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  • Опубликовано: 6 фев 2022
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  • @phillipbateman2284
    @phillipbateman2284 2 года назад +20

    Always nice spending a bit of time with you Robbie. Walking around or cruising the canal, but seeing sights and hearing history thats new. It's like chatting with a mate. Thanks mate, take care.

  • @michaelcoker3197
    @michaelcoker3197 2 года назад +3

    After all these years, I'm finally a subscriber. You've always done the best narrow boat videos.

  • @2019freddie
    @2019freddie 2 года назад +4

    The signs in Polish said, 'we've nicked all the fish' just kidding.....

  • @terrycorby7026
    @terrycorby7026 2 года назад +3

    I have been unwell for a while and discovered your videos during that time and they've helped me get through a rough time. Thanks so much Robbie keep cranking!

  • @michaelaaylott1686
    @michaelaaylott1686 Год назад

    I’m listening to “inconvenient truth” a series on radio 4 about the psychological cost of living in this modern world of convenience, how we become more anxious and less keen on interacting with other people, then I watch your lifestyle and marvel how you have escaped that peril. Your everyday chores might seem difficult and time consuming, but you are really alive, and probably feel far more satisfaction and happiness than if you were living a more conventional modern life.
    Sitting here on my sofa watching you, I’m feeling envious!

  • @wilfamos7314
    @wilfamos7314 2 года назад +6

    Thank you as ever for a brilliant video, and helping me get through February. Much appreciated Robbie and stay safe! 🙂

  • @neilmusgrove4668
    @neilmusgrove4668 2 года назад +2

    Just found you on youtube after enjoying the canal boat diaries on TV, really enjoyed the video, a new subscriber!

  • @carolynabramo7108
    @carolynabramo7108 2 года назад +2

    Great to see the Naughty Lass and Naughty Lad side by side!!! Great music and awesome ride down the canal. Stay Warm!!!

  • @pootlingalong8928
    @pootlingalong8928 2 года назад +1

    Loved, loved, LOVED Canal Boat Diaries, now finished 😥 come back on my TV soon please 🙏🙂

  • @suefleckney3776
    @suefleckney3776 2 года назад +2

    Me and my husband have just watched your telly series, so watchable, you are the man.

  • @wendyflanagan5738
    @wendyflanagan5738 2 года назад

    Just enjoyed listening to this vlog. Wakefield looks fascinating to explore. Thanks Robbie.

  • @michaelbishop5878
    @michaelbishop5878 2 года назад +15

    Only one "message" left on the lock is Polish, and it's quite amusing actually:
    "I'll write it somewhere higher once I grow up"
    There's one Slovak (or Czech) one addressed directly to you Robbie
    "I miss you a lot, I think about you, my heart's in pain"

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад +1

      Ha brilliant thanks Michael!!

    • @Finglesham
      @Finglesham 2 года назад

      Is that a real translation or a Google one? . The latter are generally crap.

    • @michaelbishop5878
      @michaelbishop5878 2 года назад

      @@Finglesham nah, none of that google rubbish here. I'm a real deal, once you speak one Slavic language u speak them all, kinda.

  • @matthewgodwin8308
    @matthewgodwin8308 2 года назад +3

    Thank you Robbie for yet another excellent vlog. Much appreciated and enjoyed it too. 🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @michaelhiggins7365
    @michaelhiggins7365 2 года назад +3

    Oh Robbie, your boat looked so cozy and warm with the pull out sofa extended and fire going in the Saloon. I also found the Model Railroad facility quite interesting and you really showed us some fascinating architecture. Wishing you all the very best from Avondale, Arizona.

  • @bobgarner1402
    @bobgarner1402 2 года назад +1

    There’s only one Robbie Cumming! Well there’s probably quite a few I haven’t really checked....
    but what I mean to say is! Brilliant video mate, great shots and music, fantastic!
    Thanks brother 😊

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад

      There are quite a few others out there but i appreciate it!

  • @Richardj410
    @Richardj410 2 года назад +1

    Nice to have another video from you. Thanks.

  • @chrissiegladwin3676
    @chrissiegladwin3676 2 года назад +4

    I love your new music sections Robbie. Give a shout when you get down the Leeds Liverpool as far as Adlington, come have some beers in a shed with a woodburner :)

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад

      Hi Christie went through Adlington last summer but thanks for the offer!

  • @himself6187
    @himself6187 2 года назад +8

    One of your best uploads - especially your intro, great composition and timing! I've never seen Yorkshire look so nice - in winter!!

  • @clairehewitt3381
    @clairehewitt3381 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for another great video, enjoying the music too 👍

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад

      Ah thanks Claire glad you enjoyed it

  • @beverleybutler7685
    @beverleybutler7685 2 года назад +1

    Great video Robbie nothing like a canal boat ride of a morning & sites of Wakefield!👍

  • @willgaukler8979
    @willgaukler8979 2 года назад +1

    ... as your roots explore ... I find nourishment ... and for that I thank you ...

  • @martinbarnett4210
    @martinbarnett4210 2 года назад +5

    Hey Robbie, like the latest vlog. I see you are on TV again, I hope the BBC are 💰 paying you Performing Artist Rights fee and Repeat fee as well, or at least they should be. Best series on narrow boating .

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад

      Nah TV doesn’t work like that be good if it did!! Thank you!

    • @martinbarnett4210
      @martinbarnett4210 2 года назад

      @@RobbieCumming That's fine, keep up the good work with your entertaining Vlogs and "Keep On Cranking It"

  • @lifesjustablink
    @lifesjustablink 2 года назад +3

    Welcome to Wakefield Robbie! We had just watched Canal Boat Diaries and decided to look for you on RUclips and were surprised to see your post from just down the road. We love watching your videos ❤️

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад +1

      Awesome and you too welcome to the slightly wackier world of RUclips!!

  • @peterdawson2645
    @peterdawson2645 2 года назад +2

    Brought back an interesting memory of a hire boat trip in these parts 30 years back. We got something round the prop in Wakefield which would not shift and our maddest crew member (cheers Simon) had to climb in. He managed to disentangle a bit of fire hose! That trip was bonkers, my wife didn't join us as our daughter was a baby, so all male crew. From Sowerby Bridge we reached Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Selby in a week. I remember nothing much except boat - pub - sleep and repeat... But amazing waterways and so different from the narrow canals. The coal train boats to Ferrybridge were still working, huge and terrifying, and we also saw a tanker on the A & C near Leeds.

  • @sharongreen160
    @sharongreen160 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for another great video Robbie, always enjoy them. Saw you on the telly again too 🤗

  • @davidpynn7172
    @davidpynn7172 2 года назад +1

    Ditto what Phillip Bateman said, cheers Robbie!

  • @Dave-bu6bc
    @Dave-bu6bc 2 года назад +8

    The old cut used to end just next to the main pond by the road bridge. In the yard by the chapel there is the building the original navigation was managed from, has a blue plaque.
    I remember from my youth that back in the 1970s/1980s it used to look a lot closer to functional than it does these days, looked like a new set of lock gates was all that was needed. That was before all the pipes were installed at the lock location. CRT had a water tap on their asset list on that old cut as recently as 7 or 8 years ago, we went looking for it but it was not to be found.
    If you're planning on completing the C&H you'll need to pick up a handspike to get thru Salterhebble top lock into Sowerby Bridge. Pretty sure someone else has already told you that, but better to be told twice than to find out the hard way. If you're turning at Cooper Bridge towards the Huddersfield Narrow it's not necessary.

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад +2

      Thanks Dave yes already got my spike have been using it to get on to the next bit - thanks for the history really appreciate it 👍

    • @willgaukler8979
      @willgaukler8979 2 года назад

      ... see Robin were all on your side ready to offer ... like you suggest ... speak to the locals ...

    • @Dave-bu6bc
      @Dave-bu6bc 2 года назад +1

      @@RobbieCumming Got plenty more history for this area if you want it.
      The conveyor sticking out from the bank just before the old cut lock was the last place that working boats used on this section, coal used to be loaded there onto barges from trucks and taken down to Ferrybridge for the power station. That's why the locks were all made electric up past Stanley Ferry but no further. I can remember seeing that working in the 1980s, not sure when it stopped.
      Just a couple of hundred yards before you reached that, where the new road bridge passed over, you may have noticed the beginning of the derelict Barnsley canal on your left, used to run past Barnsley serving the coal mines and join up the other end where the big boatyard is now at Swinton near Rotherham.
      Made me smile seeing my boat (what there is of it) on your intro.

  • @blinzohagen
    @blinzohagen 2 года назад +1

    Great stuff Robbie! Thank you so much. David & Beverley, NB Froya

  • @Santafefrank
    @Santafefrank 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the video Robbie

  • @garysmith280
    @garysmith280 2 года назад

    isolating with covid now for the last 3 days and just watching videos and vlogs all over the place...anything canal related. I`m a fairly new boat owner for a season so far and absolutely love everything about it. Keep up the good work Robbie !

  • @1258-Eckhart
    @1258-Eckhart 2 года назад +1

    Good to be able to share this with you, thanks.

  • @wayne.s
    @wayne.s 2 года назад +1

    Hi robbie, i love watching your bbc4 series plus youtube, what a lucky man to have a life on the water, stay safe always.

  • @layalabi1667
    @layalabi1667 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the lovely winter colours!!

  • @alihues
    @alihues 2 года назад +1

    Oh, you're so close to where we live! 🤗 When you finally get onto the river, give a wave to the old wooden decking overhang and mooring on your left 👋

  • @lynnecrook9345
    @lynnecrook9345 Год назад

    Had to comment- literally moored up by that swing bridge after my first day single handing (sort of) and this popped up as my next suggested video!

  • @tashaimpressions
    @tashaimpressions Год назад

    Been a fan of canals for many years. Always appreciate your canal journeys and videos.

  • @davidheaton2413
    @davidheaton2413 2 года назад +1

    Great place is the Merrie City Wakefield. Interesting viewing it from the canals and Calder. Good viewing, hope you enjoyed your visit.

  • @grwuk8290
    @grwuk8290 2 года назад +1

    Another great vlog 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @jishnu7039
    @jishnu7039 Год назад

    All love from a canal lover from India

  • @janegriffith2369
    @janegriffith2369 2 года назад +1

    we love your videos please keep posting them our favourite walks are on the canal with our 2 dogs we are in Worcestershire so lots of different options and lovely and quiet too!

  • @DAVEforeverLFC
    @DAVEforeverLFC 2 года назад +1

    Hi Robbie great video just watched your series on the bbc was brill love the lifestyle. Cheers

  • @sharonrimsza7960
    @sharonrimsza7960 2 года назад +2

    Glad to see you out and about. Finally freedom to travel. Hopefully the weather will be better when you get back. Stock up on tea and fuel for your heat. Enjoy your time with family.

  • @glennswalks7693
    @glennswalks7693 2 года назад +1

    Hi Robbie what a great Vlog I live near Wakefield. I hope you enjoy your stay atb Cheers Glenn 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

  • @nickevans1698
    @nickevans1698 2 года назад +3

    Great vlog Robbie 🤜🏻🤛🏻

  • @who2wwakefieldhistoryon2wh12
    @who2wwakefieldhistoryon2wh12 2 года назад +1

    Great video. The fields you passed on the right heading from Stanley Ferry are where Park Hill Colliery used to be and is now the site of the bypass, Fall Ings was named that as it was somewhere in the vicinity that the Earl of Rutland was captured and killed during the Battle of Wakefield 1460, the story goes: During the battle the young Earl and his tutor escaped the castle and headed toward the river, here they begged for help from a monk at the chapel but were refused, it is unknown if the Earl headed across the bridge and was captured on Kirkgate or if he headed along the river to the spot now known as Fall Ings, his Father Richard, Duke of York was killed about a mile or so away at Sandal Castle.

  • @naughtystudios
    @naughtystudios 2 года назад

    Went through that Fall ings Lock at weekend. Several ‘Undesirable’s’ hanging around drinking Strong Brew at 10am. Definitely wouldn’t fancy Mooring up there.

  • @peterDiglin
    @peterDiglin 2 года назад +2

    Love your work Robbie ❤️

  • @flybystu69
    @flybystu69 2 года назад

    Nice down to earth content thanks ✌👍

  • @James_RC
    @James_RC 2 года назад +1

    Everything free and easy,
    Do as you darn well pleasey..
    👾👾👾👾👾 Classic cranking Robbie

  • @chloebell5990
    @chloebell5990 Год назад

    Brilliant video 👍 for the last 4 years I've dreamed of owning a narrow boat. Stanley ferry is so beautiful. I used to live over the road from fall ings lock. I thought the name was so funny, fall in the lock. The mooring spots in there are really nice you have your own bit of land. Just a shame the estate on the other side of the road is so rough. Bell vue

    • @chloebell5990
      @chloebell5990 Год назад

      You moored up along side the ruddy duck pub. That's also a beautiful place. Best wishes on your future journey

    • @chloebell5990
      @chloebell5990 Год назад

      I also lived in london but for around 20 years. Funny how we all migrate up north 🤣

  • @derek6542
    @derek6542 2 года назад +1

    Great vlog, as usual. Thanks Robbie!

  • @patriciagassor4497
    @patriciagassor4497 2 года назад +1

    lovely cruise Robbie stay safe

  • @christopherbutler7588
    @christopherbutler7588 2 года назад +1

    Nice to see you out and about have a good week 😉

  • @fp30e
    @fp30e 2 года назад +1

    Hi Robbie, another great Crankin' Vlog. Wakefield is looking good. It did look cold. Missed your Pub of the Week (love the jingle). You must be so pleased when you see electric locks? All locks should be electric, and then I guess you would see more single boaters. Loved the Vlog and it was really good to see you. Take care.,

  • @MissyCaroline1
    @MissyCaroline1 2 года назад +1

    Another lovely video. Maybe there should be a black and white sign asking people not to deface our history! Keep cranking it x

  • @nilo70
    @nilo70 2 года назад +1

    A nice hot cup of Tea on a cold day ! It’s a Broken Drum ! ( you can’t beat it )

  • @medwaymodelrailway7129
    @medwaymodelrailway7129 2 года назад +2

    Nice upload you put together. Lots of detail.

    • @medwaymodelrailway7129
      @medwaymodelrailway7129 2 года назад +1

      Thanks very much for replying to my comment. It's nice to see other people's work to get idea to improve my layout. Take Care & Stay Safe.

  • @MessengerRising
    @MessengerRising 2 года назад +1

    Love those bleak industrial landscapes for some strange reason.

  • @KarrierBag
    @KarrierBag 2 года назад +2

    Hi ya Robbie, great video 😁
    Today they have put the swing bridge back in on selby canal after 6 months, it is all nice and new 😄

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад +1

      Exciting times!!

    • @KarrierBag
      @KarrierBag 2 года назад

      @@RobbieCumming well I hope so, I hope the swing bridge is faster than it was 🤣

  • @margaretheron9262
    @margaretheron9262 2 года назад

    Another very enjoyable, informative diary Robbie. So glad to catch up with you again, keep cranking !

  • @stephenpegum9776
    @stephenpegum9776 2 года назад +1

    As a single-handed boater you must love those electrically-operated lock gates Robbie. And I see that before then you engaged the warp drive on your boat !! 😎😉
    PS : I've just seen the name of the company at 10:55 & had to add that I lived in Newport, S Wales between 1961 & 1977 - it sure is a small world !!

  • @diannedogwalker1268
    @diannedogwalker1268 2 года назад +2

    Great to see you bravely adventuring about in the cold. Sadly , no pub of the week in Wakefield? Maybe lighter nights are needed to weave your way back to the boat? Take care Robbie

  • @2LaneTraveler
    @2LaneTraveler 2 года назад +1

    I love a video of Wakefield, since that's apparently where some of my ancestors worked and lived before they emigrated to the United States a little over a hundred years ago.

  • @paulayala4816
    @paulayala4816 2 года назад +1

    I think the model train set needs a running model of the 'Naughty Lass' plowing up and down the model canal, I know the model river is glass or resin, but they can make it work. The roaring fire and your sleeping arrangement looks pretty comfortable, I need to try that here at my home, my kids keep turning the heater off in the middle of the night and I woke up this morning to a 58 degree temp.

  • @penelopeallsebrook6618
    @penelopeallsebrook6618 2 года назад +1

    Enjoyed watching Robbie , 👍💯

  • @dizzylizzysunflower
    @dizzylizzysunflower 2 года назад +1

    Oi oi! Great vlog as always..looking forward to you exploring new waters..🙂

  • @waynescanlon6715
    @waynescanlon6715 2 года назад

    Love it absolutely brilliant 👍

  • @petergallon9797
    @petergallon9797 2 года назад

    Hi Robbie. Love your YT vlogs and BBC4 Canal Boat diaries. Just wish I could afford to join the Cranking Crew. When you were in Wakefield, just wondered why you didn't negotiate the Stand Edge Tunnel at Marsden to Diggle on The Huddersfield Broad Canal. Looks like a classic challenge for the Naughty Lass! Keep on Cranking it!

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад

      Hi Peter Ah that’s easy to answer - it isn’t anywhere near Wakefield in canal terms, it’s on the Huddersfield narrow, and also I’ve done it before!

  • @bremnersghost948
    @bremnersghost948 2 года назад +1

    Highly recommend the Beer @ the Wharfside Pub, Straight opposite the C&H Flood Gate onto the River, Moorings available but be careful on the Ladder up the Wall, It's very slippy.

  • @rogerclinton6876
    @rogerclinton6876 2 года назад +1

    Hi Robbie. Good to see you still "Cranking It" If in Sheffield again give me a shout. Rx

  • @problem87
    @problem87 2 года назад

    7:18 the big black writing says "when I'll grow then I'll write higher" lol

  • @DeanPorterEsq
    @DeanPorterEsq 2 года назад

    Another great video buddy, hope you are well. Loving that you have a truck

  • @MegaSuperpotter
    @MegaSuperpotter 2 года назад

    Great stuff Robbie, love the new? music, bit rocky eh....

  • @grahamlewis6062
    @grahamlewis6062 2 года назад +1

    🌟👏👍 thanks for vlogging 😃

  • @Admiral_Pumpout
    @Admiral_Pumpout 2 года назад +1

    You be careful in The White Horse. I saw a bloke in there once chatting up a bird, bought her a drink and everything and after a while complained to the bar staff because she wouldn’t talk to him and kept staring at him. It was a mannequin!

  • @paullapper8702
    @paullapper8702 2 года назад +2

    Love your videos buddy 🇨🇦

  • @bivers4399
    @bivers4399 2 года назад

    That’s a pretty nifty cap cover you’ve got, like a dual purpose duvet that offers summer and winter protection.
    Looking forward to this years cruising videos.

  • @duringthemeanwhilst
    @duringthemeanwhilst 2 года назад +1

    I get amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I can't remember if I've forgotten this before...

  • @chrissysaunders8053
    @chrissysaunders8053 2 года назад +2

    Get a chopper motocycle it's life changing

  • @markames3688
    @markames3688 2 года назад +1

    Good stuff, cheers.

  • @hughcarson6837
    @hughcarson6837 2 года назад +1

    Great vlog Robbie

  • @paultelegdi2360
    @paultelegdi2360 2 года назад +2

    Well planed Robbie, to go under a bridge just when a train was crossing above it. Paul😀

    • @chris-cole
      @chris-cole 2 года назад

      Amazing structure tho! How they get the brickwork to twist like that just looks amazing right? Wonder if it's a purposeful design, adding strength to the bridge 🤔

  • @dianelefarge5898
    @dianelefarge5898 2 года назад

    Enjoyed that break from my current hum-drumness 👍

  • @tonywood260
    @tonywood260 2 года назад

    Lovely photography as always. ;¬)

  • @paullapper8702
    @paullapper8702 2 года назад +1

    Love your videos buddy

  • @MikeFD2424
    @MikeFD2424 2 года назад

    First set of moorings at Fall Ings were fine for us - left the boat there for a week - felt safer being closer to the residential moorers :-) Good video - we were there just a few weeks ago and we met up at the Castleford junction :-) Keep them coming !

  • @dairyfarmerdan
    @dairyfarmerdan 2 года назад

    Looking good Robbie both canal and town wear 🕺👌

  • @andybyles9731
    @andybyles9731 2 года назад

    As you pass through the figure of three locks between Horbury and Dewsbury .have a look at the new locks and sluices they were damaged by storm Ciara in February 2020. 18 months of work and £2m there is at the moment a nice shot of the damage on Google satellite maps.

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад

      Thanks Andy -I’ve got footage of the damage from my lockeeper friend Dave but thanks for the tip about the map i didnt know that👍

  • @waynerosiesharman6073
    @waynerosiesharman6073 2 года назад

    Loved it Robbie 😀 Paul Sykes country 👊

  • @paulturner7837
    @paulturner7837 2 года назад +2

    Great vlog as usual Robbie, that’s a nice wide navigation. You will feel a bit over crowded when you get back on the canals. The Polish writing may only be names, I will see if my mates at work can translate it 👍

  • @meruliouslacrimens5154
    @meruliouslacrimens5154 2 года назад

    I just love hovering over your shoulder, picking up tidbits of info on the way. Its daft if you think about it, in that in the UK we " Put on more layers, during winter, to go out and get Cold, yet we put on less clothing in the summer to go out and get Hot!!" Such a shame having to moor so close to the pub eh?🍺🍻🥃

  • @majordolbyscat
    @majordolbyscat 2 года назад +1

    "Britains Biggest Model Railway!" So Partridge-esque. Got me thinking up a new series there Robbie, Magnet Fishing with Kirstie Allsopp and Tim Henman ;)

  • @junco477
    @junco477 2 года назад

    Always a pleasure.

  • @FredStam
    @FredStam 2 года назад

    nice video. Like the you live om a narrow boat greetings from Holland

  • @williamdurham7722
    @williamdurham7722 2 года назад

    Thank you for visibly titling the places you travel to...It helps a person who is not English to know that the destination is not "Aaroncaulder"...🤓🤣☕

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад +1

      Thank you! There are subtitles too - but if I don’t edit the automatically generated words they sometimes say things like ‘Colder In Dibble’ instead of ‘Calder and Hebble’ 😂

  • @anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204
    @anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 2 года назад

    good vid on the cut keep up the good vid robbie thanks lee

  • @brystonecowboy
    @brystonecowboy 2 года назад

    Started at the beginning of your channel last weekend, watched through and just caught up.
    Sent you a pint or 2, enjoy.
    Thanks for the videos and keep cranking!

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад +1

      Awesome cheers Bryan just seen that v generous thank you 👍

  • @dc5097
    @dc5097 2 года назад +2

    Hi Robbie, really good stuff, i got into this from your canal boat diaries. Have you considered a cycle in the back of your truck to get back to the boat as an occasional alternative to walking? Or maybe a Unicyle for the fun factor. You may also like Nick Drake re the guitar music. Keep it up. Free to roam.

  • @MrOVERANOUT
    @MrOVERANOUT 2 года назад

    You will be heading towards my local canal through Mirfield, where that model railway was based upon. But before Mirfield you will pass the Dewsbury arm of the cut to Savilletown basin. Here you will find The Leggers Inn. This is your kind of pub and would surely make pub of the week.
    There are two great real ale pubs in Mirfield too both close to the canal. Mirfield has 3 supermarkets too, so you would enjoy a stopover.

    • @RobbieCumming
      @RobbieCumming  2 года назад

      Cheers Harry i have heard too many mention of the Leggers to miss out hope it lives up to its reputation!!

  • @christopherbutler7588
    @christopherbutler7588 2 года назад

    Keep safe 🙏 in the storm.