382 - Getting into Trouble Off The Beaten Track!
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Q• Why do you speed up some of the footage in your videos?
A• We don't, we film it as time-lapse footage. We do not have the battery capacity or data storage to film in real time as our cruises can last up to 7 or 8 hours. We use to the time-lapse footage to help tell the story of movement rather than showcase the scenery. We limit the amount of time-lapse shots we use in each vlog.
Really pleased that you enjoyed the Sleaford Navigation and congratulations on the Silver Propeller. It is different from the Witham and a lovely diversion. Mind you I would say that, I'm the secretary of the Sleaford Navigation Trust!
Well you've all done a wonderful job keeping the navigation in good nick! Lovely visit! M
Very busy down round there during WW2. WOODHALL Spa was an important bomber base, along with Coningsby, etc. So lots to see as a kid living by a platform, watching the trains full of, mainly, blue, and craft in the sky, back..... then.
That's a lovely blue boat following you🤣😅. Glad I didn't try the low bridge but pleased to see a video of it at least!
Yeah it was a lot of effort to not quite make it. So nice to meet you. Hope you had a good trip back up the Witham
They could of filled the bilge with water it would lower the boat could then go under bridge and empty bilge after you get out.
George looked so happy ♡ thanks for great video
omg I was thinking oh no the solar panel ! I think that you scared all of us have a great week enjoy the canals
Well, we all knew that the boat wouldn't fit after the guillotine lock, but it wouldn't be Minimal List if Michael hadn't at least given it a try! SO NEARLY THERE! Great vlog - this is the first time I've seen this navigation.
Very true. We’ve had some great adventures these last few week and have some interesting vlogs coming up.
Silliness: I that Jo was saying "River Sleep," but my web search couldn't find that, so it suggested River Fleet. That landed me in the middle of London, nowhere near a river, but the map pin ws on the Association of Anesthesiologists, so maybe it was all about sleep after all! It took quite a bit more webbery to figure out that you were referring to the River Slea and the village of South Kyme, but that's all part of the adventure of Transatlantic Gongoozling!
Well done guys, we did Boston to Wisbech on 17th of April 2021 we've only got 27 ft narrowboat, don't forget you have to give 48H notice to go through lock and sluice at the Dog in a Doublet.
This was the journey, m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158312421808277&id=629908276
Looking forward to it, were actually going to the Great Ouse not to Wisbech but thanks for the tip.
Respect to you two intrepid travellers. At least you tried. Maybe if you loaded the boat with 30 of us gongoozelers you would have sat lower in the water and could have got through.
A nice vlog nonetheless. Thank you for taking us with you.
Socially distancing may be hard with that many aboard. lol. Sad we didn't make it to the end but happy we tried.
George looked very happy, tail wagging, walking along with you. Our mum always said that the canals always looked different going the other way anyway.
George does enjoy a long walk.
Nice place.
Enjoyed this video as I think the landscape you pass through is some of the prettiest yet.
Thank you. It was a really lovely trip.
Wow! Big sky country, looks beautiful. Well done again guys.
Its a lovely part of the system. Thank you xx
So close! Sorry you couldn't make it under the bridge. Congratulations on your new Silver Propeller location.
Just a few more millimeters! Oh well! M
Beautiful skyscapes, bright colours, sense of adventure. Nice one.
It was a great trip, thanks for watching
One of your better videos. The tension!
You nearly got through that bridge.....throughly enjoyed this vlog.....also well put together vlog.....stay safe......thanks for sharing
Thank you for the kind words as always! Michael tried his best to get us through!
Stunningly Beautiful...headache gone ...and thoughs of canoeing in Pennsylvania as a kid : ) ...thank you for the ride along !!!
Thank you for coming along for the ride.
I imagine many of those water ways are maintained with cruisers in mind so maybe weed and shallow water may be a regular feature on this part of your journey. Looks lovely though and some great mooring if you can get neat enough to the bank. Great blog chaps very interesting.
There are certainly a lot of cruisers in this area, but also a fair few narrowboats. I just don't think many boats visit the Sleaford Navigation at all.
You did well getting on Sleaford canal it's normally full of weed that was only one on Witham I didn't make it
Luckily the rather cold spring seems to have hampered the weed growth somewhat! M
Loved the reminder about Tattershall as I remember walking round the castle
Hopefully we'll make it back one day to do the same.
Thank you so much for a bit serenity and beauty to my hectic day. You have excellent cinematic skills as your videos are engaging and picturesque. Keep the great work!
Thank you, glad you liked it! M
Many years ago my parents used to help out at a boatyard on the Norfolk Broads. One of the jobs was to get brand new boats out of the boatyard and under a bridge that was too low. The trick was to motor towards the bridge as fast as possible, the boat would squat down in the water and go under - high risk strategy, but apparently does work - but it may be dependant on the profile of the channel, and the top speed of the craft.
wow, that sounds a bit hairy! Fun though I guess.
Sorry I missed you when you came by.My house is on the bank of the witham and I lived in s Kyme for 10yrs in the 60s.You would have got under the old bridge rebuilt for road traffic.I know the locks well but not know about the winding hole or the white mark. Can remember when the cut was reopened for boats.Enjoy the rest of your time in the fans. Graham j
The white mark's an important point ... just wish it was clear that there is NO wiggle room! Lovely area to live! M
Nothing left for it except to move ahead until it looks like the repairs will be expensive. A good try! Thanks for the tour.
Close as you can get, not one millimeter more! M
That's woodhall spa junction station you were moored alongside. Belongs to a chap I believe is called alan Stennett who's rather friendly and wouldve let you go have a look if you ask nicely. Very much a fan of disused railways.
Great watch from a local lad near the Witham
Thank you!
So near and yet so far, I knew you'd try your utmost to get under that bridge. Congrats on another silver propeller. I spent many a happy school holiday in that area with my aunty many (many) moons ago, it is a lovely part of the world to visit. Can't wait for The Wash vlog, exciting times ahead! Take care you three
We can't wait for The Wash to be done. There is quite a bit of anxiety on board getting everything coordinated. Hope we brought back some good memories for you.
Nice video again! I wish we can go there too with our ship... Thx for sharing! 🙋🏼♀️
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting, thank you for sharing this adventure.
Thank you. Thanks for watching.
Well done for trying, and congratulations on your latest Silver Propeller.
Thank you.
wish i had have known you were on witham near washingborough i would have took time to come and wave i only live few yards from the banks.
Sorry we missed you.
The end of navigation on the Glen is right by my house and I'm very much doubting you'd get turned there. It's where the Bourne Eau meets the Glen. I'd love to see you on the Welland. A narrow boat hasnt been through Spalding in many years.
Didn't get down at all as the lock onto the Welland was out of action. Hopefully next time!
@@MinimalList I cant say I've ever seen a boat use the lock into Spalding and I've lived here 40yrs! Lovely river but spoilt by the fact you can only get so far before being stopped by a weir at deeping st james. The lock there has long since fell into disrepair.
I see there were one of two ways through that bridge🤔 Either use the guillotine gate to lower the water level - but that's a catch-22 with overall water depth, or full diesel and water tanks PLUS a full year's delivery (to that bridge and then inside your boat) of coal - that would have done it me thinks🤣😂🤣
If you had let some air out of the tyres you could offer made it.😊.
dammit! We should have done that.
I do enjoy all of your trips and appreciate how active you are. Because you are so active on all the canals, I thought I should mention what I have been thinking about. I'm from Dayton, Oh area but love to travel but am unable to because of health. It really bothers me that many areas of the canal system have a lot of garbage (mostly town areas) and perhaps someone could get an "Adopt a Canal" project to keep the canals clean. In America there is an "Adopt a Highway" program where different groups volunteer to keep a portion of the canal clean. You are knowledgeable and perhaps could make that happen.
Hi Sandra! There actually is such a program run by the CRT (canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/adopt-a-canal), but as canals fall under many different jurisdictions it can apparently be quite hard to find local community groups with numbers and funding sufficient to cover problem areas, especially in more urban stretches. There's also a fair number of places where the junk is almost exclusively coming from a small number of "bad neighbors" and there's a legal process required to get them to clean up their own back yard and stop adding more to the problem. We'd certainly love to see the programs for cleaning those areas up expand though! M
@@MinimalList Thanks so much for your very thoughtful reply, happy cruising
Omg! That bridge!
I know! lol
Probably why no one else was on there with you. Michael, you could have gotten into the water, under the bridge, with a shovel and dig it just a little deeper. lol Good scenic film tho. Enjoyed.
It's an idea
There's a low bridge on the Forth and Clyde Canal where we have to fill some barrels of water to give us extra ballast to get the stern cabin through ( We are a Dutch Barge type boat ). We're fine if we have a full quota of passengers. Always a bit of fun. Well done for trying .
Hope to make it up there one day to see for ourselves. Dutch Barge style boat sounds wonderful.
@@MinimalList you can see it on Forth and Clyde Canal Society Facebook page.
That bridge was very low! Good long walk for George as you did a reconnaissance. I'm sure you are already aware of the dangers to dogs walking through rapeseed; I think paths running next to the fields is okay. Nice to have a dry day; now you just need the temperature to rise and the winds to drop. Thanks for taking us on your journey. See you next week!
Thanks I didn't oil seed rape was problem for dogs
It was a wonderful walk and yes, I alway keep George out of the fields. Thanks for coming along for the journey.
Very cool side trip! George seemed to really love it just cruising along.
It was a great trip. I have to say George much prefers walking.
Great vlog, yes there is a North Kyme about 3 miles from South Kyme. I understand you are now in Boston enjoy.
Thanks, yeah, Boston has been great.
You guys did great. In fact, you do great every day and I am truly great full for your most excellently entertaining and educational vids.
Thank you so much!
Beautiful area. So much green. Time Team dug up so much fascinating history!
I didn't know Time Team had been there.
@@MinimalList I don't know if they have been there. Was a poorly written joke that sounded better in my head when M was debating how to say your location.
Bless you Jo @ 5:16
Thank you.
Loved the video, I have to drive that way for work but it’s nice to see it from a different view. Very much looking forward to the Wash. ❤️💙
Glad you enjoyed it! Looking forward to The Wash too. And dreading it at the same time.
Just like froghall tunnel. We failed there last week 😊
That one's bloody low too, although the curve of the roof made me a bit more cautious on approach! M
Did you come across any wood carvings in South Kyme? It's as though they've been done on the stumps of felled trees. I came across them years ago when driving to visit a friend at Chapel Hill. I actually went back on another occasion solely to find as many as I could.
I saw one, but just assumed it was a single piece! M
Hi Both. Just found your channel. It was after watching Foxes Afloat! I lived in Tattersall since I was 18 until moving to London with my girlfriend in 2015. So yeah a good number of years in Lincolnshire, Woodhall Spa is where we went to the Kinema In The Woods! Love it there. Thanks for this video, was brilliant to see so many familiar places in this video and the previous one too!
Thanks for watching. (The Foxes are great aren't they) What a wonderful place to grow up in, we're sad we didn't get to see the Kinema. Thanks for watching.
Win some, lose some, but you always put the effort in to find out. Beautiful area though that's for sure.
You got that right!
I’m surprised you have any beard left after that close shave Michael. Can’t believe you tried it the second time. At least the current was against you rather than the other way. Still pretty gutsy. Loved the vlog as always. Cheers from Florida.🌴🌴🌴
Yes, the flow was definitely in our favour.
Trying to decide whether or not to go to the bridge to try it - we all know that there's no way that Michael wouldn't try! Nearly did it
Good point.
Fantastic. Sorry you didn’t make it under the bridge. It’s pronounced Kyme, as in Thyme. North Kyme is farther up the main road through. Kyme Eau is the waterway you were navigating. My part of the county. Thank you and good luck
So we got the pronunciation right at least once. Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it, and what a lovely part of the country you live in.
Useful vids - I want to do this stretch next week partly to pay homage to the farm where Bernie Taupin was born nr Anwick. I wonder, had you got beyond the bridge to the end of the navigable bit could you have turned (hate reversing in mine)
I cannot say for certain, as that bridge blocked us good, but from our research there’s a winding hole below Cobbler’s Lock, suitable for a 57’ boat like ours… I really wasn’t planning on returning backwards!! Good luck if you try it, but do check on water levels! M
@@MinimalList Yes, you're right - water levels might be a bit low at the moment. Thanks for your reply and good luck on your travels
@@MinimalList Yes, did it but found our path blocked by a fallen tree just after the village. I was faced with reversing back to the lock. However, when passing the one narrowboat on the SN the owner (Craig) came out and told me that he would put a team together the following morning (a Sunday) , including his dad, to clear the obstruction. This was no small feat and involved a tractor and using another tree as a winch. I'm very much in Craig's debt as this enabled us to get to the turning point. Low water levels meant poor purchase on the water; I also noticed what appeared to be human effluent upstream. Truly a journey into The Heart of Darkness...
god vid on the cut keep it cranked on the cut stay safe lee
Thank you.
At the beginning of the vlog, I was distracted by the evenly spaced clouds behind Michael… I think that I missed a lot of what you said! And they kept showing up! Thanks for sharing your trip!
Agreed some of those clouds looked edited in, so perfect :) Nature is just that good :)
Glad you enjoyed the clouds. :-)
that is ferry lane bridge i go over that every day often after heavy rain the water touches the under side of the bridge
Oh wow, I'm glad there wasn't that much water when we went that way.
There was a fad in stately home gardens for a Ha Ha, a dip in the landscape not unlike the platform edge, so that the menials could pass by without the gentry having to see them. Maybe this house has a Ha Ha and a Ho Ho.
And it's another Silver Walkies for Jo.
That could possibly be funnier if you were Australian where we have the Walkley Awards for journalism.
Excellent journal BTW, thanks.
Glad you liked it! M
I've often thought about having ballast tanks instead of solid brick/lead/whatever ballast for situations like this. Of course there are corrosion issues etc that would need solving, but there should be lots of space for them.
Interesting thought.
Wouldn't aluminium tanks make the corrosion less of a problem? Hmm?
@@ilox11 Sure, but I was thinking more of a double hull construction where a part of the tank would be the hull itself so the rest would need to be steel too,
Well no one can say you did not try you nearly made it never mind ,when are you going across the wash looking forward to that ,take care keep safe,John 👀👀👀
Heading out onto the Wash next week, if weather and wind cooperate! M
Wow, there goes another Silver Propellor! Congratulations on reaching 30-somethings of them. Hasn't it be fun trying to get to all these rarely-traveled places. Was there much of the Navigation beyond that low bridge?
Stay Safe and Well.
Really not much at all, roughly another mile or so to the terminal lock, which is just partially rebuilt. Unfortunately a bit too far for Jo to walk while I reversed ... having not really been completed there's no towpath and she'd have had to walk George down a hot and busy road to the end. M
I was looking forward to this because I grew up within sight of the Slea. I had never heard the name 'Kyme Eau' until relatively recently. I think most locals would consider it to be the River Slea as far as Chapel Hill.
The headquarters of the navigation company in Sleaford was derelict for a very long time but now it's a small museum. The same is true of Cogglesford Mill, next to one of the unrestored locks which now mills flour again.
Even if you'd been able to continue, you'd have been a long way short of the historic head of navigation which is a shame. Sleaford would benefit hugely from being a destination for boaters.
See the maps in my comment earlier, for some historical maps.
I do hope we can visit Sleaford itself some day ... I'd love to see it back in water the whole way! M
I felt strangely emotional seeing you on the Slea after watching you navigate the Thames and the Manchester Ship Canal. It also seemed mildly hilarious that you considered this part of Lincolnshire to be an adventure after the relatively scary places that you've visited before.
It’s all an adventure, just different scales of adventure! M
Congrats on the propeller
Thank you!
Hard luck - nearly through. Another 6" of headroom would have been relatively cheap when the bridge was being constructed. At least you clocked up the Silver Propeller. Did the other boat make it through?
I think no-one thought about making the river navigable again when the bridge was built. There are other obstacles that prevent boats going all the way into Sleaford.
I think boats were a lot lower when the navigation was designed.
@@MinimalList old pictures show boats with sails in Sleaford. Maybe there was a way of lowering the masts. A similarly low footbridge in Sleaford was replaced with a lift bridge around 2007 but it hasn't been needed yet.
@@stephenc6648 The masts could be lowered, yes. This wasn't just for bridges, there were a lot of guilotine gates too, believe it or not.
It’s kyme like time and eau is often “you” in that part of the world
Thanks! M
Living in Lincs, I agree with Kyme like Time but I know someone lived at a place called Quadring Eaudyke and they told me the second word was pronounced like Oh-Dyke so I've always assumed that Eau is Oh. There are so many ridiculous pronunciations which have stuck though as such words are so very old. I don't think anyone really knows.
I assume that anyone that does know doesn’t know they know for certain! M
Reading the weather from the UK this past week or so I was think what if you got through and then the rain raised the water level for 2 weeks 1 inch?
Im not sure, plus there will be water draining out as well as in.
A few years ago, I watched a video of a guy who crossed the channel on his narrow boat on a period of the year it's still and then managed to cruise the waterways of France and Holland.
It’s not impossible, though I think he might have been single! M
There is a book about one such trip called Narrow Dog to Carcassone by Terry Darlington. The author was accompanied by pilots from Dover Sea School, travelling from the Thames Estuary to Calais over two days with a stop at Ramsgate harbour. It presumably required a fair amount of organising and expense! I haven't seen a video of this so it may not be the one you saw.
The Darlingtons later shipped their narrowboat to the US and toured some of the East Coast waterways there. Again there is a book, called Narrow Dog to Indian River. The Carcassone book is an interesting read, and also includes an account of an earlier trip with their narrowboat from Bristol to Sharpness up the Severn Estuary. I have yet to read the second book...
Following up, there is also a video with some stills on the Royal Yachting Association channel at ruclips.net/video/WuG_jGzg74Q/видео.html, which is an interview with Terry and Monica Darlington from a few months ago. Lorna Jane Adventures has a video dicussing it, plus the Darlingtons have a website www.narrowdog.com/ which has a couple of pictures of their boat 'at sea'. I have not located video of the actual crossing, which just predates the era of wide spread youtube vlogging.
It would perhaps be easier with two boats tied together (the author implies this when relating his discussions with Dover Sea School). When I was about 9 (in 1978!) my parents took me on a narrowboat from Gloucester Docks up the Severn and Avon. Inevitably, both rivers ended up in flood and we were brought back from Tewksbury to Gloucester with a member of staff of the hire company at the tiller. We were tied alongside another boat for the whole journey to add stability, much as Minimal List's experience rescuing another boat on the Ribble Link (ruclips.net/video/rd5IONxMZbQ/видео.html). The boatman (to his evident amusement) then took us over Upper Lode Weir (which didn't have the cylinder barrier in those days), the river being so high that there was no change of water level!
IT's Kyme... like "Time"
and did you walk up to see Tattershall Castle, as you passed it. well worth a look
@@phillipbateman2284 yeah... Mind you, I don't know why I comment here... I have never even had a 'like', let alone a reply :(
So we got it right at least once.
@@MinimalList :) that's ok... just nice to know you've seen it.
your channel is getting bigger now, I think I managed to reply to every comment, till we got to 60K Subs, then we just could not keep up :(
how is boston... and are you going to do the Grantham Canal while your over this way. you'll have to swap boats... but I bet they'd let you drive the one that's there
I carry 4 x 56lb weights, which sometimes come in handy to re-trim the boat. With those and a full water tank, you might well have made it. What is your air draught? I hope you're going to attempt the New Dyke SP location - assuming you're crossing to the Middle Level?
Install conformal flexible solar panels (at great expense) and come back next year??? Good job you have superior reversing skills.
Good plan... now just to find someone to sponser the new panels.
Check out, Braggaboutlife Sleaford Navigation for the next bit.
We have flexible solar panels so got through that bridge the next challenge will be the WND good luck.
South Kyme ( sounds like Kime), would eventually bring you to North Kyme at the Junction of the A153 /B1395, the road behind you at your mooring. So interesting to follow your journey thus far. Well done.
So we got the pronunciation right at least once!
So cool you got that far! as always thank you for sharing!!
Thanks for watching
The low bridge issue is the same at Droitwich when trying to go under the M5. You either have insufficient draft or headroom.
Funnily enough we made it under the Culvert on the Droitwich with room to spare.
Were not roadways supposed to provide a clear head of clearence ?
@@highpath4776 ahhh! It depends on whether or not the waterway was in use. In the case of the Droitwich canal, I am reliably informed that when the M5 was being constructed, the canal was disused. Hence, there were no definitive measurements taken to determine the design of the open-ended concrete box. Thus, my first comment holds true. The canal was only restored many, many years later. As Michael and Jo were able to navigate through the culvert, they are in the “Ain’t We Lucky” group. I initially moored my brand new narrowboat at Droitwich marina in the summer of 2014. I tried to turn right to go to the Severn River, but was prevented by the box culvert dimensions. So, every time I left the marina, I had to turn left. Up the Hanbury Flight and then onto the (deep breath), the Tardebigge flight. All 30 locks followed by three awful tunnels to get to the Oxford, Coventry and GU. I soon relocated to Ventnor marina at Napton! I’m currently at Great Haywood marina. Lovely place.
Was just thinking, what you need is a kayak, so you can finish off this and other sections of unnavigable waterways.
Yep, it would be useful.
Yep, it would be useful.
So close! Lovely to see you on the path less travelled earning more propellers 🥈
So near and yet so far. Thanks for watching.
Enjoyed that thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The highway department of Wisconsin raised several bridges by jacking them up so taller semis didn't hit them. Seems that would work in Europe as well
That's been done with several bridges on the Middle Level.
If only there was enough traffic on the Sleaford to justify that.
Good to know as we are heading that way next
Beautiful scenery, are the fields of yellow rapeseed? Too bad that bridge is so lowwwwwww
It was a wonderful trip. Glad you enjoyed it.
Congrats on the silver propeller. At least you can say you tried.
Yeah, we tried!
Missed it by that much! Great vlog and it was great to see yuh ou just taking your time and enjoying the surroundings.
So near and yet so far. Thanks for watching.
Oops you need a convertable to do that bridge. Interesting area you are exploring. Even though I live in Derbyshire with all the hills I love the fenlands. Thanks guys take care you three. Alan x
We are really loving it here too. A convertable would be great for those three days a year when it is too hot on the boat as well as for the low bridges.
You need an inflatable pool you can use as a ballast chamber for situations like this :D Better make it two, so you can maintain trim along the entire length of the boat.
That would do the job for sure👌
Or an inflatable dingy to paddle to the end
What’s with the wheel on top of the boat? Is that for when u have to cross a road?
We use it as a fender in shallow water.
would the bridge have been possible with all tanks full and all persons on board?
No, we would still have been too high unfortunalty
I was so nervous you about to trash your solar on that incredibly low bridge.
Looks wonderful scenery. Thanks for sharing you amazing experiences of our lovely county. 😊
Michael was cautions, He dropped the speed right down so there was little chance of that. Thanks for watching, its so nice to hear you enjoy the videos.
hello the music thiat you play on the vlog about the low bridge that you were unable to get under i find superb and would like to have a copy is it available to buy who is it and what is the title
Thanks! Jo is updating the details below the video with the track names as we speak, so check back shortly and they should be there! We get them off RUclips's Music Library where they're free to download. M
Pity you couldn’t let the tyres Down😜
Pity, you only needed another two silver propellers and the total weight of your awards would have increased the draft and the headroom to allow you through. Was there no way to reboard George and Jo'? Good try though, I probably wouldn't have passed the winding hole, because I am far less adventurous!
I seem to remember sending you a link to Flanders & Swan's 'Slow Train'? Their lyrical lament for all the closed and vanished railway stations in Britain. From memory, 'Dogdyke' is one of those stations.
Great vlog and it made me get out my Inland Waterways map, for what lies ahead. It looks like it going to get a lot more sketchy past Boston. Good luck.
Sadly neither the Silver Propeller or George & Jo combined are enough to get us under that blasted thing ... we'd have needed a good 5-600 pounds of extra ballast to get the solar panels under. Sigh. And yeah I remember the song ... quite a lot of those stations about around here!
Hey , my boat is on your video for the second time it’s the last one on the downstream end of the mooring that you left at Woodhall Spa ( the first time was Bramwith lock )
Its a great mooring isn't it. Woodhall Spa is wonderful!
What if you filled your water and diesel tanks to the brim before going under, maybe that would help.
Not quite enough, I'm afraid ... fully topped up both ends it takes us down maybe a centimeter at the rear and a couple centimeters at the front ... we'd have cleared the front mushroom cap, maybe, but the solar panels would have had to come right off, and below them is another mushroom cap that's higher. We'd have needed 5-600 lbs of extra ballast to have had a shot! M
I wonder if you got a canoe or the like would it count to use that to get to the end of the navigation just a thought
yes, you can get there by any means of boat, canoe, paddleboard etc. It counts.
Yes, we have thought about it, but then we would have to store a canoe on the boat.
If I've done my calculations properly, a 57 x 7 foot boat displaces about 300kg of water for every centimetre lower allowing for the fact it isn't completely rectangular. So if you could have recruited about a dozen adult passengers or a couple of medium sized cows, you might have made it under that bridge...
Now where to find those cows.
at 5:42 Michael gets KYME pronounced correctly. KIME not Keem , Eau is pronounced as the French word for Water .
Yay, we got it right once.
I'm surprised that Sleaford River Trust hasn't done something about that bridge! Still what I like about the Fens is the big open skies, totally different to other areas where you find canals.
I think funds are probably the issue, there is a lot of work to do to restore the navigation all the way to Sleaford. Hopefully one day
I always look forward to your vlogs and I'm never disappoined. I'm getting a litle concerned about you nearing completion of the network. :)
Yep, we should be done in less than a year, not sure exactly what we'll do after that yet.
You need a canoe like Holly the cafe boat to get to the end. And cross the wash!!!!!!
A canoe would certainly help.
Is kyme as in time.
If only there were a few tons of ballast available to get you a bit lower. And helpers to carry it, of course. I'm still looking forward to the drains, they sound interesting.
Drains coming up soon.
Even if both of you were on the boat plus George I still don't think you would have made it under. But that said the trip was worth it, especially seeing those churches seemingly all alone on such a flat landscape. Thanks. All the best. Stephen
It was a great trip, so glad we made it that far. Thanks for watching.
Congratulations on another silver propeller.
Thank you.
@@MinimalList Your welcome.