13. Part 2. Race To Bishops Stortford Before The Stort Goes Into Flood! "Weather Still Horrible"
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- 13. Part 2. Race To Bishops Stortford Before The Stort Goes Into Flood! "Weather Still Horrible" I Take My Narrowboat Aitch Through Some Lovely But Very Wet Countryside On The River Stort To The Very End Of The Navigation At Bishops Stortford, Where I Find A Busy But Nice Place To Moor, Close To All The Shops. So I Should Be Able To Get My Christmas Shopping!
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Just a bit of info. It was a good job I moved Aitch when I did. As the next day the River was like a Torrent, and the water levels were over the banks. Hopefully in the future I won't have to move Aitch too often in such bad conditions, and you will have a better viewing experience without rain all over the camera! Thank you so much for watching. All the best Vince.
@Jeff I thought it was! Did you use your new camera?
@Jeff Loved that Nightingale singing! Bit different to Berkeley Square!
@Jeff I used to live about a 10 min drive from Fingrinhoe!
Enjoyed the vlog Vince, stay safe with all the floods 😊
@@angelaabbott6450 Glad you enjoyed it Angela, I will thanks!
Lovely watching from a warm place, hope you dried out and got a good fire going. Love your boat colours too. Thank you for sharing .
If I remember correctly, that was a very unpleasant trip Tessa!
Never thought watching something like this would be so enjoyable, thank you...i get to visit from my home.
Cheers Diana, glad you're enjoying them!
Thanks buddy for taking us along! Finally a narrowboat video that shows the English weather as it really is, everyone else only shows blue sky and sunshine trips. Makes you think Britain is in the tropics...lol . And I never felt as happy for someone stopping for a hot coffee as I did for you in this video. And besides - awesome job steering !!!
Needed that coffee Norm!
Nice one vince take care mate,merry Xmas 👏🍷🍾🥂John 👌👍
Cheers John, hope you have a good Christmas!
Lovely video again sir; many thanks. Re the bridge of ugliness; I cannot understand how they get planning permission for these monstrosities, as you said, totally out of place. They'll grant planning permission for that sort of dross, but you try and build a shed in your back garden and see how that goes. You are making me very homesick; sitting here in Africa for many years, you wouldn't believe how I still miss those cold winters days.
That bridge is not my cup of tea. And yes I don't mind the cold, if I'm dressed for it!
Y'r doing so fine registring y'r memories don't worry getting it wrong, y'r doing fine!
Making nice memories is what life is all about!
Happy that you made it in time before the river flooded. Stay safe.
Thanks Ruth, you too!
Glad you got a mooring in town Vince. Get a flask mate for your hot and cold drinks. Nothing worse than being cold and wet it can effect your judgement. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe.
Cheers Thomas, I've actually got 2 flasks, but I need to be more organized I reckon!
Aitch is looking great.
Thanks mate!
Good video and I agree with you about that bridge, it doesn’t look 👀 very safe to me.
Cheers Mike, no it's not my cup of tea. I like the old stuff with a bit of Character!
Good job
Thank you!
What a nasty day. Take care and stay warm.
It was horrible Sharon, thanks I will. You too!
Loved it matey.....Enjoy your 2 weeks there...Hope you don't get caught up in any of that urban graffiti lol
Cheers Stuart, you gotta watch that graffiti, especially the urban stuff!!!
Warm fire sounds good, you earned it. Enjoyed the video thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it Mike, warm fire was lovely after that!
Nice surprise Vince to find the video posted this morning. Glad you made it safely before the river started to flood. It's been pretty constant with all the rain and dangerous too! You're a trooper for filming in that that weather. Finding a proper constructed mooring is much safer than risk of putting pins in a muddy riverbank when it's like this.Rob
Cheers Robbie, I actually reversed up past the designated moorings. I wasn't going to play about I just wanted to get in and get warm. PS You're right about being able to tie up properly, the way the water was running there was a good chance it would have pulled mooring pins out! Vin
Hope you had a good Xmas mate....And best wishes for a happy new year !!! (bloody weather) All the best Sir !!
Thank you Stuart, and the same to you and your family! Be Lucky Vince.
Hi Vince, I hope you got warm and dry and enjoyed that feeling of accomplishment in getting your jobs done. That does look like a nice mooring. I must say Aitch is a very lovely looking boat. Well done. I was watching this with my Grandson Konrad. He was asking what it was like inside. I know someone else has asked about the inside so when you get cleared up and you've got time, you have another eager viewer.
Thanks again for another good trip.
Babs x
Took me a while to warm up, I will try to get that video of inside Aitch done soon. You can watch that one with Konrad. Thanks for the nice comment and have a lovely Christmas x
If you are unable to do another vlog beforehand I wish you a very happy christmas 🎄 😊 x
Nice mooring close to shops, not like last time. You'll have to do a video showing us inside Aitch.
Yes I'm 2 mins walk from the shopping centre (Mall) which has it's advantages at this time of year. That's coming up soon, I just can't bring myself to have a major tidy up ha ha!
11:40 That footbridge gives access towards the railway station off to your right. It has a short route via steps for pedestrians and a longer ramp and flatter section for bicycles and wheelchairs.
It seems to be very practical!
Still catching up on your posts. Never realised there are so many things to prepare for !! Wishing you well xx
Great vlog. Merry Christmas, stay safe.
Thanks Brian, and a Merry Christmas to you!
Starting At 00:53 seconds look in the sky, what is that?
I think it is a balloon Steve!
I've just had another look, and I haven't got a clue what it is Steve!
Another lovely video.thank you so much for taking the time to share your journey with us.
Fished that stretch many times in my youth. Lovely walk from Southmill Lock to Twyford Lock
I cruised it on a bad winters day! But I could still see it was a lovely stretch of river!
Ah 9:08 you cut it just before you could of seen my boat moored up! Would of loved to have screen shot it as you went past
That's a shame. I might catch it on the way back!
Hi Vince glad you found a mooring in Bishops Stortford as I live here and I’ve enjoyed your videos on your travels,I’ve been following you since you first got Aitch when it was lifted out of the water for the survey, I sometimes walk along the river onto town from Twyford lock ,if your still around for a while I’ll look out for you .
Glad you're enjoying them Gary, If you see me say hello! Vin
The weather was determined to stop you, and it failed. Do not apologise for the quality of the video. It shows reality which is rare these days.
Thanks, I won't!
Hi Vince, as a fellow single handed boater, although not a constant cruiser, a suggestion for your centre line. Buy a rope long enough to go from the stern, to the centre and back to the stern, then add a bit more on. Tie the centre of the rope around your centre fitting, take the rope out and under your handrail and fit a cleat to the port and starboard. Take the rope through each of these and along back to your stern position. You'll then have a rope on the port and starboard which should help with not getting hung up on your plank. Also you have the added advantage of a very long rope, should it ever be required. Hope the rest of the winter is good for you.
Cheers Tangs, for the sound advice!
It's not a good idea to have a rope longer than the distance from your centre point to the prop - otherwise you can guarantee that at some stage it will end up wrapped round your prop.
@@danensis Agreed, but by using a single rope as 2 centre lines gives you the option of 1 longer rope, if it is ever required - I've needed this a couple of times in deep river locks.
Hi Vince, another nice one thank you. Just a little word of warning that you have probably realised by now. The river running higher and faster the low bridges will be lower, steerage will not be quite so responsive, stopping Aitch will take longer and more power,because you are travelling down stream,and will be pushed. Hopefully the overflows mentioned earlier doing there job , will help. I think that bridge was a piece of engineering art, and all the residents of the flats will be glad its there, access to both sides of The Stort. (PJ)
Hello Ron, always sound advice, I think the juries out on that bridge. But its all good, if everyone had the same opinion it would be a boring world!
@@NarrowboatCruisingLifestyle Hi Vince nice reply many thanks but I didn't say I liked it. (PJ)
Another enjoyable vlog. Hoping to do the same as you one day.
Quick question that you may be able to answer in another vlog: How do you know what is a mooring space? Obviously if there is something to moor to I can understand, however often there seems to be nothing to indicate that there is a mooring.
You can probably tell I am very new to this 😂
Hello Spence, you can moor anywhere on the towpath side, unless it is a designated no mooring area, for 2 weeks unless mooring times otherwise signposted! The rest is just common sense, like you don't want a mooring if the canal is too narrow, or on a bend etc. Things like that!
@@NarrowboatCruisingLifestyle thanks Vince. This is very helpful. Hope to see you on the river or cut one day.
@@spencehh No problem Spence!
Hi Vince. Weather certainly didnt improve did it, but another interesting vlog and always love the comedy you throw in. Will Aitch be safe where you`re moored? Being close to town. We probably will not hear from you until the new year so have a great Christmas. Trish
No the weather actually got worse. Hope it's safe, I don't want to put the mockers on it, I might do one or two before Christmas, we will see! x
nice vlog
Thanks for your support Mr noob!
Hlsd you have 2 eks of peace.. maybe move a few days before Xmas domewhete similar do you can have peaceful new year you!.. love your blogs sending festive hugs x
Cheers Jamie, hope you have a lovely Christmas!
Glad you found a good mooring it looks ideal. Are you planning to move again before xmas?
I will have to move Colin as my 2 weeks will be up, but it won't be far!
Glad you got to Bishops Stortford ok. It really looked terrible weather while you were on that journey so I guess in sunnier days it must be lovely. When you talked about developments on the canal side did you see the load of properties on the Lea in Hertford by the basin ?. Thanks for sharing again Vince . . . Take care.
I can remember some flats at that basin, opposite the weir Mark!
@@NarrowboatCruisingLifestyle yes you got it. . . It seems that they’re building wherever they can these days. Hope today’s a better day for you.
@@markrutter5996At this rate, there won't be a lot of countryside left in another 50 years! Anyway, all the best Vin.
Another great video. Vince, we noticed quite often there are trees very close to the canal edge that seem about ready to topple over into the water. Is this a trick of the camera or do the trees really sit there so precariously? Safe travels!
After windy and wet weather, you quite often see trees in the rivers and canals!
Don't worry about filming in such conditions, it gives your viewers a good idea of what boat life is really like. As someone who wears glasses, your views with water spots all over the lens are pretty much what I see when I'm helming in the rain.
I quite like showing people what it's like in the rain. Like you said, it gives viewers a real taste of boat life. As you have probably noticed I show all my little mistakes. But the thing that gives me the hump, is when it throws the auto focus out sometimes.
Vince don't keep on apologizing for the video there fine and maybe all you need to do is wipe off the lenses know and again. Suggestion get a glass cloth from the cleaning goods isle in Tesco's, instead of the expensive one time wipes. They use the same cloths in the optical dept. but they won't tell you!!!!
A boating tip is to drop anchor on the upstream end of you boat, just incase the pins pull or a chav lets your lines go especially in town.
Next time I'm in the area, my daughter lives on the outskirts on Hunsdon I will explore the Stort and have a pint or two. On lock down in Vietnam and today it's poured with rain so feel in company with you, but it's still shorts and T shirt weather.
Buy yourself a Christmas present of some good oil skins and a bottle of something to keep out the cold. All the best mate.
Cheers, I look forward to my boating tips. Hope you have a good Christmas out there. Vin
Hi Vince from Australia. Just wondering where you got the name Aitch from. Merry Christmas to you
A Merry Christmas to you Ian, When I bought the boat it was already named Aitch, as my late fathers name was Harry, I decided it was a good name to keep!
Yes! Rubbish, water & elsan, discharged and replenished. Very satisfying.
Yes, doesn't last long though!
where can i find the intro music for your videos?
Its called "Wishful Thinking" Its in TH-cams Audio library Jake!
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Nice one!
Yeah,Vince, I am going to make greek spaghetti 🍝 today. I know ,it is in ah ninteis deg. Factor. All this sommer .I lasted out off my home state in indiana, that's where me and moma was living.now, we in virginia state.on thah atlantic.east coast I have not traveled around the world since Jan 1993. Momma was 93 when she passed away.march this year. We liquidated her house hold. Hers and my belongings are in a carpenters and painters shed.
But as the twists of fate goes, a drug addict / alcoholic bum came into our trailor 🏡 home .he is gone now. I moved out, now nine hundred miles away from the bloke.
God s grace moved on, he was not from Indiana but from chicago.
We are free in god.momma catacaised me on her knee at three when my father was down of cancer.steel and chromium,chemicals coatings and electro plating,
Seriously miserable looking spot to moor. Hideous overbearing flats near a noisy junction by the Jackson Sq car park.