Oh my, such high drama along the Cut. As always, you make the seemingly mundane quite interesting. Metaphor, Simile, and Hyberbole Award of 2021. Thanks David.
"...and like a stomach after a dodgy prawn, the recently ingested material was soon vomited out in projectile form." I don't think you've ever waxed quite so lyrical. Shakespeare, Johnson, Keats and the lot are, no doubt, quivering with envy in their graves. Thank you for another excellent piece.
Isn't it marvelous that there are people that will volunteer their time to do these jobs? They could be doing anything they want and they choose to help others. Absolutely wonderful folks!
This has left the realm of "free amateur video". There was research and a lot of time and work involved. Kudos and thank you for a very informative video!
Thank you David lovely filming and narration. I did wonder when you said you were going to stop filming the cruises what you'd do. This is a fantastic niche for you 👏.
I have to confess, I was sucked in on the therapeutic cruising videos, his description of the geese and swans, and the occasionally militant ducks, but the entertaining narrative as we all watched. And then it changed. And now we are sucked into the eco-system as to how all this magical kingdom is maintained. Not by words, but by the deeds of those that would see it live....
I really enjoy your periodic videos depicting the inner workings of the canals. Your analogy of the “dodgy prawn” was so clever and descriptive 😂. This video certainly made me appreciate just how much work is involved to maintain the entire canal system. Excellent presentation David.
David, you are a marvel. It looked like such a lovely thing to be doing. Thanks for pointing out that the weather was unusually sunny, and for showing the other team on a cloudy day - I was getting unreal expectations of English weather. Speaking of England, the title is English - the equivalent American phrase is "can't see the forest for the trees". I do like the language in these vids. I like old-fashioned tools. I'd have been out there with a machete and a brush hook. And a first-aid kit.
I did maintenance work like this for at least a decade. I can’t believe I’m watching it now, for entertainment! 😂 But....I must watch your vlogs. I never want to say that I’d missed one;)
Good on the volunteers they are doing a great job . The contractors are also doing a good job , thanks for sharing the interesting video Dave 👍. All the best from Downunder.
I live in in what is left of South Africa. I yearn for the days of diligence and ingenuity and honesty and caring and responsibility and industry. Your endeavours here just make it so evident what we are missing here.
It’s good you’re keeping busy in the winter months. :) I’m simply amazed you can take a boring subject like hedge cutting and make it entertaining, you have a gift few on YT have. :)
David, thank you for posting this video. We know that it takes hours of hard work to put a 19 minute and 37 second video. I'm watching from Historic Bath, Maine in the US.
."...and like a stomach after a dodgy prawn.." .Ha, ha! You do have a way with words! Great video. Seeing something like this is wonderful. No other canal boat vlogger would do this type of vid. That's why your channel is the best! Those volunteers are heroes- do they get the recognition and appreciation from all the canal boaters for all their work?
Another great insight to the upkeep of the canals, from the view of the eager and enthusiastic volunteers, and the seasoned contractors. Still amazes me that Georgian and early Victorian travel systems still function so well in the 21st century!
Much appreciated and welcome video. It is a difficult balance between ecology and the needs of the canal user. Like hamshackleton I love work, I can watch it all day.
This is beyond quality reporting it sets a benchmark, beyond with descriptive explanations amid amusing lines that surely I can now try to bring into my daily conversations. ' Recalcitrant branch' , ' gnarly teeth prepared to munch on wood goodness' and the best of all, like a stomach after a dodgy prawn , the recently ingested material was soon vomited out in projectile form' Thank you for making my day after a difficult working week. I laughed so much, I and am now relaxed and ready to start my weekend. Keep up the great work. very informative.
I love the story about the tree trimming I'm glad they keep it up it's a wonderful canals I miss the neighbor's right now with all this covid we've been doing on the past 6 years I thank all those wonderful volunteers who keep our canals clear
Your humor, your way of explaining.....incredible, superb!! I like it very very much, a joy for eye and ear. Thank you!!!!!! Kind greetings from The Netherlands
Would be really neat for sure! When i started watching this during the start of the covid years, inthiught the same thing but then realized Corporations would surly lobby against it somehow.
How very interesting. Both the volunteers and contractor-professionals wear a lot of brightly-colored safety equipment. Kudos to the volunteers (and also to the contractors).
When you announced your switch from cruising vids to other kinds of canal videos, I commented jokingly that “this wasn’t what I signed up for”. Being someone who watches more than one canal cruising channel, I have to say: then I said that jokingly and looked forward to what you would do - and what you actually do is really great background info and complements all the other cruisers very nicely! There’s so much “CRT should do this” or “they should really do some clearing up here” - and in this video you show us who actually does this: volunteers as well as contractors. And yes, of course I had an idea of how that might go - and there were hardly any surprises here. But it is a great peek into what goes on. Thanks! PS: basically agree with Paul N
Another great video, and many thanks to you, the volunteers, and the contractors. I worked my way through college, in the '70s working on a line crew running a chain saw for weeks at a time. Long days. Thanks again from here in South Carolina, and have a Merry Christmas.
Love the "behind the scenes" vlogs you produce. I'm thinking the volunteers and CRT employees probably appreciate you taking the time to record what otherwise is lost in the "cruising" aspect of many narrowboaters.
I was wondering what this was like, this is similar to my job and was excited to see what it was like for the canals. But this is pretty much the ''old-mans'' job as we call it here, very relaxed and no stress. Cool to see how there are so many volunteers who keep the canals in shape. They won't keep up with us youngsters, but definitely can see myself doing this later when I get old and my body gets (more) sour.
Very interesting, different. Really enjoyed that. These men volunteering to do that is really so commendable. Well done to all of them. Thank you for showing us this .
Nice to see they are taking care of things. Very cool of the guys to be out and about on their own time. Id not mind that kind of retirement myself. Thanks Dave.
A couple of weeks ago, workmen were clearing and felling trees along the path which follows a disused railway line near me. I've been getting so much peace and quiet lately, I stopped to have a sit-down within earshot of the woodchipper. It was relaxing.
Very good and satisfying work for a good cause. The training is very important as I've seen all types of injuries. The whisper chipper has many a time sucked somers hand in and well. There was a road crew doing a job in the 1980s and one unproperly trained laborer actually got suck in completely. The crew went around the corner and when they returned he was missing. He was found ....... Here in the colonies there is a red stop bar over the beginning loading ramp for emergency stops. Brush can snagg your glove or jacket and you'll get pulling in with the branches. I hope all canal users appreciate the work done by contractors and volunteers. Cheers
Thanks David for such an interesting video as always,relaxing to watch in these difficult times. Thanks also to the volunteers who do such a marvellous job.
Most enjoyable. Be glad you were a spectator as those pole saws and gas trimmers are wonderful but a physically demanding. Those volunteers are in in good shape to being doing a couple days a week.
Following your journey has long made me wish for a similar network of canals here in the USA. I would not hesitate to take up the lifestyle. As always, thanks for taking us along. 👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for keeping those canals clean and accessible! I'm not even from there, but have fallen in love with the heritage and lifestyle of canal life (thanks to this channel)!
We often wonder why seemingly simple things are either expensive or take a long time to complete, or both. Your video is a good reminder why. Training, labor, wildlife survey, etc. A lot goes into what you would think is a simple task. I'm a huge fan of your investigative style reporting! The only negative for me is that I cannot retire on your canals in your beautiful country. 😁
I always enjoyed your cruising videos, but also really enjoy these videos, too. We have nothing like that where I live, so it is a real education to see all aspects of the canals and their operation. Your description of the operation of the wood chipper was great!
I really admire the canal upkeep by volunteers and pros. I’ve wondered about that. So much to admire about the canals and canal life, start to finish! Bravo! Great vlog! Much respect to all involved!
Thank you David, enjoyed watching very much. That chipper surprised me by the way it dealt with some very thick branches! The volunteers do a tremendous amount of work between them, respect indeed. best wishes
I was so thrilled when I got the notice that you'd made another Video. I love these. I am always so well reminded again that you are a professional video journalist and really know well how to prep an interviewee. Once again, your wit and whimsey (Brit-style) are refreshing and great fun. You work is truly an intellectual banquet to a starved brain. Blessings and joy!
You're the only one who can make me watch videos about hedge trimming :)
Haha thanks. I wasn’t sure if people would be into this one but so far so good!
@@CruisingTheCut yeah, it’s interesting for a German like me!
I love it! All things involving the canals are so interesting. Thank you for covering a wide range of topics. 😁
Oh my, such high drama along the Cut. As always, you make the seemingly mundane quite interesting. Metaphor, Simile, and Hyberbole Award of 2021. Thanks David.
Yes, very. I felt like Frances de la Tour could have read the wood chipper bit.
"...and like a stomach after a dodgy prawn, the recently ingested material was soon vomited out in projectile form." I don't think you've ever waxed quite so lyrical. Shakespeare, Johnson, Keats and the lot are, no doubt, quivering with envy in their graves. Thank you for another excellent piece.
I just wish I hadn't watched this whilst trying to enjoy my sandwich!
Isn't it marvelous that there are people that will volunteer their time to do these jobs? They could be doing anything they want and they choose to help others. Absolutely wonderful folks!
I love your channel. Truly the gold standard for narrow boating. Bravo
Cheers!
Great insight to the volunteers helping keep things in order.
As a cyclist and walker of our wonderful canal towpaths I'd like to say a big "thank you" to all the volunteers. 👍🙂
I hope you know that this channel is so enjoyable that even some random 22 year old guy from Indiana loves every video you make. Cheers!
Thank you!!
Love it, volunteers keep the canals open and many thanks for that plus, as the gentleman said, they enjoy it.
For those of us without a canal boat who love the system which we walk, bike and sit and watch those at locks. Thank you.
It is a good day when you post.
Thank you.
“Like a stomach after a dodgy prawn” 🥴🤢 Quote of the year 👏👏👍😀 Merry Christmas David 🎅🎄
No VC's handed out, just an inspirational tale tale of men giving their all for Queen, Country, and Canal.
This has left the realm of "free amateur video". There was research and a lot of time and work involved. Kudos and thank you for a very informative video!
Great video David! So interesting to see how it's all done. I bet their busy after that storm. Keep it up 👍😉
Thank you David lovely filming and narration. I did wonder when you said you were going to stop filming the cruises what you'd do. This is a fantastic niche for you 👏.
Thank you
I have to confess, I was sucked in on the therapeutic cruising videos, his description of the geese and swans, and the occasionally militant ducks, but the entertaining narrative as we all watched. And then it changed. And now we are sucked into the eco-system as to how all this magical kingdom is maintained. Not by words, but by the deeds of those that would see it live....
I really enjoy your periodic videos depicting the inner workings of the canals. Your analogy of the “dodgy prawn” was so clever and descriptive 😂. This video certainly made me appreciate just how much work is involved to maintain the entire canal system. Excellent presentation David.
Thank you so much!
David, you are a marvel. It looked like such a lovely thing to be doing. Thanks for pointing out that the weather was unusually sunny, and for showing the other team on a cloudy day - I was getting unreal expectations of English weather.
Speaking of England, the title is English - the equivalent American phrase is "can't see the forest for the trees". I do like the language in these vids.
I like old-fashioned tools. I'd have been out there with a machete and a brush hook. And a first-aid kit.
I did maintenance work like this for at least a decade. I can’t believe I’m watching it now, for entertainment! 😂 But....I must watch your vlogs. I never want to say that I’d missed one;)
🕊🏴🌟happy Christmas 🎄 to you and all who keep the canals up. And the environs.🌿
Good on the volunteers they are doing a great job . The contractors are also doing a good job , thanks for sharing the interesting video Dave 👍. All the best from Downunder.
It is so nice to see people with extra time helping out.
Yes!
I love how you capture the atmosphere of the UK and the activities during the autumn and winter.
After all .. you are still moving along the cut. Thanks for a new angel of boatlife!
I live in in what is left of South Africa. I yearn for the days of diligence and ingenuity and honesty and caring and responsibility and industry. Your endeavours here just make it so evident what we are missing here.
What a great crew of folks! So nice to see in this day and age...volunteering to help clean up and keep the canals wide open! Great job!
It’s good you’re keeping busy in the winter months. :) I’m simply amazed you can take a boring subject like hedge cutting and make it entertaining, you have a gift few on YT have. :)
Thank you
David, thank you for posting this video. We know that it takes hours of hard work to put a 19 minute and 37 second video.
I'm watching from Historic Bath, Maine in the US.
Thank you!
A totally satisfying video of a happy crew doing invaluable work. Thank You
I really like the CRT episodes. Its like going on a field trip.
“It’s gnarly teeth prepared to munch on woody goodness” that’ll do it for me 😄
."...and like a stomach after a dodgy prawn.." .Ha, ha! You do have a way with words!
Great video. Seeing something like this is wonderful. No other canal boat vlogger would do this type of vid. That's why your channel is the best!
Those volunteers are heroes- do they get the recognition and appreciation from all the canal boaters for all their work?
Another great insight to the upkeep of the canals, from the view of the eager and enthusiastic volunteers, and the seasoned contractors. Still amazes me that Georgian and early Victorian travel systems still function so well in the 21st century!
All this excitement, so fast so furious. Tea was needed to calm my nerves.
You keep making them and I'll keep watching them. Thank you.
Much appreciated and welcome video. It is a difficult balance between ecology and the needs of the canal user. Like hamshackleton I love work, I can watch it all day.
This is beyond quality reporting it sets a benchmark, beyond with descriptive explanations amid amusing lines that surely I can now try to bring into my daily conversations. ' Recalcitrant branch' , ' gnarly teeth prepared to munch on wood goodness' and the best of all, like a stomach after a dodgy prawn , the recently ingested material was soon vomited out in projectile form' Thank you for making my day after a difficult working week. I laughed so much, I and am now relaxed and ready to start my weekend. Keep up the great work. very informative.
Thanks David most enjoyable ☺️
Glad to hear!
I love the story about the tree trimming I'm glad they keep it up it's a wonderful canals I miss the neighbor's right now with all this covid we've been doing on the past 6 years I thank all those wonderful volunteers who keep our canals clear
This is better than telly. I wish you every success.
once again you have provided an entertaning and yet informitave vlog on canal life... thank you so much for the lovely time.
Your humor, your way of explaining.....incredible, superb!! I like it very very much, a joy for eye and ear. Thank you!!!!!! Kind greetings from The Netherlands
Not all heroes wear capes. Bravo to a great team of volunteers and an interesting video.
Working on the canals looks like a fun job.
In general the canals are just fascinating.
I wish we had a world like that over here in the US..
Would be really neat for sure! When i started watching this during the start of the covid years, inthiught the same thing but then realized Corporations would surly lobby against it somehow.
From Nova Scotia, Canada. Thanks! I find all of your subjects interesting.
From New Brunswick and also find these films interesting.
How very interesting. Both the volunteers and contractor-professionals wear a lot of brightly-colored safety equipment. Kudos to the volunteers (and also to the contractors).
Bless him and the nestin’ birds
Smart. Keeps the place neat and shows pride in ownership. Plus, helps create mulch and such for spring. Not to mention, good exercise.
When you announced your switch from cruising vids to other kinds of canal videos, I commented jokingly that “this wasn’t what I signed up for”. Being someone who watches more than one canal cruising channel, I have to say: then I said that jokingly and looked forward to what you would do - and what you actually do is really great background info and complements all the other cruisers very nicely! There’s so much “CRT should do this” or “they should really do some clearing up here” - and in this video you show us who actually does this: volunteers as well as contractors. And yes, of course I had an idea of how that might go - and there were hardly any surprises here. But it is a great peek into what goes on. Thanks!
PS: basically agree with Paul N
Love your narrative, sir!
Another great video, and many thanks to you, the volunteers, and the contractors. I
worked my way through college, in the '70s working on a line crew running a chain
saw for weeks at a time. Long days. Thanks again from here in South Carolina,
and have a Merry Christmas.
Looks like a grand day out, and they're volunteers, no less. Where I live it's hard enough to get people to take care of the roads when you pay them.
Great video and well documented. Good to see old people doing activities. I enjoy watching your videos. They are really worth watching.
Thank you Mr Johns. When the one fella said when I retired I got a job with these blokes. Sounded like heaven to me. Merry Christmas.
Very enjoyable video!
I think we need a collective noun for lockeys. A generosity of lockeys? A Kindness? A pound of lockeys? LOL.
Thanks David, very interesting . They're doing a worthwhile job !
The Dodgy Prawn would be an excellent name for a pub. 🤣🤣
Have been waiting for an episode for awhile. Glad that I can enjoy a snack with this episode to accompany it!
It’s only been a fortnight since the last! 😂😂
Thank you, your vlogs are relaxing, mesmerizing, informative and great fun. I wish we had canals in America.
Oh an episode of "Cutting the Cut"
Love the "behind the scenes" vlogs you produce. I'm thinking the volunteers and CRT employees probably appreciate you taking the time to record what otherwise is lost in the "cruising" aspect of many narrowboaters.
I was wondering what this was like, this is similar to my job and was excited to see what it was like for the canals.
But this is pretty much the ''old-mans'' job as we call it here, very relaxed and no stress. Cool to see how there are so many volunteers who keep the canals in shape.
They won't keep up with us youngsters, but definitely can see myself doing this later when I get old and my body gets (more) sour.
I'm not sure I've heard anyone refer to the ageing process as 'becoming sour' hahaha
Very interesting, different. Really enjoyed that. These men volunteering to do that is really so commendable. Well done to all of them. Thank you for showing us this .
Relaxing watching someone else working. Now I will need to work on my garden and winter planting. Thank you for the video.
I so enjoy your reports. Excellent job. Thank you!
Still fascinating videos!
Nice to see they are taking care of things. Very cool of the guys to be out and about on their own time. Id not mind that kind of retirement myself. Thanks Dave.
A couple of weeks ago, workmen were clearing and felling trees along the path which follows a disused railway line near me. I've been getting so much peace and quiet lately, I stopped to have a sit-down within earshot of the woodchipper. It was relaxing.
Very good and satisfying work for a good cause. The training is very important as I've seen all types of injuries. The whisper chipper has many a time sucked somers hand in and well. There was a road crew doing a job in the 1980s and one unproperly trained laborer actually got suck in completely. The crew went around the corner and when they returned he was missing. He was found ....... Here in the colonies there is a red stop bar over the beginning loading ramp for emergency stops. Brush can snagg your glove or jacket and you'll get pulling in with the branches. I hope all canal users appreciate the work done by contractors and volunteers.
Cheers
That was interesting. Kudos to all of the volunteers!
Nice to see you back, in whatever capacity. Well done as usual.
Thanks David for such an interesting video as always,relaxing to watch in these difficult times. Thanks also to the volunteers who do such a marvellous job.
Another Priceless VLOG. Highly informative and awesome storytelling!
Volunteers, a special kind of people. Thank you.
I cannot tell you how excited I get from a new video from CruisingTheCut!
You r an excellent narrator & u make it amusing as well! Ty, tina usa
Thank you kindly!
Most enjoyable. Be glad you were a spectator as those pole saws and gas trimmers are wonderful but a physically demanding. Those volunteers are in in good shape to being doing a couple days a week.
Such wonderful gentlemen. Priceless service. Thanks for sharing David.
Good script and editing. Thanks.
Great seeing people-le working with such passion to do the job right. Very rare now days. Well done guys.
That was not only brilliant, but very informative….Thank you🙏✝️🕊🙏🇨🇦
Following your journey has long made me wish for a similar network of canals here in the USA. I would not hesitate to take up the lifestyle. As always, thanks for taking us along. 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for watching
Great content. Thank you for showing all of us how its done. Tree servicing is very dangerous. Glad they were trained up.
Thank you for keeping those canals clean and accessible! I'm not even from there, but have fallen in love with the heritage and lifestyle of canal life (thanks to this channel)!
Always love the Health and Safety signs, looks like a man with an umbrella........
Nobody dug a hole
David, we all watch, well at least speaking for myself, because you are encouraging and entertaining
We often wonder why seemingly simple things are either expensive or take a long time to complete, or both. Your video is a good reminder why. Training, labor, wildlife survey, etc. A lot goes into what you would think is a simple task. I'm a huge fan of your investigative style reporting! The only negative for me is that I cannot retire on your canals in your beautiful country. 😁
Addicted of urs vlog..... Superb
Great to hear from you again!
Thanks for sharing.
Another splendid video. Thanks!
I always enjoyed your cruising videos, but also really enjoy these videos, too. We have nothing like that where I live, so it is a real education to see all aspects of the canals and their operation. Your description of the operation of the wood chipper was great!
Shades of Fargo with that wood chipper!!!!
Is that your buddy in the wood chipper there!?!?😂😂😂
All those volunteers do great work… Without their ongoing support I suspect there wouldn’t be a workable canal network
I really admire the canal upkeep by volunteers and pros. I’ve wondered about that. So much to admire about the canals and canal life, start to finish! Bravo! Great vlog! Much respect to all involved!
Thank you David, enjoyed watching very much. That chipper surprised me by the way it dealt with some very thick branches! The volunteers do a tremendous amount of work between them, respect indeed. best wishes
Another great interesting video thank you
I was so thrilled when I got the notice that you'd made another Video. I love these. I am always so well reminded again that you are a professional video journalist and really know well how to prep an interviewee. Once again, your wit and whimsey (Brit-style) are refreshing and great fun. You work is truly an intellectual banquet to a starved brain. Blessings and joy!
The grand British character on display. Thanks, WRH
Watching your videos is my version of mindfulness - great narration and content
Great video, David. Thanks for the hows and whys of cleaning the canal right-of-way. Jon