Watched the television series and it’s brilliant. There should be more stuff on television like it. Similar to when Fred Dibnah was on. It’s called the Peak Forest canal because it was supposed to carry on from Buggy basin all the way to Chesterfield passing through a little village called Peak Forest but they couldn’t do it because there’s too much rise over the hills to get through and it would have taken too many lock gates. Keep up the good work.
@jon jon so good they named you twice eh? Did you look up paedophilia on an american dictionary site. Good job you have nothing better to do than tar everybody with the same brush. I am sure the BBC would have been prosecuted if they were guilty. Robbie is just trying to make a living by producing great videos, whereas your 'job', trolling, is not classified as a job. BTW you don't need 2 full stops at the end of a sentence. (.!)
The fact that the proposed route was in limestone country was also a major concern - keeping a canal watertight over limestone would be near impossible
Just watched Ian Nairn's Journey Across the Peninnes from 1972 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01rwfkm/nairn-across-britain-2-transpennine-canal amazing how he predicted the rebirth of canal culture in this program, especially at the Leeds basin. Amazing documentary covering some of the same areas you did in your show so many years later.
I see our notorious Canada Geese have migrated to the UK. In Canada we call them Cobra Chickens because of their aggressive behaviour. Lovely birds but a huge nuisance in public parks where their poop makes many places unusable. They are constantly grazing but their digestive system is basically a 20 minute round trip from grass to poop. Love your channel, cheers !
I hope they give you a second series. It was from the first episode that I discovered you and I subsequently watched some of the you tube stuff. I’ve often wanted to hire a narrow boat but have never yet done it so watching you has saved me all the effort. Well done! A great watch. And I speak as an O A P.
Live just down the road and scheduled to take ownership of a 50ft boat in April which will be based somewhere between buxworth and Macclesfield. Really enjoyed the series and tube blogs.
Super interesting to watch different narrowboat vloggers explore the same canals.Each of y'all's got a unique perspective, and together y'all really bring these places to life :)
Congrats on the BBC series. I watched all five. I liked the added dimension of the drone footage and you and the team did an excellent job of cramming so many miles into each 29 minute long episodes. I am sure it gave non-boaters a good insight into canal life. However, your UA-cam videos are far superior! Your comment that New Mills is a tourist town. TBH, I don't think New Mills has ever been considered a tourist town. It's an old industrial mill town and not long ago was quite run down, but it has improved a bit and I love it, it's an honest, friendly town in a beautiful and interesting location. I don't know why specifically they named the canal "Peak Forest" but there is a small village by nearby Chapel-en-le-Frith called Peak Forest. I wish I was up there now, but the canal at Bollington will be closed until March :( Great to have you back on UA-cam mate!
Robbie, been following you for a while and can’t express how much I’ve enjoyed your BBC series. I find your videos really relaxing to watch and your kind personality shines through all the time. Plus I love your music references, the Armitage Shanks / Green Day reference in episode 1 made me laugh out loud as that was me also listening to that album back in the day! Anyway, thank you and I wish you every success. You deserve it 😎🤘
Hi Robbie, Have just caught up with you on UA-cam. Love your content, thanks. I missed the BBC series and cannot find it on iPlayer (even when changing location). Do you have any idea if it has been taken down, or if it is planned to be added soon? Keep up the good work. Rob
One of the most beautiful canals in the country. Your film was wonderful and commentary superb. I see that the vlogs you make for UA-cam are totally different from the BBC programme. Are you allowed to mix and match?
Thanks for taking us into New Mills, I had a friend at boarding school whose folks had a farm between there and Marple, so my first visit back for "some" years.
Always great to see footage of my local canal and your editing and different views make it more so. For anyone else going to Bugsworth/Buxworth/Buggy Basin (valid alternatives!), you can continue into the hills on the old trackbed of the Peak Forest Tramway (a 3' 6" early railway) for a few miles.
Hi Robbie, I’ve been a long term subscriber to your channel and the Peak Forest is fairly local. If you are interested in railways/industry etc there are some interesting rail / quarry workings in Peak Forest also which I’ve uploaded some videos about if you are interested. Thanks, Paul keep up the cracking work!
Another excellent vlog Robbie plus your television Canal Diaries was superb well filmed and presented very professional so interesting and informative well done !! The linen/laundry basket you have just purchased looks like a genuine “Lloyd Loom “ piece is there still a small metal label attached bearing the name ? The construction is not cane it is paper wrapped round a wire core Kind regards Terry Hammond
Ross Kneebone yeah man I’d rather make use of these things rather than treat them as a commodity. Haven’t got time for ebay anyway - not with replying to all these comments 😉
Yeah...Saw series 1...I pick up bloods from medical centre where the lighthouse is in Monton. Really enjoyed it but you're more 'you' on UA-cam! :) In fact. For anyone that can't watch it. It's just a recap of general boating and quite subdued for TV. (not missing much)
Watched every episode of canal boat diaries, I find them very interesting and also relaxing viewing. I like the way you mix the canal journey with the historic and picturesque views of the surrounding countryside. All done with a down to earth and easy to follow narrative. Well done and keep them Cumming 😁
Missed the TV series (due to not having a TV!) but soon as I'm at my 'rents' for Xmas, I know what I'll be looking for on the catch-ups! Lovely vlogs as always - always make the day better 👍
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the 'Diaries'. I'm a canal nerd and have been since the mid 1960s when I surveyed all of the sites in the midlands where a canal had a common boundary with the railway, so many of the places that you covered are familiar to me. My wife, who is not so enthusiastic, was also impressed by the series and we both hope that you are able to do more.
Loved your series A LOT. Can’t have cost that much to make. So, in the words of a character from Alan Partridge, “give him a second series you swine!” 😄.
Robbie Cumming, _As Seen On TV_ I guess if you go to enough pubs, you get on Brit TV You should get with mellow David from _Mooring The Marina_ , start up a TV Narrowboat UA-camr club
I live just down the road from Bugsworth Basin in Buxton and it's a shame the canals never got here , I suppose there was an engineering reason for this but two railways did transform the movement if goods from here . Happy travels 😊
I'm a trucker from the area . Go past Bugsworth basin on bypass most days , good to see it from the canal side . Watched u tv series , enjoyed it . You'll get a second series .
Cheers Robbie like the last bloke I really loved the tv series here's hoping for more but hey just discovered this, quite near me the old peak cut, well, a bus ride away one direction. Going the other way Ashton under lyne canal basin is another bus ride to view canal life (no canals in Glossop) Because of the worse man flu in history, 3 and half weeks now over Christmas, laying in bed with cup of tea in hand chugging along with you (bed became narrow boat) got me through the holidays (didn't see a soul thank heavens for Iceland online deliveries)). Thanks a bunch , keep on keeping on ! (did I really say that.............
Look forward to many more. You are a natural TV presenter for this and many similar subjects as you breathe enthusiasm. Must be cold today - 2nd December. OK in May.
Hey robbie when you doing the Ribble Link. You chickened out last time.(well the weather beat you) loved your TV show.and of course your youhoo tube keep it going.
Nice to see Buxworth Basin is now in use as it was being restored the last time I was that way it looked like a great mooring. I am glad that you mentioned the smell from the Swizzles factory when you passed through New Mills as for my family it was like visiting a giant sweet shop. Another great video Robbie - keep on cranking, I am looking forward to your next series!
Hi Rob, great to see you back on the tube, forest can me two things, forest as we know lots of trees or the old English “A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.” For example the New Forest.
I hope the meeting for the second series went something like the Alan Partridge versus Tony Hayers scene, and ended with you running off with a lump of cheese stuck to a fork. "Smell my cheese you mother!"
It's a little bit more than a 'depot'. It's a piece of history that highlights to what lengths the great and the good, like Arkwright would go to in order to push forward and develop their business endeavours whilst ultimately adding more blocks of history to what would eventually be known, as we know it today... the industrial revolution.
Thanks Robbie, once again wonderful video, wonderful to see the beautiful Peak District and New Mills, happen to have an aunty lives there. I have seen other boaties having done this canal and all say the same. We will be back.
I enjoyed your journey. Another series would be great, maybe from Worcester to Bristol . But you would Need a pilot from Sharpness to Avonmouth. It would show a good variety of scenery
Nowhere in your league Robbie enjoyed your series about 40 yrs on and off on the Canals as you point out thats the real life on the cut Thanks to you and the BBC EXCELLENT mate (Old Git on the Cut)
Excellent vlog Robbie, thank you. Your TV series was excellent as well. I think you learned a lot when doing that and that knowledge is reflected in your own video now. Many thanks.
Hi Robbie Enjoyed the video watched your tv debut excellent shame it was not on for a hour hope BBC do more of them showed the reality of boating not just the good side Looking forward to the next video
got to say loved the BBC4 mini-series m8 binge-watch of the week lol fingers crossed you do another we really enjoyed it take care m8 looking forward now to hopefully more vlogs on here
Very much enjoyed your tv series and so hunted you out on here. You have an excellent presentation style ideal for this laid back lifestyle. Please don't let your fame go to your head.
I really hope you get to do an Autumn/Winter series for the BBC. The common trend it seems is for all these films being shot for spring/summer but the "real life" includes winter as well does it not? After all, as boaters all know, it's not all about beautiful weather and G&T's on a pretty afternoon cruise. And for narrowboating, you're the man to show how it's done Mr Cumming. Love your work.
I really hope you get to make another series, just so wonderful to watch, and the music so relaxing. I felt as though I was travelling along the canal with you. Wonderful series on the television.
Really missed your vlogs, such beautiful countryside to share through your camera lens. Unfortunately can't follow your tv debut; live overseas : ( Could you sometime share something about your guitar playing/music, its a distinct style. My eldest brother introduced me to Duncan Smith music many years ago... Anyway great go see you back.
@@RobbieCumming Yes, and please get yourself a credit in the BBC end titles for your music, which I'd love to purchase. Any chance of an mp3 for, perhaps, signing up on Patreon?
Hi Giles that sounds like a good idea - not sure how I would go about it though... Patreon is quite limited! Few downloads abailable for free on soundcloud.com/cobedy
A TV great series Robbie, was talking to a mate of mine (an ex narrowboat owner) and he also enjoyed the series. I still think you should look into producing a book.....give me a shout when you are next around Autherley Junction....I know a few pubs you would like .......cheers. Nigel 😉👍
Enjoyed the video, Robbie. It brought back a few memories. When I was a teenager in the Seventies I used to have a Saturday job at the Swizzels factory. I remember working in a fog of sweet dust as I tried to sweep the place clean (impossible task!) and having communal brew-ups of industrial-strength tea from a huge teapot. My late father worked at Swizzels for many years and we still have a photo of him alongside Princess Diana when she visited the factory. Happy days.
I enjoyed your beautiful TV series so much, but as others have said, as a You Tube watcher I was frustrated by how little we saw of your long journey through prime scenery. I do hope they stretch to an hour next time. The drone shots were gorgeous, so was your haunting theme music. The arrival at Liverpool was epic. THANKS!
Hi Robbie, watched your TV series which we really enjoyed, so now we can follow you on youtube for more enjoyment. Great video. hope to emulate it on our cruiser next year, as we just got a 27ft cruiser. Keep them coming, and hope that you get another series on Tv.
Funny you and "Cruising the Cut" just published the same route in opposite directions a few months apart tho. He was doing it in the 2nd week of October. I just binge watched the tv show loved it
Did you catch up with David from Cruising The Cut? Everyone seems to have been on or near the Macclesfield this Autumn! Looking forward to catching up with your series - is it on iPlayer Robbie?
I did not. I was on the Macclesfield/Peak Forest back in May. Sorry if that’s confusing. My series is indeed on the iPlayer, you can google it or simply click this link:- www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bjyy/episodes/player Cheers
Peak Forest is so called because it was at one time the Royal Hunting Forest of the King, the administrator being Bailiff William Peveril who built the castle above Castleton in 1068. Great videos, take care...
Watched all the series in one night robbie it was really fantastic. They'd be fools not to do more series :) You passed me on the way into Liverpool at Scarisbrick we had a quick chat as you were moving.
Just to let you know there are tons of moorings in Whaley Bridge, just moor by the Tesco down in the valley, they're CRT long term moorings but they're hardly ever used and always empty, everyone moors there when visiting. And Whaley is worth a visit, a pretty village with several good pubs, my favourite being the Goyt Inn, a boater's pub near the canal basin full of canal paraphenalia. Loved your series and watched each episode several times on BBC i player, you passed my boat in it moored at Bugsworth Basin and in this video too! The blue one at the beginning. I did the same trip as you did in the series this summer, into Liverpool and back, though went down the Macc, up the Trent and Mersey, diverting to spend two weeks on the Weaver down the Anderton Boat Lift (well worth a visit) and round the Cheshire Ring to the Bridgewater then into Liverpool from there.
TV series was awesome. Really enjoyed it Robbie. Great that they used your own music too. I have downloaded those tracks too and they are just as good to listen to in the car when you just want to chill out. There so needs to be a second series! Just found out someone in my family is looking at buying a Narrowboat to live on too. Great to see you back here on UA-cam!
Great stuff Robbie and also the Series One of the Diaries ! A few years ago now, I did a 3 week solo hire boat journey in January...clear blue skies, thin ice, amazing sunsets and empty canals...would make a good Series Two idea ?....depending on stoppage of course. Keep on Cranking.
Love your vlogs, would love to see the videos that you were talking about, but I live in the states and I haven't seen anything listed for any of your other videos... I do have one question though is it just me, or is your engine running really rough for some reason? Part of the time it sounds as I remember it other times it sounded really rough... Just kind of curious! Looking forward to your next UA-cam video...
Hi William, thanks so much for watching my YT vids - hopefully the others will become available one day. I think what you’re hearing is the same engine noise, but sometimes my mic is close to it and sometimes it’s not!
Watched the television series and it’s brilliant. There should be more stuff on television like it. Similar to when Fred Dibnah was on. It’s called the Peak Forest canal because it was supposed to carry on from Buggy basin all the way to Chesterfield passing through a little village called Peak Forest but they couldn’t do it because there’s too much rise over the hills to get through and it would have taken too many lock gates. Keep up the good work.
Brilliant Sam thank you so much!! 8^)
@jon jon so good they named you twice eh? Did you look up paedophilia on an american dictionary site. Good job you have nothing better to do than tar everybody with the same brush. I am sure the BBC would have been prosecuted if they were guilty. Robbie is just trying to make a living by producing great videos, whereas your 'job', trolling, is not classified as a job. BTW you don't need 2 full stops at the end of a sentence. (.!)
The fact that the proposed route was in limestone country was also a major concern - keeping a canal watertight over limestone would be near impossible
@@RobbieCumming hey man dont go away we need ya, life sucks sometimes,boy dont i know i live in a red state,whoa.
Swizzells not Swizzits! 😂😂😂
Sorry! I’m obviously not much of a sweet tooth!!
Your series was the best thing on TV for years.
There HAS to be a second series
Just watched Ian Nairn's Journey Across the Peninnes from 1972 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01rwfkm/nairn-across-britain-2-transpennine-canal amazing how he predicted the rebirth of canal culture in this program, especially at the Leeds basin. Amazing documentary covering some of the same areas you did in your show so many years later.
I see our notorious Canada Geese have migrated to the UK. In Canada we call them Cobra Chickens because of their aggressive behaviour. Lovely birds but a huge nuisance in public parks where their poop makes many places unusable. They are constantly grazing but their digestive system is basically a 20 minute round trip from grass to poop. Love your channel, cheers !
I hope they give you a second series. It was from the first episode that I discovered you and I subsequently watched some of the you tube stuff. I’ve often wanted to hire a narrow boat but have never yet done it so watching you has saved me all the effort. Well done! A great watch. And I speak as an O A P.
Thanks Robert!
Live just down the road and scheduled to take ownership of a 50ft boat in April which will be based somewhere between buxworth and Macclesfield. Really enjoyed the series and tube blogs.
Super interesting to watch different narrowboat vloggers explore the same canals.Each of y'all's got a unique perspective, and together y'all really bring these places to life :)
Brilliant Robbie, lovely video, also thank you and the team for the BBC episodes, so good to get away from the stress and watch. Take care now
Congrats on the BBC series. I watched all five. I liked the added dimension of the drone footage and you and the team did an excellent job of cramming so many miles into each 29 minute long episodes. I am sure it gave non-boaters a good insight into canal life. However, your UA-cam videos are far superior! Your comment that New Mills is a tourist town. TBH, I don't think New Mills has ever been considered a tourist town. It's an old industrial mill town and not long ago was quite run down, but it has improved a bit and I love it, it's an honest, friendly town in a beautiful and interesting location. I don't know why specifically they named the canal "Peak Forest" but there is a small village by nearby Chapel-en-le-Frith called Peak Forest. I wish I was up there now, but the canal at Bollington will be closed until March :( Great to have you back on UA-cam mate!
Cheers Ben good to be back and see your comments also - will have to catch up at some point!
Robbie, been following you for a while and can’t express how much I’ve enjoyed your BBC series. I find your videos really relaxing to watch and your kind personality shines through all the time. Plus I love your music references, the Armitage Shanks / Green Day reference in episode 1 made me laugh out loud as that was me also listening to that album back in the day! Anyway, thank you and I wish you every success. You deserve it 😎🤘
Excellent! It’s the little things! Cheers!
Loved the tv series, but also great to see you back on you tube.
After over 50 years in Canada and Vermont the scenery in your videos makes me pine for England.
Good evening, I'm happy to see you again, very beautiful Peak Forest region
Hi Robbie,
Have just caught up with you on UA-cam. Love your content, thanks.
I missed the BBC series and cannot find it on iPlayer (even when changing location). Do you have any idea if it has been taken down, or if it is planned to be added soon?
Keep up the good work.
Rob
Hi Rob thanks for getting in touch - I’m afraid it has been taken down, apologies, hopefully it will be repeated at some point.
One of the most beautiful canals in the country. Your film was wonderful and commentary superb. I see that the vlogs you make for UA-cam are totally different from the BBC programme. Are you allowed to mix and match?
No each must remain separate and not duplicate content
You’ve got me hooked Robbie, absolutely brilliant as was the TV series.
Best thing on telly - by far.
Thanks for taking us into New Mills, I had a friend at boarding school whose folks had a farm between there and Marple, so my first visit back for "some" years.
You're so cool and a bit saucy :)
Wonderful life!
Absolutely love the videos and the 5 episodes on bbc4 were just superb .
If there isn't a second series I'll be writing to my MP :)
yay! mr celebrity is back! 😊🎉😎
great vid! mind you, your on it so how could it be any more than brilliant! cranked to full!
Ha ha cheers Geoff!
Loved it Robbie as always! Keep it Cranking....Mark
To have a canal in a very hilly area without any or few locks is quite an achievement
Always great to see footage of my local canal and your editing and different views make it more so. For anyone else going to Bugsworth/Buxworth/Buggy Basin (valid alternatives!), you can continue into the hills on the old trackbed of the Peak Forest Tramway (a 3' 6" early railway) for a few miles.
If you’re going to walk up the tramway the old inn at chinley is well worth a visit!
@@38thfoot Old Hall, yes, good shout!
Hi Robbie, I’ve been a long term subscriber to your channel and the Peak Forest is fairly local. If you are interested in railways/industry etc there are some interesting rail / quarry workings in Peak Forest also which I’ve uploaded some videos about if you are interested. Thanks, Paul keep up the cracking work!
Robbie really enjoyed your first series on the telly ! Good to see you back to vlogging
Cheers Al 👍
I hope they do make some more, I really enjoyed watching. I’ll keep up the Patreon even though you’re now rich and famous.
Ha ha thanks Grant!
Nice mooring
Great to have you back on UA-cam, and well done with the TV show👌
Another excellent vlog Robbie plus your television Canal Diaries was superb well filmed and presented very professional so interesting and informative well done !! The linen/laundry basket you have just purchased looks like a genuine “Lloyd Loom “ piece is there still a small metal label attached bearing the name ? The construction is not cane it is paper wrapped round a wire core Kind regards Terry Hammond
Thanks can’t see any labels but I’ll have another look later! Cheers!
Ross Kneebone yeah man I’d rather make use of these things rather than treat them as a commodity. Haven’t got time for ebay anyway - not with replying to all these comments 😉
Yeah...Saw series 1...I pick up bloods from medical centre where the lighthouse is in Monton.
Really enjoyed it but you're more 'you' on UA-cam! :) In fact. For anyone that can't watch it. It's just a recap of general boating and quite subdued for TV. (not missing much)
Watched every episode of canal boat diaries, I find them very interesting and also relaxing viewing. I like the way you mix the canal journey with the historic and picturesque views of the surrounding countryside. All done with a down to earth and easy to follow narrative. Well done and keep them Cumming 😁
Missed the TV series (due to not having a TV!) but soon as I'm at my 'rents' for Xmas, I know what I'll be looking for on the catch-ups! Lovely vlogs as always - always make the day better 👍
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the 'Diaries'. I'm a canal nerd and have been since the mid 1960s when I surveyed all of the sites in the midlands where a canal had a common boundary with the railway, so many of the places that you covered are familiar to me. My wife, who is not so enthusiastic, was also impressed by the series and we both hope that you are able to do more.
Ha ha excellent to have you both watching, what an honour. Cheers!
Loved your series A LOT. Can’t have cost that much to make. So, in the words of a character from Alan Partridge, “give him
a second series you swine!” 😄.
Robbie Cumming, _As Seen On TV_
I guess if you go to enough pubs, you get on Brit TV
You should get with mellow David from _Mooring The Marina_ , start up a TV Narrowboat UA-camr club
I live just down the road from Bugsworth Basin in Buxton and it's a shame the canals never got here , I suppose there was an engineering reason for this but two railways did transform the movement if goods from here . Happy travels 😊
From you’re tv series! Subscribed and enjoy you’re videos :)
I'm a trucker from the area . Go past Bugsworth basin on bypass most days , good to see it from the canal side . Watched u tv series , enjoyed it . You'll get a second series .
Cheers Robbie like the last bloke I really loved the tv series here's hoping for more but hey just discovered this, quite near me the old peak cut, well, a bus ride away one direction. Going the other way Ashton under lyne canal basin is another bus ride to view canal life (no canals in Glossop) Because of the worse man flu in history, 3 and half weeks now over Christmas, laying in bed with cup of tea in hand chugging along with you (bed became narrow boat) got me through the holidays (didn't see a soul thank heavens for Iceland online deliveries)). Thanks a bunch , keep on keeping on ! (did I really say that.............
Loved the Beeb series, welcome back to reality
Such a beautiful part of the country and gorgeous canal! Would love to go there. On my list. 😁 Palma violets yuck 🤣 perfume in your mouth.
Look forward to many more. You are a natural TV presenter for this and many similar subjects as you breathe enthusiasm. Must be cold today - 2nd December. OK in May.
Fantastic achievement, Robbie. Well done and keep up the good work!
Thanks Iain much appreciated mate
Hey robbie when you doing the Ribble Link. You chickened out last time.(well the weather beat you) loved your TV show.and of course your youhoo tube keep it going.
Nice to see Buxworth Basin is now in use as it was being restored the last time I was that way it looked like a great mooring.
I am glad that you mentioned the smell from the Swizzles factory when you passed through New Mills as for my family it was like visiting a giant sweet shop. Another great video Robbie - keep on cranking, I am looking forward to your next series!
Really enjoyed your video. Thanks
Hi Rob, great to see you back on the tube, forest can me two things, forest as we know lots of trees or the old English “A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.” For example the New Forest.
It's called the Peak Forest Canal because originally the plan was to take it to extensive limestone quarries near the village of Peak Forest.
Really enjoyed your TV debut..... Hope they do some more...... It was easy watching it
I hope the meeting for the second series went something like the Alan Partridge versus Tony Hayers scene, and ended with you running off with a lump of cheese stuck to a fork. "Smell my cheese you mother!"
It's a little bit more than a 'depot'. It's a piece of history that highlights to what lengths the great and the good, like Arkwright would go to in order to push forward and develop their business endeavours whilst ultimately adding more blocks of history to what would eventually be known, as we know it today... the industrial revolution.
Thanks Robbie, once again wonderful video, wonderful to see the beautiful Peak District and New Mills, happen to have an aunty lives there. I have seen other boaties having done this canal and all say the same. We will be back.
I really loved your series! It was so amazing! Congratulations! Oh and merry Christmas (if you celebrate of course)
Thanks Elisa! Yep been helping my gf with Christmas tree just today!
Kayaked from bugsworth to marple and back visited new mills a few times
Robbie, the new Tim & Pru !
Great your back on the tube.
Happy cranking keep safe and dry.
I enjoyed your journey. Another series would be great, maybe from Worcester to Bristol . But you would Need a pilot from Sharpness to Avonmouth. It would show a good variety of scenery
Nowhere in your league Robbie enjoyed your series about 40 yrs on and off on the Canals as you point out thats the real life on the cut
Thanks to you and the BBC EXCELLENT mate (Old Git on the Cut)
Watched your tv series both myself and my partner really enjoyed it we hope that there is more to come in the future.
Would love to watch the series, but bbc would not let me stream it here in Norway. At least I get the pub of the week here on UA-cam. Cheers!
Fingers crossed for BBC commissioning more episodes 👍
Wasn't the original term "forest" a royal land designation for hunting, which didn't have to consist of trees as we understand a forest nowadays?
Excellent vlog Robbie, thank you. Your TV series was excellent as well. I think you learned a lot when doing that and that knowledge is reflected in your own video now. Many thanks.
Hi Robbie
Enjoyed the video watched your tv debut excellent shame it was not on for a hour hope BBC do more of them showed the reality of boating not just the good side
Looking forward to the next video
got to say loved the BBC4 mini-series m8 binge-watch of the week lol fingers crossed you do another we really enjoyed it take care m8 looking forward now to hopefully more vlogs on here
I have cycled it from Stockport to bugsworth it’s a great ride but I think I wouldn’t mind cruising it on a narrowboat.
The TV Series was great. I do so hope you get a future series.
Very much enjoyed your tv series and so hunted you out on here. You have an excellent presentation style ideal for this laid back lifestyle. Please don't let your fame go to your head.
Another cracking video & the TV series is brilliant thanks m8 keep em coming 👍
Go on BBC. Give him another series :
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If only. Ì was holding your hand. .maybe troubled.
I really hope you get to do an Autumn/Winter series for the BBC. The common trend it seems is for all these films being shot for spring/summer but the "real life" includes winter as well does it not? After all, as boaters all know, it's not all about beautiful weather and G&T's on a pretty afternoon cruise. And for narrowboating, you're the man to show how it's done Mr Cumming. Love your work.
Aussie Boater agreed 👍 hope you’re keeping warm
I really hope you get to make another series, just so wonderful to watch, and the music so relaxing. I felt as though I was travelling along the canal with you. Wonderful series on the television.
hi when you said that moorings are scarce on the Peak, are there any between bugsworth and bollington
Beautiful countryside!👍✌️😊🙏🏼
Rob. If I stumbled about .and fell into a boat. Upside down.. .
Really missed your vlogs, such beautiful countryside to share through your camera lens. Unfortunately can't follow your tv debut; live overseas : (
Could you sometime share something about your guitar playing/music, its a distinct style. My eldest brother introduced me to Duncan Smith music many years ago...
Anyway great go see you back.
Yes I must do a video about that next, thanks for reminding me.
@@RobbieCumming Yes, and please get yourself a credit in the BBC end titles for your music, which I'd love to purchase.
Any chance of an mp3 for, perhaps, signing up on Patreon?
Hi Giles that sounds like a good idea - not sure how I would go about it though... Patreon is quite limited! Few downloads abailable for free on soundcloud.com/cobedy
A TV great series Robbie, was talking to a mate of mine (an ex narrowboat owner) and he also enjoyed the series. I still think you should look into producing a book.....give me a shout when you are next around Autherley Junction....I know a few pubs you would like .......cheers. Nigel 😉👍
Seems to me that my cuz and I saw quite a few kingfishers on this bit.
Enjoyed the video, Robbie. It brought back a few memories. When I was a teenager in the Seventies I used to have a Saturday job at the Swizzels factory. I remember working in a fog of sweet dust as I tried to sweep the place clean (impossible task!) and having communal brew-ups of industrial-strength tea from a huge teapot. My late father worked at Swizzels for many years and we still have a photo of him alongside Princess Diana when she visited the factory. Happy days.
Sounds amazing thanks for sharing Keith!
So good to see you. Excellent Vlog. Beautiful!!!
Fantastic TV series, fantastic vlogs,watched them all.
I enjoyed your beautiful TV series so much, but as others have said, as a You Tube watcher I was frustrated by how little we saw of your long journey through prime scenery. I do hope they stretch to an hour next time. The drone shots were gorgeous, so was your haunting theme music. The arrival at Liverpool was epic. THANKS!
Ah thank you so much, it was a team effort and we all learned a lot!
Always know its an old one by the red curtains!
Hi Robbie, watched your TV series which we really enjoyed, so now we can follow you on youtube for more enjoyment. Great video. hope to emulate it on our cruiser next year, as we just got a 27ft cruiser. Keep them coming, and hope that you get another series on Tv.
Thank you Malcolm v kind!
Funny you and "Cruising the Cut" just published the same route in opposite directions a few months apart tho. He was doing it in the 2nd week of October. I just binge watched the tv show loved it
Thanks Ian yep bit of a coincidence that!
Did you catch up with David from Cruising The Cut? Everyone seems to have been on or near the Macclesfield this Autumn!
Looking forward to catching up with your series - is it on iPlayer Robbie?
I did not. I was on the Macclesfield/Peak Forest back in May. Sorry if that’s confusing. My series is indeed on the iPlayer, you can google it or simply click this link:- www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000bjyy/episodes/player Cheers
Peak Forest is so called because it was at one time the Royal Hunting Forest of the King, the administrator being Bailiff William Peveril who built the castle above Castleton in 1068. Great videos, take care...
Interesting! Thanks John!
Watched all the series in one night robbie it was really fantastic. They'd be fools not to do more series :) You passed me on the way into Liverpool at Scarisbrick we had a quick chat as you were moving.
Ah nice one Steve yes I think I remember!
Just to let you know there are tons of moorings in Whaley Bridge, just moor by the Tesco down in the valley, they're CRT long term moorings but they're hardly ever used and always empty, everyone moors there when visiting. And Whaley is worth a visit, a pretty village with several good pubs, my favourite being the Goyt Inn, a boater's pub near the canal basin full of canal paraphenalia. Loved your series and watched each episode several times on BBC i player, you passed my boat in it moored at Bugsworth Basin and in this video too! The blue one at the beginning. I did the same trip as you did in the series this summer, into Liverpool and back, though went down the Macc, up the Trent and Mersey, diverting to spend two weeks on the Weaver down the Anderton Boat Lift (well worth a visit) and round the Cheshire Ring to the Bridgewater then into Liverpool from there.
Ah great stuff thanks Michael!
TV series was awesome. Really enjoyed it Robbie. Great that they used your own music too. I have downloaded those tracks too and they are just as good to listen to in the car when you just want to chill out. There so needs to be a second series! Just found out someone in my family is looking at buying a Narrowboat to live on too. Great to see you back here on UA-cam!
Ahh brill thanks Rob great to be back!
Great stuff Robbie and also the Series One of the Diaries ! A few years ago now, I did a 3 week solo hire boat journey in January...clear blue skies, thin ice, amazing sunsets and empty canals...would make a good Series Two idea ?....depending on stoppage of course. Keep on Cranking.
Sounds good to me! 🤞
Loved it , the sound of the engine, the greenery, the history. Lovely.
Really interesting and enjoyable and super fantastic how you found a vegetarian place for breakfast, best meal of the day. Thanks robbie.
I don’t often have breakfast but yes I think it’s my favourite!
keep on crankin' Robbie a lifesyle I wish I had made....
We really enjoyed your TV series. Hopefully you'll get to do a second one.
I can tell how old each video is by the state of your cap!
Love your vlogs, would love to see the videos that you were talking about, but I live in the states and I haven't seen anything listed for any of your other videos... I do have one question though is it just me, or is your engine running really rough for some reason? Part of the time it sounds as I remember it other times it sounded really rough... Just kind of curious! Looking forward to your next UA-cam video...
Hi William, thanks so much for watching my YT vids - hopefully the others will become available one day. I think what you’re hearing is the same engine noise, but sometimes my mic is close to it and sometimes it’s not!