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Thanks Alan because we are a few weeks behind with videos we've actually been and passed Norbury now. It was quite busy though with boats outside pub. 😊
Another Great video/vlog from you all, Just looking back to see the ones that I have not seen and I have found them all great and entertaining to watch Keep Up These Great Videos/vlogs people really appreciate them. I will buy you all a coffee when I can afford coffee LOL LOL 😝 Best Regards Dave 😍
Waw, guys! The drama of it all, beautiful scenery though, must be amazing going through it at that gentle speed and take it all in. Isn’t Ernie a star? Thanks for the fab vlog again. ❤🐕❤️
Hi Eric, the camera doesn't always capture how peaceful, and beautiful travelling so slowly can be. Truly blessed to be able to enjoy this lifestyle and like you said, take it all in 😊 Ernie is a little gem, he's a true star 🌟 thanks for joining us again this week Eric 😊
@@uponreflectionwell, watching it again is even better! Captain Erns does a really good job! But oh dear, i feel a paint job coming up in the near future! 😜❤️🥂🐕🥇
hi to my favorite couple and ernie the fastest milkman in the west lovely cruise again nice scenery on the shropshire canal open your cruise love always dave xxx
The 'old stop lock' at around 22:20 is a set of old stop gates. As the Shroppie was one of the last canals built, it is much straighter due to liberal use of embankments and cuttings. The gates were put either end of embankments in case they breached, so at least some water would be retained. The moving water would slam the gates shut, hence no balance beams to close them.
Thank you for the info I did actually look into this and have covered the use of flood gates at embankments in the upcoming vlogs. Thanks for watching 😊
another great vlog the bridges are different on the Shropy as you will see as you continue. Just stay off the shelf, Liz is small so she will not cause the boat to sit low in the water but the other two might, looking forward to the next vlog so Stay safe look after Ernie, Ed 40 S Vegas
Hi there Tony, we did sound our horn as we approached it and before we began the turn into the junction the editing or cutting just didn't show it. Thanks for watching. 😊
Oh its been like it for a while then, what a lovely stretch of canal though when you do get past that lock. Loving the shropshire so far it's a lot more rural than I expected. 😊
Another great video nice to see you on the Shropshire union you’re heading my way to Nantwich which is a lovely little town and well worth a visit and also a Fishing is quite good so be great to see a bit more of that in your films,happy cruising, Rick.
Hi Rick, we shall definitely film a bit more fishing. We are a few weeks ahead so watch this space for a few weeks time. We currently waiting on locks to reopen before we can head closer to Nantwich. Thanks for watching 😊
Good night Ernie and liz and Paul i love you and watching your videos of you and your adventures on your narrow boat how's Ernie and liz and Paul are you all well and enjoying your adventures aboard your narrow boat please keep your videos going on your you tube channel please say hello
A hire boat that came through after us didn't have a problem with it at all, think we must have been that little bit wider or more panicky about our paint work 🤣😊
Hi there, glad you enjoyed it. Shropshire is a beautiful canal, very rural in parts and the bridges are stunning. Ernie says hi back 😉😊 Thanks for watching 😁
Talk about the Bisto Kids Ernie😂l think that fancy bridge on the Shropshire leads to Chillington Hall which featured in the 1960’s children’s series The Flower of Gloster .
Ha ha he did look a bit like that with his nose in the air smelling those doughnuts didn't he 🤣 I'll have to look up that series, I've not heard of it. Thanks for watching and commenting Anthony 😀
Hi Simon. Hope you're well. It was lovely to meet you and Earl at Norbury Junction. We captured your boat as we cruised past so you'll see it in the vlog in about 3 weeks time 😉😊
Great video as normal can’t wait for a trip out on our boat at the weekend, when u get to audlem u can moor non tow path side in the pound outside the shroppie fly pub
Awesome as always, but Ernie was really going the extra mile when the smell of doughnuts was in the air. Hope you have a great week Thanks for sharing your travels with us.
Thank you Ron, glad you enjoyed. The doughnut smell wafting through the air was so nice, I'm still craving doughnuts now 🤣 have a good week yourself and hope to see you here next week 😊
What a great turn. A real master in action. Good support from the copilot. I imagine most people would misjudge the turn. That lock was tight... The Shropshire must have been a busy canal in its heyday. Happy cruising
Thanks Hugh, he did a good job of that turn didn't he. Glad we were coning out of the lock and not into it, I can imagine that would have been even trickier to try and squeeze into.😊
*Kia ora Liz, Paul & Ernie🙂 Lots happening in this video 🙂 I can see some of them trees coming down with a decent gust of wind... plus lots of tidying up along the canal to be done 🙂 I wonder why they didn't remove the old broken down abandoned lock? 🙂 Some tight corners for Paul to navigate too 🙂 Ernie doing a wonderful outro on this video 🙂nz*
Hi Andrea, there have been quiye a few landslides on this canal over our wet winter and still quite a few closures on the whole network with repair works needed and trees removed. We are currently holding off for a week and crawling along as the next locks ahead of us have had to shut for emergency repair work. Unfortunately the wet weather continues, we had about a week of dry weather and yesterday was non stop torrential rain for 24hours. Hope you are well and not working too hard on your renovations. 😊
@@uponreflection *Liz, in some ways it kinda sounds like you are getting lots of rain for the year like we did in NZ in 2022/2023... which I really hope is not happening, as we missed a whole summer! I am keeping well, but spending $$ on buying things for the reno. Got most things now, just awaiting the shower unit and shower dome to arrive in store for me to go and collect them. Must ring up the lekkie tomorrow to find out where the quote has gotten to... snail mail can be real slow lol 🙂.*
@andreacrashe9894 yes, this winter was one of the wettest on record and our summer last year was rubbish, it's not looking promising for this summer earth but hopefully things will change. Hope the quotes for the work come through eventually by snail mail 🤣😊
@@uponreflection *I have been saying for the past number of years about how the seasons are so out of whack... but I reckon climate change has a heck of a lot to do with it all. I hope you have collected lots more firewood with your wet & colder days.. 🙂.*
He never catches anything Robert 🤣🤣 I'm only joking, he'll kill me for writing that. He's caught a few in the last week but I don't think I filmed it, I will make sure I film a bit more for you Robert..watch this space 😀
well done on that turning onto the schropshire canal.... oh wow how beautiful it is, OMG Ernie smelling the donuts that;s hilarious...is this on a Ring route canal?. I have done a few of the rings canals, like the Cheshire ring, Leichester ring , etc which is this one?.Thanks Ernie for the Vvlog you did well.... your camera skills and boating skills are just number one......🥰🙃🙄❤
Hi Lyn, it's on the four countries ring I believe which covers Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and West Midlands. I think that's right although don't hold me to that as we tend to just cruise whereever so don't really look at rings. I've craved doughnuts ever since we passed that factory. 🤣😊
Yes we usually use pearsons but for some reason I didn't buy the one that covers this canal.. all sorted now though as we picked one up at Norbury Junction a couple of days ago 😊
Your heading up norf naa into god's country! lol.. You get a lot of house owners putting up signs saying no fishing or mooring , they don't like people looking into thier houses? So why buy a house on the bloody canal! lol Made a good job of that turn paul, Who sang that song? "Rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby" :) Did you get a new hair doo Liz looks great :) Well it's been persisting down all day so you two have brightened it up with another great vlog :) Unfortunatley I won't be going the boat show on Saturday the roofer decided to do my roof over the weekend so that put the mockers on that idea :( So you two and Erns have a great time :)
Oh what a shame we won't get to meet you at Crick. Bloody roofers 🤣 It was Hues Corporation that sang that 🤣 No new hair doo just cut a fringe in to try and hide my forehead stress lines 🤣🤣 I tend to flick it up anyway so not sure why I bothered cutting it in really 🤔🤭 Houses...we've got nothing but fields at moment, haven't seen any tut houses here for ages, we literally right out in tut sticks 🤣 Thank you so much for the coffees, you are amazing and we really appreciate it. 😀
Have you tried Dendrobaena worms on a dropshot rig, fished hard to the towpath side. Had loads of Perch, including a 2lb 7oz beauty on the same method. At around Sunrise or Sunset ideally. Tight Lines!
Seems Ernie didn't do his walk ahead to check out this problematic lock 🤣😄 so lovely to hear that you enjoy the videos Peter. Thank you so much for watching 😊😄
Hi Jayne, I tend to sweep the fringe up as I cut it a bit wonky so letting it grow a bit 🤣😉 Ernie is camera shy believe it or not but he says he'll make more appearances as a treat 😉 😀
Has it Robert, the hire boat that came through it behind us didn't seem to have a problem getting through it so we must be that little bit wider maybe 😊
Thank you Paul Liz and Ernie for the upload,😍 watched all the areas my wife and I were on back in September, They say the Shropshire has the most impressive bridges' on the network. Did you visit the Shroppie Fly pub? Don't answer that actually, I'll wait for that episode. 👍🪚🔨📐😀
Hi Gary, it's lovely canal isn't it. We arr liking it do far. A lot more rural than ee expected though and shocking Internet 😏 we've not made it to the area that pub is yet. We are waiting for a couple of the locks to be reopened as they have closed them to repair. The bridges on the canal are very impressive, the best I've seen on the canals so far 😊
Hi, I’m enjoying seeing new territory on the Shropshire. Your video was a welcome break from the constant rain which has caused a lot of flooding. My nose twitches too anytime doughnuts are near.
@user-gv5hp8uv5s I'm still craving doughnuts Jean. The smell was so lovely 😊 The shropshire is lovely, very rural with fields in most directions so far. Hope you're well. 😊
It’s not a school. It’s owned by Staffordshire Education Department, kids from different schools visit there. There is an Orienteering course there as well. BWB, British Waterways Board, replace by the Canal and River Trust.
Ho John, thanks for the info. I did see that it was an outdoor education centre after we had filmed it. What a fabulous place. That makes sense about the BWB but the sign we saw clearly said BWW which others have suggested may be British waterway Wanderers maybe 😊
Dont know how far behind your vides are but as your on the Shroppie I don’t know if your aware that the Audlem festival is on over the May bank holiday.
Hi there we about 3 weeks behind on videos, we having to wait for the tryley locks to reopen and then will be heading towards Audlem but we could go in the car maybe. Fab suggestion. Thanks for letting us know x
@@uponreflection if you do come down in the narrow boat stay above lock 24 as there's nothing left after, that unless you go past Overwater marina, we just got the last mooring at the bottom of the flight.
Liz, Paul and Captain Ernie, Ernie I love your new bandana do you have matching wellies?? If not do have a word with your first mate, after all you don't want wet and muddy feet. Liz your duck is sensational. Where did you ever get that? Paul I looked up the BWW and really did not find anything, did you guys? Mark Alberta, Canada (currently at Portsmouth)
Hi Mark, the duck is from Etsy online. Just type in duck bottle holder and it should come up. I had no luck when Googling BWW but a watcher has said its probably British Waterway Wanderers. Enjoy Portsmouth 😊
You two dom't listen to Ernie oft enough .................He was shouting to you at the stop lock..........there's bags of room............get on with it!!!
