127. Bugsworth Basin to Whaley Bridge (and a bit of a wassail)

In this episode we make a short hop from Bugsworth Basin into Whaley Bridge, and we see an amazing local tradition called wassailing, that dates back to Anglo Saxon times- and possibly even earlier.

[@nazdagg1945]

pub!

[@theamateurboater5892]

Absolutely the pub! Ian and Jeannie were intent on following the wassailers through the town to see the rest of the show, but for me there was only one sensible course of action after 40 minutes watching this bizarre medieval performance. And fortunately Dave agreed with me!

[@cinccave5459]

I think to really get into that wassailing thing I would have needed some liquid fortification prior to the event.

[@theamateurboater5892]

Wise words Mr C, and sadly the fortification had to wait until afterwards.
When I first saw all those people hopping around in crazy outfits, I did wonder if I'd swallowed some LSD.

[@obiblooze5902]

First one I've watched for a while. I lost interest a little bit because of them being so far behind. It seems very strange seeing it dark at 5pm! but I won't be unsubscribing. I'd still like to check in from time to time. Nazi salute made me laugh, it did sound like that!
Love that hosepipe, very slick 🙂

[@theamateurboater5892]

Well thanks for watching Ms B, and for your kind comment. I did ask on my community page about how best to deal with the 6 month lag in editing videos, and the general feeling seemed to be to carry on with the older footage (but try to catch up)- which is what I'm doing at the moment.
But fewer people seem to be watching the videos in recent months, and now I'm wondering if those people are being put off by the footage being 6 months old.
The other option was to temporarily drop 3 months of my old footage, and try to go back and edit that later this year.
I would then start posting videos from about April of this year. So perhaps check back in a few weeks, and see what the more recent footage looks like.

[@obiblooze5902]

@@theamateurboater5892 I think that may be the case. It just seems more enjoyable to watch up to date vlogs, but I understand that it must take a lot of time to do all that editing. Do you really want to sleep?! 😅

[@user-tf7hu8om3x]

i unsubscribed. enough of the journey into the past

[@theamateurboater5892]

I'm sorry the older footage is not as interesting as more up to date videos would be, and I can understand your frustration being over 6 months behind the current date.
I posted a question about this in my community page, and the general feeling seemed to be that it's better to carry on with the older footage and try to catch up gradually.
If start editing some more recent footage, I'll only fall further behind with the older footage- and some of that older footage is quite interesting.
But anyway, I must thank you for having taken an interest in the videos, and I hope one day you'll take a peek and see if I've gotten more up to date with the editing.