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Make sure you remind your viewers of RUclips shenanigans… I didn’t get a notification of your vlog… I watched Court Above The Cut on the Chesterfield Canal… equally, I didn’t get a notification for that… birds are going nuts on the T & M right now… great video … I love days like these! Loved those boats… you had boats in the video … keep up the great work.

Another great vlog of my local area. As you set off from the Boat Inn bridge the winding hole on your right is not an original feature of the canal, that was put in place in I think the 1980's. The fields on your left between Hayton and Clayworth were known locally as Celery Fields that was market gardened by Barlow Brothers. The celery grown was called Clayworth Pink due to the nature of the soil it was grown in which is a reddish clay and gave it a pinkish colour. The produce used to be taken by horse and cart to a sidings and platform at Welham where is was transported by train to Sheffield for sale in the wholesale markets there.

What a beautiful stretch of the canal Mike.The plans for the canal from what you were saying do appear to be positive.Not sure how they will stop fly tipping though - a scourge everywhere. You had glorious weather for your walk which helped you to produce some lovely footage.Cheers.

Thank you for another nice video, the Painting in the Church was Colourful How is the Back now Mike I hope it’s not very painful although thankfully it hasn’t stopped you walking for our combined pleasure 😋

Of course, successive governments will be lobbied to increase funding, but to my mind there is massive scope to increase tourism. You only have to read the comments on narrowboat channels from overseas viewers who have no idea so many of our historic inland waterways are still navigable, that they're mainly used for leisure, that anyone from anywhere can hire a boat and that no training or qualification is required. What other country has this? Why aren't we publicising it more? As a boat owner myself, I'd be quite happy for there to be more congestion if it meant increased revenue/funding.

They have been selling off the silver since they took over

Just watched your video, and I'm impressed with your research. I was interested to see the end-point of your walk - the viewing platform on 'The Mound' - part of the former Shipley estate now owned and managed by the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. This however, was not the 'terminus' as you called it, of the Nutbrook Canal... The canal actually began about 500 yards further on along the Nutbrook Trail cycle path (past the Nutbrook Cafe), where a pond beside the trail is filled by the outflow from Shipley Lake, which was created, following opencast operations, in the early 1970s. Before the opencasting, the valley was the site of the former Shipley Reservoir, which provided the water for the canal - this flowed under the existing stone bridge into Paul's Arm, which was the site of a wharf, where canal boats would be loaded with coal from the adjacent Woodside Colliery, before being shipped along the Nutbrook Canal down to the Erewash Canal at Stanton Lock. The constant operation of the 13 locks you mentioned (together with the mining-related subsidence) led to such a demand for water that the nearby Mapperley Reservoir had to be constructed (I believe around 1840) as supplementary supply. The still-existing watercourse downstream now flows into Manners Floods (INCORRECTLY labelled 'Manor' Floods by Erewash Borough Council on their signage!) and rejoins the route of the old Nutbrook Canal! I cut my teeth as a young County Council Countryside Ranger at Shipley Country Park (we also had responsibility for managing the Nutbrook Valley - including Manners Floods - named after Manners Colliery) under Head Ranger Frank Bacon - an absolute fount of local history knowledge - a little bit of which rubbed off on me! Thanks again for your video!

Where you walked through Hayton you were about 300 yards from where I live.

I really enjoyed your video .Nice camera work and a good narration. I have just subscribed to your channel and look forward to more videos. The canal system has always facinated me since I was a child. Thanks and stay safe.

Perhaps if canals were modelled, as part of resilience planning for flood management etc dare to suggest may well become apparent they would be a key element, though will require some very different lateral thinking plus no longer appropriate to be managed or delivered by a Charitable Body. Canals, understand are within a 5 mile range of 50% of the country's Housing and have a central position with regard to many urban industrial & commercial settings, with capacity to hold & manage significant volumes of water, that can be slowly released/dispersed; surely vital/key in sustaining both the past & future, from many aspects, a crucial accommodation be achieved for all urgently?

plenty of profits being made by the water companies.They should be forced to pay towards the upkeep

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The Government in this country is damaged beyond repair, the canals are in far better condition than Starma’s sh*t show. Daddy Trump getting back in power is a good sign, but will the canals be great again… you better believe it buster!

Great to hear the canal network is slowly being restored all be it a slow process due to lack of government funding for the CRT.

I've just watched this video back. Apologies for seriously overusing the word "so". Think I'll start donating to charity every time I use the word from now on. Thank you for watching.

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They ate working on rejoining erewash to the cromford canal as we speak

Rothan Group are the contractors working on that lock for CRT… a tidy little outfit based at Mancetter on the Coventry Canal. After work I always do a canal walk wherever I can, usually after a nightly night shift… with respect to being prepared for winter…. I have a marine engineer, my son and an Elon ready for the first canal to be built on Mars…😉 seriously though, you’re bang on about winter preparation, I bang on about it all the time. The best places to head for, particularly if one is a constant cruiser, is to stay on the mainlines and near a facilities point or marina. I personally recommend folk, stay at a marina between October and March, to avoid any winter closure.

No boats?

Like most things here they will only be affordable by the very rich!

No plastic debris in the water!

It isn’t just a worrying time for the canals, it’s a worrying time for our whole world. The whole western world is in the grip of complete and total incompetence. Has a boater of almost 10 years, I will do my bit to keep an eye on the particular places I tend to frequent, helping out wherever I can. Our heritage, our birthright, must be protected. When you work on heritage and learn about the blood sweat and tears that went into it, in often appalling conditions, one will understand. Another informative video, shame that we didn’t see any moored or moving boats, interestingly, the lock gear hydraulics are the same standard as the first 6 locks on from the Derwent mouth to Stenson Bubble on the Trent and Mersey. It’s interesting because to the best of my knowledge there isn’t a manufacturer or location name on any of them … can anyone find out, because they’re the easiest to use and very robust. Usually here as ‘thoughtsonnarrowboating’ btw!

I walked the same stretch of canal with my friend about 10 years ago. We love the canals and walking parts of them especially near mariners. Great memories as he is not with us now. I'm from staveley and watched your film there. Very good. I'll subscribe thank you.

Yes it’s a Worrying time for the Canal Network, hopefully things can be sorted out. Shame there was on Narrowboats on the Canal, is it open? Is Derbyshire your County? Here is another Tip for you to help you a little I hope 😋 Any news on your Members area yet?

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im a yank , but its fascinating to watch these vids . glad you all are moving along.

Hold stomach in !! Hydration !!

Bad back … drink more water .. honestly.. not tea!! Three half’s a day at least

The use of silt for metal polishing is a fascinating fact especially being the last type of freight to be transported on the canal.Love the historical photos too.The colour of the vegetation looked beautiful together with the old bridges. Fibre reinforced polymer! Wow.Is that the material that some garden furniture is made out of? Good to see all the work that has been done.

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Welcome Back Sir I’ve missed your videos and keep checking for them. Sorry to read about your Health issues and hope you are 100 per cent well again. Thank you for another Great video so informative I think. I loved the photos, I wonder if the one with the people boating if Tom Rolt and Robert Aickman was there as well. I also am subscribed to the Wobbly Runner channel, do you know Stephen Cort’s channel “Court Above The Cut”? Stephen posts Drone Footage of the Renovation of Canals. I look forward to to the next one 😋

I’m doing survey works into Electrifying the Midland Mainline… I only managed to get a look at it ( The Cromford ) on a day shift when I had visited Donny on a training course, managing finally to visit Leawood Pump House. Plans (according to’Court Above The Cut’ channel) works to restore the Langley Mill end of the Cromford canal, have already begun. I plan to knock out my effort in the coming weeks…🙏🏼 Thanks for the mention of my channel, in your latest Chesterfield Canal update video, part 4 I believe.

Ok! That was weird… I just got up after my night shift and you must have uploaded this again … with a little extra tacked on the end. I was about to go on a break at 1am in the morning and saw it then. I did think, ‘I reckon he missed a bit’. Glad you got another video out. 👍🏼⚓️

The clinker wood sluice restored 2007 was a drain off from the canal into the river Rother…stopped off with planks…..the narrow part was the place where the miners old crossing bridge use to be…..restored 2008 the groves were for stop planks…..that area of the canal was restored by the CCT…if you look on the trusts web site under the Renishaw Restoration section you will find the photographs….love your videos brings back happy memories

What you thought was a lock at Staveley was the parapets for the old mineral line railway……the other brickwork was the old wall for Bell house basin soon to be bought back into action

Thanks for the Informative vids. I found you looking for information on the Cromford canal. Love the Chesterfield canal vids. Look forward to seeing updates for the Basin development.

Nice video. The "old lock" at 18:00 is actually the footings of a railway bridge. The whole area was riddled with railways at one time. Sadly the Cuckoo Way was overgrown because the volunteer who used to mow the path regularly had his mower stolen, but now has a new one. The 2027 deadline was indeed an aspiration, but Covid and HS2 really put an end to meeting that timescale. The threat of HS2 meant that nobody was prepared to invest anything in the canal, in case HS2 came along with their bulldozers and flattened it again.

Lol I had the same problem the other week. They where in the same place. Loved the info on the history.

Thank you Sir for another Quality video, it’s really pleasing that we have people like your Good Self to keep a light shining on neglected and forgotten Remained Canals. The Maps are really Fascinating I think 😋 Do you boat on any of the Canals you film and narrate about?

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Another delightfully interesting vlog… I have just recommended your essential channel in my latest vlog… good work as always.

WELL DONE ,IV’E WALKED THAT SAME ROUTE YOU HAVE TAKN FOR 15 YEARS WITH MY MANY BORDER COLLIES AND ALWAYS STOP AT TIMES AND WONDER WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IN ITS HAYDAY AND WHAT A SHAME IT WAS DEEMED NECESSARY TO LET IT FALL IN TO DISREPAIR AND FINALLY CLOSE WHAT AN ASSET TO THE AREA IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF II HAD BEEN RENOVATED BUT ALAS NOT TO BE SO WHICH IS WHAT I USED TO THINK WHEN I WALKED THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL 45 YEARS AGO BUT THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF VOLUNTEERS JUST LOOK AT IT NOW. !!! MANY THANKS

Hi there. Just watching this clip and you mentioned not knowing if Staveley Town Lock was ever used. As a volunteer on the narrow boat Madeline, based at Hollingwood Hub, I can confirm that it's used on a regular basis. We take passengers down the lock, turn round and then back up again. Then return to Hollingwood. Enjoy your clips. Keep it up. 👍😊

Osmosis has got the better of the plastic boat at the beginning of your video. Has regards the restoration, there as been no work that I can see, especially in the last two years.

Seems I’m not picking up notifications … you’re definitely following me though, I was out doing topographical surveys at Sheffield Station just this last week.

Just a quick word about the crucible furnace men statue. Don't forget what was there before Meadowhall, steel works. Perhaps more should be made of this at the site of the statue.

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Thanks for another lovely informative video, it looked so nice on your walk but Not one Narrow Boat is it not very popular or not easy for boats to get to do you think?