Brindley's Backwaters, the Wednesbury Old Canal 

Exellent Andy the last few weeks ive been working helping land and water dredging the canals at blowers green pumphouse and bumblehole junction and nature park , taking the dredgings to Stampford .. shame the less know are left to silt and clog up ,Neil

Your videos just get better every week, Andy. Thanks for uploading and well done!

Andy What a shame I did not view your vlog a year ago. Relying on an old map, I tried to cruise down the Ridgeacre Arm from Ryders Green and realised with horror that the canal ran out. In fading light we managed to tow and pole the boat back to the junction with a badly fouled prop. What a shame that the blockage prevents access to another watered section and a winding hole. More research next time. Jeff

When I kayaked the ridgacre branch march/April 2022 (twice pulling the boat out of the water in each direction, all the way to black lake) a Swan (cygnet) flew and landed/crashed/bounced on the Swan branded fridge freezer, right on the Swan logo, that still floats amongst the reeds in the middle of the canal at what you now highlight as Swan Bridge junction (video at 9minutes)! You could not make it up!

It's only when you've given up' boating that you realise how much of the canal system that you've not cruised ! (I mean the still navigal parts. Suc is life. Andy, your flims - especially whe viewed in full screen soften the blow slightly... Thus very many thanks!

Fascinating .... I've always wondered how this part of the canal network used to be (I grew up around Great Bridge area 70's).

The old Brindley canal at 10:23. There is a circular feature just to the right of the canal. Anyone got any idea what that is. Thanks.

Andy, hope you don’t mind my asking but I’ve seen your jumper/hoody on your videos “it ay a canal, it’s a cut” can I ask where you got that from? Thanks again for another awesome history lesson

Greatly enjoy these videos Andy. Just wondered if there was a map you could recommend to help follow the places you are describing. I usually get out The Other Sixty Miles and open an OS app. Is there anything better?

Thanks, Andy. Your efforts are really appreciated.

I love these videos - I try to imagine the Black Country, and Birmingham, as my industrial ancestors would have seen them. Regret that I didn't ask the right sorts of questions to the older members of my family whilst they were still with us.

Many thanks Andy, fascinating.

Another excellent video Andy. Good to meet you the other day and thanks for adding the photo of me out on the bike

Always put time aside to watch your films so interesting 👍 gosh the canal is so overgrown in places .. great film thanks Glyn

This forlorn arm is almost the only part of the BCN that i haven’t explored yet, though I’ve gone through the junction on the Walsall branch often. Despite how it is I’m definitely going to check it out soon. Thanks Andy

Another great episode Andy very interesting and all sections of local canal to me, looking forward to the next installment.

Another great video. Always really enjoy these. Thanks for making them.

Many thanks for another fine piece of research, Andy. Looking forward to the next one.

Great video Andy. See you've mastered that drone.