Having worked with irrigation in winter, I fully support sparing divers the bitter cold. I can still feel the stinging in my hands when I think about it 🥶 Another nice episode in this series!
This series has been a joy. You should be a corresspondant! Thanks so much for the very interesting series, informative and riveting! Please don't let the cold affect you healthwise. Again, thanks!
What a dedicated man you are Alan CRT should use your footage as an educational tool when training their operatives.It's been a totally fascinating series,thanks for your diligence it's been much appreciated now don't get cold take care see you soon.
When I was in the US Army Reserves Combat Engineers, we fixed a 6-foot high culvert much the same way. We emptied the concrete powder onto the creek bed, which was sand, and then after mixing it a bit, filled the bag back up and stacked them just as the men did here on this repair. A simple and inexpensive way to fix it.
That’s pretty much the way towpath repairs are made to wash holes. Bags are filled with a dry mix of aggregate and cement and stacked in the water where they harden.
This is just so fascinating and definitely not something seen every day. Much appreciate all your hard work braving the elements to share this project with us. Brrrrr. 🥶
Imagine the relief when the canal will be reopened, all the hard work being appreciated by narrowboat owners. Hats off for the workers and for you doing an excellent job in reporting the progress!
Its always fascinating to watch engineering works, you were lucky to have this on your door step its made a very watchable series of videos, good drone shots too. Thanks Alan.
Hi Alan, Yes a headwall would be the "right" way to do it but we are not talking about rushing or heavy water . Also, the attitude of cost versus efficiency come to play. Fascinating vlogs and many thanks for sharing especially when we consider the weather.. Bob (Somerset)
Morning Alan, That was a wintery few days hope your warmed up now the work goes on at an excellent rate being as the weather is poor. It will be good to see the canal flowing again. Take care. 🍺🍺
It's been an interesting series of films and you've filmed them so well considering the weather conditions, I know I and other viewers appreciate the effort you've put in to bring us these Vlogs. All the best and bye for now. Stephen 🦼
Always interesting to see the process of getting work on a canal done. Thank you for braving the weather to show us. Not sure many of us would have gone out in the cold as you have.
Thank you Alan for filming the repairs and in all weather. I think the canal authority, whoever that might be, missed a chance for some positive publicity. They could have had several live webcams, provided interviews with the guys digging in the clay and had their own commentary. They missed the boat so to speak.
Hi alan.what a magnificent video,I certainly enjoyed watching this awesome project with great interest,the workmen are carrying out a splendid Job on the canal bottom,looks like a very dirty job,I don't envy them at all,they surely know what they are doing,just awesomeness for sure, ⭐️🛳⛴🛥🐟🐡🐬🦈🐳🐠tony
Alan thank you so much for a very interesting series. You were very dedicated, despite the weather, giving daily progress. Loved the drone footage. Wishing you and your family very happy holidays
Thanks again for your great coverage of the works Alan. It’s very cold for you and the workers. I was surprised to see them take so much of the clay out but I suppose while they have the water out it’s an ideal opportunity to remove excess silt. Thanks for your perseverance, shame there’s no one to confirm your thoughts on what there doing but they have to be careful I suppose. Thanks Alan, take care
Thanks for your great comment Paul, I did speak to some operatives today and what I said was about right. The temporary dams should be taken out next week. Cheers, all the best.
Great series Alan, interesting to see where the leak was as you assume usually (well I think you would) that a culvert would leak in towards the middle more, especially as you hear of it breaching so much
I think you're probably right, I don't know for certain exactly where the culvert breach was, as it wasn't clear from my filming. I can only report on what I see but there was definitely a breach in the side wall (as well). Cheers
Morning Alan, I hope that your other viewers are as fascinated by this as I am. I don't know why, but I'd anticipated some kind of huge influx of water as the barriers were lifted, not a gentle trickle..! Thoroughly enjoying watching and thank you for your hard work.. 🍷🍷
Cheers Alan, yes I realised that the canal is still sealed off, not sure how I thought that the barriers would be lifted up magically.. that's why I was never an engineer! 🍷🍷
Great documentive work Alan! I am thinking that this concrete structure at the culvert is the next thing they'll do, but for that the canal does not need to be closed. It's likely in my mind that there will be a prefabricated piece brought and installed in the coming days, if it hasn't already. I do hope you'll catch them doing this, for I would be very interested in seeing the process! :-) Oh, and I've recieved my 3rd jab last Friday late afternoon. I was in bed Saturday with fever and pain everywhere but excellent spirits - after all I knew exactly why I was sick and that my protection against the virus was going up a few notches in the process, so I even welcomed it (a little bit). Sunday was much better and today I'm perfectly fine. Stay safe and healthy, and best regards from Switzerland.
Thank you so much Christian. I'm pleased you've had your third jab but sorry to hear, it laid you low for a few days. I'm not convinced a headwall will be provided to the culvert and hope I'm proved wrong. All the best, take care.
I've really enjoyed following along in this repair Alan. I so appreciate aIl the effort which went into the filming and narration of this documentary. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2022.
Thank you very much Michael for your kind words. I am working on another and hopefully final episode to be published once works are finished. Thank you for your Christmas wishes, I hope you and yours have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thanks once again Alan for a very informative vlog ….I’m wondering what’s next….stop planks out of the marina…cofferdams removed then a small winter cruise….plus cup of Yorkshire tea
I understand the temporary dams will be removed next week. The marina stop planks will come out after that. This may prove difficult, as the timber will be swollen, I'm not expecting it to be straightforward. So a cup of Yorkshire will be welcomed afterwards.
Hi Alan. I see that the work is making good progress, and likely to finish ahead of the proposed sign off at completion. Great Drone footage too. I were surprised that the leak was on the marina side, and not as I had thought, somewhere in the middle. The sand bags are a temporary fix I assume, until a concrete shutter can be erected/built around the pipe as the canal fills. But that is just a guess. I'm unsure of what the next procedure shall be to finalise the fix at that end. Presuming yet again that both ends will have the same fix. We shall all have to wait to see the outcome of the end of work. 👍
This is a repIy to a similar comment - "I think you're probably right, I don't know for certain exactly where the culvert breach was, as it wasn't clear from my filming. I can only report on what I see but there was definitely a breach in the side wall (as well)". It's likely to be next week when the temporary dams are removed and of course to tidy the site fully, will include removing the temporary trackway, so I don't believe the works will finish early. The sand bags are filled with a cement/aggregate mix, which hardens, this is a longstanding method of repairing canal banks, so I do not consider them temporary. Also, I would have thought a headwall would have already been fitted but time will tell. Cheers
A very professional reporting job Alan well done, I think you might be offered a job by the media haha. I’m a bit disappointed that the dams weren’t just collapsed as I wanted to see a big rush of water haha 😂
Thank you Martin. I think a big rush of water is what many viewers were hoping to see but the dams were constructed in the water, so it does make sense for them to be dismantled in the water. Cheers
@@golfballjunke55 Removal of the dams is by a different specialist contractor and is expected next week, so passage of time will in itself be a test. At present they’re working on a sump on the other side of the canal.
Morning Alan, hope you're well...excellent drone footage especially in that wind,storm Barra is passing through the coast as I comment, I doubt any drones could fly in this ! Stay safe and take care, Bob 👍
Thanks for your comment Bob, I've struggled a bit with the drone recently, it gives warnings that it's too windy and to lower height etc but even 6ft off the ground it gets well buffeted. All the best
Thanks for showing us this Alan. I suspect they will reopen ahead of schedule. I'd imagine the cost to be fairly massive for what looked to be fairly minor issue. Though if a leak was allowed to continue then a resulting breach could be pretty catastrophic.
Hi Philip, I've been told it will be next week when the temporary dams are removed, the site also has to be cleared of the temporary roadway, so I now don't think the works will finish early. Cheers
Hello Alan I admire your dedication to film day and night a most interesting project. Also like your thumb nails very eye catching, trying similar on my channel. Best Regards. Chris.
Hi Sharon the works started on 15th November and are due to finish on 17th December. Clay is a rather messy substance, two hundred years ago they had shovels and wheelbarrows, how things have changed.
It's not a daft question, the work you see in this video includes dredging. I was told later, that they were removing the old clay, what I'm not sure of is what they're doing with it. Cheers
This has been a great miniseries, thanks for taking the trouble to film and post it.
Glad you enjoyed it Scott, I was lucky it was on my doorstep, so not far to go! Cheers
Having worked with irrigation in winter, I fully support sparing divers the bitter cold. I can still feel the stinging in my hands when I think about it 🥶 Another nice episode in this series!
Many thanks for watching and commenting. All the best.
Thanks for the Culvert Dispatches. Filming beyond the call of duty. Cheers from Tasmania.
Greeting to Tasmania. Thank you so much Steve, I'm glad you've enjoyed watching.
This series has been a joy. You should be a corresspondant! Thanks so much for the very interesting series, informative and riveting! Please don't let the cold affect you healthwise. Again, thanks!
That's very kind of you to say Robin, there should be one more episode to come. I'm fine thanks, all the best, cheers.
What a dedicated man you are Alan CRT should use your footage as an educational tool when training their operatives.It's been a totally fascinating series,thanks for your diligence it's been much appreciated now don't get cold take care see you soon.
It's been very cold the last couple of days, thanks for your great comment and appreciation. Cheers, all the best.
Thank you Alan I have found this repair most interesting! You have covered it so well! Thanks again!
That's very kind of you to say Helly, thank you so much.
When I was in the US Army Reserves Combat Engineers, we fixed a 6-foot high culvert much the same way. We emptied the concrete powder onto the creek bed, which was sand, and then after mixing it a bit, filled the bag back up and stacked them just as the men did here on this repair. A simple and inexpensive way to fix it.
That’s pretty much the way towpath repairs are made to wash holes. Bags are filled with a dry mix of aggregate and cement and stacked in the water where they harden.
This is just so fascinating and definitely not something seen every day. Much appreciate all your hard work braving the elements to share this project with us. Brrrrr. 🥶
That's very kind of you to say Mary Jane, thank you so much x
Very interesting to follow the work to replace the culvert......
Fascinating to watch the work from. Start to finish.....
Imagine the relief when the canal will be reopened, all the hard work being appreciated by narrowboat owners.
Hats off for the workers and for you doing an excellent job in reporting the progress!
That's very kind of you to say Umberto. Boaters have been passing this spot without any real awareness of what was to come. Cheers
Really good update Alan and thank you so much for braving the cold and darkness to show us. Thoroughly enjoyed this set of videos. Take care Alan.
Thank you so much for your kind comment Mark, cheers.
Its always fascinating to watch engineering works, you were lucky to have this on your door step its made a very watchable series of videos, good drone shots too. Thanks Alan.
It's made it a lot easier for me to film and the drone has proved invaluable in so many ways. Cheers
Hi Alan, Yes a headwall would be the "right" way to do it but we are not talking about rushing or heavy water . Also, the attitude of cost versus efficiency come to play. Fascinating vlogs and many thanks for sharing especially when we consider the weather.. Bob (Somerset)
Thanks for your comment Bob, I agree cost is a major factor in all decisions. All the best.
Tremendo Trabajo
Feliz fin de semana
Muchas gracias, que tengas también un gran fin de semana. Salud
Well done braving the elements Alan.
Thank you and thanks for watching.
Hi Alan. Thanks for showing the updates
My pleasure, thanks for watching.
hi, Alan, in Great Britain the canals are very cleans ,In France they are garbage, cars, bikes, motors of cars, etc…etc…Nice day to you 👋👋👋👍
That's very nice of you to say but in urban areas over here, you'll find much the same as you describe, in our canals/waterways. All the best.
Well done again, thanks Alan.
My pleasure, thanks for watching.
Morning Alan, That was a wintery few days hope your warmed up now the work goes on at an excellent rate being
as the weather is poor.
It will be good to see the canal flowing again. Take care. 🍺🍺
Good morning Bob, it's been very cold the last few days, I will continue to report on progress as and when I can. Cheers, keep safe.
It's been an interesting series of films and you've filmed them so well considering the weather conditions, I know I and other viewers appreciate the effort you've put in to bring us these Vlogs. All the best and bye for now. Stephen 🦼
Thank you so much for your comment Stephen, it is very much appreciated. All the best, take care and keep warm.
Stay warm Alan Cheers!
Will do, best wishes to you both x
Always interesting to see the process of getting work on a canal done. Thank you for braving the weather to show us. Not sure many of us would have gone out in the cold as you have.
Thank you Sheryl, needs must, I've been lucky the works have happened right here, where I'm moored. All the best, take care.
Good morning always great to wake up and work is already being done can't wait for the next one you do a great documentation (8:37am) here
Belated good morning to you Ron, thanks for commenting. Cheers
Hi Alan, you did a great job of covering the re-building of that part of the canal, well done. john in NZ ..Kaiora
That's very kind of you to say John, thank you so much. All the best.
Feels like that drone was the best investment ever :)
I couldn't have filmed these works without the drone, so I fully agree with you.
Hi Alan The Swans will be happy if the works are finished ahead of time , save all that flying business. Cheers
They sure will Ramsey, thanks for your comment, cheers.
Great drone shots, interesting vlog. Stay safe and well.
Many thanks Hugh, you too take care.
Yet another amazing video . stay safe , Mike
Many thanks Mike and you.
Thanks Alan very interesting video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it James.
Thanks Alan for sharing your vlog. Very interesting some very good drone shots. Keep up the the good work. Stay safe and well.
Many thanks for your kind words Shamus. take care.
Thanks Alan for a very interesting documentary view of the works being done. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Glad you've enjoyed watching Stevie, thanks very much. Keep safe and warm. Cheers
What a wonderful job you have done documenting this project… we have all found it very interesting to follow along.. thank you.. stay warm ❄️🔥💜
My pleasure Lynda, thank you so much for your lovely comment x
Thank you Alan for filming the repairs and in all weather. I think the canal authority, whoever that might be, missed a chance for some positive publicity. They could have had several live webcams, provided interviews with the guys digging in the clay and had their own commentary. They missed the boat so to speak.
I'm pleased to do it Terry. The actual work is being done by various contractors, as is often the case. Anyway, I'm doing the PR for them. Cheers
Well done Alan, a really interesting series of vlogs.
That's very kind of you to say Robert, thank you.
Hi alan.what a magnificent video,I certainly enjoyed watching this awesome project with great interest,the workmen are carrying out a splendid
Job on the canal bottom,looks like a very dirty job,I don't envy them at all,they surely know what they are doing,just awesomeness for sure,
⭐️🛳⛴🛥🐟🐡🐬🦈🐳🐠tony
Thanks Tony for your great comment, as you say it's not very pleasant work, especially in the cold weather we've been having this week. Cheers
Alan thank you so much for a very interesting series. You were very dedicated, despite the weather, giving daily progress. Loved the drone footage. Wishing you and your family very happy holidays
Thank you so much Ginger, very kind of you to say. Without the drone, we wouldn't see much of the action. All the best to you and yours.
It’s been an interesting few videos indeed Alan on the canal repair, thanks for keeping your viewers up to date in all weathers!
That's very kind of you to say Frank, thank you.
Good one Again Alan 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it Dave, all the best to you and Sharon.
@@MyNarrowboatVenture might get to see you sometime over the Christmas period 👍👍
@@davewhiteley2483 I am about over the Christmas period, so that's a real possibility. Cheers
Interesting video thank for sharing 👍
My pleasure, thanks for commenting. Cheers
Thanks again for your great coverage of the works Alan. It’s very cold for you and the workers. I was surprised to see them take so much of the clay out but I suppose while they have the water out it’s an ideal opportunity to remove excess silt. Thanks for your perseverance, shame there’s no one to confirm your thoughts on what there doing but they have to be careful I suppose. Thanks Alan, take care
Thanks for your great comment Paul, I did speak to some operatives today and what I said was about right. The temporary dams should be taken out next week. Cheers, all the best.
Great series Alan, interesting to see where the leak was as you assume usually (well I think you would) that a culvert would leak in towards the middle more, especially as you hear of it breaching so much
I think you're probably right, I don't know for certain exactly where the culvert breach was, as it wasn't clear from my filming. I can only report on what I see but there was definitely a breach in the side wall (as well). Cheers
Another good video on the progress Alan. Looks like the reopening is imminent
It certainly seems that way Paul, just a question of removing the temporary dams.
Morning Alan, I hope that your other viewers are as fascinated by this as I am. I don't know why, but I'd anticipated some kind of huge influx of water as the barriers were lifted, not a gentle trickle..! Thoroughly enjoying watching and thank you for your hard work.. 🍷🍷
Thanks for your great comment Steve, the 'barriers' have not yet been lifted, I think water came in, just because the pumps were turned off. Cheers
Cheers Alan, yes I realised that the canal is still sealed off, not sure how I thought that the barriers would be lifted up magically.. that's why I was never an engineer! 🍷🍷
@@stevehoare6378 I've been told, the temporary dams will probably be lifted next week.
Cheers Alan, fascinating to watch. Stay warm and safe in this atrocious weather.. 🍷🍷
Great documentive work Alan!
I am thinking that this concrete structure at the culvert is the next thing they'll do, but for that the canal does not need to be closed. It's likely in my mind that there will be a prefabricated piece brought and installed in the coming days, if it hasn't already. I do hope you'll catch them doing this, for I would be very interested in seeing the process! :-)
Oh, and I've recieved my 3rd jab last Friday late afternoon. I was in bed Saturday with fever and pain everywhere but excellent spirits - after all I knew exactly why I was sick and that my protection against the virus was going up a few notches in the process, so I even welcomed it (a little bit). Sunday was much better and today I'm perfectly fine.
Stay safe and healthy, and best regards from Switzerland.
Thank you so much Christian. I'm pleased you've had your third jab but sorry to hear, it laid you low for a few days. I'm not convinced a headwall will be provided to the culvert and hope I'm proved wrong. All the best, take care.
I've really enjoyed following along in this repair Alan. I so appreciate aIl the effort which went into the filming and narration of this documentary. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2022.
Thank you very much Michael for your kind words. I am working on another and hopefully final episode to be published once works are finished. Thank you for your Christmas wishes, I hope you and yours have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year.
thank you ! 😃
My pleasure 😊
Yet again Alan a very good blog thay don't mess around them lads soon be on the cut Alan top futage and info thanks
Glad you enjoyed it Gerald, thanks for commenting.
Thanks once again Alan for a very informative vlog ….I’m wondering what’s next….stop planks out of the marina…cofferdams removed then a small winter cruise….plus cup of Yorkshire tea
I understand the temporary dams will be removed next week. The marina stop planks will come out after that. This may prove difficult, as the timber will be swollen, I'm not expecting it to be straightforward. So a cup of Yorkshire will be welcomed afterwards.
Hi Alan. I see that the work is making good progress, and likely to finish ahead of the proposed sign off at completion. Great Drone footage too. I were surprised that the leak was on the marina side, and not as I had thought, somewhere in the middle. The sand bags are a temporary fix I assume, until a concrete shutter can be erected/built around the pipe as the canal fills. But that is just a guess. I'm unsure of what the next procedure shall be to finalise the fix at that end. Presuming yet again that both ends will have the same fix. We shall all have to wait to see the outcome of the end of work. 👍
This is a repIy to a similar comment - "I think you're probably right, I don't know for certain exactly where the culvert breach was, as it wasn't clear from my filming. I can only report on what I see but there was definitely a breach in the side wall (as well)". It's likely to be next week when the temporary dams are removed and of course to tidy the site fully, will include removing the temporary trackway, so I don't believe the works will finish early. The sand bags are filled with a cement/aggregate mix, which hardens, this is a longstanding method of repairing canal banks, so I do not consider them temporary. Also, I would have thought a headwall would have already been fitted but time will tell. Cheers
A very professional reporting job Alan well done, I think you might be offered a job by the media haha. I’m a bit disappointed that the dams weren’t just collapsed as I wanted to see a big rush of water haha 😂
Thank you Martin. I think a big rush of water is what many viewers were hoping to see but the dams were constructed in the water, so it does make sense for them to be dismantled in the water. Cheers
@@MyNarrowboatVenture 😞👍
@@MyNarrowboatVenture I think that the repair is being leak tested before removal of the coffer dams.
@@golfballjunke55 Removal of the dams is by a different specialist contractor and is expected next week, so passage of time will in itself be a test. At present they’re working on a sump on the other side of the canal.
Morning Alan, hope you're well...excellent drone footage especially in that wind,storm Barra is passing through the coast as I comment, I doubt any drones could fly in this ! Stay safe and take care, Bob 👍
Thanks for your comment Bob, I've struggled a bit with the drone recently, it gives warnings that it's too windy and to lower height etc but even 6ft off the ground it gets well buffeted. All the best
Thanks for showing us this Alan. I suspect they will reopen ahead of schedule. I'd imagine the cost to be fairly massive for what looked to be fairly minor issue. Though if a leak was allowed to continue then a resulting breach could be pretty catastrophic.
Hi Philip, I've been told it will be next week when the temporary dams are removed, the site also has to be cleared of the temporary roadway, so I now don't think the works will finish early. Cheers
Hello Alan I admire your dedication to film day and night a most interesting project. Also like your thumb nails very eye catching, trying similar on my channel. Best Regards. Chris.
Many thanks Chris, I've just viewed your channel and subscribed, looks very interesting. All the best, take care.
good vid keep up the goo vids alan thanks lee
Thanks Lee, all the best 👍
Lost track, how long did this all take. what a mess....
Hi Sharon the works started on 15th November and are due to finish on 17th December. Clay is a rather messy substance, two hundred years ago they had shovels and wheelbarrows, how things have changed.
I think that is water-cress growing at the mouth of the culvert.
I'd not given it any thought, not being green fingered.
Just a daft question. While that section has been drained. Will it be dredged clear. Would make fantastic furtiliser ?
It's not a daft question, the work you see in this video includes dredging. I was told later, that they were removing the old clay, what I'm not sure of is what they're doing with it. Cheers
What do they do with all that silt they dredge ?
I'm not sure what's being done with the silt, I know in other areas it gets spread on local fields. I'll see if I can find out.
@@MyNarrowboatVenture thank you always curious I would think it would contain nutrients from the vegetation that decomposes in the canal
@@ronkordish7887 That could well be the case.