254. Giving a canal a haircut

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In some of my early cruising videos I would moan about how much over-hanging vegetation there is along the canals but it turns out there's a load of work going on behind the scenes in winter to cut the bad stuff back. This is a look at that work.
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@bennysh 2 года назад

You're the only one who can make me watch videos about hedge trimming :)

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Haha thanks. I wasn’t sure if people would be into this one but so far so good!

@MrRossi1805 2 года назад

@@CruisingTheCut yeah, it’s interesting for a German like me!

@linesbylisa3557 2 года назад

I love it! All things involving the canals are so interesting. Thank you for covering a wide range of topics. 😁

@junco477 2 года назад

Oh my, such high drama along the Cut. As always, you make the seemingly mundane quite interesting. Metaphor, Simile, and Hyberbole Award of 2021. Thanks David.

@SB_McCollum 2 года назад

Yes, very. I felt like Frances de la Tour could have read the wood chipper bit.

@MRossDouglas 2 года назад

"...and like a stomach after a dodgy prawn, the recently ingested material was soon vomited out in projectile form." I don't think you've ever waxed quite so lyrical. Shakespeare, Johnson, Keats and the lot are, no doubt, quivering with envy in their graves. Thank you for another excellent piece.

@MrPecksniff 2 года назад

I just wish I hadn't watched this whilst trying to enjoy my sandwich!

@rogerturley 2 года назад

Isn't it marvelous that there are people that will volunteer their time to do these jobs? They could be doing anything they want and they choose to help others. Absolutely wonderful folks!

@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian 2 года назад

“Like a stomach after a dodgy prawn” 🥴🤢 Quote of the year 👏👏👍😀 Merry Christmas David 🎅🎄

@karlrichards 2 года назад

Great insight to the volunteers helping keep things in order.

@A.Nozzlin 2 года назад

It is a good day when you post. Thank you.

@robertgsands3521 2 года назад

For those of us without a canal boat who love the system which we walk, bike and sit and watch those at locks. Thank you.

@tinplategeek1058 2 года назад

Oh an episode of "Cutting the Cut"

@kaselier1116 2 года назад

I hope you know that this channel is so enjoyable that even some random 22 year old guy from Indiana loves every video you make. Cheers!

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Thank you!!

@matthewoliver6655 2 года назад

I love your channel. Truly the gold standard for narrow boating. Bravo

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Cheers!

@peter9180 2 года назад

Love it, volunteers keep the canals open and many thanks for that plus, as the gentleman said, they enjoy it.

@2LaneTraveler 2 года назад

Looks like a grand day out, and they're volunteers, no less. Where I live it's hard enough to get people to take care of the roads when you pay them.

@BCTGuitarPlayer 2 года назад

I did maintenance work like this for at least a decade. I can’t believe I’m watching it now, for entertainment! 😂 But....I must watch your vlogs. I never want to say that I’d missed one;)

@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat 2 года назад

Great video David! So interesting to see how it's all done. I bet their busy after that storm. Keep it up 👍😉

@Adventures_with_Sog 2 года назад

As a cyclist and walker of our wonderful canal towpaths I'd like to say a big "thank you" to all the volunteers. 👍🙂

@SecretSquirrelFun Год назад

Bless him and the nestin’ birds

@peterclarke3619 2 года назад

“It’s gnarly teeth prepared to munch on woody goodness” that’ll do it for me 😄

@pauln2141 2 года назад

Thank you David lovely filming and narration. I did wonder when you said you were going to stop filming the cruises what you'd do. This is a fantastic niche for you 👏.

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Thank you

@danhoppy5517 2 года назад

I have to confess, I was sucked in on the therapeutic cruising videos, his description of the geese and swans, and the occasionally militant ducks, but the entertaining narrative as we all watched. And then it changed. And now we are sucked into the eco-system as to how all this magical kingdom is maintained. Not by words, but by the deeds of those that would see it live....

@darrellsmith4204 2 года назад

No VC's handed out, just an inspirational tale tale of men giving their all for Queen, Country, and Canal.

@FlintF 2 года назад

This has left the realm of "free amateur video". There was research and a lot of time and work involved. Kudos and thank you for a very informative video!

@4sstg 2 года назад

🕊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌟happy Christmas 🎄 to you and all who keep the canals up. And the environs.🌿

@altowatts1325 2 года назад

The Canal & River Trust should consider putting you on their payroll 💰.

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

No! I’m strictly neutral and independent!

@altowatts1325 2 года назад

@@CruisingTheCut A man of principles I see. Well done Captain 👍🏾.

@persevere777 2 года назад

Always love the Health and Safety signs, looks like a man with an umbrella........

@MarkSpohr 2 года назад

Nobody dug a hole

@royordway9157 2 года назад

David, thank you for posting this video. We know that it takes hours of hard work to put a 19 minute and 37 second video. I'm watching from Historic Bath, Maine in the US.

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Thank you!

@vadmal5210 2 года назад

After all .. you are still moving along the cut. Thanks for a new angel of boatlife!

@jamesdavis5096 2 года назад

I really like the CRT episodes. Its like going on a field trip.

@petercalthorpe7966 2 года назад

Good on the volunteers they are doing a great job . The contractors are also doing a good job , thanks for sharing the interesting video Dave 👍. All the best from Downunder.

@contrafax 2 года назад

All this excitement, so fast so furious. Tea was needed to calm my nerves.

@mallow173 2 года назад

What a great crew of folks! So nice to see in this day and age...volunteering to help clean up and keep the canals wide open! Great job!

@RaymondCore 2 года назад

You keep making them and I'll keep watching them. Thank you.

@DeerHunter308 2 года назад

A totally satisfying video of a happy crew doing invaluable work. Thank You

@brianwaldo2642 2 года назад

I really enjoy your periodic videos depicting the inner workings of the canals. Your analogy of the “dodgy prawn” was so clever and descriptive 😂. This video certainly made me appreciate just how much work is involved to maintain the entire canal system. Excellent presentation David.

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Thank you so much!

@deejayimm Год назад

Working on the canals looks like a fun job. In general the canals are just fascinating. I wish we had a world like that over here in the US..

@HawksDiesel 3 месяца назад

Would be really neat for sure! When i started watching this during the start of the covid years, inthiught the same thing but then realized Corporations would surly lobby against it somehow.

@judilynduba413 2 года назад

It is so nice to see people with extra time helping out.

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Yes!

@RyanKeane9 2 года назад

This is better than telly. I wish you every success.

@iangill8984 2 года назад

Much appreciated and welcome video. It is a difficult balance between ecology and the needs of the canal user. Like hamshackleton I love work, I can watch it all day.

@Varangian_af_Scaniae 2 года назад

This is great. Pensioners helping the community while they self have a purpose which they might have lost when quitting the job.

@bill45colt 2 года назад

pensioners??? are they all with pensions?? how could you tell??

@dorothydotson7154 2 года назад

Since watching cruising videos (and also Escape To The Country) I've really been impressed with the spirit of volunteering they have in the UK.

@lars1701again 2 года назад

It’s good you’re keeping busy in the winter months. :) I’m simply amazed you can take a boring subject like hedge cutting and make it entertaining, you have a gift few on YT have. :)

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Thank you

@russellesimonetta3835 2 года назад

Shades of Fargo with that wood chipper!!!!

@markbuker8947 2 года назад

Is that your buddy in the wood chipper there!?!?😂😂😂

@StephenArbo 2 года назад

once again you have provided an entertaning and yet informitave vlog on canal life... thank you so much for the lovely time.

@cbwilson2398 2 года назад

Love your narrative, sir!

@andyrbush 2 года назад

I love how you capture the atmosphere of the UK and the activities during the autumn and winter.

@Book7BrokeMyBrain 2 года назад

Very enjoyable video! I think we need a collective noun for lockeys. A generosity of lockeys? A Kindness? A pound of lockeys? LOL.

@mitchellminer9597 2 года назад

David, you are a marvel. It looked like such a lovely thing to be doing. Thanks for pointing out that the weather was unusually sunny, and for showing the other team on a cloudy day - I was getting unreal expectations of English weather. Speaking of England, the title is English - the equivalent American phrase is "can't see the forest for the trees". I do like the language in these vids. I like old-fashioned tools. I'd have been out there with a machete and a brush hook. And a first-aid kit.

@BeechSportBill 2 года назад

Still fascinating videos!

@SLO-Ride 2 года назад

Between you, and the Silver Fox boys, I've learned more UK history in the last 6 years, than the other 54 years!

@johnfowke1366 2 года назад

From Nova Scotia, Canada. Thanks! I find all of your subjects interesting.

@Ober447 2 года назад

From New Brunswick and also find these films interesting.

@rmyerscmi 2 года назад

The Dodgy Prawn would be an excellent name for a pub. 🤣🤣

@dcstexbrit 2 года назад

This is beyond quality reporting it sets a benchmark, beyond with descriptive explanations amid amusing lines that surely I can now try to bring into my daily conversations. ' Recalcitrant branch' , ' gnarly teeth prepared to munch on wood goodness' and the best of all, like a stomach after a dodgy prawn , the recently ingested material was soon vomited out in projectile form' Thank you for making my day after a difficult working week. I laughed so much, I and am now relaxed and ready to start my weekend. Keep up the great work. very informative.

@tonybrock5288 2 года назад

I live in in what is left of South Africa. I yearn for the days of diligence and ingenuity and honesty and caring and responsibility and industry. Your endeavours here just make it so evident what we are missing here.

@harrypenn611 2 года назад

He's a lumbarjavk and he's ok , he works all night and he sleeps all day ........ Great Vlog David , I bet many cheese sandwiches were consumed

@minshullj 2 года назад

I like the training on the pole saw. A full day. Hopefully, in order to use the loppers, it's just a written test.

@logicalChimp 2 года назад

To use *and maintain* the pole saw... I suspect the maintance side takes more time than just using :D

@steveyountz9184 2 года назад

Another great video, and many thanks to you, the volunteers, and the contractors. I worked my way through college, in the '70s working on a line crew running a chain saw for weeks at a time. Long days. Thanks again from here in South Carolina, and have a Merry Christmas.

@GrainHopper 2 года назад

Not all heroes wear capes. Bravo to a great team of volunteers and an interesting video.

@danhoppy5517 2 года назад

Another great insight to the upkeep of the canals, from the view of the eager and enthusiastic volunteers, and the seasoned contractors. Still amazes me that Georgian and early Victorian travel systems still function so well in the 21st century!

@gars1074 2 года назад

."...and like a stomach after a dodgy prawn.." .Ha, ha! You do have a way with words! Great video. Seeing something like this is wonderful. No other canal boat vlogger would do this type of vid. That's why your channel is the best! Those volunteers are heroes- do they get the recognition and appreciation from all the canal boaters for all their work?

@hamshackleton 2 года назад

As a retired person - can't beat watching someone else working! 🙂

@lyndarichardson4744 2 года назад

Thanks David, very interesting . They're doing a worthwhile job !

@gavinbrookes8875 2 года назад

Thanks David most enjoyable ☺️

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Glad to hear!

@craigrschulz 2 года назад

I so enjoy your reports. Excellent job. Thank you!

@arthurverheijen6682 2 года назад

Your humor, your way of explaining.....incredible, superb!! I like it very very much, a joy for eye and ear. Thank you!!!!!! Kind greetings from The Netherlands

@paca_bill4863 2 года назад

Love the "behind the scenes" vlogs you produce. I'm thinking the volunteers and CRT employees probably appreciate you taking the time to record what otherwise is lost in the "cruising" aspect of many narrowboaters.

@rpkett 2 года назад

I cannot tell you how excited I get from a new video from CruisingTheCut!

@terrisantiago9128 2 года назад

I love the story about the tree trimming I'm glad they keep it up it's a wonderful canals I miss the neighbor's right now with all this covid we've been doing on the past 6 years I thank all those wonderful volunteers who keep our canals clear

@catpurrson3651 2 года назад

That was interesting. Kudos to all of the volunteers!

@kimberlyokeeffe5360 2 года назад

Interesting that the volunteers are required to take the same training as the professionals. It does make sense as you don't want injuries and I'm glad to hear that they didn't make light of that.

@garyarmstrong4597 2 года назад

Great video and well documented. Good to see old people doing activities. I enjoy watching your videos. They are really worth watching.

@eekee6034 2 года назад

A couple of weeks ago, workmen were clearing and felling trees along the path which follows a disused railway line near me. I've been getting so much peace and quiet lately, I stopped to have a sit-down within earshot of the woodchipper. It was relaxing.

@Onemattressatatime 2 года назад

The volunteers are great

@kenc2257 2 года назад

How very interesting. Both the volunteers and contractor-professionals wear a lot of brightly-colored safety equipment. Kudos to the volunteers (and also to the contractors).

@JoseLara-dg4zk 2 года назад

11:03 How many takes, I wonder, to deliver the stomach-and-dodgy-prawn narrative without cracking up laughing. 🤔 Deadpan delivery LEGEND!!!

@williamhansen8189 2 года назад

The grand British character on display. Thanks, WRH

@Tom_Bee_ 2 года назад

Good script and editing. Thanks.

@per-olamjomark7452 2 года назад

"And like a stomach after a dodgy prawn, the recently ingested material was soon vomited out in projectile form". You have your way with words, don't you :)

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

I try 😂

@bamagirl7394 2 года назад

Thank you, your vlogs are relaxing, mesmerizing, informative and great fun. I wish we had canals in America.

@rareairvideos3070 2 года назад

Nice to see they are taking care of things. Very cool of the guys to be out and about on their own time. Id not mind that kind of retirement myself. Thanks Dave.

@christinewalker5874 2 года назад

Thanks David for such an interesting video as always,relaxing to watch in these difficult times. Thanks also to the volunteers who do such a marvellous job.

@pfalzgraf7527 2 года назад

When you announced your switch from cruising vids to other kinds of canal videos, I commented jokingly that “this wasn’t what I signed up for”. Being someone who watches more than one canal cruising channel, I have to say: then I said that jokingly and looked forward to what you would do - and what you actually do is really great background info and complements all the other cruisers very nicely! There’s so much “CRT should do this” or “they should really do some clearing up here” - and in this video you show us who actually does this: volunteers as well as contractors. And yes, of course I had an idea of how that might go - and there were hardly any surprises here. But it is a great peek into what goes on. Thanks! PS: basically agree with Paul N

@sharonrimsza7960 2 года назад

Relaxing watching someone else working. Now I will need to work on my garden and winter planting. Thank you for the video.

@bruceyoung1343 2 года назад

Thank you Mr Johns. When the one fella said when I retired I got a job with these blokes. Sounded like heaven to me. Merry Christmas.

@TheRailfan32 2 года назад

Another Priceless VLOG. Highly informative and awesome storytelling!

@faris6512 2 года назад

Have been waiting for an episode for awhile. Glad that I can enjoy a snack with this episode to accompany it!

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

It’s only been a fortnight since the last! 😂😂

@mrbillmacneill 2 года назад

Seasons Greetings Dave and everyone.... An interesting video that brought back some 'old chipper memories' from my sawmill days.... Good on the volunteers eh?

@ervin9560 2 года назад

Maybe it sounds strange, but here in Estonia we have whole cities heated with wood chips. Gas is expensive and foreign fuel, moreover, it's fossil. Estonia is a sparsely populated country and we have lots of forest and shrubs. Of course, there is a special technique for this.

@markneale5389 2 года назад

Another splendid video. Thanks!

@grenvillephillips6998 2 года назад

Being let loose with power tools - its what old blokes dream of!

@TinMan0555 2 года назад

Following your journey has long made me wish for a similar network of canals here in the USA. I would not hesitate to take up the lifestyle. As always, thanks for taking us along. 👏🏻👏🏻

@CruisingTheCut 2 года назад

Thanks for watching

@paulsccna2964 2 года назад

Smart. Keeps the place neat and shows pride in ownership. Plus, helps create mulch and such for spring. Not to mention, good exercise.

@EdEdelenbos 2 года назад

Nice to see you back, in whatever capacity. Well done as usual.

@thomasknight1190 Год назад

Another great interesting video thank you

@ElementalOfTravel 2 года назад

Literally cruising the cuts.

@paralogregt 2 года назад

Omg some needs to show that man how to sharpen a chain correctly.

@brummiesteve3825 2 года назад

Another great video mate 👍👍🎅🎅👍👍

@jamesfoley6555 2 года назад

That was not only brilliant, but very informative….Thank you🙏✝️🕊🙏🇨🇦

@swishswish386 2 года назад

All those volunteers do great work… Without their ongoing support I suspect there wouldn’t be a workable canal network

@ritubohra2559 2 года назад

Addicted of urs vlog..... Superb

@chuckneedham1584 2 года назад

We often wonder why seemingly simple things are either expensive or take a long time to complete, or both. Your video is a good reminder why. Training, labor, wildlife survey, etc. A lot goes into what you would think is a simple task. I'm a huge fan of your investigative style reporting! The only negative for me is that I cannot retire on your canals in your beautiful country. 😁

@railfan439 2 года назад

Great video, David. Thanks for the hows and whys of cleaning the canal right-of-way. Jon

@graham6229 2 года назад

What a fine collection of gentlemen ( and I guess women in some areas of the canal system ). This is what humans are good at. Get out, get the gear and get the job done. No fuss or fanfare, good cup of tea and a bun and togetherness doing good. I wish the UK had a huge team of graffiti vandal tag removalists. Then the circle can close.