The Anderton Boat Lift as you've NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE!
In this EXCLUSIVE vlog, you'll get to see the Anderton Boat Lift as you've never seen it before! Colin is climbing on top of the Anderton Boat Lift which carries boats between the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Weaver. Then we'll take narrowboat Silver Fox down the lift on to the River Weaver. With exclusive access to all areas of the Anderton Boat Lift you'll see exactly how it works, discover it's history, and get to see the lift as you've NEVER seen it before!
The Day The Trent and Mersey Canal Collapsed!
We visit the site of the Dutton Breach and revisit the day the Trent and Mersey Canal collapsed after heavy rain and flooding. We moor narrowboat Silver Fox right by the site of the collapse and Colin finds out how they managed to reopen the canal. After another, more recent landslip, closed the canal we arrive just in time as it reopens, enabling us to cruise from Preston Brook to Barnton, taking in the beautiful Cheshire countryside, through Preston Brook, Saltersford, and
Earning our keep working the HISTORIC Sprinch Dry Dock.
We got invited to moor at Bridgewater Motor Boat Club and needed to earn our keep by working the historic Sprinch Dry Dock, a 130 year-old dry dock at the old Victoria, or Sprinch, Dockyard on the Bridgewater Canal. We leave Runcorn, heading for Waters Meeting at Preston Brook junction, where Colin finds out about Norton Water Tower and how Liverpool's water travels from Vyrnwy Lake in Wales.
