6. Engine Died In The Middle Of The River, Then Down The Lea To The Stort For Some New Adventures! 

Amazing how quickly it can go from industrial to beautiful countryside. Lovely! 👍👊😎

Me and Shirley have just started watching all your videos again from the start. My, how well you have come along Vince. Thank you so much again for sharing.

Great videos! Really like the simplicity of your narrative. Looking forward to more videos!

the 'bohemian' bridge is a classic spot for pirate paint jobs under its shelter, especially out on the off side. the chimnneys are Rye House Power station. this is one of my favourite stretches.

Looking forward to the next one as it used to be my childhood play ground. Many happy hours spent canoeing the Stort. Keep them coming

Hi love all the vlogs keep then coming you sound like you enjoy every minute take care x

I love the intro. music and your filming and commentary, very relaxing and diverting especiallly as I've broken my wrist! Lesley.

The place on the left is a go-cart track where Lewis Hamlton started his career

"more fat on a greasy chip" lol love it.

Well I hope they did not charge you for repair as there diesel had the water in may I say nice to see someone travelling at right speed and not like spead boat keep up great vlogs

Great scenery.........

I so thoroughly enjoyed that Vince, quite frightening I would have thought, but thank goodness you had help. What lovely scenes, especially with the autumn colouring of the trees. Cant wait for your next vlog. Trish

Take your chimney down and flower boxes of the roof just after Roydon Marina is one of the lowest bridges on the network have fun great video keep them comming

Good video‼️I am glad that you found an honest reliable mechanic 👨‍🔧 sometime they are very hard to find one ☝️ when you need one❗️

The control tower like building just before the railway bridge is at a Go-Kart track.

Absolutely brilliant videos. . . Really enjoying following you on your adventures. I am in Hertford and Ware a lot so I get to walk the tow paths on a regular basis and I must agree with you that that are wonderful places . Keep them coming . . 😀

Nice video mate,flat you got Aitch sorted.

Just found you and aitch (great name) it looks lovely down there. Your the first I've seen covering that area. Some of the scenery is beautiful. Keep them coming and stay safe.

I’ve subbed and up to episode six so far. I’m enjoying your easygoing approach to both boating and filming. Looking forward to watching more 👍🏼☀️

You need to drain the filter on a regular basis as water is always present, hence the fuel chamber. They use to have 'Sight' glasses on the engines but not sure about Boat Engines. Good Luck

Laid back vidio,which is great.As I said before,sorry I missed out on cruising these in my youth.Went the other way, cruising the grand Union from Hemel Hempstead.My late father would have loved these rivers on our doorstep.Goes to show,not to look at the grass being greener on other side of fence😁

Don't forget to get the logs and winter fuel in now, as it's turning colder.... Keep canal-ling...!!

Nice time of year to cruise the Lea. I love the River Stort. Looking forward to your adventures. How did the diesel get contaminated?

Looks a lovely day. Do you know how the diesel got contaminated. Glad all sorted, and no damage done.

Good video with interesting video

Another great video. Improvements every episode. The quality of your videos is pretty good as well. Keep them coming!

Enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing the trip.

Hi just found your RU-vid channel,got to say it was a great video with some beautiful scenery on the way ,I will be watching all of them from now on ,I have subscribed to your RU-vid channel so I won’t be missing any from now on ,thanks for a great trip take care keep safe,John 🥂🥂🥂🥃🥃🥃🌈🌈🌈👌👌👌😂😊😊

Nice to see you enjoying your new lifestyle. Good luck. Looking forward to the next instalment.

Such a tranquil scene on the river there beautiful reflections

Another great video! Thoroughly enjoyed with the beautiful autumnal scenery!

Noice!

Lovely day. Hope you got to the root of the diesel/water issue. Was it a leak or was it simpler than that?

Another magnificent video!

Lovely video have subscribed

Another Brilliant Video!! Keep them coming!! I enjoyed it a lot too Xxx

Another good’n. Cheers😁

Great video look forward to next

Morning. Glad to see you back on the move. Bit scary drifting with no engine ! better on the Lea than the Thames. thank goodness for Super Women ! possibly condensation build up in the tank, maybe good to keep it well topped up, just a guess. Hope you got all yer stuff done and can relax a bit more.

Thinking of hiring a narrow boat for a weeks holiday

As mentioned, the stadium lights you pointed out were in fact Rye house speedway stadium then just after with the observation building is Rye house kart raceway.

Just found you channel, subbed and really enjoying watching. Thanks for sharing

Did the mechanic tell you where the water in diesel comes from. One it's from running with low fuel level in the tank, condensation forms in the empty part of the tank, this is compounded by warm diesel being returned to the tank from the injection pump. The surface between diesel and water a bug grows, now on gentle cruises this is not a problem, but get some rough water and it stirs up into a goo that blocks filters and can ruin the injector pump. lots of boats find out about this when the enter the Thames at Lime House and encounter the trips boats etc. and the wakes etc. Yes I talk with experience. The other cause is boat yard have the same problem with there tanks, but selling the contaminated diesel onto you to sort out. I fitted an extra filter system with a pump and two truck size filters, I would circulate the diesel from the tank outlet and drop it back into the tank at the top, this stirs the goo up and the filters removed it, all done on the mooring. Having twin tanks to pump from one to another cleaning it on the way is the best way. There is a fluid you can add to the tank, but the best prevention is to keep the tanks as full as possible all the time. Especially on extended moorings, get a couple of 5 gal containers for this.

Rye House Kart Raceway, @ 8.13 minutes

How do you know where to moor up

What was the problem with the engine?