216 - Narrowboating in a Rush leads to Lock Rage! 

Thanks for the vlog, as stated so many times before NEVER EVER rush at locks, falling into a lock CAN AND WILL KILL YOU, take your time take no notice to any idiot trying to rush you, All the best peeps.

When it hot and sticky the kindest thing you can do to help rude people is throw them in the canal to cool off 🤔

Wonderful video beautiful scenery you 2 are a hoot. And you were completely correct on when things get rushed things go South sometimes. My 50 years of being on and about boats prove this to be a correct thought. Blessings to you all coming at you from the mountains of Southern Oregon

Same as the roads, you always get one nugget in a hurry and pressuring you to go faster! Mike, jo bugger them! Saftey in a lock is paramount, they look beautiful and peacefull but can be dangerous if taken lightly. but you know that already. Great vlog as always thank you :)

...thank you so much for the ride along !! : )

Rushing is not the point of narrow boating. Those in a rush should not be on narrow boats.

We are building a fighting force of extraordinary magnitude. We forge our spirits in the tradition of our ancestors​. You have our gratitude.

I find it infinitely confusing to hear "we're in a rush" from someone on a canal boat... out of all the modes of transportation, I think a canal boat might actually rank as slower than a bicycle!

You guys are living the dream!

I'm with you Michael, I think I may have slowed just a touch. I think I may have told them to not touch our lock. Tell them they are on the wrong waterway if they are in a hurry.

Thanks for the video. You both do them very well.

Slow down guys, it's not about the destination but the laid-back travel along the way. Thanks for the video!

Big seedpods... Triffids!! As for rushing, I remember this summer when we were on the Lanky, a cruiser behind us beeped to pass, I let them and they turned in to a marina just past us. We ended up literally 30 seconds behind them. I am still amazed by that :). Ian

A friend of mine once told a fellow who was being a complete A$$ about being in a hurry: “if you were in that big of a hurry, you would have left an hour ago”. That statement has stuck with me for years... 😉

I’m with you, slow time 😂😂😂

Bizarrely enough I cycled this route the other week, it was great to see it again and find out about the island. My own launch goes in the water any day now for the very first time, I didn’t realise there was such thing as lock rage ect! I guess I have this to look forward to. Enjoyable video. Regards.

I really enjoyed your vlog, thank you.

I love the fact that you show the map as to where you are long enough for me to find you on my map...if not the first time I then the second ..also after watching a vlog of a narrowboat as it sank in a lock i dont think you would want to hear what this retired highschool teacher would tell those people trying to hurry you at the locks...it aint pretty..lol...take care ,be safe, keep taking me with you on your canal cruising. Thank you.

First time watching your videos. Awesome!! I have subscribed and look forward to viewing many more.

Great blog Michael and Jo. Looks like a beautiful stretch of canal, very picturesque. Nice to see Dan's (Sort of Interesting) boat Tilly pass you by in one of the locks... with regards to impatient boaters, Tuff... Or as Mrs Brown would put it "That's Nice"...

You guys are so great together ♡ hugs for George

"Bit*h boat is coming we've got to go" Love it! hahaha

Great vlog...thanks for sharing

Really enjoying you sharing your life afloat with us. We'll be on the canals for the first time in 3 weeks. Hope to cross paths and buy a pint for you both.

Thrilling.....

Awesome

Gosh, I'm sitting here in Singapore in the heat and and Covid lockdown, working online. This video looks so beautiful. Wish I was there!!!

It's a canal. The whole pace is slower and that is the point. It's an antidote to the 'normal' rush of modern life, whether that is for a holiday, an adventure or as a life choice. I just don't understand some people. Your patience and discretion is to be commended.

Jo, I'm loving the hair.

Really enjoyable!

That seems so relaxing, I'd think the delay would just add to the enjoyment.

Sorry mate, my boat is wedged in the loch, I can’t seem to move out of your way... angry blokes head explodes :D

I’m new to the channel but Ive known of y’all for a while, but wanted to say I love your channel!

First rule of boating: If you’re in a rush you don’t get the point of what boating is all about.

You seem such lovely people I hope to meet you in a lock one day Enjoy the cruising enjoy the boozing Everyone should chill a bit

4:28 when long distance running on dessert island its always easy to get a rescue boat journey home

Went past Aussie Boaters old GRP @9.40

Michael, I am with you, my feeling is the hurrier you go the be-hinder you get, or Rush Me All You Want, the slower I go. Or at least that is my emotions work. You guys handle it all so well. You epitomize all that attracts people to the Narrowboat Life. the Canal Life is not for everyone, and it requires a different mind set. Living on the canals is not at all like living in a house where you end up taking everything for granted, where as, absolutely everything on board has to be, installed, maintained, and used by all who live onboard. Then there is everyone's hero, George. Most comments about Minimal List contain some mention of George. Ha Ha Cheers

Nice vid. It’s EE troor ree are Etruria. It’s in Greece where the Etruscan vase came from. Froghall is so lovely! They have a Well Dressing at Enron every year.

Rain is a way of life here for sure and it appears it is there too. Jim in Chile

Looking back, ~Lets visit all parts of the canal network~ ...seemed like such a reasonable goal at the time

Should get a T-Shirt with ' I can go slower, just Chill '

You ain’t rushing anywhere in a narrow boat💪👍

"George, did you just poo or was that a cow?" Wow! Must have been a big poo if it was the size of a cow. 😆

Nice relaxing vid guys .. Lovley canal ..

That sounds ever so counter productive. Their in a hurry to get somewhere so they pick what's possibly the slowest mode possible to travel there. It sounds like it's likely to be very frustrating. It would've taken all the enjoyment and charm out of it for them.

There is a definite look of ZZ Top meets Robert Plant's sister (sorry Jo) during the end chat...

Another cool video !!! 👍👍👍🇺🇸

Lovely video.

I took a Dawncraft 25 from Ely, Cambs, to Bristol in 19 days alone. Lots of social lock working and goodwill. Some tension when wishing to overtake more leisurely narrowboaters who stubbornly ignored my presence behind them. I wasn't cruising, I was aiming to get a new houseboat home before my university year started again. I really enjoyed the experience but there were tensions between canal ideals.

If someone is in a rush that's their fault, they should have got up earlier then they could have left earlier ! It really is that simple.

I would be the same as Michael and slow down, patience is a virtue

Great couple

I'm with you micheal, "well not really but" *slowly nods*... There's no way i'd go slower to annoy fools either.. *slowly nods*.

I love lock 7

What I would have done is go through the swing bridges and ensure I was fast enough to have to shut them behind me - oh you did lol.

When ever I got harassed I just pulled over and let them go past.

If they are in a hurry for some reason they could be helpfull indeed and not make a fool out of them self and stress the hell out of everyone. You where so kind to blur them out. I think they need to grow up and pointing fingers at them self. Nice video again. Sorry i have been away for a long time. Real life came bye. I'm back and still a subscriber and i like your channel. Greetings,, Kitty.

0.29 'I' not 'we' would be tempted to stay today - easy to see who wears the trousers on this boat

I didn’t see any thing, lock rage is very mellow I guess!!!

The whole point of boating is to relax. Don’t let the knob heads push you. Enjoy.

Nice video.

If you are in a hurry a narrow boat just does not get it.

Hi you two! We love ya videos! We have Subscribed ❤️ dozy and Dim ❤️

Ive booked my first narrowboat trip in a couple of months, I hope and pray that I don't come across someone who wants to hassle, I don't do well with that kind of thing.

George lays a land mine , Michael races to diffuse the situation . Who said plastic bags are bad . Pity about the pushy mob I guess they weren't into cruising mode . Another enjoyable vlog ,take care and cheers from OZ.

If you ever get a chance, a video set to dub step of your sped up movements while steering. 😁

Did this canal in August lovely time, were on canal time as well, lives too short to hurry now.

Those lock vent points are often located just below the paddle wind and I've usually found those are the ones which spray - designed to make it look like you've wet yourself 🤣

It's same out cycling on narrow roads in the countryside. If a driver can't get by they start "tailgating" me and revving their engines I just feel like slowing down even though I am riding 20 mph anyway. People just have no compassion for anyone except their own friends and family, everyone else just don't matter. Treat people how you want to be treated.

Some people are in such a rush all the time!

Some people just can't relax and go with the flow ...

Don't ever rush a lock no matter what! Iv seen what happens when it goes wrong!

"I can't see the point of standing around in this heat" What a silly sausage !! 🤦‍♂️

Bumboats! 🤣🤣🤣

Large seed pod thingys..... Body snatchers!!! 😮

OLD Boatman's trick to slow a boat down whos catching you and wants to pass ..... when you leave the lock crack the gate paddle two turns lol

Take your time, it's better late in this world than early in the next.

I have concluded a good time to go narrow boating would be June 2001 to avoid crowds.

Interesting. I wondered what that island was for. I got a little confused at the signage though which indicated I go against the normal right had navigation. I see too that you made it down to Froghall...nice one. Such a beautiful spot. That first swing bridge is a pain to do solo.

Oh dear sometimes people can take the joy out of being on the canals..

You two seem like very nice people and it’s a good job they wasn’t rushing me because he would have gone swimming. Take no notice of these people maybe they need to call it a day and buy a speed boat.

Would like to preserve Jo's location on deck on the " Perseverance" , a possible seat so she can text and not run down the path.

I love the peaceful way you two dealt with the difficult boaters on the canal. I really appreciate your honesty. Thanks for sharing,

Sometimes you can't avoid 'loud and vexatious people', so best to be polite, understanding and calm with them, however much you'd like to chuck them into the canal! Judging from what I see here, you are fairly lucky, people on the canals seem mainly to be quite a nice lot on the whole.

We moored there and the sheep were the noisiest we have ever heard 😂😂

Hi Jo & Michael, firstly I enjoy your films lots... your many and various experiences/adventures are fab, especially as our boating hols on the Mon & Brec was cancelled this year. Just looking at your earlier films and saw your problems with fire, I am a bit of a real fire lover/starter hence wondered if you 'sorted' the problem and how? All fires are different for many reasons and having had many open and 'closed' burners I would like to know what the outcome was. I'm guessing success :-) Hoping all is well with you all, have to say George is a delight, what a super life for an active dog... wont ramble further... Thank you for sharing your adventures and canals knowledge, especially the histories. Best Regards Lili

In a rush on a narrow boat? It’s a contradiction of terms methinks. I would have suggested they take the bus or train if they were in so much of a hurry. The whole point of narrowboating,for me personally is to slow down and enjoy the peace and serenity of ambling along through the canals. That’s one reason I had a hybrid engine fitted. I don’t even have to my engine chugging along all the time. Have just joined your channel via cruising the cut and enjoying the content. Keep it up guys and maybe catch up sometime on the water.

Can’t believe that you had to endure their impatience. They’re just morons. 👍🏻

I've only been through one lockdown. I can't imagine having to do five in a row.

HI Michael & Jo its been a long time since we watched your videos but this one jumped out at me as you were about a mile and a half from where we lived and we been to the Hollybush pub many time in the past and even walked down to the museum near Cheddleton as well was ready for a beer that day . Anyway we saw you at Crick last weekend you looked busy talking so didn't want to disturb you we bought a few things and while we were there chased up on progress of our boat which is being built by Elton Moss Boat Builders in Middlewich now this has been going on since May last year with covid going on the delays were fairly bad there were a few people in front of us having there boats done so we got to our boats turn to be built in mid December well nothing much happened there no surprise there so long story short we have a date for delivery early to mid August coming over from Czech Republic by road at the end of July then PDI inspection at Middlewich before being handed over to us then we are mooring up at Overwater near Audlem hope we bump into you somewhere out there in the future enjoy your cruising stay safe hope you finish your refit on time. S C UK.

Hmm, "turntable bridge for a miniature railway which serviced an industrial site nearby", cool! Wonder how much effort I will put in to finding out more about it? At one point in the past in Britain there were quite a few what are termed 'minimum gauge' railways for estates, mines, factories, with track gauges in the 15 inch to 18 inch range & then 'narrow gauge' in the ranges of 20 inch, 2 foot, 30 inch, gauges. And then there are park railways in same and similar gauges. And then there are the metric equivalents. There is a pleasantly quirky community of railway modelers who model those in various scales via the use of a large scale for the people and structures and a smaller scale's track and wheels. And there is a special nomenclature employed, for instance, Gn15 = G scale _(and it is a range of scales, can be 1/22, 1/24)_ narrow gauge 15 inch gauge to represent some of those industrial and estate trams. And that is often done with for instance figures and buildings in 1/22 scale by LGB, with the trains being scratchbuilt and kitbashed, plus a few commercially produced kits, for HO or OO scale/gauge track and wheels. Another for instance, OO9 = OO scale using 9mm gauge track _(which happens to be the gauge for N scale)_ to represent 30inch and 700mm and 760mm gauge trains in OO scale. _(strictly speaking a model's scale and a model's gauge are 2 different things but people freely interchange the terms; gauge is and only is the distance between the rails & scale is and only is the proportional size of the models)_

Is that a Canadian accent Michael? I just found your channel and you're doing a wonderful job on the Vlog.

Now that You mentioned the shotgun sounds We want to hear them!!!

From my mooring to Cambridge is three days, I take the car when I want to get there fast. It's 20 minutes by road.

I don’t know why, but when Michael says “top lock” it sounds like a Klingon word to me. 😁

We lived on board for 10 years and told others if you are in a hurry then get on the motorway being on a boat is the fastest way to slow down

Tilly !! Wasn't that Dan Browns old boat of Sort of Interesting ??

Tune in next week and hear doctor Bob say.......

Personally I would have gone into "Snail Pace " , canal life is slower and should NOT be rushed! 🐌🐌🤣