smell which prompted the council to issue a warning letter to the company in 2008. JG Pears started operating at the Gallow Hill site in 2003 and it was previously the site of a glue factory. The company receives animal fat and bones from butchers' shops and meat processing plants to be rendered so it separates into animal fat for use in soap and into meat and bone meal for pet food'.
Hi that factory is a glue factory it's on the way to market harborough up gallo hill my uncle worked there and theres a prison near by l called garter and as you get into the basin at market harborough there was a barge factory there but great clip sorry about your scrape
Didn't think you were going to catch that rope in time. lol You weren't even winded from running. Great job. Good video. However, your quifk shots of the map where your located are so fast. Maybe give us viewers a few more seconds so we can see where you are? Travel safe. Enjoy your videos. Sandy from USA
This is a great town steeped in history Thomas cook was born not far from the old grammar school the church was used to imprison Cromwell's prisoners and the three swans pub in the town is were king charles stopped of before the big battles at naseby and Bosworth this is my town I grew up in and foxton locks is were my mum was born but were them gardens were as you was coming into the town stood uncle Tom's cabin it was a canal coffee and tea lodge but your clips the best one I've watched I hope some of this has helped you come back to the town and you will be made very welcomed
Ahhh I wish I had all this info. I might use it in my next vlog. Thanks for all your support and great info. It's got a bad name I'm afraid. I could only stop till the tide turned. Take care
@@NarrowboatWill hi if you need any more information regarding foxton and in between and outside foxton like hallerton they have bottle kicking that's a great village to visit and Winston park take your bikes to visit but in the basin in harborough there was a pub it was called the six packs you will want to visit highly recommend if you want any more info let me no ok
@@NarrowboatWill hi there you said it's got a bad name the basin?but you are the only one that walked threw the town the building next to the church is called the old grammar school a local man built it when he left to make money he came back and built it 1614 by robert Smyth I hope this finds you in good spirit
Yes that would be the common sense approach but there's no mooring pins. I have done that in the past. I'm glad I walked because that model display was really interesting. Take care
No I didn't smell anything thank goodness. Thanks for the info. Hope the adverts didn't put you off. I've had to monetise my channel because TH-cam would of otherwise. Take care
Enjoying your vlogs very much. Working my way through them. So thanks and stay well, from just outside London x
Ahhh thanks for watching buddy
Great vlog Will and I love it when you show us around these villages. Really makes you wonder what pleasure people get from fly tipping their crap into the canal.
It's not just a pleasure of the brainless it's the rich and wealthy as well. A posh row of houses were caught on camera dumping their garden waste in the canal. Not this canal another through Leicester. Hopefully I will show that in my later vlogs. Take care.
I was in Harborough last night (18.01.2023) after an engineering shift on the railway locally. Knew there was a marina in the town and very familiar with Foxton I thought? I wonder if Will as dropped a blog on it?? Little did I know!! Your one of a very few who have. Nice one ☝️ Will, you answered a couple questions I had.
It's a lovely lock flight. Beautiful views. Thanks for watching buddy..
“Chocolate for the eyes” you should have been a poet 😊 NB Fiddlesticks 👍🖐
I like that saying. Makes me hungry though. Ha Cheers mate. See you on the cut.
"Chocolate for the eyes" Love it!! Lovely place Will (Foxton were actually the first locks I went down after buying my boat)
Ha ha glad you liked that. Yeah Foxton is scary if you've just bought a boat. I loved it I still love it. It's even more lovely now the sun's out. Take care
@@NarrowboatWill yes like yourself I really appreciated the help of the volunteers there, I don't think I would've attempted it solo back then without them. Best wishes mate
Those swing ridges are a pain in the arse for single handers. There is a solitary bollard either side of the second one to tie onto which saves a half mile walk either end, useful as you have effectively closed the road but it's not easy. Coming back up I ended up following another boat with crew!! Good video cheers
Yeah it's so hard on your own. I've done them before and I put my front end on that one Ballard and run to the front etc. You know the routine. Not easy. Thanks for commenting bud.
Engineering ingenuity: Suberb experience 🌻😜😎🎼
It's amazing to witness. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great place. As a child our Sunday afternoon drives would often end up here. Live away now so some years since I've been able to "gongoozle".
It's a fabulous place. It's always nice getting a wave from the gongoozlers. Ha. Take care
Another good vlog Will, love Foxton!
Thanks Mr waterlily. I loved it too. Great place to visit either by water or walking round. Take care bud. See you on the cut.
Another gud un Will
Argh cheers sorry about the adverts just getting used to it. Take care
Perfect turn!!
Ahhh thankyou. It's not just me saying it now. Yeah.
@@NarrowboatWill nah, was definitely skill
Hey Will, just come across your channel... subscribed! Really enjoyed it, thanks for sharing your travels with all the lovely countryside and old architecture. I’m currently converting a minibus into a camper, in order to explore our lovely country by road, but deep down would love to explore it from the canal. Just need to convince the missus! Thanks again mate, look forward to the next video 😊
Ahh cheers Sheldon. Welcome aboard. Seeing this country by canal is probably the best way but not the quickest. I see lots of vans parked along the canal network. You can still enjoy it from a van. Good luck buddy.
Now that would be a ride of a lifetime, if you could get all the gates on the way down to open at the same time. Get a friend on a rope behind you and they would be able to water-ski all the way down, that would be one for the photo for the album ! Ha Ha.
Ha ha ha what a thought on a narrowboat. I think stopping would be difficult though. Ha cheers.
Gallows Hill Bridge 8, Grand Union Canal (Market Harborough Arm). The factory has been embroiled in a long-running controversy over bad smells being emitted from the site. Fed-up people living nearby, on the A6 near the McDonald's roundabout, have complained to Harborough District Council about the smell which prompted the council to issue a warning letter to the company in 2008. JG Pears started operating at the Gallow Hill site in 2003 and it was previously the site of a glue factory.
The company receives animal fat and bones from butchers' shops and meat processing plants to be rendered so it separates into animal fat for use in soap and into meat and bone meal for pet food'.
Great information but horrible smell. Now I know. Thankyou so much Andrew.
Hi that factory is a glue factory it's on the way to market harborough up gallo hill my uncle worked there and theres a prison near by l called garter and as you get into the basin at market harborough there was a barge factory there but great clip sorry about your scrape
Didn't think you were going to catch that rope in time. lol You weren't even winded from running. Great job. Good video. However, your quifk shots of the map where your located are so fast. Maybe give us viewers a few more seconds so we can see where you are? Travel safe. Enjoy your videos. Sandy from USA
Ok I will put the maps on for longer. Thanks for the feedback it's helpful.
This is a great town steeped in history Thomas cook was born not far from the old grammar school the church was used to imprison Cromwell's prisoners and the three swans pub in the town is were king charles stopped of before the big battles at naseby and Bosworth this is my town I grew up in and foxton locks is were my mum was born but were them gardens were as you was coming into the town stood uncle Tom's cabin it was a canal coffee and tea lodge but your clips the best one I've watched I hope some of this has helped you come back to the town and you will be made very welcomed
Ahhh I wish I had all this info. I might use it in my next vlog. Thanks for all your support and great info. It's got a bad name I'm afraid. I could only stop till the tide turned. Take care
@@NarrowboatWill hi if you need any more information regarding foxton and in between and outside foxton like hallerton they have bottle kicking that's a great village to visit and Winston park take your bikes to visit but in the basin in harborough there was a pub it was called the six packs you will want to visit highly recommend if you want any more info let me no ok
@@NarrowboatWill hi there you said it's got a bad name the basin?but you are the only one that walked threw the town the building next to the church is called the old grammar school a local man built it when he left to make money he came back and built it 1614 by robert Smyth I hope this finds you in good spirit
Couldn’t u have mooredyour boat over the other side to save u walking all the way over
Yes that would be the common sense approach but there's no mooring pins. I have done that in the past. I'm glad I walked because that model display was really interesting. Take care
The Factory is a glue factory made from dead horses cows bones etc. Couldn’t you smell the awful smell. Probably wind was in wrong direction.
Oh my goodness. How awful!
No I didn't smell anything thank goodness. Thanks for the info. Hope the adverts didn't put you off. I've had to monetise my channel because TH-cam would of otherwise. Take care
@@NarrowboatWill no love your Vlogs. Adverts don’t put me off. Happy Cruising 😎
Hey thanks I wondered what that factory was it absolutely stank when I was there a month ago.
@@AndyJenkins999 Thinking about it I'm sure I mentioned the smell on the way back. I'll put it in the next vlog if I did.