You Won't Believe This! Wigan Pier's Secrets Revealed - Ep. 59
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Finally, off the Rufford Branch, we turned left at the junction onto the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, heading east towards Wigan, cruising the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
In this episode, as we explore Britain by Narrowboat, we take narrowboat Silver Fox through Parbold, Appley Bridge, Crooke, Shevington, Gathurst, and into Wigan where Colin finds out the history surrounding Wigan Pier, the Pit Brow Lasses, and some of the amazing canal architecture.
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And now I know where the Wigan Pier dance music I used to listen to came from. Thanks, guys!
Haha! Pleasure 👍🏻😂
Hi guys, you asked for Fish and Chip shop recommendations. You can't beat the one at Kings lock, Middlewich, Cheshire. Have to stop there every time we go past. Give it a go if you are in the area. By the way, you are the first vloggers I've ever followed, I love the honesty and humour of your blogs. Thanks 😊
Yeah, we called there last inter. Great grub! 😋
Ahhh, Parbold! Cute as a button! Home of my aunt and uncle who took in refugees during WW2. Uncle was in the Home Guard (LDV). I'm from Standish. Bill Bryson was the only author to write kind kindnesses about Wigan, among other things!
That's awesome to take in refugees xxx
The two swing bridges between Appley Bridge and Gathurst may look disused but they are used by the local farmer to cross the canal. Despite their appearance they support huge tractor thingamabobs. Pity you missed the charity barge Rose of Parbold which gives trips to special needs and elderly groups along this stretch of canal six days a week. Interesting and enjoyable vlog as always.
Thanks, John! 👍🏻
Fish and chips? Skipton. Bizzie Lizzie's. It's very near the main basin in the centre of town. Skipton is well worth a visit in itself. Quite a way to go tho'. You may even run into the Candy Boat on your way.
Third recommendation for that place. Going to have to give it a go! 👍🏻
@@FoxesAfloat 4th recommendation, Skipton is a lovely town and lovely fish and chips from Bizzie Lizzie's.
Also the Boat House Bar which is in the canal basin is a lovley little place.
Please keep doing these excellent videos. The historical narrative is brilliant and expertly delivered.
I look forward to every episode. Additionally, the drone footage is spectacular. You two are so very generous to make the effort to inform, entertain and educate us. Thank you!
WOW! Fantastic comments Peter. Thank you so much ❤️
Greetings from Nisswa, Minnesota, USA, the land of 10,000 lakes. I have been enjoying your posts for a few reasons. One, living in a place with so many lakes which makes it difficult to get long stretches of road, the waterway connection you have is fascinating. Second, I find the narrowboat an interesting thing. Everyone here has a boat, either a cruiser, runabout, or a sport fishing boat, but nothing like the floating campers (caravans) you have. Third, my family is big on all things England, especially Yorkshire, and in particular, Leeds, where we have friends living. Keep the vlogs coming.
Thanks, Daniel. We're heading down into Leeds soon 👍🏻
I enjoy your vlogs. They have save me from Covid depression. I wish I could have beer with you and talk but alas I live in Simi Valley, CA. Cheers, William French
Thanks, William. Stay safe!
Thank you very much for your vlogs! I don't have a narrowboat and not going to have in the future ( who knows!?)))). I live in Israel, we don't have canals here...
I'm anglophile , I admire your country. You show it to me with great love and help me to learn more about your life. And editional thanks for helping me to improve my poor English! I learn so many new words and idioms from your vlogs. Especialy from Shoan...hahaha
You both are incredible! xxx
Hi, Tatyana.
You are so welcome, thank you so much for all your kind words ❤️❤️❤️❤️
"That's the one i told you about" - that's it, that's the key phrase for "you are celebs now" :P
What i like about the solid sidedoors is that sense of freedom: there's nothing more refreshing, like opening them, while moored in the wilds, and get that nice adrenaline shot, along with the burst of nettles in your face :D
LOL!
I wonder if it’s Anneka Rice!! 😂.
Your vlogs are always a perfect mix of interesting information, beautiful scenery and you both laughing. Oh and gorgeous Dillon. I love it when I see there’s a new vlog to watch!
Thanks Sue. I wonder how many had to Google Anneka Rice? 😂
I love the way you put the videos and music together. And you alternated it with talks. Great job.
Thank you so much!
You guys are so pro! I would think you would be picked up by a tv program to show folks around England via narrowboat. Thank you for the aerial shots, too! If I can't get to England, you both are the next best thing! Cheers!
Cheers! Very kind of you! x
@@Taladar2003 point taken! :)
You guys and your narrow boat are the best thing on RUclips. Thankyou for sharing your adventures. It was lovely to See Martin Zero exploring railway tunnels with you in a past episode.
Cheers, Beth
Thanks, Beth! Yeah, We have similar viewers so it was obvious we should get together to do some exploring 👍🏻
Excellent use of the drone guys. Love the surrounding scenery shots. The history lessons are spot on too. Interesting and makes you feel like you are apart of the journey. Enjoy guys!! Out takes are worth the wait.
Haha! Glad you enjoyed them. Thanks! 👍🏻
Your vlogs are SO professional - they are a joy to watch. The "hellos" at the beginning were brilliant.
I hope you watched past those, Kate? 😂
@@FoxesAfloat Of course -- as proof I give you Horse Flies (or March Flies as we call them here x)
not sure if you spotted the Kitty Wake but i helped to build this almost 35 years ago was amazing to see it on one of your vids...cool keep up the blogs
Nice one!
Anne Rice - you are older than you look!.. last time she landed near a canal was mid eighties!
Another good one with classy drone-work and best outakes
Thanks, Malcolm. Side note... Treasure Hunt's Wincey Willis is a very good friend of ours 😉
Awww www you cheer me up everytime!!!! Loved a bit oftrumpets at the end!
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Loved your latest vlog, you pair of comedians you, really well put together & the time spend compiling them is well appreciated, 👍👍😎
Ha ha. Thanks, David! 😂
Spectacular drone shots again. Wow. It really gives us a perspective of your environment. Thanks!
Thanks, Tom! Wait till we cross into Yorkshire 😉
The fantastic thing about the canal system, it takes you to a completely different world, like being almost in a different country. Amazing scenery and lovely people. 👍🏻😎
It does!
What an amazing life canal life is for a dog!! My spotties would love it!!!! Thanks as always!!
Hi Meg. Dillon is loving it. He’s never been happier xx
My day is better when I start it with you 3! Dillon is just the sweetest little guy :)
Awww Thank you so much. Really do appreciate that ❤️
Best fish and chips is at whitby by far
HHHHHHMMMMM Biker ----says it all???? As always a bloody good VLOG. Endorse the chippie near the basin in Skipton - named after a flower I think.
Thanks, Antony! A few people have recommended that chippy! Gonna have to pay a visit 😋
Another great presentation guys. You did something this time that added a new dimension, and that was showing the times you’re greeted by passerby’s.
It added a nice element to the filming, as did the other narrowboat people acknowledging they’d seen on RUclips. You deserve recognition for the effort and passion you’re putting into this journey.
It can only be good for the narrowboat community. Thanks, James and Colin.
Yeah, I just thought it would be nice to show some of the people who say hello. So many of them! Thanks, James 👍🏻
@@FoxesAfloat So nice that people walking their dogs along a towpath say hello to boats and passers by, yet don't do that when walking down to street... must be the canal-o-zone effect.
Yeah it’s strange that if two people pass each other on a canal, walker or boater, they will nearly always greet each other. If the same two people passed in the street, they would hardly notice each other xx
glad to see your both looking well ,great vlog guys as usual ,,,,,, take care of my boat lol
104 Locks so far. Time to get the blacking paint out 😉
Great vid guys and very informative. Also came at the right time for me as I've been feeling down and you chirpy chaps always cheer me up. Please put "ohhh biker" on a loop. 😄 thanks again.
Haha! Oooh, biker! 😂 Sorry you're feeling down. Wanna join my club? He he! xx
I still think your boat is the best looking narrowboat I've seen. You guys are well popular now aren't you :) I could do with a good Chip Butty right now. Love it!
Aww, thanks, she is gorgeous! Mmmm... Chip butties 😋
It is one of the most beautiful crafts cruising the canals I have ever seen!
What lovely friendly folks on that stretch of your travels 🙂
The best!
Can't stop smiling you Daft Buggers .Funny as always..cant wait til the next Vlog..Cheers.
Cheers, Les 😂
Anneka Rice... Reminds me of the time when Ulrika Johnsson was in the cab of the Routemaster bus I was driving that day. They wanted pictures of her in the Cab... Right palaver getting her in there, then they couldn't see her properly & asked me to remove the escape hatch window. So I'm in this tiny bus cab leaning over Ulrika Johnsson's ample 'endowments'... LOL gotta be some perks to driving a bus!
Great vid guys.
Ha ha! You still got photos of that? 😂
As always, these guys knock it out of the park. 👏👏
In a good way I hope? 😂
Hi guys. Nicely done, very calm and well put together. Loved the music totally different but we'll suited .
Stuck over here I really do miss fish and chips. My mind keeps on remembering the last time I had good fish and chips, it was in Cornwall (the name of the town escapes me) but it was just before my mother passed. We got to take her for a walk on the hard and there was a van selling fish and chips. Well let's just say the little tray was about 9x6x2 inches this was over flowing with chips real chips ,and on top of that was a pice of cod which was about 1 1/2 thick by 2 inches at one end about 12 inches long and about 41/2 inches at tother. It was just aussum white flakey fish crunchy batter 1/2 inch thick chips with lashings of salt and vinegar.we sat on a bench eating and fending off shite hawks. and watching the fishing boats come in . Dammed if I can't taste it now.
Anyway thanks for the videos really liked this one ,nice use of Google maps and the drone. well done nice to see Dillon included. Be safe, looking forward to your next video thanks again.
Hey, Colin! That's how I remember fish & chips! Not seen anything like that for YEARS!
I was late seeing your last contribution so didn’t post a comment, and today I’ve been otherwise engaged, so my chances of being first to respond have gone once again.
Do you remember George Formby - one of his songs was about Wigan Pier. I’m showing my age, but I think he actually died before I was born, but my parents had all his records.
It’s good to see you are now heading towards Gods own county, when you get to Skipton, forget about fish and chips, there is a pork pie shop there and they are worth dying for.
Enjoyed your latest, the additional tips are an excellent idea - keep em coming. All the best
Shaun will LOVE that Pork Pie shop 😋
Now this was a surprise. Welcome back to You Tube Shaun, Colin and Dillon. Lovely to see the Dynamic Duo again.
Why a surprise, Susan? We're here every Friday 😂
Colin and Shaun I just found the two of you and have fallen in love with the two of you. I started in the middle with the launch of the Silver Fox and am watching from there. I'll have to go back and watch the beginning to find out more about you guys.
That is awesome! We have a playlist with all the vlogs in order if that helps? ruclips.net/p/PLcS0xjJs-N1B0wlKhMBs6RdWnJNoKLO4B
@@FoxesAfloat How have I only just found this playlist lol I've been adding 5-6 vids at a time to my own list! I'm saved! Powering through these vids :)
I’m thoroughly enjoying this blog. You guys a so refreshing, not full of yourselves like some bloggers. I really appreciate the fun facts you give on each video. Right now I’m binge watching to calm my nerves because my daughter is having health problems, and you guys can make me smile. Colin, you especially, are battling some of the same problems my daughter experiences and listening to you gives me hope. Give your ROCK a hug, as a matter of fact give each other a hug. 👍
Hi, Florence. I'm so sorry that your daughter suffers too. Being the rock is such a hard responsibility. Sending love! 💜
More beautiful scenery and the perfect mixture of humour, history and the search for the perfect fish & chips! The drone footage and great music choices just add to the polished look of your vlogs! Love to see Dillon the dog having a run around too 😊x
He's re4ally enjoying life on the cut! Thanks! 👍🏻
Loved that, especially all the history of Wigan Pier, always wondered what was there. Thanks. 👍🏻
Now you know 😂
10:00 I just noticed that with this episode's music you can just sing the lyric "train" in any note or combination over and over again in a raspy Bob Dylan voice and it will fit in some strange way. Weird. Give it a try. It's fun.
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Wigan Pier is like so many things in life, people crack on it's enormous and yet when you get to see it, it's disappointingly small... Great video again guys, loved the drone footage by the golf course mooring. Have a good week!
Yeah, but it's pretty solid for it;s age 😉
Another great production. Glad you back on track. Thanks for sharing your adventure. All the best to you both Pete
Thank you!
Great to see you where you belong. 4pm on Friday. We, on the other hand have nicked the 5 o' clock Crackerjack slot. Another great vlog, looks like your having the best time, Fran and Rich xx
We are your warm-up act. The main feature starts at five! 👍🏻❤️
Colin, your videos just keep getting better and better. Shaun, you’re looking good too!
Thanks, Jay! 👍🏻
Just finished watching this week’s vlog, brilliant. You’ve passed through our old stomping ground Appley Bridge(will be back ‘home’ there in September before picking up the hire boat). My grandmother worked at Trenchfield Mill as the tea lady up to the late 1960’s, prior to that she was a Pitt brow lass in the Abram / Bickershaw area until she married. As a lad I used to hitch a ride from Abram to Worsley Mesnes on the barges carrying coal, and if I was lucky I’d get a biscuit and cup of tea. Looking forward to the next vlog. Long live north of the wall 👍
Wow! Great stories and memories! 👍🏻
Wow! The footage! The music! Colin, you are extraordinarily articulate!!!
Thank you so much David ❤️
Love everything you have done and are doing. I'm addicted to watching some after my care work. It relaxed me.cant imagine what it would be like in real life being on a lovely boat. Thank you for letting me live the dream with such great guys as you both are...helps alot in this mad world we are all in.
Penny xx
Thank you so much!
Another gorgeously put together video. You make the country side really come alive.
Thank you Theo ❤️
Do you know your vlogs are becoming the highlight of my week🙃 thanks for letting me come on your journey boys xx
Awww, thanks, Tracey! That's really nice of you to say ❤️
Not a chippy, but at Gathurst there's a canalside pub which has been turned into an Indian restaurant - the Baby Elephant. We've moored just around the corner in a lovely leafy spot then walked back down the towpath to get a takeaway. Very nice.
Ah, I remember passing it on the right, just after the bridge 👍🏻
@@FoxesAfloat That's the one. I can recommend the Lamb Balti. We would have gone to eat in but with five dogs I think we would have caused a bit of a stir.
Another good one folks. You have the balance just right. Mrs. Mouse, Smokie and I want to come up North.
Haha! So do it! 👍🏻
Thanks for the drone footages 😊👍
No problem.
That was brilliant. Everything is filmed so beautifully. I absolutely love the music you choose! It’s fantastic! Thank you for another entertaining, informative and funny vlog. I hope you find a decent chippy 😊
Mandy you always leave such lovely comments. We love you ❤️
We’ve got our eye on a chippy in Skipton that everyone seems to be recommending xx
Hi guys, you may have already passed it but "The Cherry Tree Chippy" near bridge 94 "Livesey Hall Bridge" was my local and really good there's also a tesco express near by. I always get a chippy tea when I'm back there visiting family. X
Awww, yeah, we're way past there now! xxx
I love Google maps. Sean does the best commentary. Please keep doing the history of the canals and local towns and villages. Good luck in finding good fish and chips. My favorite shops are in Cantebury and a small shop off of Picadilly circus. Love watching Dillion. I swear that dog never stops wagging his tail.
Thank you for your lovely comments Allan. We’re getting plenty of Fish & Chip recommendations.
It’s Colin that does most of the commentary 👍❤️
I love your videos, can’t stop watching. Thank you☮️🇨🇦
Glad you like them!
Hello from New Zealand, we have just caught up with all your vlogs, absolutely loving them. You have a good balance of canal footage, and interesting information on the various places you stop at. A few years ago we spent two weeks on the canals and went out to Llangollen, it was fabulous, we just loved every minute of it. Looking forward to more vlogs 😊
WOW! Thank you for your great comments Jenny. So glad you’re enjoying our vlogs. The Llangollen is a beautiful canal. Sending love to New Zealand ❤️
It’s really cool seeing all the history I live just outside Portland Oregon in the Pacific Northwest so weather very similar I think anyway it is growing out of control seriously there building skinny little houses in what ever lot they can and subdivisions that literally arm part away. So nice seeing these old towns don’t get me wrong there are some really neat areas too no 1700 though wow👍👍
Hi Chad
The canal is full of history. In this country also, they seem to put up houses anywhere x
Brill vlogging, great use of your drone, funny outtakes......your slowly becoming famous on the cut....keep it up
No! Don't wanna be famous! 😳
Hired a boat on the LL this Summer. Some breathtaking scenery further on when you hit the moors before Skipton chaps, you'll be humming the James Herriot theme tune I promise. You will, though, get heartily sick of swing bridges, the manual kind... Great, great videos, very high quality editing. Keep them coming :)
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I can't wait for the next video. I'm loving this journey and learning about the UK canals while seeing those beautiful historic places. Colin is on top of it and Shaun is behind him 100%.
Ha ha! Is that a euphemism, Ben? 😂
@@FoxesAfloat Nooo. I wouldn't do such a thing. LOL
Just bloody brilliant boys.x
Thank you so much!
Another great vid lads and what sets yours apart from others is the quality and the total madness lol. The humour adds so much. I also feel hungry now for fish and chips lol :)
Thank you so much Leslie.
We’re only slightly mad 🤣🤣
Hello, hope Colin is feeling better. Great video as always. You two are getting famous.
I'm feeling much better this week, thanks!
Great vlog loved the drone shots Silver Fox is a beautiful boat the outtakes crack me up
Thanks, Simon. Very kind of you to say 👍🏻
Great vlog chaps. Shaun the tap dancing was amazing but can we see your feet next time. Maybe on the roof. But watch out for bridges 😉😂 Lots of information and plenty of giggles. Superb. Love to you both and Dillon. There’s nothing like a roll in the wet grass first thing in the morning 😃👍💕
Oh, he loves a roll in the wet grass... As does Dillon 😂 xx
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How interesting. I live in Wigan and a few days ago I saw 4 Bickerstaffe narrow boats going up the Wigan flight as I was out walking. I subsequently googled the boats and found your channel. How refreshing your presentation is 👍. The Pier Quarter has been under renovation for the last three years and is due to re-open this year with a number of destination venues (pub’s, cafe’s restaurant’s etc) this year.
Nice to hear 👍🏻
Jacks fisheries , just before the Bingley five rise locks .
The best fish shop between Skipton and Bingley ! 👍
Yeah? Might have to pay a visit 😋
Another great video guys .....is it me...these weekly vlogs are flying by...
It’s not just you, Paul. They’re flying!!
Idyllic. Just what I imagine cruising the canals is all about. Really enjoyed watching this. Thanks 😊
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I loved that mooring! Middle of nowhere with not another boat to be seen. Perfect!
Yeah, we're somewhere similar now 👍🏻
Great blog again guys. I'm not a runner as much these days. More of a walker. Every morning I do 250 burpees or 30 mins ( whatever comes first ) . I find it really helps clear my head and gives me a pick up if I'm feeling down. I'm sure running beside the canal does the same for you. Good luck guys.
Shaun here 👋
Keeping fit really helps Colin’s state of mind 👍
@@FoxesAfloat it definitely does :-)
Hi, thankyou for another brilliant vlog! If anyone’s had a stressful day they should watch your out takes😂🌻🐶
Haha! Thank you, Sherri!
Hey guys I want to tell you how much I enjoy your vlog. You make me wish we had the beautiful canals to cruise here in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Aww, thank you so much! It is a lovely lifestyle.
Your vlogs are a great start to the weekend here in South Australia. Can highly recommend the Lock Stop cafe at The Greenberfield locks just past Barnoldswick. Very friendly spot run by a lovely couple. Cheers Natalie and Stuart 😀
Oh no Natalie. Passed it already 🙁
Another super vlog, Colin and Shaun. Great drone shots add so much as does the inclusion of google maps, so we can better appreciate just what you are both enjoying. Looking forward to next week’s instalment. Best wishes to the three of you.
Thanks, Trevor!
17:52 “Where did we start?”
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Welcome to MY world!!🤣
At my age, I think a lot about the hereafter. When I get to the next room, I wonder what the heck I’m here after! 🤷♂️
Happens to everyone when they reach a certain age 🤣🤣🤣
Great video as always! Love when Friday arrives!
Thanks, Linda! 👍🏻
You must be the most entertaining canal vlog available. I think I've seen most of them at some point. Very enjoyable. Re your drone. How far away from you can it fly and still respond. Seems like miles. The pictures are so still, there is no vibration. Very impressed.
That’s really kind of you, thanks! The drone can go about 4km away from us. 👍🏻
Another superb instalment... love it when I get a notification of your new uploads, they're such a pleasure to watch. Take care you guys.... all the best.
Aww, Thanks, Mark!
Well done youse. Enjoyable as ever but the drone shots were spectacular. Glad the 3 motor running boats never materialized. Be well....Chris 🇨🇦
Cheers, Chris. Wherever we moor we are a magnet for them! 😂
Looking forward to seeing Wigan Pier as my dad often mentioned it when going to visit my gran in Leigh.
Don't get too excited, Kay 🤣
Great video guys, I enjoyed riding along and the outtakes are fun. See you later.
Thanks, Andrew! 👋
Stunning pics - another great video -looking forward to seeing you after the wigan flight - - so we'll you in a month lol -
Ha ha! Don't underestimate us! Back next Friday 😉
Very nice vlog today, gentlemen . . . entertaining, informative and beautiful to look at. That's quite a lot for a free service! ;-) It must be wonderful to have someone in passing say they've watched your Ribble Link vlogs and loved them. You're touching people's lives and they're appreciating it. Well done!
The opening sequence where you're talking about what's on the agenda for the immediate future was noteworthy, I thought. And I wonder: How long did you work with Dillon, training him to get to his feet, pose and watch inquisitively after the two of you after you exited camera-left? Heh, just kidding of course, but I am curious to know if someone else was operating the camera for that shot or did you nip around behind it to trigger the zoom-in to Dillon there at the end?
I'm currently at a place with spotty and intermittent wi-fi, so it's not unusual to have lots of unpredictable stops and starts as I watch RUclips. Today, though, I was struck by how often a frozen frame of today's vlog reminded me of a John Constable painting. The countryside you're navigating through and your exceptional photography of it are extraordinary!
Lots of people post crap on RUclips, sadly. Only a handful of presenters are skilled at putting together worthwhile offerings. Among the narrowboaters posting vlogs, there are actually four whom I watch regularly. One is quite amateurish, though the presenters possess an appeal of sorts, and a couple of others are rather well-done (if a bit stilted). One of them is very informative while the other displays a bit of that British dry sense of humor - sorry, "humour". (I'm American).
Your vlogs, though, Colin, are a cut above the best of the others, IMO. Where you also possess exceptional skill that only a few display, I think you also possess that rarest of commodities - Actual Talent!
TJ
Wow! Thank you, Tao! I had to read that three times for it to sink in. I do try my best, and when I read comments like yours it really makes me appreciate how many people actually watch our videos, mind-blowing! Thank you so much for putting a smile on my face 😊
Wigan Pier - well known, but for why? Now we know, thanks boys, another little nugget of info, I'm getting into this history lark!!!! 👍❤
Haha! There’s an hour of history for every mile we travel! 👍🏻
STOP THE CLOCK!!!!! Bloody hell me and the Mrs loved that!!!!! You aged us!
It was a great program 👍❤️
Hi, we have just come back through Wigan from the Trent and Mersey/Bridgewater Canal this week to Scarisbrick Marina and was hoping to see you passing through, never mind. Great Vlog as usual, I think you passed the best fish and chips when you passed through Lydiate opposite the Coach and Horses pub in your trip up from Liverpool, keep the vlogs coming for your journey up to Leeds.
Cheers, Richy. Have a fab time at Scarisbrick!
I have been watching your adventures making your beautiful narrowboat. Watching your adventures is quite fun.
Thank you so much ❤️
Another great episode guy,s with more interesting description of the area you pass through. The excellent drone footage adds another wonderful dimension to what is already one of the best blogs on the tube, thanks again and have a good week.
Very high praise indeed Derek. Thank you so much. Always appreciate your comments 👍❤️
Great vlog again boys, I passed you while you were moored in Wigan on my way back towards Rufford lovely boat 👍
Cool! You should have said hello! 👋
Good Morning Gentlemen, So enjoy your videos. Great balance between scenery and Information. I especially enjoy the drone aerial scenes. Would love to someday do some cruising.
Do it, Thomas! 👍🏻
Another super vlog of a pretty bit of the Northern canal network- and there’s more to come! I would’ve waved you past as my morning walk with our dog goes along the Wigan flight. Not an easy flight to manage good to hear you’re getting company and assistance
Shame you did have time to enjoy an afternoon tea at the Narrowboat Tearooms. It’s yummy 😋 Joan
Hey, Joan! 👋 Yeah, the tearoom was closed when we passed. Got up the Wigan flight in... Oooh, actually, spoilers! (next week) he he! xx
😆 good you’re through the flight, what a pity Tearoom was closed. It’s something to look forward to another time. So - keep tootling hope the rain hasn’t been too bad for you.
Beautifully put together video.Come to expect nothing less!
Thanks, Helen!
Let's see a good fish and chips place the first place that comes to mind is called the Bowpicker only problem is it's in Astoria Oregon. So that kind of puts it out of the realm of being canalside.
Good to see you're both the chipper and upbeat that's a good thing enjoy your travels later
Cheers, Kriss. Yeah, a bit far from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 😂 x
@@FoxesAfloat if you guys ever get over to the west coast of the United States swing into Astoria and hit the bowpicker and try their fish and chips the problem is do you want halibut salmon or Cod
Great video, stunning boat, good drone shots, wonderful scenery. Many thanks AJ
Cheers, AJ!
Great video as usual. I look forward to seeing some stunning footage when you get to the other side of Foulridge Tunnel.
Proving difficult in this weather!
Another great vlog guys looking forward to the Wigan flight.
Thanks! Coming next Friday 👍🏻
Hey guys, just wanted to let know that I really enjoy your videos. You guys are AWESOME!!!!!
No Bill...... You are awesome ❤️