Like cruising through a Monet painting, such a beautiful canal, thanks so much for ll the lovely shots of the wild flowers and waterlilies, I'm slowly working through your back catalogue and love this place
Leanne when we had our little boat here in Australia before I became bed bound that is how I remembered port and starboard as in port has 4 letters as the word left.hehe
Hi Jo and Michael, I was reading up about the Pocklington Canal and found your video useful. One thing I noticed: in your Description I think it should say "Melbourne Basin" not "Melbourne Basing".
The old saying iv all ways lived by "If you can't laugh at yourself, don't laugh at others" I would just laugh if I fell in, after swearing a good bit of course😂😂. It does look lovely up there
Hi Jo & Mike, just watched your namesake 'Perseverance' blast off into space and head for Mars. It has the first off-world helicopter onboard for surveying the Martian landscape next year when it arrives there. Love your videos, keep them coming. Are you heading back down the Huddersfield Narrow Canal eventually. Take care, stay safe & healthy.
Really looking forward to seeing what that helicopter sees! Godspeed, Perseverance! And yes, we’ll be doing the Huddersfield again, once we’ve done the L&L and the Rochdale, probably in a couple of months. M
You guys are so much more relaxed these days. You are the best salesmen for living a life on the cut. Living proof that living on the water is great for the soul. Xo
East Yorkshire, the most beautiful place in the world 😁 I am slightly biased, but very happy you're enjoying it. Onwards to Cawood and Selby, although much more beautiful from the land, both very nice places. Naburn lock after that. The pub and moorings at The Swan at Acaster Malbis, by the locks, are lovely. I recommend the fish and chips 👍
It’s a shame they can’t find some way to harvest and use all those weeds from the canal. You mentioned earlier a boat clearing them but are they put to any use? Animal feed? Fertiliser? Biofuel?
Apparently they try and get farmers to pick up the extracted algae and weed to till back into the soil, as it’s a perfectly viable source of nitrogen and other nutrients. Some is also redirected to compost. It could in theory also be burned as biomass fuel, though it would need to dry considerably first. M
Just an opinion, it seems to me that with the protection offered to reedbeds by Natural England throughout the canal network their ambition appears to be to convert navigations into some kind of 'protected linear wetland'.
Great trip back down the canal and Derwent, pitty i missed you on the bank side but i was fishing elsewhere. Looking forward to seeing your trip up the Ouse.
A few years ago, I had to collect sheep pelts, I was the only person not to be worried by wasps, the vet who had to sign off the pelts ask what I washed with or sprayed myself with, Coaltar soap! now I am on a N/B I noticed the midges/mosses still take a few wing flaps distance away from me, but not all.
Is it my imagination, or is the water in that canal uncommonly clear? I wonder if it is all those weeds and the little traffic that keeps it that way. I suppose if you are to fall in a waterway, the Pocklington is preferable to most. Incidentally, Michael's concern over bridge number reminds me of a friend from West London, who becomes apoplectic with rage at the mention of Three Bridges, near Hanwell. There, Windmill lane crosses the Grand Union Canal which, in turn, crosses the railway line to Brentford, so there are three levels. His barely controlled rage is that this makes two, not three, bridges and it takes several hours and a pint or two for him to return to some semblance of normality.
Another lovely vlog. Thanks. How tight were the Pocklington locks? Nicholson says they're 56'9" by 14' so it's possible that our 60' narrowboat would go in on the diagonal. Those walkways on the inside of the bottom gates don't bode well though.
It is lovely to see the canal. That water is crystal.. gorgeous. Our daughter and her family are only a couple of miles away from Melbourne in a even tinier village called Everingham. It is indeed a beautiful part of the country. I would consider it worth the weeds.. happy travels :)
the cats out the bag ??? that whispering at the end ??? On the BBC Radio 2 news at 5 pm tonight it was announced that PERSEVERANCE MID Feb. 2021 will arrive....................on.................MARS NOW that will be a vlog out of this world
If I were a boater, I would consider making that my home. Can you go back and get some shots when it snows? Thank you! Travel safe! Watch that first step!
Everytime you guys mention the Derwent, it brings back the great memories i have of my Dad, who was named after the river....great times, thanks for the journey!!!
Did you walk to Pocklington ? Canal end and town .I have navagated to Stamford Bridge and.with.my RIB up to Maltonbto the amusement of river side residents( Platinam propeller anyone)?
Our Melbourne is 'slightly' larger than the one you left. Great to hear it pronounced correctly. We love that you visit the out of way canals. It's a bit grim here so the joy of watching eases the load a bit. Terry and Dianne in Melbourne Aus
That looks glorious maybe some sort of crt accompanied travel from goole would help ease the nerves of less experienced boaters ,something like what's done at the standedge tunnel but maybe increased boats and not a lot of mooring may be an issue. Great blog really enjoyed it thanks very much.
Thank you for your amazing vlogs. Having found you from mooring the cut, I love your adventures. Fantastic American accent, and always well prepared before setting off. Thank you.
So today I paused on map to study a little closer. Noticed around Nottingham a couple of canals off on their own. Are these to be linked or are there unofficial routes for them ?
Thank you for coming to our areas waterways & showing how beautiful & diverse it can be. For me a none boater who wishes they could be it’s great to see you vloggers coming this far North for a change. If I had known you were in Goole I would of come & met you & said hi. Looking forward to the rest of your Yorkshire trip. Thank you both for the entertainment of your vlogs.
Hello there, nice music? from guitar player, very enjoyable veiwing n Very beautiful nicely put over video cheers Thank you for sharing your video cheers take care see you soon, big bad Bob .
Gorgeous canal as you rightly say. Funny 😂 not seeing Michael on his phone whilst cruising☝🏻 Tip to aide Jo 😉 Left (short) Port (short) Starboard (long) Right (long) EnJoYeD this.
A little light reading for you, TNC tour there in 1997 including floods, and 2002 not incuding floods: www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour97/page3.html www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_02/Tour02_12.html
A little red port left in the glass! wonderful trip, liked gallows humour, you' have to learn the Bridport Knot, catching up with the time lapse! Enjoy the Ouse, Guy
I hadn't thought much about canals and rivers in this part of the world before, I'm glad I watched this as the Pocklington Canal looks really special, however, it is probably the lack of mooring that puts people off? I had a look at the Derwent and it was meant to be closed to boats in 1938 but I've counted 16 boats moored up at Elvington, most seem to be of GRP manufacture so obviously built recently! The Yorkshire Air Museum is at Elvington so its a shame you can't get to it by the river. I suspect it is probably local landowners who are obstructing passage to boaters.
Yes, many of our family gatherings were me sitting clutching a citronella candle and stinking of DEET while everyone else was marveling at how few mosquitoes there were. I cannot convey enough just how much I HATE mosquitoes. M
The lighting is perfect. Difuzzed, no shadows. Just bright making the colors pop. Photographers have been know to go to geat lengths to accomplish this. The pace also helps.
Hi Joe Michael great video not much traffic along they cannel but so beautiful ,did you get much weed round the prop ? Jo you make the videos first class with your commentary so much useful information thank you so much ,wow some ruff looking boats along that stretch ? Once again thank you ,not sure wear u are but lovely
if you want better performance for your marine radio. Might I suggest t connecting,what we amateur Radio operators call a ' rat tail ' to the radio. Basically it gives your HT a 'Counterpoise' so the radio can Rx/tx better. You should easy find vids on YT but you'll need atleast need a 19 inch wire length for it
Poor Michael, he is clearly midge bait! Best not to go anywhere near Scotland which has a high preponderance of midges. But do have to agree, it is a beautiful canal. Take care you three, stay safe out there...
Great video of your trip on the Derwent and Pocklington canal and showing how beautiful they are. Hope you managed to get a new phone sorted and many thanks for the lovely comments 😀
I love the way the cows are looking at you. And my be thinking wow what the hell is that on the water haven't seen one of those for a long time.🐄🐄🐄🐄. I see the weeds haven't grown back yet were you went in he he. 😀
Glad you are enjoying them. We occasionally get reasons and constructive criticism is always welcome as long as it’s said with kindness. Some people are just mean though!
Hi Alastair, yep you’ve seen us! Afraid we’re just here for the night, moving on tomorrow morning. We’re having a quiet night tonight for Jo’s bday, but if you happen to be passing tomorrow between 8-9AM you’ll catch us getting ready to go. We’ll have to pass on the beer (still social distancing and staying out of pubs), but happy to say hi and have a quick catch up if you’re near. M
No prob. We’re watching a show, so give a knock on the duck hatch and I’ll come out. George might shoot out, it’ll take me a minute to get him ready. M
joseph nolette Apologies, I didn't mean to come across rudely, I just thought your comment was amusing. There are canals in Scotland (incidentally Scotland is still the UK) although they are not connected to the English network, one would have to either hire a boat, or have your boat lifted out, transported and relaunched in Scotland- entirely possible, but expensive.
@@spencerwilton5831 am sorry didnt mean to sound rude, i live in Massachusetts and have found Narrow Boats by Accident during the beginning of the Pandemic to the point would love to vacation on one for a couple if weeks cruising the canals and am trying to learn as much as possible so am open to all advice again Spencer thanks for the info and do you know how many miles of Canals there are ?
As I understand it they’re now required to enter into arbitration on a lot of little claims... I don’t think it’s platform threatening, but we will see. M
Such a shame you couldn’t get down the Derwent to Stamford Bridge. That’s where we live and it would have been lovely to see our Village from the River.
It is a shame, would have loved to have gotten up the Derwent, but afraid that lock just above the junction with the Pocklington has been left to ruin and it's all overgrown below it. Might try and get up there on a canoe at some point! M
