Haha what a day that was 😂 To get out the lock you had to give it some 'wellie' and stay close to the bank. The dredging boats were mooring above the lock which didn't really help us.
Thanks very much for taking the time to comment Ms B! That was on a bank holiday Sunday I think, which I think meant that the nearest CRT staff couldn't have got to me that day. So if we couldn't get the boat off ourselves, I was going to be marooned on that sandbank until the next day. Also, we had the additional motivation of there being a pub at the end of that river section! I''m editing a video covering the second part of that river trip, and after that I'll jump forwards to June I think, and take it from there.
Blimey! How on earth could you exit that lock solo? If you stayed on the boat you wouldn't have been able to stop. But, had you had hold of the centreline & nobody is on the boat I'm guess the boat could've gone with the flow because you wouldn't have been able to stop it! Thank goodness for those poor people who've been making sure you've not been stuck a sandbank for months! Also, the "I'll gun it.... I'll gun it a bit" cracked me up! Those were some good rope throwing skills!
Yes, I see what you mean. '"I'll gun it a bit" is about as sensible as "I'll shoot him a bit". But the whole business was very heroic of course, and I probably deserve some sort of waterways medal of valour. But I was never in danger as such. The ace up my exquisitely tailored sleeve was the CRT itself, who would have (eventually) sent a crew to pull the boat free.
We have suddenly jumped to the Caldon canal. From Bugsworth to Caldon surely presented many options to cock up on the way ? Harecastle surely could not have gone smoothly ? Have not been through here yet, would love to see your take on the tunnel. Enjoyed your latest, "how not to " instructional video anyhow 😂
Ah- so you spotted the little time jump to the Caldon... It's all most regrettable (and you guessed right btw- the Harecastle did not go well at all!). The thing is that I've had a few comments recently that people enjoy watching videos more when the footage is more recent, and my small viewer numbers have been reducing in the last few months. So I've decided to temporarily pause the winter footage, and focus on editing footage from within the last month or so. But about once per month I will go back to the winter footage and create a video, so that all those shenanigans will eventually be published. I'd really rather not jump forwards, but I'm slightly worried that if the viewer numbers carry on falling, youtube will stop offering my videos to people, and the subscriber numbers will also fall. I'd like to maintain a few hundred subscribers if possible, so lets see if this approach helps!
@theamateurboater5892 thanks for reply. Would hate to see your channel go, it is honest and am not constantly being reminded to " buy me a coffee" etc. Poss too many vlogs in one area. I think also if they were all in chronological order rather than skipping back and forth like a timelord it may keep viewers. But thats poss me. Still...if all else fails you can make a career in recruitment...how do you get so many innocent bystanders roped in?
@@normanjones1640 , thanks for that feedback Norman, and yes I think maybe there are sometimes too many videos set in each area. It's because I have so much footage and it's tempting to use as much of it as I can. But maybe the time has come to be a bit more ruthless in cutting out the slower-paced footage. I can still use that sort of footage in the longer form videos, which I'll post on a separate channel.
Haha what a day that was 😂
To get out the lock you had to give it some 'wellie' and stay close to the bank.
The dredging boats were mooring above the lock which didn't really help us.
Yes, and my apologies for calling you the 'Three Stooges'.
Somehow it just came to mind! 🤣
Great teamwork here! Glad to see you'll be posting some more up to date stuff, look forward to it 🙂
Thanks very much for taking the time to comment Ms B! That was on a bank holiday Sunday I think, which I think meant that the nearest CRT staff couldn't have got to me that day. So if we couldn't get the boat off ourselves, I was going to be marooned on that sandbank until the next day. Also, we had the additional motivation of there being a pub at the end of that river section!
I''m editing a video covering the second part of that river trip, and after that I'll jump forwards to June I think, and take it from there.
A pub at the end is always good incentive 😊
Look forward to seeing you with your summer hat on soon 🤠
Blimey! How on earth could you exit that lock solo? If you stayed on the boat you wouldn't have been able to stop. But, had you had hold of the centreline & nobody is on the boat I'm guess the boat could've gone with the flow because you wouldn't have been able to stop it! Thank goodness for those poor people who've been making sure you've not been stuck a sandbank for months! Also, the "I'll gun it.... I'll gun it a bit" cracked me up! Those were some good rope throwing skills!
Yes, I see what you mean. '"I'll gun it a bit" is about as sensible as "I'll shoot him a bit".
But the whole business was very heroic of course, and I probably deserve some sort of waterways medal of valour.
But I was never in danger as such. The ace up my exquisitely tailored sleeve was the CRT itself, who would have (eventually) sent a crew to pull the boat free.
We have suddenly jumped to the Caldon canal. From Bugsworth to Caldon surely presented many options to cock up on the way ? Harecastle surely could not have gone smoothly ? Have not been through here yet, would love to see your take on the tunnel. Enjoyed your latest, "how not to " instructional video anyhow 😂
Ah- so you spotted the little time jump to the Caldon...
It's all most regrettable (and you guessed right btw- the Harecastle did not go well at all!).
The thing is that I've had a few comments recently that people enjoy watching videos more when the footage is more recent, and my small viewer numbers have been reducing in the last few months.
So I've decided to temporarily pause the winter footage, and focus on editing footage from within the last month or so.
But about once per month I will go back to the winter footage and create a video, so that all those shenanigans will eventually be published.
I'd really rather not jump forwards, but I'm slightly worried that if the viewer numbers carry on falling, youtube will stop offering my videos to people, and the subscriber numbers will also fall. I'd like to maintain a few hundred subscribers if possible, so lets see if this approach helps!
@theamateurboater5892 thanks for reply. Would hate to see your channel go, it is honest and am not constantly being reminded to " buy me a coffee" etc. Poss too many vlogs in one area. I think also if they were all in chronological order rather than skipping back and forth like a timelord it may keep viewers. But thats poss me. Still...if all else fails you can make a career in recruitment...how do you get so many innocent bystanders roped in?
@@normanjones1640 , thanks for that feedback Norman, and yes I think maybe there are sometimes too many videos set in each area.
It's because I have so much footage and it's tempting to use as much of it as I can.
But maybe the time has come to be a bit more ruthless in cutting out the slower-paced footage. I can still use that sort of footage in the longer form videos, which I'll post on a separate channel.
What a palarva
I hope you wrote that in a cockney accent 🤣