The BEST Bacon Butty in Britain? Narrowboat to Braunston. Ep. 168.
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2024
- We're in search for the BEST bacon butty in Britain as we take our narrowboat to Braunston on the Junction of the Grand Union Canal and Oxford Canal. Colin uncovers the disused London Section of the Great Central Railway and Braunston's old railways station, finds out why a toll collector had bells on a rope across the canal, and tells the story of the ghost of the Admiral Nelson pub. We cruise through Braunston Tunnel and find out why there are hooks in the roof.
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Nice to see our cottage mentioned.Also that we are going to feature on the cover of the 2022 calendar. First I knew of it 🤷♂️😃
I was thinking how slim Shaun was and then he said he’s on a diet, well done.
Nice one, thanks!
Shaun, the weight loss makes you look much younger, you little cutie! Greetings from California where it is going to be 98 degrees tomorrow.🥵
@@janethartwig774 that’s hot!
@@irenedavo3768 It’s miserable as I live in an old home with no air conditioning, but the early mornings and evenings are glorious.
As soon as video started at 0:15 I noticed weigh loss, we’ll done mate, it takes discipline 👏
Shaun, you look absolutely fantastic and congratulations on the weight lost
Thanks, Barry!
Wow Colin, your drone shots have opened a whole new perspective on this part of the North Oxford. We have been down that canal many times, but until seeing your stupendous shots never realised the clear loop in the original route Brindley designed, or the later railway path! Your research is superlative! Yes, Shaun is really trim and looking svelte 😄 Stay safe, and cuddle to that rascal Otis 🐶 xx
WOW Thank you so much, Caroline. Perhaps explore a little more the next time you visit x
How are these guys not on TV? The blow the socks off the stuff you'll see on History/Discovery etc...
Aww, cheers! They keep offering but we want to keep control of what we do 😉
Love you guys!! So informative and fun. Takes my stress away.
Aww, nice one, Jerri!
I’m in my seventies and your vlog has become my guilty pleasure. Thank you both for brightening my day…….yes I’m watching all your past programmes.
Our pleasure!
Loved it. Hugs guys. Covid took my wife my best friend of 35 years on the 14th of August. We loved watching you two together and i shall continue, your show makes me happy. Cheers Shawn & Colin
My deepest sympathy. Blessings.
So sorry to hear that 💜
So sorry to hear about the loss of your wife. Big hugs!
@@ruthmichigander thank you ma'am
@@irenamangone thank you ma'am
I hired a boat called Wenlock from the Union Canal Carriers yard a couple of years ago. In the background at around 13:53 you can see a very small rusty listing boat, which is one of 3 micro tugs which were used by UCC to tow work boats while the Braunston tunnel was being repaired in the early 80s. They were small enough to be able to turn round inside the tunnel. :) The one in the background is called Mouse, the others were called Mole and Frog.
Nice one 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
A lot of people, boaters or not, will thank you for your praise of the Gongoozlers who do such a fab job for boaters and strollers alike.
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Makes my week. Keep up the great videos. Better than television.
Wow, thanks!
Shaun is such a great "straight" man! I love his double-takes to Colin's crazy jokes and absurd proclamations. "You're a tunnel mouth!"
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@@FoxesAfloat Yes, Shaun is a sweetheart. 💗
I always laugh when Shaun say "You can't say that"... because it's what makes the innocent (?) statement from Colin 'true gold'. Thanks guys.
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Your episodes get better and better! ........what a great mix of comedy,travel and history all rolled into one.....fabulous content! it is obvious that you both put a lot of time and effort into each episode.......you guys rock!
Thanks so much!
We love your vlog so much. It brings a smile to our faces when we don't at the moment have much to smile about and we have just lost our beloved dog, Rusty. You know how that feels, I know. Please keep posting and making my day! xx
So sorry to hear that 💜
Some very cool drone work there Colin lad....
Thank you 🙏❤️
LOL! Sean was on his game with his quick wit today! His laughter is contagious.
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Shauns laugh cracks me up. Infectious
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Good Saturday morning from Portland, Oregon! I’ve just finished episode 168. Quality, not faff! That’s because the interesting, humorous, dedicated, and good-looking trio brings it to us! Thank you, in alphabetical order, Colin the Curious, Otis the Omnipotent, and Shaun the Slim. I loved every second of it! See y’all next time. I’m about to enjoy my Saturday with my grand dogs-treats for them-sketching/painting watercolors for me, then spend the night and get a brand new buzz cut haircut tomorrow before they take me home. Plus, Monday is a holiday in America known as Labor Day which means I shall labor at housekeeping and laundry in my apartment, not teleworking. ♥️♥️♥️
Aww, thank you, Lynette!
@@FoxesAfloat Y’all are welcome!
❤ Love the facts in every video, makes watching these special!
Aww, thank you! x
Love watching your footage, very professional. Keep up the great work!
Thanks, will do!
Hi Guys, super Vlog...as always.....glad you highlighted 'speedy Gonzales '.....an awful lot of these silly people on the canals, washing the banks away....they'd be better off on the motorway....is it river rage? Take care.
I honestly don't think they had a clue what damage they were causing.
It's so cool to see you both at places we know so well. Shaun is looking great!
He's doing so well!
Shawn, you look great. Congratulations. Happy belated birthday Colin!.
Thanks, Alyce!
We live in Daventry and often walk along the canal too and from Braunston so it’s great to hear the history. Really enjoy your videos, thank you.
Awesome! Thank you!
I absolutely love the fact that after all the years you’ve been together how wonderful still the chemistry is between you both . Amazing friendship awesome connection so caring and loving it’s truly inspirational especially in this day and age !!
Thanks, Phill. x
I agree. This channel should be required viewing for all homophobes.
Collin where do you put all this knowledge about the waterways? You’re just amazing in your intelligence. Shaun is the one that finishes the sentence. Just love you guys ❤
He’s always been the same. Soaks in information like a sponge 🧽
You put us in the mood for bacon in the morning. Thanks.
You guys are a breathe of fresh air.
I’m in my late seventies and thoroughly enjoy watching your adventures on the canals and the history lessons with it. (No canal system like this in the U.S.). I’ve watched all the others. Love you all.
Thanks so much, Garnet! x
Good for Shaun for being on a diet. 😃
I did myself lose more than 85 kg in the last three years. Yes, I was that chubby! Now im slender like a young tree. It's possible, if one really wants to. 😉
A very nice video by both of you, as always. I really enjoy watching your vlog. ❤️
Wow! Well done!
I'm sure I started watching you guys at 80k subscribers. So glad that you've passed 100k and still climbing. Long may it continue. Quality content. I'm never disappointed.
Agreed, it is my favourate youtube chanel.i just love joining them on their travels and seeing England.
Aww, thanks, Darren!
Extra shafts, get a splash, a little bit of a kink, tunnel mouth... Great idea for a drinking game. Have drink anytime Colin uses a double entendre and Shaun rolls his eyes or giggles !
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Really chills me out watching you guys,fantastic :).
Thank you, derrick xx
As a truck driver in the late 80s l delivered the cement used in the restoration of Braunston tunnel . The pallets of cement were dropped straight into the boats from my truck , the boat would then be taken into the tunnel where the lads would work on the brickwork . I arrived one day to a commotion , one of the boats had sunk right in the middle of the tunnel and the lads had to swim out in freezing cold water . They both had hyperthermia but survived thankfully .
Wow!
Thank you for cheering me up once again.
Our pleasure!
Shaun may not have laughed at "getting a full load tugged" but I spat my coffee out at that 😂😂😂
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Just love the history lessons. I’ll never get to the UK but this is the next best thing, with humour. You have shaved off some weight there young Shaun! Looking gooood! Many thx boys, once again just fab. 🇦🇺
Thanks, Wendy!
I’m so addicted to these videos, each time I see a boat going too fast I shout at the screen 😂🤣well done Shaun, you’ll have to make a video on how you’ve done such an awesome job with your weight loss. 👍🏻👊🏻🥂🍷
Thank you! x
Hi Colin & Shaun...looking really good Shaun, I was just think that you were looking nice and trim! 👍Another informative & entertaining video. Thanks for all the research, always enjoy hearing the history. Please give Otis a cuddle for me! Thank you for sharing, take really good care, stay safe! Much love Kathy x
Done and done 😛
Shaun really has the most expressive face ( - :
he does!
We just found your channel and absolutely love it and yes, have subscribed. We're sort of 'binge watching' because every video that we've seen is so interesting, funny and the history you share is amazing. You now have 2 Canadian fans! Thank you!
Awesome! Thank you! Welcome to the madness xxxxx
Watching at 2am and your lunch made me think BACON and pause the video and make a bacon sammie. Mmmmm. Lovely scenes and chatter, and the ever so handsome Otis. Thanks for making the week worth the wait. Happy Weekend!
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I knew there was less content on you site. I just realized it’s the weight that Sean’s lost. This is the slimmer, trimmer Foxes site! Fattened with facts (and a bacon sarnie or two) with a healthy content of entertainment and good humour 👍
The leaner Foxes, I like that 👍🤣❤️
Another lovely video, full of joy, so nice to watch
Glad you enjoyed it, Sam xx
Definitely something magical about your vlogs. I sit watching with a smile all the way through, although had to stop it half way and get a bacon sandwich.
Wow, thank you! Hope you enjoyed your bacon butty xxx
Have a great weekend all 👍
Have a nice day
Great stuff Guy's, really enjoyed this vlog. It's so calming watching you move around in such lovely scenery. Keep well and safe.
Thanks so much! 😊
My word for the week - "gongoozler." That one sent me racing to my dictionary.😁 We have the same people in the US who watch what's going on at construction sites. We call them "sidewalk supervisors." But gongoozler has much more panache. Another video well done.
Thank you!
Gongoozling is fun, “My name is Michael Pain, I am a nosey neighbour”.
As a seasoned narrowboater Gongoozlers are a regular site. Not only that, in our case, they have often been very helpful with locks.
I work on great lakes freighters. We call them boat nerds
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I noticed Shaun had skimmed down. 😊 It was cute to see your puppy watching you both during the intro.
Yeah, I've lost quite a bit of weight, Wendy xx
Hi guys just watching this weeks vlog and as usual it really cheers me up I’m going through issues at the moment with my physical and mental health and your vlog is really a tonic thank you guys
Glad we could lift your spirits, Adrian. Take care, mate xxx
Another lovely day that you’ve shared. Thank you.
You're welcome, Ann. Thank you x
We forget how those canals were built, that morgue being a salutary reminder.
Thanks for another informative trip.
You bet
Loved the vlog, ooooo bacon butties for breakfast with a mug of tea. Perfect. Did Otis give you the “I haven’t been fed in months” stare?
he got his share 👍🏻
Such beautiful country side. You boys are truly blessed... ❤🇦🇺
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Love your videos guys. You're like a mix of hale & pace and cannon & ball in one. 😁. Keep it up and show your passion.
Aww, thank you!
Looking very fit Sean 👍😍
Thank you, Leann ❤️
21:13 - Right there you passed the site of one of my best and most vivid memories on the canal. In 2002, we were coming up from Milton Keynes way and did the Long Buckby flight with a wonderful couple from MK (this is what I love about the wide canals - meeting people as you go up the locks together). We got along so well with this couple that we agreed to moor and have dinner together. We moored right at this spot and crossed the bridge (Bridge 6) for the half mile walk up the hill to Welton, where we ate at the White Horse Pub. We think about that day and those wonderful people to this day. Thank you for bringing this memory back to mind.
Aww, our pleasure!
I watch you every Friday.
I've went back and binged on every show 🤗
Thank you for just being you.
I so look forward to every Friday at 4....lol.
Keep it up. I have laughed, cried and shared your joy.
And I love the historic information!
It's brilliant!! ❤. Keep doing it. I love it!! ❤❤❤🤗🤗🤗
Thank you so much, Aya! 👍🏻
I'm a whiskey drinking, Harley riding, guitar playing rock and roller staight male. Never did I ever think the high light of my week would be hanging around with two gay guys on the british canals. You two are awesome! I envy you two and pray that you will keep doing these vlogs forever.
Haha! I love this so much! 🤣
I absolutely love the passion and excitement you have to teach us about the country and the canals, anyone would think you worked for the tourism board.
Wow, thank you!
Maude is looking really well! Congrats on loosing over a stone. See you guys are on Amazon you superstars that you are.
Great video as always. How long does it take you to research each section you travel to pass all that history onto us Colin??
Anyway enjoy faffing and I am looking forward to the next one!!
It takes a whole week to research, film and edit an episode xx
@@FoxesAfloat That takes commitment and we appreciate it.
That was another very interesting video, thank you, I appreciate the research and work that goes into making these. It's just the kind of video to watch whilst in lockdown (New Zealand). You are looking good, Shaun! And you too, Colin.
You do it so well, woth exemplary respect for your for your subkrcy
With exemplary respect for your subject & audience. 9S finrbecsmplr of hoe to
A fine example how 'tis done.
Example of how to do it!
Thank you 💜
You guys should have your own show on TV. I could listen to colin's northern tones all day.
Aww, thanks, Janal! They keep offering but we want to keep control of our content 👍🏻
Thanks again Guys and I Love a Bacon Butty, XX
We are currently moored at Dunchurch Pools for a few days based on this vlog! It’s SO quiet, and the perfect marina for non-marina people. Thanks so much for the recommendation and your wonderfully interesting history lessons as always ❤️
Ah, we loved it there!
Shaun is always a hoot.
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Thanks for another brilliant bit of relaxation! (Those angry looking oldsters who sped around you were a bit menacing looking, though! 😂) I hope you three are having a wonderful week.
I know, right! meanies!
Again a fantastic vlog with all the history of the area. I do love the witty back and forth between you both. That said this does make my day. I do think that an endorsement from Colin saying he likes a Marina is huge! (You can't type that). Have you ever thought of putting together a sticker or something to put that says "Colin/Shaun/Otis Approved?"
hehe! Good idea 👍🏻
You can't say that.
@@davidcousins5493 I did! I heard Shaun laugh too!
I grew up close to Braunston and whilton always on the canals your historical facts are sensational, is Braunston tunnel a wet or dry tunnel?
I was going to say Shaun looks like he has lost alot of weight. He is looking younger aswell great work 👏
Aww, thank you
Looking good Shaun at least 10 years younger. Great post as usual, always enjoy watching FA on Saturday morning. Take care and see you both next week.
Thanks so much, Marian! x
My god!!! The horn at 3:15 mark; I nearly shat my pants! Thanks for the wake up boys. Stay well, have a great week!
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Long time fan, first time commenting:
One of your best productions yet”
Loved all the video camera shots and included history.
“Cheers to all three of you”😁👍👍
Thank you sooo much 👍🏻
Nothing worse than wind around the muff on a cold & windy day in August, you’ll be needing the thermals if it goes any colder..
I know! Fighting not to light the fire 🤣
As usual fanbloodytastic. Love the history you give but the banter between you two is just fabulous. Loved the look of the bacon butties. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care
Thanks Linda!
Best comedy duo afloat!
Aww cheers!
G’day from lockdown Australia. We spent four days on the grand union canal in 2012 and loved it. We are new to your videos and are finding them interesting, amusing and heartfelt. You guys are great. We will get back there some day. Bye. Strangely I can smell bacon.
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Sean, you ARE looking very svelte! I'm just getting started on my "diet" and you're an inspiration. Interesting show today. Thanks!
Awesome! Thank you!
That was a cool drone shot. Pretty nice looking Marina.
It was lovely there
Another delightful vlog. Thank you
Our pleasure!
As ever, loved the video!! Shaun, I am a little sad that the cost moving a full load through the tunnel didn't even get a little snigger 🤣
Or even tugging a full load 😏
Cutie 🥰 Otis
Haha! He knows it!
Congratulations on the diet. It's always a struggle for me and I expect its the same for most others too.
It really is!
You guys bring goodness into being.
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Man as soon as you did a overhead view of the marina the first thing that popped into my mind was “OMG that could be a narrowboat country club or spa with just a few more amenities….
But now the whimsical side of my mind has an idea….. instead of wasting all the pier space with hot tubs…. How about self propelled hot tubs? Take a 40 ft narrowboat hull and nose to tail put in a bunch of hot tubs into is and have someone in the marina just do a circuit and then a short cruise up and down the canal
Now that's just being silly 🤣
@@FoxesAfloat well of course it’s being silly, but it not JUST silly
Flopping around and barking like a dog is just being silly…. But running on all fours to chase a ball and other things dogs do that we won’t mention here, that being silly, but with commitment to the gimmick
@@C.Church meanwhile I sit here contemplating a Dutch barge layout with the front cabin converted into a Jacuzzi bar
I don't think you should call your next boat "Silver Fox", my vote goes for calling it "Grey Pride"... 😎
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Thank you ☺️, love to have tea and watch you two💙😎
Our pleasure!
Shaun, you look fantastic! Thanks to you both for keeping my Fridays happy!
Our pleasure!
Shaun looks really great having lost weight
Aww, thank you! x
Shaun looks lovely, whatever he weighs!
How the hell could that M&M Manning boat driver see where he was going with his head jammed so far up his ass? Otis is looking good, as always. Thanks guys!
They were very mean looking 🤣
@@FoxesAfloat guys isn’t there rules about overtaking on the canals?
One word , periscope….
Set torpedoes for 1.5 feet, open outer doors…
@@RandallBay set for proximity lol
Lovely quality faff.. thank you boys lovely to watch. Best wishes
Our pleasure!
Happy belated birthday Colin,look forward to your vlogs every Friday couple of great guys!!!,love to otis😁😁😁😁
Thank you Sioux!
Just before Shaun mentioned being on a diet, I was thinking to myself "well, Shaun looks positively sylphlike". 😀
Tadaaa!
Great video, not in to boating, and never considered living on one, but it's both of your personalities and the production values that keep me coming back. Absolutely brilliant. How are you two not on Discovery Quest? Shaun reminds me of Eric Morecambe with the responses, one liners and facial expressions. I see a grand future for you both. One question, how did Shaun lose weight so well, I need inspiration. Thanks both.
Ah, they keep asking us to do TV but just not interested 🤣
yep , great work on the videos
Colin, you've got this! Just picture everyone as a slice of streaky bacon 🥓 😁
I'd be biting everyone 😳🤣
@@FoxesAfloat 😂
Colin and Shaun this was a great vlog. The tunnel footage was excellent and the pictures of Otis were adorable. Safe cruising and thank you for the interesting and entertaining vlog
Thanks so much!
It’s never a bad thing to break the diet once in a while. Winter’s just round the corner, don’t you know? ;)
Yeah, I still have a few treats 😉
Well done on getting Trimmer Shaun.
There’s a Whole Wardrobe of SuperDry Clothes that’ll fit you in there now. I’m Sure Colin won’t mind you Borrowing them 😳😂
He never wears clothes anyway except for filming 🤣
You two always put a smile on my face! You both are so happy I just love it. Your new dog is just so cute. When I’m feeling down I turn your channel on.thanks for putting a smile on my face!
Aww, thanks, Marilyn!
Really enjoy your vlogs, take care both. 😊🇫🇷
Thanks so much, Albert!