I walk the Basingstoke Canal from Frimley Green to the A331 for pleasure. Stopping at Ash Wharf for a restorative bacon sandwich. Then walk the Blackwater Valley path to Frimley via the Old Ford pub, for use of the toilet and a diet coke, at North Camp Station. Do this on a regular basis for exercise. I am almost seventy and am dead scared of seizing up.
How do you get back to Frimley Green? Do you carry on to Frimley Hatch Nature Reserve and turn right? Also as the canal goes under the bridge of the B3012 in the direction of Deepcut it passes over the railway line via an aqueduct, but you don't notice the crossing.
Back in 1960 I was a 10 year old and we used to play up on this section of canal it was in a real sorry state then. I seem to recall a new born baby's body was found in a suitcase on this section I also remember falling into the water at Ash lock and having to go to hospital as the stagnant water was a polio risk still in the early 60's
Hello Phil. Not heard about that baby but about 35 years ago a woman's body was found in the canal near Ash Wharf and recently an elderly man was pulled from the canal not far from the Ash Wharf bridge but sadly died in hospital. I have seem young people swimming in the Ash Lock only last years !!!. Not the best place to do it//////I do live along the side f the canal so I always wonder when I might see a tragedy//
I used to live near this canal in sheerwater Woking I used to cycle along the tow path for miles and miles towards Basingstoke lovely place for recreation I am living in the north of Ireland now unfortunately we only have a few canals here
I grew up as a teenager and a stones throw from where the Canal joined the Wey Navigation. One school I attended virtually backed on to the Canal as when in the old Woking hospital I could see the derelict Canal. As a keen fisherman I wished the Canal could re-0
Hi Easy Fishing....it was a pity it got into such a state. I posted a Video I took some 35 years ago of the derelict Brookwood lock ( at Brookwood Traffic lights Bridge ) whilst it was being repaired. My son is in the video exploring as in those day we did not have PC and Health and Safety..:)
I think the 18 inch of puddled clay, laid on top helps protect it. The clay also forms the seal against leakage, but takes time. Years ago it was just clay. I remember back in late 80's /early 90's I was going to buy a house next to this canal at Ash. The garden was lower than the canal and waterlogged. I was told the bank had only just been repaired and it would take time to seal up fully.
I've been involved in rails-to-trails bicycle paths and I think those are pushing the limits of volunteer efforts, even when you have engineers, lawyers and even lawn care professionals as your volunteer members. I'd think having to deal with large amounts of water flow and maintaining it would be truly massive ordeals. In addition there is still the tow path to maintain.
My son as a teenager was one of those who worked in the restoration of this canal the highest tec tools being a wheelbarrow to shift the mud. I well remember the stink coming from the mud that covered him and his boots. Pitty all that work only to ruin it by an SSI . Nothing could live in that canal until it was dugout. the result is that it is almost unusable and you don/t see narrowboats cruising as you do on the Grand union
it's surprising how a canal can change in a short space, i cycle a lot in my area, and it goes from stunning to abandoned, i also noticed the amount of drug dealing going on near the towns and city centre's.
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Isn't nature wonderful. The hard work of man so easily taken over by nature. Lovely film. thank you
The canal water now looks clean & getting better . I love to see an engineering job go well .
They make it look easier that it looks to do this engineering
Gotta love those old UK canals.
Beautiful work, thanks!
I walk the Basingstoke Canal from Frimley Green to the A331 for pleasure. Stopping at Ash Wharf for a restorative bacon sandwich. Then walk the Blackwater Valley path to Frimley via the Old Ford pub, for use of the toilet and a diet coke, at North Camp Station. Do this on a regular basis for exercise. I am almost seventy and am dead scared of seizing up.
Diet coke is NASTY
How do you get back to Frimley Green? Do you carry on to Frimley Hatch Nature Reserve and turn right? Also as the canal goes under the bridge of the B3012 in the direction of Deepcut it passes over the railway line via an aqueduct, but you don't notice the crossing.
Back in 1960 I was a 10 year old and we used to play up on this section of canal it was in a real sorry state then. I seem to recall a new born baby's body was found in a suitcase on this section I also remember falling into the water at Ash lock and having to go to hospital as the stagnant water was a polio risk still in the early 60's
Hello Phil. Not heard about that baby but about 35 years ago a woman's body was found in the canal near Ash Wharf and recently an elderly man was pulled from the canal not far from the Ash Wharf bridge but sadly died in hospital. I have seem young people swimming in the Ash Lock only last years !!!. Not the best place to do it//////I do live along the side f the canal so I always wonder when I might see a tragedy//
spent many hours fishing for Carp in the 80s in the section where the A325 farnborough road crosses the canal
I used to live near this canal in sheerwater Woking I used to cycle along the tow path for miles and miles towards Basingstoke lovely place for recreation I am living in the north of Ireland now unfortunately we only have a few canals here
Very odd bird @ 5.11 (Did it need winding up?)
I grew up as a teenager and a stones throw from where the Canal joined the Wey Navigation. One school I attended virtually backed on to the Canal as when in the old Woking hospital I could see the derelict Canal. As a keen fisherman I wished the Canal could re-0
Hi Easy Fishing....it was a pity it got into such a state. I posted a Video I took some 35 years ago of the derelict Brookwood lock ( at Brookwood Traffic lights Bridge ) whilst it was being repaired. My son is in the video exploring as in those day we did not have PC and Health and Safety..:)
The plastic membrane layed on the floor of the canal
Is there concerns that narrow boats can rip it up as they pass over.
I think the 18 inch of puddled clay, laid on top helps protect it. The clay also forms the seal against leakage, but takes time. Years ago it was just clay. I remember back in late 80's /early 90's I was going to buy a house next to this canal at Ash. The garden was lower than the canal and waterlogged. I was told the bank had only just been repaired and it would take time to seal up fully.
The water by greywall tunnel is crystal clear!
when is the next section to be done
Thought I recognised this. I lived near there in married quarters. One of my dogs fell in 😆
Herons are my favourite live watching them from my nans house on the Irish coast
Good video thanks
hi it looks quite deep in the middle ! i have a thing about deep black water !
i used to fish the canal by where the Farnborough road crosses its about 5 foot deep
I've been involved in rails-to-trails bicycle paths and I think those are pushing the limits of volunteer efforts, even when you have engineers, lawyers and even lawn care professionals as your volunteer members. I'd think having to deal with large amounts of water flow and maintaining it would be truly massive ordeals. In addition there is still the tow path to maintain.
The music makes it feel like a romantic tragedy..
always the traffic cones , but no shopping trolley ?? wierd !
Did someone add those names in the diggers at a later date. Looks odd
They’re still doing this to the canal near brook wood and mytchett
These canal people do a bludy rippa job!
Totally interesting.
Water lays flat.
No Curvature was found here,
😉
My son as a teenager was one of those who worked in the restoration of this canal the highest tec tools being a wheelbarrow to shift the mud. I well remember the stink coming from the mud that covered him and his boots. Pitty all that work only to ruin it by an SSI . Nothing could live in that canal until it was dugout. the result is that it is almost unusable and you don/t see narrowboats cruising as you do on the Grand union
@alanrtment porterYup, heard that one before but it doesn't change what I said before
Amazing what rubbish you find in canals why do they have to throw it in
it's surprising how a canal can change in a short space, i cycle a lot in my area, and it goes from stunning to abandoned, i also noticed the amount of drug dealing going on near the towns and city centre's.
Ya know I had to mute it my God was like funeral music... Great vid but Jesus tht music was torture
I didn't realize how shallow the canals actually are. I thought they were several feet deeper.
Basing aqueduct to the North Circular hmm, interesting ...
Why couldn't it be repaired with puddles clay.
Membranes don't last indefinitely..
The UK skill base has gone
We went metric back in the Seventies mate. Get used to it.
what has that got to do with anything?
@@brian.7966 Large metric can be reconverted to imperial ... Your turn to dig it out.
talking of drug dealing, narrowboating has to be a great distribution route, so long as there isn't a high speed chase
Well how is it. Show us, a today event.
Aloha
thew fake wildlife you added was/is strange
What’s with the fake birds??😂😂
Photoshopped Heron lol.
This is a slideshow, not a video.
Lousy music lousy photography!