Packing up! Why We're Selling Our Narrowboat.
Find out why we're packing up and selling our narrowboat! Less than three years since we launched our narrowboat, Silver Fox, she's up for sale as we prepare for a new, exciting adventure! In this episode we leave Crick behind and head towards North Kilworth, following the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal. Colin discovers the express boats from Fellows, Morton & Clayton, a hidden railway footpath, and the very tiny River Avon before we moor at North Kilworth Marina w
Treacle Mines and Scary Times on the Grand Union Canal.
We're off in search of treacle mines and Colin's in for some scary times on the Grand Union Canal as we make our way from Daventry to Crick in time for the annual Crick Boat Show. We navigate Norton Junction where the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal begins, before climbing the Watford Staircase Locks, and passing through Crick Tunnel, where Colin uncovers a legend of treacle mines! The Crick Boat Show beckons and Colin's anxiety takes over...
The BEST Bacon Butty in Britain? Narrowboat to Braunston
We're in search for the BEST bacon butty in Britain as we take our narrowboat to Braunston on the Junction of the Grand Union Canal and Oxford Canal. Colin uncovers the disused London Section of the Great Central Railway and Braunston's old railways station, finds out why a toll collector had bells on a rope across the canal, and tells the story of the ghost of the Admiral Nelson pub. We cruise through Braunston Tunnel and find out why there are hooks in the roof.
A Day in the Life at Hillmorton Locks - The Busiest Canal Locks in Britain.
Join us for a day in the life at Hillmorton Locks on the north Oxford Canal. Officially the busiest canal locks in Britain. Find out how boaters, volunteers, and the local community have kept Hillmorton thriving for hundreds of years with shops and businesses based around the canal.
The HUGE Forgotten Canal Aqueduct Buried In Time!
Find out the huge aqueduct buried in time as we take a narrowboat trip to Rugby along the Oxford Canal. Check out the place where the canal and railway haven't changed in over 150 years, how James Brindley's canal was shortened by fifteen miles, and the story behind the Horseley Iron Works bridges. Colin uncovers how a young lad invented a world-famous game played by men (and now by women) with odd-shaped balls. Intrigued...?
Narrowboats Crash as we explore the Coventry Canal!
Two narrowboats crash as we explore the Coventry Canal on what should have been a quiet cruise along the Coventry Arm from Coventry Basin to Hawkesbury Junction and Sutton Stop. A speeding canal narrow boat loses control on a blind corner and smashes into our narrowboat home. Colin uncovers the history of the Damiler factory, Electric Wharf's powerful past, Cash's one-hundred houses, and what it's like to have a Coventry Climax! We also find out why Lady Godiva rode naked th
