PEACE and QUIET on the CHESTERFIELD CANAL - Episode 158
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
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In this episode we take Laura Maisie along the tidal River Trent to the peace and quiet of te lovely Chesterfield Canal.
We are Fran and Rich and along with our two Dogs, Archie and Jess we travel the Canals and Rivers of the UK on our 58ft Narrow Boat.
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Chapters/Timestamps
00:00 Start
00:04 Torksy Lock
05:00 Gainsborough
07:14 Back on the move
10:45 West Stockwith Lock
11:48 Chat about Fran falling in
18:10 Chesterfield Canal
22:39 Gone Shopping
23:56 A moan about the shopping experience
25:25 Back Cruising
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• Paper Twins - 501 Mile...
Chartreux Noir by Bob Hart
• Dawn, Dawn, Dawn - A G...
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Thanks guys, life is good
Fran I like your bright yellow teeshirt 😊
Take care of yourself, Fran.
A bit of history for you, The village of Scrooby which is not far from the canal is where some 402 yrs ago one William Brewster left with a few pilgrims for the new world.
'Scrooby' 😂
Thank you
Mister Toad's Wild Ride! Beautiful though.
Indeed it is!
Agree to a prior comment missed your vlogs as well yes love all animals and esp dogs and cats
The music you brought in right as you said, "Crunch". was perfectly timed and hilarious! I assume you have a bumper on the nose. I'm glad you are okay from the fall and near drowning! Thanks for sharing your narrow boat life with us. Stay safe!!
Ha Ha! We do have a big fender on the front so no worries
Hope you heel quick fran hugs ❤
"Bliss just bliss". I'm not jealous, honestly, I'm not, Oh who am I kidding. Traveling with you vicariously will have to be enough.
Thanks guys.
We are pleased to take you along on our journey.
Have to keep our Beautiful Fran Healthy, your one of my fav shows since covid 2020 . Oxoxo Hugs
Get well soon Fran x
Enjoy the bliss!!
I remember filling a shopping cart for 50 dollars……now it’s a bag full, if you’re lucky!
Ouch, poor Fran! A banged up knee and shoulder is a tough combination, but lovely to see Rich taking such good care of you 🥰
Fran you looking serious now ! Your specs are on ! Need ,mine all time !
Ha Ha! I do definitely feel more serious in them. I need them more and more now but still find it hard to look directly at people in them. That is why they're always on my head!!
Fran, you poor thing! That was a nasty tumble. Bad enough to get a dunking, but all banged up as well! That's a heck of a shock to the system, no wonder you fainted. Hope you have a speedy and safe recovery.
I'm much better now thank you x
Looked a bit hairy cruising on the river. I bet you were glad to get back onto the canal. Poor Fran..hope your leg is feeling much better now. Lovely Vlog (obviously not the part of poor Fran's canal dip). Enjoy your cruising and thanks for sharing. I really do enjoy your Vlogs and you are both a breath of fresh air.
Hi Fran and rich , great to see another banging video , I am jealous that I can't be there experiencing the beautiful scenery along side you guys 😀, hate the people who overstay their welcone and won't move when they are supposed to, 😢 let Fran go have a word with them she can get them to move haha , keep up the great videos and safe travels ,❤Tom in ohio
Great vlog,,,
Love ya both
Best have a dip in the shower than the cut,,, xx
Keep em coming 👍
I think you are right!
Loved your journey again .sorry you had a fall. Fran but glad alls well know.rest that leg.be a lady of leasure for a few days. .always enjoy seeing you both.seemed stressful for you both this time so glad your now on the canals were you feel most at home.stay safe😡🌟
It was a stressful few days, but we were in the perfect place to recover
Thanks!
Thank you so much William that is really kind of you XXX
Watched this tonight on a cold wet windy night. With you two talking about how hot it is... it didn't help!.
Tee Hee, sorry!
Thank goodness Rich didn’t have the headphones on and he heard you fall in. But you are healthy and fit and hopefully you’re well over it now.
I had a lucky escape and it makes you realise how vulnerable we are. All was well though
Congrats on a lovely vlog
Hello you 2, I have just spent the last 2 weeks binge watching your videos vlogs from the beginning. I love them. Like Rich, my family did a couple of canal boat holidays in the early 70, when I was 9 or 10. Me and my brother and Sister had a great time and loved it. Not so much my mum, the first holiday she came back with pneumonia and the 2nd holiday which was down on the Llangollen, she broke her ankle and ended up in Whitchurch cottage hospital. That was it then for family cruising! Lol.
Sorry Fran has been in the wars and hope you are feeling better soon. Love the weaving and would love to see more of it xxx
Oh dear it doesn't sound like you had a good introduction to boating! So glad you are enjoying the videos, and thank you for watching.
Oh dear Fran how awful....hope your on the mend ....I dread falling into the canal with all the nasties....take care ❤
At least it was warm weather and nobody was watching
Fran how about actively showing the shop you buy from your dislike of plastic. Here in New Zealand we are encouraged to stand & remove all the plastic before leaving the shop & leaving it all in the trolley! That way they get the message!!
That has been tried here, but it needs a lot of people to do it before they think to change. I have spoken to store managers in the past and they just shrug their shoulders
I hope you are better soon
Great vlog but sad tom see Fran not able to walk easy glad to see you are getting better Fran. just take it easy get better both of you stay safe and be careful see you next vlog Ed 40 S of Vegas xxxx
Thanks so much
I really enjoyed the video. Fran I'm sorry you hurt your leg shoulder. This was a very good ride. Hi to the dogs. Take care and God bless.
Bruce Springclean 😂 thanks for another lovely vlog update and happy October 🥰 glad you’re ok now Fran
Thanks so much
What a difference; the tension first and then how relaxed you look after calmer water and some rest! 🙃😅😃👍
Weaving next to the canal looks so idyllic! Just lovely! My partner Nathaniel and I are spinners, natural dyers and knitters, and he is a weaver. We would LOVE to see some footage of you spinning and your finished yarn! We're still watching our way through all your videos from the beginning, so maybe there is already some footage we haven't seen, but it's always fun to see more. :) Also, thank you so much for continuing to speak about the huge problem of single-use plastics. Perhaps those who complain about "eco-warriors" would understand better if they could see the effects of plastics in the environment and in human bodies. I highly recommend the film "A Plastic Ocean" as a good place to start. 💜 Take care! ~Tiyana
Hi Tiyana. Wow your lives sound really interesting. I would love to know more. Where abouts do you live, and do you have your own animals? You could email us at info@floatingourboat and tell us more if you have time. We have filmed little bits about the weaving in the past but hope to do some more filming soon. Spinning is very new to me, but I am so excited about it especially if I can start dying some wool myself without harmful chemicals
Will do! Spinning is wonderful, once you get the knack. :) I still have a lot to learn. And dying with plants that you forage or grow yourself is totally magical! Do you use a spinning wheel or some kind of spindle? We'll give you info and links to some of our favorite fiber people, videos and books on spinning, wool washing, and natural dying via email.
@@tiyanawolf-whitehead5646 That would be wonderful thank you. I don't have room for a spinning wheel on the boat so am sticking with a drop spindle for now and having lots of fun. I look forward to hearing from you. p.s. I think I left .com off the end of the email address.
www.floatingourboat.com
I can only play your videos on 720p on my computer. On my Toshiba T.V. the picture is brilliant.
Hope you've recovered Fran, sounds like you did it with style though! xxx
Of course!
So happy to see you two! Beautiful day and scenery. Our little dog, Fred is in love with your companions. He was trying to get their attention from the tele with a bit of a bark, tail wagging and playful growl. Heal quickly, Fran! Loads of ❤🦔🤠
Our dogs are the same when certain other doggies are on tv and even know some of the theme music !
@@FloatingOurBoat Love it!!!❤️🦔🤠
Hi guys great video hope Fran is feeling better after her dunking could have been very nasty indeed looks a very nice place where you are.
well we will be picking are boat up from Artie hopefully towards this weekend as she is in for her PDI check before hand over to us its been a very long time coming and we are looking forward to it no end we sailed the boat down from Northwich where the boat was put in the canal all 65 ft of her was very tight indeed Artie was a bit worried that it would not fit and was asking the wagon driver to hang on just in case we had to go to plan B but all good did my first 4 locks while the Elton moss guy drove her in the locks
all in all enjoyed it all more please .
hope you guys enjoy the rest of your trip. Steve & Sandra.
That all sounds so exciting. I hope all it all goes well. I'm sure you will be happy with your boat. The only trouble with Middlewich is that you have a lock instantly as soon as you leave the boat yard. In at the deep end. Have fun
Hope you get better soon Fran. And thanks for another great video
Thank you Alex, I am back to walking miles again now. Thanks for watching and for your support.
Hi Fran & Rich, lovely video except for the river rushing through. Glad your back on the canals. Fran I tripped and broke my foot and hurt my shoulder on 2nd July. Did we do this in sympathy with each other. Ended up at hospital for some hours. All good now, but lost my mojo for a few weeks. Take it easy & Take care both of you. Love Kate downunder. 💜💜🙋♀️🙋♀️
I think I was a few weeks behind you. I also lost my confidence for a bit, but well on the mend now. I hope you are fully recovered
@@FloatingOurBoat yes thx Fran, just get a couple of twinges. Still using a stick to take the pressure off. Hope your recovered now to. 💗
have a shower after a dunking in the canal!
I did just that as soon as I felt well enough
@@FloatingOurBoat 3 dips 3 infections needing antibiotics. Be careful
We have a super market called "Wegmans" and they have a huge fresh vegetable area. It seems that veggies in packages are in paper not plastic. Some stores have stopped using plastic for packaging your purchases. I have used my own canvas bags for over 30 years. I don't understand why stores do not insist on people bringing their own bags. But then again I live in a country where half the population doesn't care about anything. they follow their orange leader and violate whatever they feel like. I hope you leg heals quickly. Best to you both, Jane, Philadelphia
Supermarkets here all promise to make changes, but somehow it never seems to happen and it feels as if most people don't care about it
How lovely! what lovely people! what a relief it must have been to be in such a peaceful spots after that big adventure and recharge!
It certainly was
Hard to remember that beautiful Summer as we seem to have skipped Autumn! Hope the bruising and pain have subsided Fran and I feel for you, living in a small town/village we use the Co-op or burn more fuel……happy cruising, it’s lovely to see you back on the canals 😊.
Afternoon guys, great vlog , good to see you out and about. X 😊
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So funny, we lived a few miles from there for 22 years. Paul's neck of the woods and definitely has only heard it called the 'eye' dle
Interesting, thank you.
Love you two, thanks for the smile today!
Not too enamored with this episode. Cheers
Duly noted. Cheers.
One of the problems with buying one pepper is that it costs more than a packet of three.
What a crazy world we live in
thx for this video, glad you are ok Fran and I hope your leg gets better soon ! 🌸
Hope fran recovers quickly and good to see you folk enjoying the quieter life again.
Your videos are so sharp and clear in 4K. Great scenery everywhere.
Glad you like it
I had the similar problem at West stockwith
I think everyone does
I have it on good authority that bends on the Trent could be very scary when working boats had to navigate them on dark winter mornings, especially on an open stern with no railings.
All that weed on the canal reminds me of my bike ride yesterday. I normally try to clear the bywash channels a bit when they need doing, but I was feeling too dizzy to do it at Hollingwood Hub. The water was within 2 inches of overflowing the sides of the lock. But, of course, at that height it goes over the tops of the gates, so it's not really too bad. There was a volunteer crew clearing weed out of Stavely lock. That's a bigger job because it's attached to Stavely Town basin.
The supermarket advertising I remember is "So near, and yet so Spar!" It, um, certainly sticks in the mind! XD
If the rest of the Chesterfield was connected, you'd be able to get just what you want at Morrisons in Stavely or a choice of Sainsbury's or Tesco just a bit further along in Chesterfield. I'm guessing they'd be about 3 days journey from where you found the Coop, though. Then there's proper greengrocer stalls in Chesterfield market and butchers in the market hall (if they're still there), not to mention a good sweet shop. :) They would be a bit of a walk from the new basin they're planning to build in Chesterfield. I guess it'll all be finished one day.
I'm sure you are right about the big work boats turning on the Trent. Tougher men that us! We really hope we get to go all the way to Chesterfield one day when the canal is completed. It will be stunning
And our sympathy Fran, Paul fell in last year, fortunately awesome online help from our GP, 4 weeks to recover!!!!
Recovery does seem to take longer as we get older!!!
Well Fran you made a grand entrance onto the Chesterfield Canal, just glad you are ok after the incident, it was bad enough getting into the lock but got to say Rich you did a grand job. Hope you have made progress on the lovely canal, do you think you will get to the end? Take care ♥️⚘👍
We do like to make a big entrance!! The end of the canal is still closed until further notice.
Have far do they let u get too. ♥️
Another relaxing video. Well done. Glad to see you survived the dunk, Fran.
I don't think I could love you two more❣️ Thank you for sharing your life with us 💕 Y'all give me something to think about regarding how I can not be a burden on the environment and how I can help to show, by example, others to do the same 🙂
Thank you so much. If we all do a little bit to make a difference the world will be a better place
Hi you can recycle all your soft plastic at the co-op I take all my veg out of the bags and leave the plastic there hope this helps for future reference
That is a good idea
Excellent vlog guys..... I remember that co-op advert Rich and I'm from North West. Guess it's our age bud 😁
Good to see u two again, Fran I see u are up and walking again, glad to hear! Take care u two. Sure do enjoy watching !!
Always so glad to see you both again. Lovely cruise in this one, even with the excitement of fighting the tide and getting off the river. So sorry about your injury Fran. I can imagine how frustrating it must be for a walker like you to be stuck on the canal path, but I'm sure Rich is taking good care of you. Here's to good healing and you being back on your feet in no time. Looking forward to seeing you the next time. 💜
It was frustrating but also gave me plenty of reading in the shade time so all is well
Blimey, good to hear you are ok. Great video, just found yr channel and subscribed 👍 xx
Thank you so much and welcome to our channel
Oh Rich, I can’t get the advert out of my head now! Wishing you a speedy recovery Fran x
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hop you are feeling better Fran and back to your walking xx
I once said to Lisa ; “if you were to describe bliss ( for me ) “this is it”
Yes If I have to go other than my usual I tell them to tell management, stop the plastic, let them know how you feel if enough people do it they will stop.. I know crazy! and if you are single or just a couple its hard to find single or smaller items
They keep promising that this will stop but it seems to be getting worse in some shops. We have to keep telling them
Happy to see y’all again on the move back to a canal. When you are all healed, Fran, you and Rich and the dogs will hopefully be somewhere with great walks, lots to forage, grand adventures, beautiful sights to share with us! Thank you from over here in Portland, Oregon.
Thank you Lynette. I am almost back to normal now and we are back to walking and foraging as you will see in the next video in the next day or so.
Love this! God bless you guys and be safe
I agree with you both. Nothing like fresh vegetables. Enjoy your videos always.😊💕
Thanks so much Louise. Rivers are wonderful, but never as relaxing as the canal
I love to see you cruising, and the way you live, but your choice of music makes it for me always a nice relaxing moment. Thank you both. 🤗
Glad you like the music. Rich takes so long choosing it.
Hope you are feeling better soon Fran xx
Look at that wonderful light, how I miss that now we are staring at October.
Great film. Lovely stuff.
Brilliant as always, glad you are ok.
Lovely Sunday morning spent with a cuppa watching Rich stay so calm behind a slow boater! Perfect sum up of how we felt about the rivers too. Hope you are all mended now Fran 😊
Mr Control that’s me 🤣
Enjoy the bliss and get well soon. Oh and i remember the old co-op ads, but i was born in 66
So glad there were no nasty after effects from your dip in the canal. Take care.
Oh Wow! I'm glad you are getting better Fran. With the canal water, did you have to go on a course of antibiotics? Good that Rich did not have earphones on. Glad you didn't go overboard in the river. Take care. See you next time. Your videos are so very relaxing. Thank you.
No antibiotics needed, I was absolutely fine, just badly bruised
Aw Fran, so sorry you hurt yourself, hopefully you’ll mend up properly in no time. I was thinking when you were walking to co-op, you could have sat on the bike to help get along easier. That’s a shame that the veg is all plastic wrapped, no doubt hot house grown in chemicals too.😕 It’s harvest time, hopefully you can find a farm stand soon. I wonder lately if the boat builders will start building in AC in the boats, with lithium batteries and solar panels RVers live off grid for ever these days here. They do have to do the black and grey water tanks , fill the water tanks, get petrol , propane etc like with your boats but they all seem to have AC they use when it gets very hot. Maybe they don’t there because AC isn’t common even in houses but if these droughts with such high temps keep up it might be a good idea. They are adjustable for how cold you want, it doesn’t have to be freezing, just pleasantly cool enough to get some sleep.
Stay safe and well🙋🏼♀️🥰
I think some boats do have AC, but we really have been fine even without a fan. Sometimes it is better just to work with the weather rather than continually battle against it. When it was really hot, we just rested and had cold showers and it was fine
Looks like you where mostly on your own on your cruise nice and peaceful ❤️
What a fright you must have got Fran. Your body must have went into shock for a brief moment. So glad you all ok though. What a great vlog. The wee chicks were gorgeous. Keep safe and take care. Watch how you go. Beautiful scenery.
Glad you are ok Fran. Take it easy. Good thing you are fit.
It was great to see you guys and have a chat…..great Vlog as usual
Hope you are doing better Fran.
It is so beautiful on the canals again.
Have a nice weekend.
Rivers are beautiful but we always love to be back on canals
The Chesterfield is a lovely canal as long as you don’t mind getting familiar with the weed hatch😂
Rich, I’m a brummy lass and i remember that advert. Fran I agree with the plastic. I live in a small town where co-op is prominent. We only shop the yellow sticker section to reduce food waste but the amount of plastic we get infuriates me! I now use the plastic as water catchers for plants, seedlings and catching spiders to release them because I can’t bare to throw the plastic away before it’s been put to good use.
It is hard isn't it? I know co-op recycle some plastic, but it really is a shame they have to use it in the first place
Lovely video. Yes agree on veg covered inplastic. I so love a farmers market.
Hi Fran and Rich, I'm so glad you survived your dunking, it was good to see that the paramedics checked you over. It's reassuring to see that they could get to you in the booneys. Your flowers looked gorgeous my poor Geraniums as soon as they flowered the deer cropped them. Our trees are in full fall colour now despite being severely blown about by Fiona. We were very fortunate no power outage though hundreds of thousands weren't so lucky although we did have gale force winds and almost 6 inches of rain. Lovely seeing you weaving off the boat, Rich did a great job on the roof .So happy canal cruising andstay really safe ,no jumping ashore Fran take it easy for a while .
Cheers from me and Canada till next time and may be some good old foraging
So glad you survived the storms. Our flowers are looking a bit battered now as the autumn weather has hit us but nothing as bad as your storms.
Gosh Fran, I'm glad you're OK, what a nasty fall. That river turn into the canal looked hair raising. Look forward to your next video, take care.
Really enjoyed watching this episode. So sorry you took a nosedive, Fran. Hopefully you are back to long enjoyable walks in the countryside now. Happy Friday!
Hi. Hope Fran get Well soon. So you Can shop where you like. 🚨🚑⚓️🛟
'I know what it is. It's crap is what it is' Succinct & to the point. :-D
That is Rich all over 😂
Great to see you both again! So sorry to hear that Fran took a fall. Hope she's fully better now. I'm a bit envious of you guys -- so much enjoyed my fortnight on the Leicester right in September! I. remember the "it's all at your Co-op now" ad from when my wife and I lived in Kidderminster in the early 1970s.
Fantastic vlog wish they were longer, could watch you cruising forever. Such a great life, I hope Frans knee and shoulder gets better soon, can't wait for next one.
Thank youTracy. It takes more than a dunk in the canal to keep me down.
Those peppers gave me a laugh! I was out shopping just a couple of hours prior to watching this video (and bell peppers were on the list!) and, at the large supermarket I usually shop at, there were the same 3 bell peppers (yellow, orange and red) in plastic! I live in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada and it looks like the same outfit supply's that little shop you went to! So, what is one to do if the recipe calls for FOUR? Thankfully the shop here had bins of bell peppers, free of plastic wrappers. I still find it funny that each has its own little bar code sticker though!
Ha Ha! It's the same all over the world then.
Quite the unintended adventure, Fran. Hope you are all better by now. Your flowers look beautiful. Leigh, Texas
So muchbetter now thank you
What a lovely video watching you cruise the canals I love the canals glad you are back on them 😊 I hope your leg is better Fran ❤ thank goodness you were ok …. Really enjoy your videos 📚💕📚
Thank you Wendy
Wow what glorious weather! Hope it comes our way! Listening to you both, the problems you are facing are the same as we have in our autocamper. Everyone has changed their holiday patterns
Definitely. It is good that people are discovering the beauty around them rather that travelling half way around the world, but it makes it busy for us.
Thanks for taking us along on this lovely summer river cruise, I hope that Fran is better after her tumble into the cut. I think that the paramedics may have carried on to you just in case that Fran was likely to suffer from secondary drowning when someone becomes submerged into water, survives but then dies because they had ingested lots of water into their lungs. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Ah, good thinking. They were very thorough.
It’s good to see you, and I am sorry about your knee. I did something similar last week when I fell up the stairs. My foot caught an electric cord and my knee bent more than it has done in too many years. I tend to injure that knee too often. It wasn’t getting better so I ordered a compression sleeve. Hopefully it will be back to its baseline normal in a day or two. If I had some magical way to get something quickly across the Atlantic, I would send you its mate. But by the time it got Who Knows Where there, you will have sorted it out somehow. If you tell me differently, I will send it along.
The good news is that you two don’t make a habit of falling in that often. The bad news is that when you DO fall in, there’s an injury. Not that you needed THAT particular assessment. What do they call it? Stating the obvious? Interesting that your heartbeat dropped from falling in. Dropped enough to faint. Very glad it was temporary!
Welcome back to the canals! Hopefully you will recharge completely fairly quickly and be off on new adventures.
Thank you Rebecca. Hope you are ok now. I just need to do a few stretching exercises and I'm sur I will be fine. It certainly takes longer to get back to normal these takes. Take care.
Sorry, I don't see where I can buy your weavings. I am a Patreon sponsor of your channel but it's a bit hard to navigate. Thanks for all you post. We love it.
Thank you Melissa for your support. Here is the link to the shop on our website. There are more weavings and some of Rich's art to go up for sale in the next few days. I hope you find something you like. x
floatingourboat.com/shop