Tag: Canal
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Food For Thought
The single best trick to keeping a crew happy is food (and drink, of course, but that goes without saying). Which is why we started the day with a very tasty and filling breakfast. The plan for the day was to traverse a series of river locks on the River Avon, before wending our way…
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The Other Lady
Hello, this is the Ship’s Boy reporting. All available crew are required at Brassknocker Basin, near Bath immediately. That’s right, the Captain, Jerry the Ship Security Officer (SSO), First Mate Elaine, Chief of Engineering Trevor, and me the newly reinstated Ship’s Boy have all joined forces to set sail (well, to push throttle at least)…
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Bonus Episode – About A Boat
In this extra bonus episode, we cover two aspects of boat life that we haven’t shown on this particular trip… preparation of food (specifically a cooked breakfast, and a home made pizza), and then a whistle-stop tour of the boat itself. So if you’ve ever wanted to see a quick bit of pizza preparation and…
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Episode 007 – The Final Leg
In this last full episode we leave the Ashby Canal and make our way back down to the boat hire base in Rugby. This may be the last in this particular series, but there’s plenty more to come as we tackle even more adventures on the inland waterways of the UK. Also, keep an eye…
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Episode 006 – Bridge 62
In this episode we spend the whole day travelling along the Ashby Canal, to get to Bridge 62 (to gather our first Silver Propeller evidence). The day was mostly spending following other boats in a long, slow convoy – so we’ve tried to speed up some of the journey.
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Episode 005 – Heading to Ashby
In this episode we set off at a ridiculously early time (I mean, just look at how tired we are!) to make sure that we beat the crowds through Braunston Locks before heading on up the Oxford Canal, across the Coventry Canal, and on to the Ashby Canal – our final resting point for the…
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Episode 003 – Market Day
In this episode we travel through Foxton Locks, down to Market Harborough and then back again… finding just enough time for an ice-cream along the way (Jerry certainly enjoyed his!) Foxton locks operates a “red paddle / white paddle” process, meaning that to either fill or empty each lock you need to fully wind the…
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Episode 002 – The Change of Plan
In this episode, we change our minds about the Oxford Canal and instead head north towards Market Harborough, via Watford Locks. The bonus material includes the Story of the Tangled Prop, in which we discover just how much debris there is stuck around the propeller of our hire boat.
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Inland Waterways – Midland Madness, Episode 1
So, here is Episode One of our short ongoing series about life ok a hired canal boat, around the Midlands of the U.K. – if you like it please subscribe in YouTube to be notified when more videos are released…