Crossing The HIGHEST Canal Aqueduct In The WORLD! | Travelling WALES | Pontcysyllte Aqueduct | EP27
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- EPISODE 27
We FINALLY reach WALES!! 😀
Emily was NOT prepared for this...
Join us for an incredible trip over the Chirk and Pontcysyllte Aqueducts on the Llangollen Canal.
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I think Benny needs his own cooking RUclips channel. I want to see how he makes his bread and all the other wonderful things that he makes that are vegan and vegetarian. I need that in my life.
I also wanted to add that your videos just keep getting better and better. The marriage of Benny’s music and the scenery and everything is just so perfect. I hope you three have a wonderful holiday!
Thank so much! Merry Christmas! 😊
Hello You Three - greetings from Poland.
What a fantastic video. You've excelled yourselves this time. Huge ups and down. Poor Emily and her vertigo, very quickly followed by Bennys incredible loaf of bread. The look of utter satisfaction on Bennys face having crossed the aquaduct was a picture. As was Emilys face standing underneath the same aquaduct, looking up to where she'd just crossed over on the boat.
Brilliant! Many congratulations on reaching 10,000 subscribers. To be honest, it doesn't surprise me at all. You three are incredible and bring so much fun, laughter and entertainment to your channel. You are amazing people with the most famous canal cat in the UK.
A Very Merry Christmas to the three of you. See you again very soon. Stay safe please.
Thanks so much for your lovely comment Michael! So glad you enjoyed the vlog 😊 Have a lovely Christmas! 🌟
Absolutely fantastic. Your honest reaction to the aqueduct was fantastic. You pair have a great xmas.
Merry Christmas! 😊🌟
I am not surprised you reached 10,000 because you both have a relaxing, laid-back approach to boating; even when things go wrong, you always seem to see the funny side of the situation. Music is good also.
Fron-ker-sulth-te :) Crossing the Chirk aqueduct is slow because its so shallow unlike Standedge which is relatively deep. There is mooring along the stretch leading up to the lift bridge (just before the mini aqueduct).
More to the point, there is a massive flow along the Llangollen as it is a feeder for places further down the Dee valley, so you are fighting that.
Merry Christmas from Maine, USA and thank you for creating this channel!! Love Benny's music by the way...very calming !! Also the bread looks delicious.....well done Alan!!
The bit I always remember is the feeling of the trough flexing slightly if you bumped it with the boat.
That cat the best face ever he she lovely ❤
Glad to hear 'wade my way' in there xx
😊 xx
Wow!!!! That was amazing. I love your videos, music and moody little Allen. Every time I watch, I think to myself, "What a tremendous life adventure and memory you guys are making. This is living life in the bloom of youth's prime." Blessings on your future adventures! Thanks for taking us all along!
Food for thought- you have enough high quality videos to canvas boat companies to sponsor you proper boat lighting, I thinkl😉🧜
Closing in on 20,000 subscribers now, only 3 months later. 👏
One correction I'd like to make regarding the construction of the aqueduct. It is constructed with cast iron and stone, along with magic and pixie dust. Its the pixie dust what holds it together.
"This has to be one of the slowest entrances to Wales that anyone has ever made!" Brilliant, Emily! Wonderful video, as always!
Great Vlog! The music was great especially at the end with Alan’s picture. Emily thank you for not editing, the part on you sitting on the floor, out. I see many people, including myself can totally relate. I have done the same thing on our old sail boat when things got rough….but I also sat there screaming. 😳 You were calmer than some Vloggers have been. Congratulations on 10,000 subscribers 🥳🎈🍾 Well deserved. I don’t think I will ever be able to listen to someone pronounce the name of the aqueduct without thinking of the variations the two of you came up with. Alan of course took it all in stride. Merry Christmas to both of you! 🎄🎅😊🤗 Kathy
Merry Christmas! 😊 Thanks for watching 🌟
Emily just stand up and up you well be fine and don't look down
We love that we are not the only members of the bad welsh pronunciation club! Love all your variations 😂. This video has to be the most honest we have seen of the aqueduct experience. We finally made it to the basin and loving it so far. Safe travels to you all and hope our paths cross again soon ❤
Glad to hear it, yeah it is really nice there isn't it : ) It is a hard one to pronounce, no doubt about it! Yes I'm sure we will! 😊❤️
You Guys are my Heroes!!!!!
That many subscribers should not be surprising - you two are very watchable 😃. I subscribed after only one video. Stay safe🦋
Wow, thank you! :)
I know how you felt, Emily. Been across the Aqueduct on the tourist boat from Llangollen and was fine in the cabin looking out. However I tried to walk across on the walkway a day before but only managed about 5 metres - just knowing there was no guard rail at the other side of the water freeked me out totally.
I did that same aqueduct over twenty years ago now and can still remember it like it was yesterday, it’s one of those experiences that you’ll never forget…… enjoy Christmas 🎅
A Merrie Christmas?! It's January 13 2023 here Nor CA! DANG! I, we, my Lady & I had Avery lovely holiday Great video by the way!
The boat would have been completely sound there overnight, I'm always fishing along that stretch day and night and nothing goes on, Llan is a lovely quiet village with a great community spirit 👍
Shiiite that was scary - I'm with you Emily. I wish I knew what causes fear of heights - if they can put men on the moon, why haven't they worked it out, and invented a pill that us sufferers can take.
Hope that you all have a wonderful Christmas!
Hi guys .. just discovered your Channel .. from what I’ve seen your vlogs are full of drama and fun ..so subscribed .. lEmily your not alone suffering from vertigo ..my legs go like jelly too ..not to mention the dizzy head …so absolutely knew how you was feeling over the scary but magnificent aqueduct..
enough talking and time to binge watch the rest …
Well done Emily on getting across the aquaduct, it is after all a stream in the sky! I have to applaud Benny on his amazing steering skills. He gets that boat through narrow spots and tight turns like he was born to do this!! Love you guys!
Ben and Emily I live in Australia now. I used to love cruising every year in my 20's and 30's. You are my heroes.
Looks like a great life peaceful no neighbours just 2 of you. Nice video aswell
Just found you! Wow I'd have been on the floor with you Emily, (I should rephase that!?) that aquaduct was terrifying! Luv the vids, so peaceful and calming. You two are great and so connected. I'll be watching all the vids from now on.
I’m completely with you on the aqueduct, Emily! I’m terrified of heights too, so would’ve been the same! 💩🚽 And there’s Benny, as cool as a cucumber! 😂
Merry Christmas to you both and little Alan! Have a wonderful one! 🤗🌻x
You are so funny love watching you Maggie Manchester keep safe
Beautiful rainbow guys )
So happy to see you 3 enjoyed the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct! What a canal marvel!
Thanks for watching 😊 We just watched your series of boating videos! Brilliant 🌟 yeah it's a bit mad up there ey! Have a good Christmas 😊
Photos from the bottom of the aqueduct waaaay worse for me than going over. Emily you are braver than me - we have a cruise booked for September and actually dreading Chirk more than the Pontyscillt. I do not do heights but will turn my back on the unguarded side and should be ok.
Now's a good time, to tell you, that the vast iron trough segments joints. Are sealed with flannel and tar :-D . The joints have to redone, every few years, that's when they pull the drain plug. It's amazing sight, to watch the water, running out from the bottom of the trough.
😬 haha! Merry Christmas! 😊
Hi guys great job of the today. I’d of been scared going over that bridge too. Horrifying if u hate heights. Bless u Emily I’m with u. Good job Ben is brave. Can I have bens recipe for sour dough please? It looks amazing xxx lisa xx ❤😘
Well done Guys I was watching from behind a cushion, been over that a few times and still get cold shivers thinking about it
Having struggled over those viaducts, we your supporters, deserve your cookbook pretty please.
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It is our dream to get a narrow boat I watch several videos to keep my dream alive and encouraged love nature love scenery etc sunsets all of it snow makes it harder I guess but possible I think found you on my page yesterday. Watch a few now we will get there nice vlog style 😊
..and to the coolest cat on the canal ! ღ♥ღ¸
Great your making really interesting videos one of the best on youtube
I can simpify with Emily and the effect heights have.
Hello from Australia where I’ve never seen a canal or a narrow boat. I’m a recent subscriber and I’ve only been watching you for a few weeks. I hope a canal boat holiday is in my future even more so after watching this episode, my favourite yet even though I’m dreadful with heights as well Emily.
Merry Christmas Ben, Emily, and Allan… cheers from
Florida
Stephen and Alison
Emily, I think of you as fearless! I’d be in the bottom of the boat, at least you stayed outside. Benny and I have the same hat, lol. Bloody cold in the USA right now and I’m wearing mine too!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
This was great,shades of Rome's auqaduct glory.Long live Britain!
courage (noun) .....
" the ability to do something that frightens one; "
As someone who gets a little wiggy going over bridges, I can only imagine how scary that was. It was also beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing so much of your journeys with everyone. Cheers from Texas!
Merry Christmas! 😊
I am just the same with heights can't even look over a pier wall where boats come into the harbour and what's worse my inner ear balance and vertigo can make me fall over so I understand how terrifying it is!
Watching ep27. Loved your reaction to crossing the aqueduct. You were very brave well done 😂
I can fully understand Emily's reaction to the Pontcysyllte aquaduct. In my youth, many years ago, I walked it with a group of hikers, but I couldn't today - vertigo has kicked in and I would have spent the crossing inside the boat!
I have a jigsaw puzzle of the Chirk Aqueduct & Rail bridge with barge & Steam locomotive passing each other
Pronunciation advice: Emily, your pronunciation of Pontcysyllte at @6:45 is very good (Ben's early attempts were funny, and although he improves a bit by @10:30, he'd do well to listen to /copy yours 🙂). Pontcysllte - Pont-cuss-ull-teh (for the 'll' sound, try forming the shape of the 'cl' sound (place tip of tongue behind front teeth, against the roof of your mouth and give a slight blow).
To pronounce the name of the adjacent village of Froncysllyte (@4:40 in the video) try similar to that above, but replacing the Pont with Vron saying "Vron-cuss-ull-teh".
Diolch yn fawr iawn a pob lwc
(Thank you very much and good luck).
Emily girl your to yin,you were getting vertigo, try stocking up with some snacks,your on a canal boat,things don't run like clockwork. Brought back good memories of travelling around on a barge, your very lucky,have fun. I hope Ben gets to empty the toilet waste and doesn't suffer vertigo carrying the thing.
Discovered you guys alongside "Narrowboat pirate" when researching Llangollen canal this week (we are doing Whitchurch to Bryn Howel and back next weekend). You have made us so excited about our trip..... and slightly terrified Emily!
I do remember Schwarzenegger in the log carrying scene! Thanks for the look from under the Aqueduct as well. First time for that!
Merry Christmas to you both. I hope you'll do a little more music in 2023 too!
Hehehe! Thanks for watching 😊
Felt your anxiety building up there as you approached the aqueduct…well done both of you.
It’s so impressive looking at it from below….you really get a sense of the scale and majesty of it….boy could we build stuff back then.
Merry Christmas to you two…and Alan xx
Congratulations to you both
always look forward to your Friday offerings. festive cheer to you both and Alan
Froncysyllte is pronounced vron-cus-silcht-teh with a 'ch' sound in the silcht bit. I think if you had walked, towing the boat with a rope across Chirk aquaduct it would have been faster than the engine! Happy Christmas and New Year to you three.
Great catch of the toilets rolls, Ems. Lmao.
Is there anything Benny can't turn his hand to? A man of many talents. That bread looked delicious! Emily I felt for you on that aquaduct, I would have reacted exactly the same way. Well done both of you for handling it like pros 💪
Thanks so much for watching 🥰
Wow! Excellent loaf of bread.
Great video , the soundtrack , the footage , the emotion , that's why you have 10 thou subs , thankyou 👍 merry Christmas from aus
Hello Ben & Emily . watching from Philippines in BILIRAN we always watch your video even my Husband he really love it he said hope he meet you in person this year .. and also me I hope next year
Bravo, Ben; chest out - you've got a really vibrant, lively, beautiful, bold, adventurous lady by your side. Best wishes to you both, always !!
Have a brilliant Christmas you two, ;-) I mean 3 (Alan) Enjoy Llangollen, When we visit Llangollen we always walk the canal to the aqueduct and back, lovely place, have a guden
Hi! new to your channel and love it!! my stomach went a bit funny watching you going over the aqueduct so I' not surprise you had to sit down Emily!!
The Christmas tune at the end is something to be proud of Benny. 🎄🎶🎄🎶🎄🎶🎄🎶🎶🎶🎶👍
Well done guys !! Love ya both ! Jay Xmas xxx
Wishing you both a Merry Christmas and give Alan a big cuddle and happy Meowmas🎅🏻❤️🙏
Oh my god what a great pair you are,your brilliant together just the right mix of silly versus intellectual,I hate to say this Emily but I could tell you were scared going over the Aqueduct but you made me smile ,, Anyway congratulations on reaching a good following fingers crossed I am sure you pair will soon exceed that number.
Merry Christmas to you and Alan.
Regards from Hereford
Merry Christmas! 😊
Hey Emily - I'm a big brave old fart .. I used to SCUBA dive and drive fast wheels . BUT like you I can't deal with heights - talk about vertigo - You know those glass floors on high rise observation galleries .. watch me hanging-on to the elevator walls .
Enjoy your vlogs. Merry Christmas. Looking forward to 2023. Enjoy
Beard’s grow fast in Wales. Have a lovely Christmas X
I just love watching you guys on your journey through life on your boat. Great upload as always and Benny's music accompanying is ethereal.. dreamy.. transcending.. folky delight to the ears.
Have a wonderful Christmas guys.. all the best! ✌❤
LOVE, love, love the flogs. Van and boat life takes for ever! sometimes? HIGHTS not always your best thing! Well done! Honesty is good, it's a life!
beautiful videos, the lighting you captured perfectly.
Ok a year later, but I just discovered your channel. I’d found a photo of the aqueduct but knew nothing about it as I live in New Mexico USA…
At any rate I love the narrow boats and if I lived in the UK I’d be on one full time…
Thank you for sharing and I subscribed as well.
wow that was a dramatic episode
Thanks for watching. Merry Christmas Julie! 😊
I have just watched this one again, it was even better, I’ve seen several vlogs of the aqueduct, and that’s the best, the walk down to the river really gives the viewer the scale of it, but they way you both react so differently to the crossing is great.
Wow to the aqueduct giving me kittens think my hubby would drive there tho ( I no )
Absolutely love following your journey. Thanks for sharing the scary moments too. Have a lovely Christmas and stay safe out there. Look forward to the next video.
Hi to you both.
I really enjoyed your latest episode going over the Fron aqueduct to Trevor. I thought Emily was very brave to do so.
When I was very young my mates and I used to go from our village in St Martins down to the canal and borrow a school canue to go up to Chirk Tunnel (which we called the “Darky”), carry on over the Chirk aqueduct and on to the Fron aqueduct at Trevor. It always felt like an adventure because none of us could swim, although we told Mr Fisher who looked after the canoes that we could.
Years later when I was working at Acrefair, before they built the new road, I would travel from Oswestry to Fron every morning, taking the old lane which took you underneath the Aqueduct and up past Trevor into Acrefair
With Ben visiting The Mere at Ellesmere it took me back to when we used to cycle there as kids, also to White Mere, Coal Mere and Blake Mere. I used to live for many years in Oswestry, so it was lovely to see Emily have a wander around the town and Whittington.
Thanks for bringing back happy memories for me.
May I wish you both Merry Christmas (Nadolig Llawen) and a Happy New Year (Blwyddyn Newydd Dda).
Hello from Spain, have a wonderful Christ filled Christmas.
What a marvellous adventure. Loved it.
A really exciting episode! The aqueduct parts were beautiful and scary! The rainbows! The adrenaline! So glad you guys made it! Happy Christmas to you both and to Alan 😸❤🎄
Merry Christmas! 😊
Nice Tunes! You need a big "Bonzo" drum in your mix. Beautiful Xmas song at the end 23:08. Many thanks and Merry Xmas.
Wow you are so brave I would hv a melt down of fear.
Here's a question, have you ever though about standing on the tow path and sticking out your thumb to try and catch a ride back to get the van? Saw the guy walking backwards as the canoes went by and it made me think of that. Safe journeys guys, have a great holiday! Edit: to be clear I meant catching a ride on another canal boat. lol
Great idea but unfortunately boats usually go slower than walking so it would be a long trip back 🙂 thanks for the thought though! 😊
@@BenandEmily LOL very true.
In case no one has mentioned it, the llangollen has a river partially run through it. So as you enter Wales you are literally running against the flow.
I feel you on crossing the aqueduct, Emily! I hate driving across really large bridges, I would probably be the same boating across that aqueduct. However, I'm not really scared of heights, just driving across bridges. I could walk that tow path and lean out over the edge and look down no problem, but I'm sure if I was at the rudder, I'd be freaking out the entire crossing lol. 🤷🤷
Happy Christmas to you both, and Alan the cat. Thanks for entertaining me, you're both very watchable. You've created an amazing life, making money on the move. Well done! Hope you have a belter of an Xmas.
Merry Christmas! 😊
Just started watching a few of your escapades and I am very envious of your way of life keep up the good work guys...
Even if a person doesn't suffer from vertigo going over an aqueduct like that will induce feelings of either euphoria or terror just by the surreal nature of being on a boat suspended over a great height navigating along a narrow channel that gives the perceptive illusion of looking ever slimmer as you look into the distance along it. It's a lot for the senses to take in without becoming overwhelmed by it all. You dealt with it very well Emily. Thanks for the great video guys and i hope you both have a wonderful Xmas! 👍
Thanks so much for watching 😊 Merry Christmas!
What a super video, thoroughly enjoyed your account of the aqueduct. So nice not to be hit with clickbait, just a natural flowing video. Greetings from black and white cat Tinkerbell.. we met at Rugeley
Hello! Yes I remember meeting you both. Thanks for watching 😊 have a lovely Christmas! 🌟
Well done on your subscribers, so well deserved you are just so natural and tell it like it is. Emily I would have been quivering on the floor with you as you went over over the aqueduct.. Benny the crunch as you both bit in to your bread said it all, delicious. Have a fabulous Christmas and very best wishes for 2023.
Merry Christmas. Thank you and very enjoyable music too.
Brilliant Benny looked like Dennis Hopper in easy rider going over the aqueduct well rocking it .i get it Emily vertigo is bad if you have it bad cheers for the vid this yr you are smashing it 10k bet you did not expect that have a merry merry Christmas and a banging new yr big up Alan 🙂🥕🎸😺✌️
Love that film! Thanks for watching. Merry Christmas! 😊
Have a greaat Christmas. Looking forward to your next episode already.
Congrats on getting 10 thousand viewers , Just think Emily you have to make the return journey over the Viaduct ,OH JOY, !!!!!!