I don’t know why they call this ‘heartbreak hill’

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I loved going down through the Cheshire locks - but I am confused as to why most people call it Heartbreak Hill. It’s not a steep incline and has some really easy nicely spaced locks to get cranking!
In this video I:
Very briefly morph into Alan Partridge
Have a good old snoop round Red Bull services
Recycle my beer bottles like a good boy
Find some nuggets of canal history you might not be aware of
Share with you the ‘proper’ way to sample ‘Beer of the Week’
Add some new crank it crewers into the log book
Preview a merch design (that is actually available to buy) crank-it-clothing.myteespring...
Have a closer look at derelict locks
Find a lonely glove
Go past a CRT yard
Er... and that’s it
Definitely don’t watch until the end ;)
Cheers and keep cranking it!
Filmed on iPhone 12 Pro Max
Editing/music/thumbnail on iPad Pro using Lumafusion/garageband/autodesk sketchbook
WWW robbiecumming.com
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@me-ti4xd 2 года назад

When you are back on this navigation, make sure you pop in to the Blue Bell in Kidsgrove. A definite contender for pub of the week. 👌🏼

@user-fz3sz2dj4r 3 года назад

I hope you never stop the beer reviews/POTW LOL. Love it

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Thanks man they are good fun to film 😆🍺

@chrissieadams6943 3 года назад

Hi Robbie we noticed your Baywatch float and we did wonder !.....x

@FalconsMaltings 3 года назад

@@RobbieCumming 🍻🤘

@dawndietz4654 3 года назад

Love the “fade” shots👍🏻. And the camera sitting on the locks really picked up the audio from the water flow with amazing clarity, I was listening with headphones and it sounded amazing😃.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Ahhh yess that’s great to...hear - seriously though one of my ears is blocked so I’m amazed it turned out that good!

@christophermcdonald3596 3 года назад

Thank to a "crusing the cut "video I watched today with you in it, I was able to find another great narrowboat vlog.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Great to hear - welcome aboard Christopher!

@sebxiou-lifestyle4465 3 года назад

The return of the ghost boats, beer of the week, a Partridge, double locks, double vision and a fender for socks! What's not to like? Thank you Robbie - brill vid. Stay safe.

@jossmaxwell00 3 года назад

Just after the beer review. I somehow seen two naughty lass boats going into the lock. The power of your beer review had me seeing double! Powerful beer man

@MaritimeFox 3 года назад

I did those locks back on Halloween. Because I was trying to get to Bosley I cracked on and ended up doing them from the early evening until midnight. With the moonlight and mist they were truly magical.

@UKRailsandMore 3 года назад

Great mix of interesting facts about the canals, industrial heritage, stunning scenery with bonus beer reviews! Great stuff!

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Thank you glad you enjoyed it!!

@wendyflanagan5738 2 года назад

You did a really great advert for the Bowland beer. I don't drink very much but love the Lake District and Hawkshead beer is lovely. Dent beer is a favourite too.

@markb8037 3 года назад

Seeing the washing machine takes me right back to the twin tub days!

@janetjones1810 9 месяцев назад

Keep going Robbie love to watch your travels, we are X boaters.... Miss it.😢

@gmmooseblaster 3 года назад

Another excellent video which makes lockdown barely tolerable. Please keep on producing them to help us all get through this madness.

@michaelhiggins7365 3 года назад

I thoroughly enjoyed this one Robbie, a much needed diversion from the crazy world I'm living in over here in the States. I also wanted to compliment you on that sort of "Ghosting" thing you did in the video in a few places, it makes for a very nice visual transition. Oh, how I envy the life you are living on the canals, I hope one day to liveaboard a narrowboat in retirement in a few years. Thanks so much for this one and please keep them coming.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

You’re welcome so glad to hear 🤓👍

@johnmaher9917 3 года назад

Brilliant 😍

@wsatnutter9674 3 года назад

top geezer

@keithevans9628 3 года назад

Hi Robbie, Just been through your Series 1 for the BBC and really enjoyed them. Watched all of Fran and Rich’s videos and on them they recommended watching yours so I am, but would seem there are a lot, so onward. Great to see the help you gave Barry too, good on ya cobber. As I said to Fran & Rich I’m an ex Brit. living in Australia for over 50 years and on your Episode 4 you went through my home town of Middleton Junction under the lift bridge on Grimshaw Lane only a few streets from where I was born, that was good to see. Raved on too long back to viewing. Cheers Keith

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Cheers Keith welcome onboard sir 🤓👍

@diannedogwalker8935 3 года назад

Just brilliant 🙂 thank you.

@sharon2180 3 года назад

Cute, always enjoy

@craigrogers3864 3 года назад

Another great video thankyou ⭐

@asboss63 3 года назад

Keep cranking mate 👍

@brodie2711 3 года назад

Cheers, Robbie. That was very enjoyable. Please keep em coming.

@paulayala4816 3 года назад

Nice video Robbie. It is strange they that took lock out of service, except for the overgrowth it didn't look in that bad of shape. Funny you have a lifeguard swim buoy on your boat. I instantly had a vision of Pamela Anderson running along the tow path diving into the water to rescue someone.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Ha ha thanks well i did film a silly clip of me doing something similar 5 yrs ago but thankfully it got lost on the cutting room floor!!

@charliewilson4670 3 года назад

Cracking video really enjoyed watching it cracking on lad with them locks lol ☺👍

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Ey up cheers charlie 🤓👍

@kentjones7579 3 года назад

Great video, could be my favorite of yours so far, beautiful!

@christopheranderson6829 3 года назад

Always enjoyed your episodes but today felt like a great day to binge them! Very relaxing and fun. Often google your pubs of the weeks and check them out as well. Hope you have a great start to the new year! Thanks!

@willar1338 3 года назад

You are fast becoming my favorite!

@steveroperfilms 3 года назад

Krankin good video. Well filmed and edited. Cheers.

@rwalker9644 3 года назад

As usual a nice friendly video . Cheers Rob

@davidbrown7769 3 года назад

Nice blog Robbie. Great views. Love the ghosting effect.

@MB-qw2lr 3 года назад

Keep cranking , Enjoy your vlogs From USA, Montana

@MrRoyboy55 3 года назад

thanks for the walk up to the canal overlap , scenic proof of the existing promise of new places to travel to

@duringthemeanwhilst 3 года назад

that's a cracking shot @ 9:30 - love the leaves swirling around

@philipizzard2584 3 года назад

Love it this vlog was good thanks never done heartbreak hill in Cheshire

@wharfedalehome 3 года назад

I loved the close up lockside video footage of the grungy water, with gloopy sound effects and crumbly ironwork - wonderful.

@petertrevena804 3 года назад

Another great vlog mate. And Pub of the Week look forward to it returning.

@ianofsjkartwork 3 года назад

Another enjoyable & interesting vlog Robbie.........stay safe.........thanks for sharing

@dwc123fitlady 3 года назад

You are so full of it! Love your vlogs!

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Thanks Donna 😂👍

@TheKnacklersWorkshop 3 года назад

Hello Robbie, Nice to see you so happy, not just when sampling the beer... hehe Take care. Paul,,

@Tandan. 3 года назад

very nice vlog

@bobgarner1402 3 года назад

Love the ghost boat edit... Still the best Robbie!! ☺️

@bobbyd7553 3 года назад

Hey Robbie. Another great vlog. Well, the 'old boatmen' knew them as the 'Cheshire Locks'. Seems it's leisure boaters who have nicknamed it 'Heartbreak Hill' perhaps because when you think you've reached the last lock there's another round the corner. With 31 locks in around 12 miles its not hard to imagine why they got the nickname. Shame the old Thurlwood Steel Lock (53a) is no more (went past it in the early 70's - and what a wonderful piece of engineering it was). Seems it was able to be jacked up to account for subsidence. But was sadly neglected and eventually dismantled and cut up for scrap in 1988. Should have had Scheduled Monument status like Beeston Iron Lock on the Shroppie. Ah well, too late now! Well worth taking a look at canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/blogs/nigel-crowe/thurlwood-steel-lock

@clairehewitt3381 3 года назад

Another great video Robbie, I liked the fading/ghosting effect toy used. It must be hard passing so many closed pubs!

@yvonnewalesuk8035 3 года назад

I love watching your videos, Robbie; they're professional, informative, visually attractive and relaxing - just right. Thank you.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Thank you Yvonne very kind of you to say

@peterthomas2013 3 года назад

Heartbreak Hill - because I was so kna...red at the top, left top and bottom paddles open for a couple of minutes. Pity about the pubs, I remember one of them as good.

@dereklonewolf9011 3 года назад

Great vid again Robbie 👍 🇨🇦 expat

@dellaleddy7435 3 года назад

Great cruise Robbie. The Stout looks delicious and rich.

@jimsretiring2024 3 года назад

Nice robust stout' you're singing my song. Thanks for pub of the week!

@douglasmiller4207 3 года назад

Great watch. My local daily dog walking area from Snape's Aquaduct back to Church Locks.

@penelopeallsebrook6618 3 года назад

Great 👍 Love you to bits , you make me smile in worrying times, 🙃 need a pub beer ,🍺🍷, and a Time tunnel 😅 wot year for you Robbie , I would say 1980, ❤️

@shardlake 3 года назад

No pubs so subscribers sending you beer to review, damn I need a boat :) Lovely vlog looked great part of the world, fortunate the Macc was closed :)

@dairyfarmerdan 3 года назад

Loving the vid and your swag definitely the most stylish man on the canals 🕺

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Ha ha just keep swaggin’

@paulhirons7177 3 года назад

Great vlog Rob, really made my day! Loving The slow motion / time lapse blends thingys! Reminded me of the actual pace of life on the canals & rivers compared to the rest of the locality. Cannot wait to see more of your adventures 👍

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Great to hear thanks Paul!

@chrisdavis5965 3 года назад

Another ace vlog - I even catch my 12 yr old too kewl for skool son whistling the tunes in his bedroom! That’s how you know you’ve got a hit record in there somewhere Robbie! 🤣

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Awesome ha ha 🤓👍

@andyhedley1250 3 года назад

Nice one Robbie. I think I can count the number of pubs I've been in during the last year on one hand! And we normally do more than that in one afternoon/evening during my running club's annual Fairy Run - but thats another story...

@micsbikesandtowpaths8906 3 года назад

Great camera work Robbie. LumaFusion really does fuel creativeness. I’ll look out for you on the tow path when the worlds free to move a bit more freely. Keep cranking and thanks for the escapism. It’s very welcome in times like this.

@d.o8616 3 года назад

You made me laugh when you said it still hurts about pubs not being open. I feel the same 🍻 I enjoyed your slightly merry appearance at the end. I approve of your carrying on regardless. Cheers for the lovely vlogs. David O' 🍻

@carolynabramo7108 3 года назад

Ghost Captain at 4:33. Love the locks and your leather vest. 1975 is an AWESOME band. I knew I was your favorite!!! Thanks for the journey Robbie.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Thanks Carolyn 👏👏👏 you stayed til the end well done!!

@sharonrimsza7960 3 года назад

Awesome. Thank you for this video showing the scenery. I’ll have to check with my UK friends in regards to Deer Stalker stout. Sounded nice. Enjoy your time till the next video.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

You’re welcome thanks for watching!

@barrieking5939 3 года назад

It was great to go through Red Bull and Heartbreak Hill again. We did it back in 1985, in a Summer swealter. Now we know why they call it Heartbreak hill. It was so hot, you actually wanted to fall in the canal. Take care mate.

@johnbeech8116 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed my CRT volunteering patch Robbie 😀. Pub by Red Bull lock 43 is decent (same name) and Blue Bell just up from lock 41 is real ale pub 👍. Hopefully both open when you pass this way again - also new Lidl currently nearing completion by lock 41 ! Best wishes.

@NicksAllotmentDiary 3 года назад

Nice bit of editing mate. Looks like you enjoyed that stout. Sounds like you got through quite a few locks. Take care. Nick

@flossey100 3 года назад

Great video Robbie especially the ghosting as I could feel the bygone history of the canal . Xxx

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Spot on 🙌

@hazellucock4102 3 года назад

Another great vlog! Cheers Robbie👍lots of lovely scenery along the Trent and Mersey, not to mention peaceful...I'm quite envious 😊 hope your keeping safe and warm 🙂 x

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Thanks Hazel yep i’m doing good nice and warm thank you!

@hazellucock4102 3 года назад

@@RobbieCumming that's good to hear 🙂

@dgb253 3 года назад

Robbie - Otex Express Combi Pack 10ml - a must search for self wax removal (It's that Turkey baster thing you're after) - seriously - boil water (let cool), add vinegar (just a smidgen), add salt (ditto), allow to cool more (back of hand test) and self syringe - been using that for years. Not a Doctor of course, but it has saved a load of visits and I can still hear.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Thanks that method doesn’t work for me unfortunately, have since found out that it’s more to do with my middle ear/eustachian tubes

@christinemurray9407 3 года назад

Dear Robbie love all your vlogs. I thought of you last week I was in Aldi and I purchased Aldi own brand vintage reserve mature crunchy cheddar cheese 7 strength 30 months old, it is the best cheese I have ever eaten Gold packaging. take care

@silentwitness247 3 года назад

Just a quick tip on recycling cans - beer, beans, soup, etc - crush them under foot to within an inch of their lives. It not only means you save space on board but you get to vent some of your frustrations (if you have any!). Good vid Robbie.

@michaelpilling9659 3 года назад

Loved the video. Wow that beer was strong. I kept seeing two boats and various shapes and sizes of figures walking or running along the towpath.Heartbreak Hill - So named because there are 31 locks in 12 miles Its not their real name that is the Cheshire Locks, but few people know that. Beautiful countryside, pretty villages, twin (or paired) narrow locks. It is a very pretty if somewhat long flight.

@davebagley6499 3 года назад

A Coors sign? Yellow fizzy water with no taste. (From the other side of the pond in New Mexico). I do enjoy your wide variety of beer reviews.

@terencejay8845 3 года назад

I went round the Coors brewery in Golden, Colorado. A huge characterless concrete block in the foothills of The Rockies, surrounded by an almost Alpine town.

@nilo70 3 года назад

Pub of the week !

@randomrambles2869 3 года назад

Well, what a bell end i am, I have been watching for months without realising I had not subscribed. Loving the journey and the content with your humour added to it, thank you. Oh and deffo keep the pub stops going for pub of the week

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Ha ha you’re not a bell end!! Thanks so much will try 🤓👍

@redsky8509 3 года назад

always the Stout, right on.

@tanna4534 3 года назад

You’re My favorite!

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

😊 ha ha well done glad you stayed til the end!!

@ericleach7074 3 года назад

Aldi used to do a bottled beer called, Coffee Porter. It was actually one of the nicest dark beers I've tasted with flavourings of coffee and chocolate. Typical Aldi, though, they stopped doing it.

@andymurch1057 3 года назад

Hi Robbie. First of I owe you an apology for not liking and commenting much during the last few months. I watch most RU-vid on my telly which doesn’t give me that option. Thanks for this latest vlog and all of the work you put into editing and uploading them. I appreciate them a lot. Your videos are always upbeat and optimistic. A lot of the vlogs I subscribe to are slowly reducing their uploads and you keep on doing what you do. You’re faithful to your many subscribers and I expect I speak for many of them when I tell you how much we all appreciate it. Keep safe and keep on cranking it.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Ahh cheers Andy! Made my day to hear that 🤓👍

@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 3 года назад

good vid

@MegaSuperpotter 3 года назад

Thanks Robbie, your progs make me happy....Progs, better than vlogs, better than blogs...maybe Progvs?11? Yes one happy broke (cant patron) follower...keep on keepin on with swirling squishy sound affects, pub of the week, shark attacks ET AL.

@MANCHESTERUKABRIEFVIDEOOFTIME 3 года назад

Been a fan of Rob's for ages Now I know why .. That's actually the greatest aqueduct I've ever seen over another canal. I'm literally working out how to get there already .. Astonishing Indeed If you ever need help to get through last locks on the Rochdale canal I'll gladly meet up and help you . In exchange for filming tips

@grahamlewis6062 3 года назад

And THAT wasn’t filmed last week!😆. Some good shots there Robbie, downhill always easier 😁 Boy that’s good stout 🤣 Joan

@leighwebber6001 3 года назад

I'm glad to be your favourite 🤣

@terryrigden4860 3 года назад

You are very brave where you leave your camera, but you get great shots

@BeveledGlass 3 года назад

AH the Naughty lass has a bay watch floaty, that sounds right!

@jtothew4201 3 года назад

These are such good videos despite the restrictions, can't wait for this Covid fiasco to be done so you can get back to exploring pubs and such like.

@petegalloway2466 3 года назад

Great vlog as ever. Regards ale 🍺 I start with the blondes then as the night draws in go for the darker, smoky stout looking ones 😉chin chin🍺🍺

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Are you sure you mean Ale pete? 😂🍺

@petegalloway2466 3 года назад

@@RobbieCumming 😅😉✌🏻🍺

@NarrowboatWill 3 года назад

I love the camera angles. I don't think the camera would still be there in some places around the UK. Ha

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

You’d be surprised- it’s like walking up to someone in the street and handing them a tenner they look at you like you’re crazy and don’t bother you!!

@SLO-Ride 3 года назад

See? I told you I was his favorite! He even said so! neener neener!

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

He he well done for watching until the end!

@tashaimpressions Год назад

What do you mean don't watch until the end? I always watch until the end, in case I might miss something!!

@paulroberts5677 3 года назад

We bought our first house just up the hill from Red Bull Junction in 1975. Paid £2032 for it. Our mortgauge was only slightly more than cooker HP. £32.24. Had to apply to the council for a 100% mortguage because we were broke. Happy days.

@okeefer2000 3 года назад

Wait a second. We are listening to beer reviews from a Britt who drinks Corona and Bud Light? I saw many in your recycling!. The good beer there, and the bad beer here is a reason I leave New York and visit my brother in Macclesfield.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Well you can listen to a fully qualified beer snob if you like there’s plenty around 😉

@scoobydog411 3 года назад

The River Trust should pay full time boaters like you to report problems and check bath rooms and locks and Maybe do some painting. They could save $$$$$$ doing it.

@matthewwright9259 3 года назад

I like the brick-built narrow boat at 16:44" it's the first one I've seen. Not sure about the open well deck though.

@narrowboatlongpod4176 3 года назад

The "nice" mooring spot is where we got our window kicked in. Well, they actually failed to break ours but they were successful with the next boat along.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Sorry to hear that 😬 not so great then

@47ph 3 года назад

Great video as always Robbie!. I love the obtuse camera angles from your phone camera. Have you ever left it behind? 😀

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Never! Go pro however... 😜

@altacat9702 3 года назад

Great music...had a beer watching ...keep it magical!! .. thanks for the ride along on your boat !!

@scoobydog411 3 года назад

Hey Robbie I’m Gary. Your videos are getting better and better. It shows you put a lot of time into it. Has any one asked you to Remove the [ L ] in your boats name ?

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

Cheers Gary no but sometimes i accidentally crop it that way when filming he he

@stevekagan6573 3 года назад

The camera angles are interesting

@davidapp3730 3 года назад

Great video. Always something different in your videos. Do ou not have to separate the glass into clear, brown and green? Here in our area we had to but people could not tell the different colours so the recycler stopped taking glass. Once a brown or green gets mixed with clear the batch has a lower value.

@Dave-bu6bc 3 года назад

That pub right beside where you're moored at the start of the video is/was supposed to be very good, maybe worth a try next time you're passing.

@RobbieCumming 3 года назад

The canal tavern? Ok!

@Dave-bu6bc 3 года назад

@@RobbieCumming That's the one. A few years ago we broke down just after we got out of the tunnel and ended up tied up right where your boat is for a long bank holiday weekend while River Canal Rescue sourced us a new crank pulley. The pub was highly recommended by the RCR engineer, apparently it's his local and they even let him set up office there so he could carry on working on our boat over the long weekend.

@dagwood1327 3 года назад

Those Speed Queen washers and dryers were made in my hometown. I think they still make the commercial line there. Searcy, Arkansas USA

@dawndietz4654 3 года назад

Searcy, Arkansas resident here amazingly enough! But sadly Speed Queen left Searcy, Arkansas many years ago. Small world eh?

@dagwood1327 3 года назад

@@dawndietz4654 I still own a house west of town almost in center hill. Small world indeed.

@dawndietz4654 3 года назад

Wow! I grew up in Rose Bud about 10 minutes from Center Hill. I drive through there many times now going home to visit family.

@dagwood1327 3 года назад

@@dawndietz4654 As a kid I went to Romance every summer and stayed with family while my dad preached at romance c of c. I buy most of my coffee from Rosebud’s Rozark roaster. I have met people everywhere I go that once lived in Searcy.