Why You Should DEFINITELY Live On A Narrowboat!
In this video we'll give you TEN REASONS why you should DEFINITELY live on a narrowboat. If you're new to boating or dreamed of living on a canal narrowboat, watch this before you do! Don't get too excited though. Watch our previous video where we show you ten reasons why you should NEVER live on a narrowboat 👉🏻 https://youtu.be/lFvjQCRjXPM, then make your own mind up. Life on the waterways can be awesome, and there are so many positives, but you really need to be aware of
Ten Reasons Why You Should NEVER Live On A Narrowboat!
In this video we'll give you ten reasons why you should NEVER live on a narrowboat. If you're new to boating or dreamed of living on a canal narrowboat, watch this before you do! Don't get too disheartened though. Next time we'll show you ten reasons why you SHOULD live on a narrowboat! Life on the waterways can be awesome, and there are so many positives, but you really need to be aware of EXACTLY what it's like to live on a narrowboat, the bad as well as the good.
Narrowboat Tetris - Performing the Bunbury Shuffle!
How do you get three canal narrowboats through a lock? Simple, we play narrowboat Tetris, performing the Bunbury Shuffle! Leaving our mooring at Wharton's Lock we head through the unusual Beeston Iron Lock, designed by Thomas Telford, before performing the Bunbury Shuffle through the town's three-staircase locks. We uncover the story of the night the German's were bombing Bunbury and the lock keeper's cottage, the now disused RAF Calveley, and we have a decision to make at B
Why I Chose Suicide - Narrowboats and Mental Health.
Behind the smiles and jokes lay a dark secret. Today, I talk frankly about why I chose suicide recently in an open and honest vlog about castles, narrowboats, depression, and mental health. We travel from Christleton, just outside Chester, to Wharton's Lock. We pass Egg Bridge at Waverton, telling the story of T.W. Cubbon's 'Only A Little Cockboat' before passing Tattenhall Marina. After mooring at Wharton's Lock, Colin explores the Sandstone Trail and climbs the rocky crag
How to work a Canal Staircase Lock as we visit Chester by Narrowboat.
We visit Chester on the Shropshire Union Canal by narrowboat and explain how to work a canal staircase lock. We need to climb out of the city using the Northgate Locks, a three-rise staircase lock raising us over 32 feet from Telford's Warehouse at Tower Wharf to the city centre. Colin uncovers the story of the collapsing water tower, the lock-keeper's cottage with an unusual sewerage system, and a rare lengthsman's hovel by the cricket pitch.
Narrowboat OUT OF CONTROL on Mersey Crossing!
Our narrowboat is swept out of control on our Mersey crossing as a freaky current takes hold of us in Eastham Lock. We leave Liverpool's Salthouse Dock heading back over the Mersey Estuary towards Ellesmere Port and the National Waterways Museum. We get a visit from the RNLI Lifeboat as we cross the busy River Mersey during the annual Royal Mersey Yacht Club Regatta, and we have a go at stand-up paddleboarding!
RISKY! Narrowboat across the DANGEROUS River Mersey!
We take a risky trip, taking our narrowboat across the dangerous River Mersey on an iconic journey to Liverpool. We're joined by Fran & Rich from Floating our Boat as we leave our mooring at Sutton Weaver to the end of the Weaver Navigation and through Marsh Lock on to the Manchester Ship Canal. We navigate through Eastham Lock, the biggest on the canal before beginning our crossing of the notoriously dangerous tidal Mersey Estuary to Brunswick Dock and the Port of Liverpool.
Working the LAST Surviving Steam-Powered Mersey Tug!
We join the crew working the last surviving steam-powered Mersey tug, the Daniel Adamson, more affectionately known as the Steamship Danny (previously known as the Ralph Brocklebank) as she returns along the Manchester Ship Canal from Liverpool, back to her home mooring at Sutton Weaver on the Weaver Navigation. Colin explores the 118 year-old ship, inside and out, showing you how The Danny operates from the furnaces to the twin-engine, and the wheelhouse on the bridge. Don
The SECRET Boat Graveyard!
We leave our mooring at Devil's Garden and continue down the River Weaver to what remains of Sutton Locks, the secret boat graveyard where boats go to die. Colin uncovers dozens of abandoned narrowboats, Weaver Barges, a working boat called Gowanburn, and a 250 year-old Mersey Flat called Daresbury. We continue on to Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge near Frodsham and gain access to the control room to watch the 520 ton bridge being swung using the original gear to allow Silver Fox
The Weaver Shipwreck's DARK SECRET!
Colin uncovers the River Weaver shipwreck's dark secret! We're leaving our mooring at Northwich Quay Marina, positioned between the oldest swingers in town! Swing Bridges that is. Hayhurst and Northwich Town Swing Bridge. We're on our way to Devil's Garden, passing Saltersford Lock, Acton Bridge, and Dutton Lock. Colin tells the sad story of Chica (formerly Flora), an abandoned boat sinking above Dutton Locks on the River Weaver, and we pass under the engineering marvel tha
