Is this the UK’s Most Dangerous Canal?

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  • Опубликовано: 17 дек 2024

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  • @upthehoe
    @upthehoe  Год назад +27

    The brave folk at Riber have given us a 10% discount code for their huge range of water based transports. Use code hell10 at riberproducts.com or give em a follow on their Instagram @riberproducts and comment "Canal Shark!"

    • @MartynStanleyAuthor
      @MartynStanleyAuthor Год назад

      Did you get a waterways license to do this or just go for it?

    • @Lenny101
      @Lenny101 Год назад +4

      will i get one that goes in a straight line? 😂

    • @Mikey.M.V.P.1
      @Mikey.M.V.P.1 Год назад

      The thumb nail looks wild I'm looking forward to this

  • @TheAcogshot
    @TheAcogshot Год назад +81

    You guys need to look in to doing a canal holiday on a proper narrowboat. You can rent them for a few days, live on them, and travel up and down the county on the extensive canal network. There are some truly amazing feats on engineering still at work today.
    Also, it'd be amazing to see Al and Norton try to figure out how a lock works.

    • @Eddiee757
      @Eddiee757 Год назад +3

      i second this

    • @TheShowgirl25
      @TheShowgirl25 Год назад +1

      Read my comment. Locks are fun. aren't they?

    • @northpeckhamestateoldschoo2947
      @northpeckhamestateoldschoo2947 Год назад +1

      Uck yes its the dogs danngelles you no 🐕💯🌭

    • @curlyappleby2
      @curlyappleby2 Год назад +2

      No all boy groups when me and my friends tried to rent one :(

    • @PyroDanUK
      @PyroDanUK Год назад

      Its ok they have Al with them @@curlyappleby2

  • @riberproducts
    @riberproducts Год назад +56

    Great video guys!! We love seeing what you get up to on your adventures. Al, the White Water Tourer kayak you have is designed to turn on a pinhead! it takes a bit more control to paddle on flat/ slow moving waters like this but it looks like you were getting the hang of it! the Deluxe Sit in Kayak Jonny in in is perfect for this kind of paddle though.
    P.S. his name is Dan 🤣I'' put the idea of the Canal Shark to him 👍

    • @Super-lucky-7777
      @Super-lucky-7777 Год назад +6

      Thanks for explaining

    • @TheBecke1983
      @TheBecke1983 Год назад +7

      Thank you for sponsoring them!

    • @Felicity2121
      @Felicity2121 Год назад +1

      Poor Al always get the crap end of the deal 😂

    • @gs425
      @gs425 Год назад +1

      ​@@Felicity2121He does. But he deserves it !!!!

  • @apathtrampledbydeer8446
    @apathtrampledbydeer8446 Год назад +29

    Thank you Riber, make the Canal Shark happen!!
    So the boys can go on and conquer the most dangeroustest waters.

  • @anvilbrunner.2013
    @anvilbrunner.2013 Год назад +5

    Naughton giggling like a bonnie wee baby boy. Wholesome stuff.

  • @lilskullstattoos9372
    @lilskullstattoos9372 Год назад +4

    Hahaha poor Al, he always cops the short straw. Nortons laughter had me chuckling too

  • @mattmclean8768
    @mattmclean8768 Год назад +7

    They should re-name the kayak Norton was in and call it the Riber Johnny as it's easy to slip in to and good at getting in and out of wet tunnels without breaking.

    • @gs425
      @gs425 Год назад +3

      Today my friend. ....you have won the Internet. Hahaha great comment

  • @nastyn8te328
    @nastyn8te328 Год назад +8

    I'm not sure but if Al would shift his weight around inside the kayak and roll along seeing if that would change up the way he was drifting when he would stop paddling if that didn't work shift in a different way until he finds where he is not drifting and going straight instead. I am only suggesting that because it worked for me when I try out kayaking. Or if the kayak has a skeg or supposed to have one maybe it could be missing or damaged I'm not sure but I think the cheaper ones do not have a skeg.

  • @backwards7
    @backwards7 Год назад +10

    You are really raising your game in these recent videos.

  • @monty2005
    @monty2005 9 месяцев назад +2

    My hand actually hurt from gripping my phone too tight watching that aqueduct section!

  • @curlyappleby2
    @curlyappleby2 Год назад +47

    Hi guys! Experienced Kayaker here. I think the issue with Al's boat is that his weight isn't distributed evenly causing one side to dip more than the other which will make you turn as the water resistance is unequal on both sides!

    • @scrannerz42
      @scrannerz42 Год назад +3

      No one asked

    • @alexharvey8073
      @alexharvey8073 Год назад +17

      My right arm is heavier than my left 👀💪🏻

    • @claremaidofthewave251
      @claremaidofthewave251 Год назад

      @@alexharvey8073😂

    • @DJNee
      @DJNee Год назад +21

      @@scrannerz42Al asked numerous times on the video. Did you actually watch it?

    • @alxgu198
      @alxgu198 Год назад +1

      Maybe also unintentionally paddling unevenly 🤷

  • @reece77778
    @reece77778 Год назад +3

    As a long time viewer and a paddle sport instructor this video is absolutely class!

    • @CJUrbex
      @CJUrbex Год назад +1

      are paddle boards allowed across do you know ? isups ?

  • @johnclinete6193
    @johnclinete6193 Год назад +3

    I want one of those river boats! That's the life! We got a few old canals in the USA but it never quite kicked off!

  • @bensvault9149
    @bensvault9149 Год назад +8

    The thing with the Llangollen aqueduct is, even videos don't do it justice how high up you are 😂

  • @adamholmes91
    @adamholmes91 Год назад +11

    Victorian engineering is insane! That bridge has probably stood for over 200 years, carries several hundred tonnes of water and has had 1000's of boats bumping it over the years. Yet it stands completely strong with no leaks.

  • @HerbertLongrod
    @HerbertLongrod Год назад +2

    Al was in a play boat made for surfing and white water wave play.
    Soon as the paddle passes his hip it becomes a rudder..
    Shorter strokes Al.

  • @kristinrichards283
    @kristinrichards283 Год назад +1

    I think you should have done a bundgy jump in the middle of that lol 🙈🙈🙈 another great upload. What about white water rafting in Wales that's super fun!!!! Thanks guys happy Christmas too 💗

  • @Technaudio
    @Technaudio Год назад +2

    I've walked over that Aqueduct, and can confirm, it is very high. I'm pretty sure there's a plug in the middle of it for draining it for maintenance.

  • @saffycatamos
    @saffycatamos Год назад +2

    Great video guys! Poor Al and the wonky kayak. Great shot of that dead "something" floating. Thank you to Riber for letting you use their kayaks ! That was jolly decent of them for sure...

  • @corvus2422
    @corvus2422 Год назад +1

    Could try the Severn Bore, a 12m wave up the river to surf ...

  • @highlandoutsider
    @highlandoutsider Год назад +3

    Any stretch of canal with Al on it is the most dangerousist 😅

  • @TheShowgirl25
    @TheShowgirl25 Год назад +2

    I've done the same journey on a narrow boat but the way you did it is awesome! Rock on!!!

  • @jenniferwebster157
    @jenniferwebster157 Год назад +1

    I used to live next to this and walked over in all sorts weather. So sad I missed you , glad you had a great time

  • @sharkebikes
    @sharkebikes Год назад +2

    Another great video gents! We loved it! PS. great product at 2:32 🤣

    • @upthehoe
      @upthehoe  Год назад +1

      Had a blast zooming up and down on that thing!

  • @NevilleBamshu23
    @NevilleBamshu23 Год назад +2

    Come to milton keynes we have an awsome aquaduct and rhe longest canal tunnel in the u.k. i believe..

  • @nicfraipont4184
    @nicfraipont4184 6 месяцев назад

    I live 5minutes walk from the aquaduct and tunnel and enjoy paddling there regularly. Great fun. Good videos lads.

  • @zoejones4801
    @zoejones4801 Год назад +3

    Its crazy to see that your in my home town and yet I use to walk that aqueduct all the time and I still shit myself going across it!!! Weird fact........ there use to be a donkey right next to the Telford pub where you guys finished at.......... Toby the donkey he was.

  • @shanehumberstone5262
    @shanehumberstone5262 Год назад +31

    Could als kayak be missing a skeg? It shouldn’t turn like that,I love my ryber deluxe

    • @Thisthat654
      @Thisthat654 Год назад +1

      They had whitewater kayaks, no skeg or rudder with those! I have a river kayak with a skeg, tracks smoothly and it's much longer than theirs and fat more stable. 😊

    • @shanehumberstone5262
      @shanehumberstone5262 Год назад +1

      @@Thisthat654 als is but the ryber deluxe is an all rounder I’ve got the exact same model and it tracks straight as a die,I used to have a pyrhana kayak that had a removable skeg and without it it used to spin just like als

    • @BombproofCraftsman
      @BombproofCraftsman Год назад

      @@shanehumberstone5262imperfections in the hull will also cause the same issue.

    • @shanehumberstone5262
      @shanehumberstone5262 Год назад +1

      @@Thisthat654 longer kayaks tend to be sea kayaks,does yours have really pointy bow and stern?

    • @mktrollop1093
      @mktrollop1093 Год назад +2

      Also kayak has like corners on the bottom called rails, they help with turning in Wite water, hard to get the hang of at first but if you know how to use them no hassle. A kayak will turn the opposite way to the way you lean, it's called edging. If you have rails it's very sensitive to edging, basically he dosent know what he's at, sorry Al, not slagging you off, everyone that gets in a river boat first time is like that.

  • @AndysAdventures89
    @AndysAdventures89 Год назад +4

    I only found out about this place recently and I am planning a trip there with kayaks. It looks well worth it from your adventure. Also pretty sure that is an aqueduct not a viaduct. Keep up the great content lads

    • @RobsHIKES
      @RobsHIKES Год назад +3

      You can follow the canal up to langollen , you will end up where the canal starts at the horshoe falls . You won't be disappointed.

  • @walkwithmeandkeeley1421
    @walkwithmeandkeeley1421 Год назад +1

    There was a dead sheep floating down the river Trent,, not so long ago great vid guys

  • @lilskullstattoos9372
    @lilskullstattoos9372 Год назад +2

    God I’d be down for that! Love this stuff. Tiny canal looks like the aqueduct nest our place in the valley aus ! My gramps had a boat on the canal over there called “the king fisher”

  • @murkyseb
    @murkyseb Год назад +5

    That looked great, I wish we had canals, we’ve got plenty of rivers but they’re full of either sharks or massive crocodiles which to me is off putting for kayaking

  • @jamesbarber3164
    @jamesbarber3164 Год назад

    Tidy lads down the road from me there. Been down that stretch of canal many many times. Liking the boating episodes!

  • @WasabiDreams
    @WasabiDreams Год назад +3

    Love this channel. Great vid. Had me in stitches in places ❤

  • @FredReid-gv2gm
    @FredReid-gv2gm Год назад

    Beautiful place. Loved it when I was working round there

  • @DEAD-DROP
    @DEAD-DROP Год назад

    Loving these adventures!

  • @the666not666
    @the666not666 Год назад +1

    Even the boat gets confused when Al is inside it and has a hard time staying straight haha JK I always love your guys videos a way different way of exploring just have fun.I still wonder if my joke a while back was lost in translation from Canadian because I was just joking about Nortons hair when it was long hopefully it was just a weird timing thing I made the joke then he cut his hair! I hope you guys have a good rest of the year!

  • @KINGSKARTELUK
    @KINGSKARTELUK Год назад +1

    Als got a sea kayak. Makes it harderist to paddle

  • @julest9423
    @julest9423 Год назад +3

    Yay for Tuesdays! You guys make it my favorite day of the week.
    I've never seen a canal like, pretty friggin cool. Thanks for sharing this video!
    -Much love from Wisconsin ❤

  • @karldale2307
    @karldale2307 Год назад

    Head to south wales and try and kayak the taff from above Merthyr down to Cardiff.... the 15ft near vertical weir at Merthyr by the college would make you give up before really getting started......

  • @Everything_Evan
    @Everything_Evan Год назад +2

    Go to the Strid in Yorkshire it's the most dangerous river in the world, every person that's been in has died. It's very deceiving it just looks like a calm stream from the top.

  • @pamthevan7340
    @pamthevan7340 Год назад +2

    Every now and again they put a temporary dam at each end then literally pull the plug out of that to drain it down for maintenance.

  • @bionicnichola9251
    @bionicnichola9251 Год назад +2

    Wow ! I'd love to do that ! Looked amazing ! Great job guys 👌🏻

  • @Gillybearuk
    @Gillybearuk Год назад +1

    Netherton canal tunnel in Dudley one of the longest tunnels in the uk completely pitch black in there also a pumphouse ontop of it. Worth a google

    • @thebrowns5337
      @thebrowns5337 Год назад

      The canal is double width inside. It is closed to narrow boats every so often so kyaak groups can pass through in safety

  • @kabsterbell4216
    @kabsterbell4216 Год назад +2

    Awesome upload guys! Love seeing Al an Norton getting along 😂😋.

  • @carolnasari3575
    @carolnasari3575 Год назад +1

    OK, they trusted you lot to go kayaking 😂😂 brilliant I love it, always puts a smile on my face 😎

  • @ShiverzInJapan
    @ShiverzInJapan Год назад

    WELCOME TO THE CANAL PADDLING SHOW
    Loving these side quests adventures lads!
    This area was scenic afuuuu
    THAT BRIDGE THO

  • @andrewjones4616
    @andrewjones4616 Год назад

    This aqueduct is just round the corner from me it's called the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wrexham county borough. If you didn't know. 😊

  • @stephanielloyd4053
    @stephanielloyd4053 Год назад

    My hubby is from the Welsh boarder, Presteigne!

  • @Vegetabawz
    @Vegetabawz Год назад

    Tuesday has been my favorite day for ages now.

  • @daviddonnelly1118
    @daviddonnelly1118 Год назад +1

    We got sent on a school trip to that aqueduct and canal, with no regard to health & safety, 31 kids let loose, going mental 😂 weird thing is, I don't remember it being that high or so scary!!

  • @chris_m986
    @chris_m986 Год назад +3

    I love tuesdays! Big up fellas.

  • @fifife2412
    @fifife2412 Год назад

    Brilliant , have you looked at ELIE CHAIN WALK , FIFE , SCOTLAND

  • @sueneilen4526
    @sueneilen4526 Год назад

    Wow what a beautiful place looks like you had fun great video thanks

  • @TheBlindPhotographer1
    @TheBlindPhotographer1 Год назад +1

    Awesome video! Talk about adventuring! Thanks for sharing! Already a Subscriber.

  • @theSooz1e
    @theSooz1e Год назад

    Awesome, awesome AWESOME video guys. So good to watch and experience xxxxx

  • @outlawedpagan2025
    @outlawedpagan2025 Год назад

    Great video guys that was a long way down!!

  • @jacqueline7986
    @jacqueline7986 Год назад

    ❤😂That Was So Epic, Loved The Adventure On Canal, Super Nifty Kayaks😂

  • @Eddiee757
    @Eddiee757 Год назад +4

    Been loving these videos recently. Makes a change to abandoned buildings

  • @yvonnecoonagh1062
    @yvonnecoonagh1062 Год назад +1

    That's was brilliant, but everytime Al hit the side of the bridge i screwed 😂😂 absolutely terrifying and amazing 💚

  • @worldoneprofessorjamesperr2417
    @worldoneprofessorjamesperr2417 Год назад +2

    Well done Men. Lovin' it. Keep bringing in those sponsors. Excellent drone work Lloydy. You know you're keeping it right if your heads above water 😂 Peace... 😎💚🔱

  • @jimbentley1934
    @jimbentley1934 Год назад +2

    Good morning from rainy Halifax

    • @post_historic
      @post_historic Год назад +1

      Think I can see you from my window in, Portland.

  • @WeSombreGhosts
    @WeSombreGhosts Год назад

    The Kayak Canal Show - Nice One Lads 👍🔥

  • @richardgabriel9958
    @richardgabriel9958 Год назад +1

    Frontycyllte aquaduct not far away from me unfortunately a few people have jumped off there😢

    • @MattyEngland
      @MattyEngland Год назад +1

      Takes some big bollox to chuck yourself off there.

  • @paulwaite-kenny7178
    @paulwaite-kenny7178 Год назад +1

    Brilliant as always !!

  • @sjh0010
    @sjh0010 Год назад

    The playboat is short for white water and waves, very twitchy and slow for a calm paddle. The other kayak is better suited for cruising.

  • @ScotsBeats
    @ScotsBeats Год назад

    You need to make longer episodes, I’m only settling in by 13 mins!!

  • @paulturner7829
    @paulturner7829 Год назад

    Menai Straights one of the fastest tidal flows .
    Experience kayakers only thou.😮

  • @sarahtaylor2492
    @sarahtaylor2492 Год назад

    What a great experience, my partner and I are looking into getting kyaks next year. Great video, al made me laugh spinning around lol x

  • @johnclinete6193
    @johnclinete6193 Год назад +2

    NEWS FLASH! I LOOKED FOR YOU GUYS ON FACEBOOK. NOTHING. Dunalastair castle in Scotland is abandoned on the side of a cliff. Now maybe you can't go there but if you can I would love to see you explore it and do a video! You might have to repel down a cliff could be your most dangerous adventure yet! Love your channel 😬

    • @thebrowns5337
      @thebrowns5337 Год назад

      You can rent one of the estate properties (Old School, post office, laundry...) or maye camp around the shore of Loch Rannoch. The house has been rebuilt at some point but is now a ruin again. Not that big to be fair but has a certain charm including the exposed laths (the roof has caved in and rain washed off the plaster). The nearby dam is exciting and the aqueduct is impressive engineering but you won't see too much as it's covered and full of water.

  • @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars
    @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars Год назад +2

    Bloody hell guys, you've done it again with another cracking yet totally unexpected video!! Really loved this and especially Nortons happy laugh at the insane drop over the side 😮 Absolutely Fantastic, cheers for the fabulous entertainment 😊❤

  • @djkarlmillion
    @djkarlmillion Год назад

    Please have a go down symonds yat rapids there great fun

  • @ljbamford
    @ljbamford Год назад

    I need the clip of Norton laughing maniacally at 10:15 as my alarm tone 😊😂

  • @elwanderer7903
    @elwanderer7903 10 месяцев назад

    The Strid in Yorkshire is notorious as a stretch of water. It doesn't look that scary but it's lethal. I don't know if you could do anything on a video but have a google it's highly dangerous.

  • @stevekenilworth
    @stevekenilworth 2 месяца назад

    just 4 miles away from my home town Llangollen, this was a part my cycle warm up 8 miles up one side valley over the bridge back down the other side valley. cycled 30 miles min a day it was aqueduct direction or the horseshoe falls. it was sure interesting during a storm cycling over the aqueduct. but crazy thing is many many years later only recent times i tried to walk across it i only got half way, must be 10 years living in the midlands and age as heights were never an issue. but it could be someone jumped of it the week before who knows. ive lost count how many times ive cycled across it but now struggle to walk across it i find that mad even during a wind storm it never bothered me, but at the time i was mad like going down a mountain on single track lane as fast bike shift easy reaching 40 and many times tad over 50mph i had no protection so fear really was not a thing back then it sure is now tho its 20 plus years later

  • @ketgiver
    @ketgiver День назад

    i cant take em serious you have Lloydy speeding about on a bike, norton zooming down the canal and al doing 360's 😂

  • @mynx369
    @mynx369 Год назад +1

    That GIGANTIC RAT that you showed us around 6:25 was probably a muskrat & not your basic rat variety. I've seen ones that size and larger at a wildlife waterfront park in Toronto 🍁 Canada 🇨🇦.
    I wouldn't want to meet those rats, regardless or their variety, on a dark night or in a dark alley!!!😂

    • @Felicity2121
      @Felicity2121 Год назад

      @@nemesis2264and rats are genetically getting bigger with evolution.

  • @jameshatfield5104
    @jameshatfield5104 Год назад

    Omg that's only 2miles down the road from me can't believe it.

  • @MAC06141
    @MAC06141 Год назад +1

    You guys are great always love your content love your haircut Norton always makes you look younger 🎉stay safe enjoy life 🎉love from Western Australia 🇦🇺

  • @jamiecurran3544
    @jamiecurran3544 Год назад +1

    I wonder if those canoes are made from recycled bottle tops and milk cartons?🤔, this canal reminds me of a giant version of the log flume at Alton tower's!🤣😂👍

  • @andrewsock1608
    @andrewsock1608 Год назад

    Floating through the sky in kayaks at 4:20😃

  • @bradleyflanagan4548
    @bradleyflanagan4548 Год назад

    was this the same day you went to mattlock to do the narrorwest public foot path, i met you in the carpark near heights of abraham

  • @joolswilliamson5062
    @joolswilliamson5062 Год назад

    Loved this video. I’ve been across the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct so many times. It’s 136 ft of sheer beauty. The boater in front was going slowly on purpose to annoy you. A lot of boaters hate kayakers and canoeists, they see them the cyclists of the canal world 😂😂

  • @Smiles121
    @Smiles121 Год назад +1

    Good morning from Scotland you guys are amazing 😂

  • @macstyle2012
    @macstyle2012 Год назад +1

    Doesn't look too bad from a kayak as you are low down. I can guess that it would be worse walking over it with those open railings on one side and nothing on the other apart from water and a drop.

  • @johnclinete6193
    @johnclinete6193 Год назад

    I was looking for the new video yesterday! ( I lost track of days! I know you post on Tuesday!) I wonder how much behind the scenes safety precautions you take? If any! After Bear Giles and Surviver Man whi knows!

  • @thejamjar1982
    @thejamjar1982 9 месяцев назад

    As always lads brilliant vid

  • @1971bovibovi
    @1971bovibovi Год назад +1

    The Strid is more dangerous but I don't want you to do that. that looked amazing

    • @norton90
      @norton90 Год назад +1

      That’s technically a river

    • @Felicity2121
      @Felicity2121 Год назад

      @@norton90the most dangerest river.

  • @ericwest4859
    @ericwest4859 28 дней назад

    Great job

  • @chewcharlie32
    @chewcharlie32 8 месяцев назад

    You done the Falkirk wheel x

  • @catalickconverta6823
    @catalickconverta6823 Год назад +1

    Go to the anderton boat lift

  • @thefinalseries
    @thefinalseries Год назад

    Be cool to see a video on the van!

  • @russellpetrie119
    @russellpetrie119 Год назад

    you have to do more of this canal stuff

  • @nathalie472
    @nathalie472 Год назад

    Went across that aquaduct on a barge years ago. Bloody terrifying but not dangerous

  • @Switowsky
    @Switowsky Год назад +5

    I'm sure this isn't the first time the boys have gone down a canal that's wet and smelly.

  • @diediedie741
    @diediedie741 Год назад

    That is wild and awesome

  • @ValhemasaurusRex
    @ValhemasaurusRex Год назад

    so you guys will be going to the strid then? wouldn't recommend kayaks in there though

  • @charlottesmith3750
    @charlottesmith3750 Год назад

    Are you still in Chirk? Big fan and would love to meet you guys! Only down the road

  • @tomevans1388
    @tomevans1388 Год назад +1

    Challenge: do this again...at night.
    For real though, we need to see a canal boat holiday from you goes. This was excellent!

  • @mandyhughes467
    @mandyhughes467 Год назад +1

    ❤ amazing episode guys thanks so much 😂