95. Going through Stoke-on-Trent on my canal narrowboat

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @jamesdavis5096
    @jamesdavis5096 6 лет назад +12

    Seriously, your level of wit, charm, brilliance and intelligence in this episode is amazing. This is what all the videos should be modeled after. so informative, educational, production value through the roof, just loaded chock full of production value. And I understand your humor, which surprises me, because i usually dont get British humor. This is a great show. TV quality.

  • @dallassukerkin6878
    @dallassukerkin6878 6 лет назад +11

    For 10 points, the 'chimney place' is the council incinerator :).

  • @markuschecketts4007
    @markuschecketts4007 7 лет назад +5

    these vlogs are the best time of my day. im very busy all the time and alot goes on in my head, it's nice to take a leisurely cruise to settle my brain. thanks for the relaxing break.

  • @stevej71393
    @stevej71393 2 года назад +4

    I'm sure residents of the UK would laugh at me for saying this, but so much of England looks like a park or open air museum, I love it. I hope to visit one day.

  • @RichardPullin
    @RichardPullin 8 месяцев назад +1

    I remember coming through this section of the canal in the early 1980s with my Dad. Back then it was very different and we cruised through the middle of Shelton Steelworks.
    I remember seeing yellow hot bars of steel shooting down from one side of the plant to the other. It was spectacular.
    Does anyone else remember seeing this?

  • @2LaneTraveler
    @2LaneTraveler 5 лет назад +11

    7:46: There's an interesting bit of history to the Etruria Forge as well. One if its employees, operating a steam hammer back in the 1860s, was a young teen-aged lad named Edward Smith, who would go on to obtain a mariner's certification, and was eventually employed by the White Star Line, where he was the first and only Captain of the ill-fated RMS TITANIC.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  5 лет назад +4

      That's a great nugget of info! Love that.

  • @davidw1518
    @davidw1518 4 года назад +5

    I love most of your puns (one or two have been over my head), but you excelled yourself with Steelite Span (at least for those of us of a certain age, who remember Steeleye Span when they were young and exciting). I laughed out loud and I think frightened my cat!

  • @rvertv
    @rvertv 7 лет назад +2

    Its amazing the how old the buildings and waterways are and still in use..... great tour

  • @GlasgowGallus
    @GlasgowGallus 4 года назад +6

    6.00 Yep, I agree, and I'm not alone in this: love a good cemetery me, and find them not only really peaceful, but excellent local history books. Full of stories...👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @stevehandy5381
    @stevehandy5381 4 года назад +3

    Hi there just thought I would say how much I enjoy your vlogs I live in stoke and used to have a boat on the leek arm my dad, bless him built our first boat a wooden one I might add at stone and we had such wonderful times on the canal in the 1960s/70s You sound like an educated man and come across as being a real nice person best wishes steve

  • @fullyfledgedlob
    @fullyfledgedlob 5 лет назад +8

    Sorry, slightly boring comment, but many fish love the churning of locks as it stirs up food for them. Excellent spot for perch fishing. If you didn't fall asleep. Thanks.

    • @GlasgowGallus
      @GlasgowGallus 4 года назад +1

      Was going to say the same thing, they live a good roll about in the turbulence. Aerates the water too 👍

  • @andywheal6477
    @andywheal6477 7 лет назад +2

    Up to the usual standard....... Excellent. Thanks very much David.

  • @peregrineflow7354
    @peregrineflow7354 4 года назад +7

    I enjoy your channel and recently started using google maps to follow along. I highly recommend it.

  • @jacobmassey3897
    @jacobmassey3897 3 года назад +4

    As a Stokie I have to say that you made the area sound more appealing than it actually is lol. I've walked this entire stretch of the canal and live about 10 minutes walk from the Caldon canal which is much more picturesque.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  3 года назад +4

      Ha! You're the only Stokie to say so. I had to trim a few seconds out of the start of this video after many furious locals expressed vitriolic fury that I said I'd read forum comments about Stoke not being somewhere to stop overnight. I didn't even say whether I agreed or if it was true or not, just said I'd read it but lots of folk got extremely annoyed.

    • @jacobmassey3897
      @jacobmassey3897 3 года назад +4

      @@CruisingTheCut yeah Stoke does have a lot of angry people who don't like being filmed. My guess is that most of them have criminal records lol.

  • @BrassLock
    @BrassLock 7 лет назад +1

    Your Vlog is very addictive David, and I look forward to the regular invitations to watch the latest high quality production. It's a fascinating world you're travelling through, and I can see one has to be fit, fearless and "sticky of foot" to manage such slippery tall lock-ladders. Thanks for such great stuff.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +1

      I grip the rungs like Luke Skywalker hanging under the mining colony on Bespin...

    • @focusfrenzy9759
      @focusfrenzy9759 7 лет назад

      you hook a leg in and hang upside down while calling out to your sister? LOL

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Haha, something like that!

  • @karlfair
    @karlfair 7 лет назад

    This series is very well done. You're doing a great job of taking us along. The meeting the boat at the narrow point is another fine example of "Critical Convergence".

  • @christopherlussenden3021
    @christopherlussenden3021 7 лет назад +1

    Aaah CTC, nice, nice, nice and nice again! Thank you very much.

  • @frankholmes1138
    @frankholmes1138 7 лет назад

    You spoil us dear friend ! And such wonderful weather to support you ! Another halfhour's real pleasure. Thank you.

  • @luanncrownover4
    @luanncrownover4 7 лет назад +3

    Oh to be cruising! Thanks for another great vlog!

  • @aimeelee76
    @aimeelee76 7 лет назад +1

    This ended too soon for me; I could have watched it for ages more. So soothing!

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +2

      Sorry - it ends when that section of travel ends! But the next one will be up soon :--)

  • @WildeFyre69
    @WildeFyre69 6 лет назад +3

    Well, I've watched for about 19 hours straight and I'm packing it in for today! I heartily enjoyed all of your videos and had some great laugh out loud moments while watching them. Thank you, thank you!

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  6 лет назад +3

      Glad you're enjoying them! Pace yourself!! Cheers

  • @edwarhys1
    @edwarhys1 3 года назад +2

    i've lived in Stoke on Trent for 3 years now and it was nice to see this video

  • @mikerobson1786
    @mikerobson1786 7 лет назад +1

    David
    Thank you for answering my many questions over recent weeks. I am still catching up with some of your previous vlogs. I just watched the 'Brothers in Arms' vlog about the North Oxford restoration. What an excellent vlog that was, the interview with the organising volunteer just captured the spirit of the canal volunteers and what they have achieved over the past 65 years - I do think that these vlogs will be a very important archive material in the future. I also recall the interview with the man canoeing the network for charity, also very interesting I thought.
    When you interview people in this way they seem to relax and just tell their story, you seem to disappear and they have the space to 'tell', reminds me a little of the listening project on the BBC at times. I recall being on the Errewash recently. We were delayed at the Gallows lock while the volunteers fitted a plaque to the lock gate. We chatted to them while we waited. They were mostly retired engineers, they used a restored historic work boat as their work base that they were extremely proud of, I can only describe them as a totally charming and marvelously eccentric bunch with many fascinating stories to tell.
    The voices on the canals, whether they be boaters on the network, canal trust staff, volunteers, canoe fund raisers etc, are often very interesting raconteurs, arguably more individual and unique than in any other walk of life. When you do capture these voices I find myself transfixed. Any chance we could hear some more of them within the vlogs?
    Mike

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +1

      Hi. Thanks. It's really a question of when I come across them, them being willing to go on camera, and there being a visual story to tell. It's not enough for them to talk, there needs to be relevant pictures to go over the top, to make a decent video. I do, when I can :-)

  • @schoentje62
    @schoentje62 7 лет назад +1

    I really love your video's and your comment. It looks very professional and is very informative. Very nice for a Dutch guy to watch. Thanks very much!!!

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Thank you Ron, I am glad you like them. Cheers.

  • @johnbrookes2196
    @johnbrookes2196 7 лет назад

    Trentham that would be where the well known garden attractions would be I think. Thanks David your spoiling us with these fabulous cruising vlogs.

  • @richglenn3729
    @richglenn3729 7 лет назад +2

    Beautiful footage, great audio and splendid editing.
    As always, +1

  • @mattreid8768
    @mattreid8768 4 года назад +6

    So, that's where Hyacinth's Royal Dalton China was made ;)

  • @scooby2142
    @scooby2142 7 лет назад +2

    I appreciated the Steelite Span Joke ! Well done sir :-)

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Thank you!

    • @daviddirom7429
      @daviddirom7429 7 лет назад

      Scooby2142 there was me thinking I'm the only guy left who remembers Steeleye Span lol and then I watch Cruising the cut lol

  • @jamesdavis5096
    @jamesdavis5096 6 лет назад +2

    The way you capture the details is amazing, you can tell this is pro.

  • @toms4123
    @toms4123 7 лет назад

    Thank you David, for the wonderful narrative as much as the pitures, very enjoyable.

  • @joannapocock6055
    @joannapocock6055 7 лет назад +1

    Loved this vlog fish rollercoaster and Steeleye Span too funny !!

  • @isbcornbinder
    @isbcornbinder 7 лет назад

    Another magic few minutes. I appreciate your videos so much. Thankyou

  • @eboniteboy
    @eboniteboy 7 лет назад +2

    Hello David, I've just finished my "binge watch" to catch up on your wonderful video's ... enjoyed 'em all, thanks, oh and completely agree with you about Cadbury's and graffiti. Long may you continue to C.T.C.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Well done on your epic watch! Glad you're enjoying them. Cheers.

  • @Calonius32
    @Calonius32 4 года назад +6

    I know i ma coupel of years late but the building with the large tower is the recycling center and incinirator

  • @michaelpilling9659
    @michaelpilling9659 4 года назад +1

    the answer to your chimney question = incinerator. A grand boating experience through an area the canals were built for. Coal coming in and pottery going out. Fascinating trip, excellent film. Thank you David.

  • @johnbuckley5761
    @johnbuckley5761 7 лет назад +1

    I too like cemeteries, they are dead cool. I tend the find that the history you referred to is hidden just below the surface. Buried in fact! Great vlog. Thanks.

  • @johnwigglesworth7961
    @johnwigglesworth7961 7 лет назад +1

    The puns are getting better David. I tip my all around my hat to you young sir.

  • @hannuhelminen9653
    @hannuhelminen9653 4 года назад +2

    One of the most charming video posts this far. A real enjoyment to watch it. Thanks!

  • @user-lx6bl2wd8g
    @user-lx6bl2wd8g 7 лет назад +2

    Great vlog. Back in Blighty now. Your vlogs have almost given me the confidence to put an end to my far east existence and buy my own boat. Almost.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +1

      Steady on old bean, that's dramatic talk!!

  • @suzannebudlong8376
    @suzannebudlong8376 3 года назад +1

    I love cemeteries. There are so many stories written in stone. I spent two hours yesterday exploring Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg. It seem that every time i find a half hidden stone in the underbrush, a long forgotten person lives again .... just for a moment. I also saw two deer, and a coyote.

    • @simplywonderful449
      @simplywonderful449 3 года назад +1

      Maintaining and running a cemetery is always a great undertaking!

  • @Lady_Iron
    @Lady_Iron 4 года назад +2

    If I am not mistaken the reason why the locks in Stoke are fairly deep is due to the subsidance issues stoke has. Stoke was subject to large amounts of mining whether it be the coal mines or potteries digging holes in their yards to mine clay for the saggar boxes used in kilns. In fact you can see on the last lock you entre (next to etruia industrial museum) the top of the lock has had to shored over the years to revent the canal from leaking over the sides. The canal next to the origional wedge wood factory for example is now roughly 14 feet above where the last remaining part of the factory used to be.

  • @wallacegrommet9343
    @wallacegrommet9343 3 года назад +2

    Dying of envy. Perhaps I should book a plot at that cemetery? At least I will be near the canal for an extended time!

  • @clareking1851
    @clareking1851 7 лет назад

    Absolutely love all your vlogs but particularly loving these ones as we bought our boat from Great Haywood and did this exact journey your doing. We went up to Anderton. Its really great to see it all again and be able to giggle along. Thank you.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +1

      Lovely! My Anderton video is only half-edited but coming soon :-)

  • @jdhinckley1954
    @jdhinckley1954 4 года назад +4

    Steellite Span. Perfect!

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  4 года назад +3

      I’m glad some folk like my appalling jokes!

    • @timpani25
      @timpani25 4 года назад

      @@CruisingTheCut Grooaan!!!!

    • @wideawake914
      @wideawake914 4 года назад

      I love the puns too. I look at these vlogs at night to help me 😴. not being sarcastic, so relaxing.

  • @TheVirginiaStew
    @TheVirginiaStew 7 лет назад +2

    Awesome Video....Dolphin Discount was flying its 1800's Southern USA Flag LOL not gonna mention its name.......that was the Hanford waste recycling Center smoke stacks you pointed out.....also those train wheel tables, there is the Axiom Rail Complex They have thousands of Rail car wheels everywhere, That was a eerie narrowboat at 5:00 thought that was Charon (ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx)....You should of toured the at Trentham Lake and Gardens....so are you gonna take a dip at Water World.

  • @mattlourer9692
    @mattlourer9692 6 лет назад +3

    I have a Facebook friend in Stoke-on-Trent. I do hope to meet up with her one day. I'm in the states but a long stay in the U.K. is on my bucket list.

  • @ryanexsus
    @ryanexsus 6 лет назад +4

    I'm watching all your videos in succession. I really enjoy them! I had never heard of narrowboats before discovering your channel, and now I wish I had one. In Arkansas we have the Arkansas River and the Mississippi River, but I don't know if a narrowboat would be able to operate on those.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  6 лет назад +2

      I think those rivers would be too wide and turbulent for a narrowboat.

  • @matthewoliver6655
    @matthewoliver6655 5 лет назад +2

    These vlogs are wonderful! My friend has given up the house and the job at 58 and migrated to the canals as well. More and more people seem to be doing this. I have not got the courage to do it, but good luck to you!

  • @acea2477
    @acea2477 7 лет назад +2

    Love this episode! Keep up the great work (:

  • @waltherr.diemel2347
    @waltherr.diemel2347 7 лет назад +1

    Another wonderful video. Best wishes!

  • @stevencarter9401
    @stevencarter9401 7 лет назад

    Very good, even the corny joke! That water park is excellent well our dog thought so. Looking forward to the tunnel.

  • @randallfield4036
    @randallfield4036 7 лет назад

    I really look forward to each new vlog and following your journey on google earth.
    Thanks David

  • @focusfrenzy9759
    @focusfrenzy9759 7 лет назад +1

    the smokestack is for the Hanford household waste recycling center!
    I went to Stoke on Trent in google maps and found a road overpass and went into street view and located the stack and moved to it.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +2

      Perhaps you have missed your calling as a private investigator!

  • @flatusinteruptus
    @flatusinteruptus 7 лет назад

    Some impressive helmsmanship there , you are becoming the admiral Nelson of the canal system.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Haha, yes I like that. Out of my way, everyone!

  • @flumpaustin1994
    @flumpaustin1994 6 лет назад +3

    A train station but no trains stop there anymore :( Etruria Junction in Stoke is absolutely fine to moor at overnight. Hanley park on The Caldon arm, however, is not.

  • @karlrichards
    @karlrichards 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely love it when you come through my home city. One day I'll spot you.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  3 года назад +1

      Cheers but I’m not tending to cruise these days

    • @karlrichards
      @karlrichards 3 года назад +1

      @@CruisingTheCut hope everything is alright..

  • @christophersteers9192
    @christophersteers9192 7 лет назад +1

    If you ever get than chance in future years I highly recommend the Caldon. Its a great detour and even has a steam line following it part of the way.

  • @sgfmsc
    @sgfmsc 7 лет назад +3

    " Steelite Span ! "Wonderful to those of us of a certain age

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +2

      I hoped that one might find an audience :-)

    • @bobmccown4588
      @bobmccown4588 7 лет назад +1

      We saw them a handful of years ago. I guess that makes us 'of a certain age'

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      :-)

  • @movedon12
    @movedon12 7 лет назад +1

    I really enjoy your videos, went ouch on the steel ice span bit lol 😂 thank you you made me smile(your not sad looking at gravestones I find them interesting to, guess we're just nosy lol

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +2

      Glad you liked it; it's interesting to look at the people's names and think about who they were and all that history.

    • @movedon12
      @movedon12 7 лет назад

      CruisingTheCut I agree

  • @paulmiller4316
    @paulmiller4316 7 лет назад +2

    Steelite Span ! Lol, nice one.

  • @blitzie1233
    @blitzie1233 6 лет назад +1

    I find watching your videos very relaxing and fun. thank you!

  • @melted_cheetah
    @melted_cheetah 4 года назад +2

    2:57 hahaha dang man, love the UK sense of humor

  • @stevehood10
    @stevehood10 4 года назад +4

    Thanks for showing Stoke-on -Trent, we left there in ‘65 for Melbourne and all those names are ones I grew up with, places mum and dad talked about when they were trying to instill a bit of heritage in me. Great series, although the landscape looks unbelievably alien rather like a country wide botanical garden than an actual country.

    • @slothrr776
      @slothrr776 4 года назад

      Why on earth did you leave Stoke on Trent for Melbourne? Oddball!

  • @harrygato2582
    @harrygato2582 6 лет назад +2

    The last time I walked along the canals around Etruria was around 1978. Things have been cleaned up considerably!

  • @christopherlussenden3021
    @christopherlussenden3021 7 лет назад +2

    I also meant to say, although I probably shouldn't, it must be pleasant pottering about in Stoke on Trent.

  • @kenlynch6332
    @kenlynch6332 7 лет назад

    Liked the new LOGO at the start; and always enjoy your narrated jaunt along the canal

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      New logo? It's been like that for ages...

    • @kenlynch6332
      @kenlynch6332 7 лет назад

      Obviously you are correct...Can't believe I never noticed it before... Must be old eyes failing me.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +1

      I was panicking in case I'd slipped up or something there...

  • @chriswellstead776
    @chriswellstead776 7 лет назад

    Buried history in the cemetery I think! They are rather intriguing places just the names and the dates of those who have moved on is interesting in an odd way. Great blog again.

  • @andykayll1414
    @andykayll1414 7 лет назад +1

    Enjoyable as always .....

  • @rolandwolf1327
    @rolandwolf1327 7 лет назад

    A treat as always. Keep it up please.

  • @chunkytanker7365
    @chunkytanker7365 7 лет назад

    I always enjoy watching your vlogs, keep up the good work

  • @winfredstacy5843
    @winfredstacy5843 7 лет назад

    I, too like stalking around old cemeteries. I grew up in Kentucky and, the old family cemeteries are beyond fascinating. In your more rural footage it takes me back to sailing on the Kentucky River which makes a diagonal cut across the state. It is fairly narrow (compared to the Ohio or Mississippi) and has bucolic country settings and few urban areas...Thank You Again.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Sounds lovely! Cheers

    • @winfredstacy5843
      @winfredstacy5843 7 лет назад

      Someday if you are in the USA I suggest the Kentucky River as a cruising spot...

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +1

      I think an overseas series of Cruising The Cut would be very interesting :-)

  • @wannabeeboater3798
    @wannabeeboater3798 7 лет назад

    Good job again David, Etruria was the original site of Joshia Wedgewood"s original pottery. He of course was one of the original proposers of the Trent and Mersey.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      I did not know that (about the site), cheers

  • @williamjordan811
    @williamjordan811 7 лет назад

    Great history bits.... Love it! Nice Cheers and as always God bless

  • @rhodrage
    @rhodrage 2 года назад +4

    My condolences for you having to come through Stoke.
    Also the old mill is in neither of those buildings. Its on its own behind them.

  • @pattyfarghaly1821
    @pattyfarghaly1821 7 лет назад

    I live the little forge area . SO much difference in a few miles. awesome.

  • @pixels2u
    @pixels2u 7 лет назад

    Yay! can't wait for the "Scarecastle" tomorrow! =D

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +1

      It was "tomorrow" for me, it'll be next week for you :-)

  • @lynneevans4265
    @lynneevans4265 7 лет назад

    Another great vlog, always full of information, your nearing 100 hope it's something special.

  • @kenpage1107
    @kenpage1107 7 лет назад

    Another good one Dave, we have relos in Stoke and we were there for a brief visit just before last Christmas, its a very historic place and well worth a more extended visit, keep on cruising mate, good to watch, cheers, Ken

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Thanks Ken. I don't tend to visit the places much as I go through, I'm not much of a tourist. Maybe when I get my campervan...

  • @sylviapage8572
    @sylviapage8572 7 лет назад

    What a lovely place to moor. This journey is great. I can't wait to see your trip through the tunnel, you've probably done it by now. I hope it went OK!

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Oh yes, it was some weeks ago and all fine, thanks.

  • @flatusinteruptus
    @flatusinteruptus 7 лет назад +3

    Your vlog is becoming somewhat educational , being from the U.S. , I didn't understand the steelite span reference , so , I had to search all around ( my hat) to find out what it meant.

  • @judytaylor5400
    @judytaylor5400 7 лет назад

    Another lovely VLOG as always. I also love to walk through old cemeteries and read the inscriptions. I was surprised to see the sign for Portmeirion - I have been to the enchanting village of Portmeirion but it is in Wales, I guess the pottery is in England.
    You have to be extremely agile to get up those ladders in the locks!
    Keep up the good work.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      I recently went up the narrowest, most ridiculous lock ladder ever, just wide enough for one foot and only an inch or so for that foot to go through the rungs; quite dangerous!

  • @jimfritz8983
    @jimfritz8983 7 лет назад

    Wow! That's an interesting area! Thanks for another great vlog!

  • @kernowfairy
    @kernowfairy 7 лет назад

    Stoke is my original home...was born in Alsager ...a lovely little village ...enjoy xx

  • @martinsach5599
    @martinsach5599 5 лет назад +6

    Not sure if anyone tried the (3:40) "ten point chimney building" (and I am as far from "local" of Stoke as can be), but according google maps, the whole complex of buildings including the chimney, is part of M.E.S. Environmental, wich does recycle waste and produce (electrical) energy out of waste by burning. That would explain the atypical shape of the chimney (it has to be full of exhaust filters and scrubers). Proof: www.mesenvironmental.co.uk/index.php/operations/stoke/

    • @firewall783
      @firewall783 4 года назад

      It's the stoke incinerator I see it everyday

    • @alanwatkiss7993
      @alanwatkiss7993 4 года назад

      Yep it's the local tip

  • @OCteahead
    @OCteahead 4 года назад +2

    6:22 nice bit of helmsmanship!

  • @curtbonnell4308
    @curtbonnell4308 5 лет назад +1

    I have been binge watching your vlogs today, my backside is getting numb, lol. But well worth it.

  • @tomdallas1211
    @tomdallas1211 7 лет назад

    Awesome journey David. :-) thank you for sharing.

  • @davos1280
    @davos1280 7 лет назад

    your vlog is such a treat

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan 2 года назад +2

    Etruria definitely sounds like a kingdom in Middle Earth or maybe a neighbor of Narnia :-)

    • @tracysmith245
      @tracysmith245 Год назад

      would like to go back in time to when it was an industrial place very busy

  • @JPinFuerteventura
    @JPinFuerteventura 7 лет назад

    Advert duly watched to the end. Good vlog as always David.

  • @keithmuller4127
    @keithmuller4127 4 года назад +2

    That chimney building 3:41 is the city incinerator.

  • @ki4clz
    @ki4clz 7 лет назад

    Some excellent shots; and I do like the "new" camera angles from the bow this go 'round...

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +1

      Good! (You have no idea how much extra work I've made for myself using two cams...)

  • @craigleemehan
    @craigleemehan 7 лет назад +5

    "We're not in Kansas any more," I laugh, while watching this in Kansas.

  • @HansFranke
    @HansFranke 7 лет назад

    The missing bridge (2:33) was part of a railway line, the Trentham Park Branch.
    The chimney in Sideway is part of an incinerator, I guess for household waste. At least it's marked as such in the Nicholsen guide #4. Which is exactly the spot where a low hanging branch grabbed my copy and threw it into the T&M. That miscivious plant is clearly visible on your clip. Glad you made it arround :))
    For the Etruria Industrial Museum, the second building is the main museum, housing the mill. The first building is a warehouse, originally part of the gauging station, now used as exhibition room for the museum.
    Your caveat about mooring overnight in Stoke is maybe a bit outdated. We stayed this May for three (seperate) nights in Stoke, twice about ~200m north of Etruria Junction. No problems at all, in fact, it felt way more safe than on some rural stretches, where nights where torn apart by motorbikes roaring along the towpath. If at all, the area arround Hanley park is a less desirable mooring spot due to many idle students during afternoon and evening.
    Its nice to recall our own trip by watching your vlog. Thanks.
    narrowboat.meckerhut.de/2017/05/11/die-englaender-ihre-hunde-und-der-hundsdreck/

  • @nkiey
    @nkiey 5 лет назад +2

    Was Middleport Pottery where they filmed the Great British Pottery Throw-down? I just checked on Wikipedia and yes, it was.

  • @annettefournier9655
    @annettefournier9655 7 лет назад

    I find cemeteries quite Interesting like to walk around the older areas and read the monuments and head stones to get just a peek of history from the areas former inhabitants. Green cool and quiet places usually.

  • @micheleoftheoaks5506
    @micheleoftheoaks5506 7 лет назад

    I'm with you, I like cemeteries too. There's so much history in the old ones. My favorites are those on the East coast of the U.S., but I bet you have even better ones where you are.

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      We certainly have older ones with amazing dates on the headstones.

  • @moondancer5115
    @moondancer5115 7 лет назад

    nice little cruise, somewhat scarey looking ladder. I'd not want to slip and fall , yikes! looking forward to more pastoral scenery. . .

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Yup, they're all like that though not necessarily as tall.

  • @gatinaud
    @gatinaud 7 лет назад

    I think Dolphin refers to a make of glass-fibre boats from the 70s and 80s. Mind you, I could be wrong.
    Well done with the lock work.
    Steelite Span is GOOD!

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад

      Ahh, that's a splendid piece of obscure knowledge about the Dolphins, thank you!

  • @ASCIITerminal
    @ASCIITerminal 7 лет назад +3

    Steelite Span - a great pun that I suspect is lost on those, not of a certain age!

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  7 лет назад +1

      :-)

    • @mikegershon8528
      @mikegershon8528 6 лет назад +1

      I was thinking the same thing. What a wonderful group. Is there perhaps a Fairport on one of the routes that you can make a connection with? :p

    • @CruisingTheCut
      @CruisingTheCut  6 лет назад +1

      Haha, I shall certainly try to find one!