The sheer amount of rubbish is just appalling. I hate to imagine what it would look like without the effort of those awesome volunteers and organisations. Great video mate.
@@gardenman3 make them wear it by chaining it to their bodies for everybody to see a litterbug and them think twice before they decide to become a litterbug too.
Companies need to stop producing millions of plastic products every day. Consumers should look at fixing their items as opposed to buying brand new every single time. Too much micro plastics and chemicals poisoning our waters and soil.
Hats off to IWA for doing this horrible job. I lived on my boat in Milton Keynes for 3 years and it was a really good place with pleasant moorings all the way. I enjoyed seeing all the Wyvern Shipping boats coming through and it is great that the owner gives his time to keep the canal free of rubbish.
As everyone should. Everyone who uses it. Even those who just walk it for the views. It’s a community! Everyone should be about helping one way or the other! Everyone gets enjoyment out of it!
Same near me you clear the verges and within hours all back again. Hate to say it but it is the city folk in their new builds. Throwing stuff out of their cars.
I have not watched one of your videos in a while (a year), and I realize that not having watched one of your videos in so long, how great your narration is. Well done and well enjoyed!
10 miles, 16 kilometers. And so much garbage! It's just shameful to know that there is so many people that act so neglectful and careless! But a huge thumbs-up for the cleaning crew! Good job well done!
Love this cleanup work, and love that it's such a volunteer effort. I HATE that people throw trash in there like that... but I LOVE that people give time, effort, and work to clean this up. Good for all of them! What an inspiration and show of love for their communities.
What a trashy vlog that was!!! Over 20 years ago, my home state here in the US began a spring-time tradition called “Green Up Vermont” The entire state would come out and clean up the roadsides of trash. Getting it early before the plant life would be obscuring the bottles and cans meant we were all out around this time of year. It has become a great tradition with contests, assemblage art competitions, picnics and pot lucks at the end of the long week-end. Gives one a great sense of community spirit. Lovely to see a similar tradition on the canals. Great video!!!!
Nice to see everyone "chipping" in to help clean up the waterways. Supporting the community and just making it better. Plus, getting out in good weather is good too.
Thank you all to the workers, i think the canal system is a beautiful part of England's natural environment and should always be protected. I would love to visit there in your summer, please continue the work you are doing
I truly admire these good folks for their efforts. Before I sold my hobby farm in northern New England USA, my land was in a program called Current Use. I also accepted the 10% additional recreation adjustment to my tax bill because I allowed sportsmen access to the land. NEVER did we have a problem with these folks leaving behind any refuse. Twice a year I did a roadside walk in the front of my property to clean the ditches at the roadside. That is where I harvested many cans and bottles from passing motorists. My reward beyond a clean roadside was some of the cans and bottles had a deposit refund on them. My state did not do that but several neighboring states did. Whenever I had reason to travel to a state that offered the refund, I cashed in my hoard for the 5 and 10-cent deposits.
Kudos to all those volunteers who at great sacrifice, pick up the trash others so flippantly leave behind. Both a sad and a sweet commentary of today's society. It's too bad that our world is full of people who simply lack the moral judgement not to litter. Another awesome video David and well appreciated.
Kudos to those volunteers. Thanks for showcasing them and their work. The perverse love of many people for waste and breakage should never be underestimated. I have to remember to balance that pessimism with the (also true) fact that there are many lovely, generous people who enjoy making the world around them a better place.
The people volunteers and paid staff doing these clean ups are definitely among some of the most important unsung heroes of the canal network keeping it going , i have a real disgust for people using the canal as a rubbish dump it shows absolutely no respect for our historic canals , our nature and it shows no respect to the people who live on the canals
Bless those volunteers, they are the finest people out there. But looking at the hopper - "you're gonna need a bigger boat"! Well done the catering boat too :-)
I'm guessing people think canals are the same as railway boundary fences. Both some how lead to a magical recycling plant where anything thrown in or over is miraculously turned into pretty rainbows. I'm a train driver and the volume of rubbish along the track side is deeply depressing. Everything from sweet wrappers to wide screen TVs and climbing frames. There's even an old caravan with a child's slide hanging out the window.
Well done IWA.... Your voluntary work to clean up the canal is just awesome..... it beggar's belief how some people treat the countryside as their own personal dumping ground 😥... but thank you Dave for bringing the sterling work of these and many other groups trying to keep the countryside clean for everyone to enjoy....
In the USA, Tennessee is known as the Volunteer state... well, in Britain - the folks along that stretch of canal should be known as the Vols too!! Job well done! Cheers from Tennessee, USA
I live on Aquidneck Island, in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. It an island of 3 communities connected to mainland by 3 bridges. Every yr, the grass roots organizations, boaters, community groups, individual people come out in spring and do a shore line clean up of the entire Estuary system, beaches...We've even banned single use plastic bags and straws....
The amount of tat you will find in the canal systems is unbelievable, it's the exact same on my local stretch of the Lancaster in Preston bikes, cars, mopeds, guns you name it has been pulled out over the years
Thank you David for a very informative, interesting vblog 😊 sadly it is disgusting how many people use the canal for dumping their rubbish 😡 Well done to all involved in the clean up 👍
Makes me chuckle a little every time you've said 'Grand Union Canal.' We had a grocery chain here called Grand Union. And it was pretty trashy at the end of it's run.
Brilliant, as a resident of Milton Keynes, living in an area adjoining the Grand Union, it so good to hear of the efforts that are being made to keep our canal crud free. I’m planning on retiring soon, so appreciate the links to the organisations involved.
where would we be without these amazing Volunteers?: Up to our armpits in you know what . Bravo to all for there monumentel efforts to keep Briton tidy .Exalent video David 👍🐸
I'm afraid, at 73 years of age, no garbage that people throw anywhere astonishes me. Nice work as usual. Cheers from largely but not completely canal-free Vienna, Scott
This is the area I live in. Never even knew about this event. What a great thing they do. That is something I would like to help with. Thank you for videoing this. Very interesting and informative.
You all have done yeoman's work. Thank you for what you've done. I worked litter patrol in the summer of 1982 and haven't tossed out so much as a gum wrapper in my life.
What an amazing video! Thank you so much. Showing both sides of what we humans are; careless selfish entiled types and caring considerate types. How can we swing the balance in favor of the latter?
Well that was a real load of rubbish David. Well done, another great video. Takes a really special person to make a successful video about rubbish retrieval. You nailed it my friend.
Nice 1 David, people have been taught to think,, I can dump it here and some other person'll collect it. Kids are not taught to pick up after themselves anymore the way I was. Parenting is different these days. This Dianne lady did a rippa job keeping everybody fed an watered. Ladies like that are some of the unsung heroes. You did well. Thanks m8!
Nice to hear from you David. Volunteers really are a national treasure. And let’s face it … the canals need a good going over on a regular basis. Would be nice to see an awareness campaign on the need to protect these waterways by way of commercial messages and signage every so often along the way. All the best! Canada’s Eastern Seaboard 🇨🇦
Pigs everywhere in the World! It's a huge problem it my small city in northern Ontario Canada also, and volunteers do spring clean-ups every spring after the winter snow melts. I really commend the Canal Trust and the awesome Volunteers for trying to keep the waterways safe and prestine! Thanks.
Good job! Theres perhaps a small amount of value to be recalimed from scrap metal by the bikes and things like the BBQ, the trollies, scooter and definitely its motor. Only a few quid bit still. The state of littering by the roadsides also seems to have got steadily worse over the last few years.
I think that's one of the most interesting and best produced films you've made. The number and variety of shots led me to wonder whether any (aside from the interviews) were set up but I suspect you just grabbed them all on the fly. It must have been a very, very, busy day's filming. Add to that a witty script, but not a laughing matter, and the whole thing made for great viewing !
1) Thank you for sharing this great video on a great project! :-) 2) I would suggest (to the people of this and similar projects) that separate barges be used: one for the organic stuff (branches etc.) and one for the rest, if possible with a smaller compartment for harmful (like toxic) waste (including refrigerators) and a larger compartment for the rest (like bicycles). This way, the organic stuff could be mulched or so, then recycled into nature or gardens, the harmful stuff could be "disharmed", and the rest (including the "disharmed" stuff) could be disposed of in "proper" ways. For comparison, maybe even inspiration: 3) I live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The canals here have been considered waste deposits for centuries, and both dredging and skimming have been part of city life for quite a while. Countless bicycles, sometimes fire arms or grenades. Some ten years ago, "plastic fishing" (should I say "fishing plastic" in English?) became a project. Would you believe it: people are (apparently) willing to pay to participate (equipped with grabbers and nets on sticks), and it's promoted as a "team building" event for businesses! Last time I checked, "plastic fishing" in Rotterdam cost as much per boat (sloop) as in Amsterdam per person... (Update: see below.) I have twice participated in "plastic fishing" as a member of political teams. I must confess that (the weather permitting) it's a great way of viewing (a small part of) the city, and "plastic fishing" does awake one's hunting instincts. (Plastic tends to drift a bit below the surface. As narrowboaters are likely to know.) I remember at least one of my occasions to coincide with beach cleaning on the North Sea coast. As I remember it, the Plastic Whale Foundation, plasticwhale.com/plastic-fishing/, started it, but there may well be others. PS: Before you ask: all house boats in Amsterdam are on the sewage system. ;-)
Great work by the volunteers. Great to see James Griffin on Ocean Princess. I first met James when he was in short trousers (as was I), in 1967 when we hired Bridget, a converted 'Severner' working narrowboat. That was the same year that Milton Keynes was officially announced as the site for a new town. It was then a series of small villages with Bletchley at its southern end and industrial Wolverton at its northern end.
Thanks. However … I confess, I didn’t. Weirdly, the metal of the boat affected the drone’s positioning and - I swear I’m not making this up - it followed the boat without me touching the controls. I was so pleased! 🤣
@@CruisingTheCut if it uses cameras for positioning and collision avoidance, it might have decided that the slow-moving boat was a stationary point of reference. Probably slow enough to be within its GPS margin of error. Or you just got really lucky :p
One of the most interesting jobs I have seen done around the Fleet stretch of the Basingstoke canal was the construction of two coffer dams and pumping out between them, to expose the canal bed under two bridges and carry out repairs. I was trained in civil engineering, yet I had never seen it done before. It is sad to see how many reasonably usable bicycles get dumped in the canal, possibly because they were nicked. Some could fixed and used again.
Interesting video, thanks for showing us the "back office" of canal and narrowboating, I have been enjoying them just as much as the cruising ones. Btw, as an HSE guy, I highly appreciate the very responsible health and safety approach at work, very British indeed!
I can only offer a guess that metal garbage in the canals wasn't a problem during The Second World War. I remember my grandmother telling me about refuse metal and rubber collections during the war. Very good work on the part of the canal crews and residents. 👍
The sheer amount of rubbish is just appalling. I hate to imagine what it would look like without the effort of those awesome volunteers and organisations. Great video mate.
I thought that too, especially in just 10 miles of canal! - Imagine the other 2000 miles of canal!
If they ever catch anybody dumping stuff they should be made to eat it.
@@gardenman3 make them wear it by chaining it to their bodies for everybody to see a litterbug and them think twice before they decide to become a litterbug too.
Companies need to stop producing millions of plastic products every day. Consumers should look at fixing their items as opposed to buying brand new every single time. Too much micro plastics and chemicals poisoning our waters and soil.
@@itstayayg193”consumers should look at fixing items” - companies actively try to prevent this, and will never stop preventing it unless forced by law
Unbelievable! I will likely never cruise the canals but do so enjoy several of the vlogs. Thanks to all who work to keep the canals safe and clean.
Hats off to IWA for doing this horrible job. I lived on my boat in Milton Keynes for 3 years and it was a really good place with pleasant moorings all the way. I enjoyed seeing all the Wyvern Shipping boats coming through and it is great that the owner gives his time to keep the canal free of rubbish.
As everyone should. Everyone who uses it. Even those who just walk it for the views. It’s a community! Everyone should be about helping one way or the other! Everyone gets enjoyment out of it!
The amount of rubbish on that small stretch was astonishing.
Well done to all those volunteers.
Unbelievable the rubbish people throw in the canals. Some have no respect for the environment. Those volunteers are do amazing work. Well done them.
Same near me you clear the verges and within hours all back again. Hate to say it but it is the city folk in their new builds. Throwing stuff out of their cars.
I have not watched one of your videos in a while (a year), and I realize that not having watched one of your videos in so long, how great your narration is. Well done and well enjoyed!
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who assists in this effort!
10 miles, 16 kilometers. And so much garbage! It's just shameful to know that there is so many people that act so neglectful and careless! But a huge thumbs-up for the cleaning crew! Good job well done!
"A nitrous oxide container . . . No laughing matter!" I laughed out loud on that one.
What a fantastic bunch of people!! I take my hats off to them. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Love this cleanup work, and love that it's such a volunteer effort.
I HATE that people throw trash in there like that... but I LOVE that people give time, effort, and work to clean this up. Good for all of them! What an inspiration and show of love for their communities.
I am always dismayed at those who think it is ok to dump their rubbish wherever they feel like it. Brilliant work by the good folks clearing up.
What a trashy vlog that was!!! Over 20 years ago, my home state here in the US began a spring-time tradition called “Green Up Vermont” The entire state would come out and clean up the roadsides of trash. Getting it early before the plant life would be obscuring the bottles and cans meant we were all out around this time of year. It has become a great tradition with contests, assemblage art competitions, picnics and pot lucks at the end of the long week-end. Gives one a great sense of community spirit. Lovely to see a similar tradition on the canals. Great video!!!!
Nice to see everyone "chipping" in to help clean up the waterways. Supporting the community and just making it better. Plus, getting out in good weather is good too.
Thank you all to the workers, i think the canal system is a beautiful part of England's natural environment and should always be protected. I would love to visit there in your summer, please continue the work you are doing
Thanks for showing us that there are people who do care enough to clean up what they can.
I truly admire these good folks for their efforts. Before I sold my hobby farm in northern New England USA, my land was in a program called Current Use. I also accepted the 10% additional recreation adjustment to my tax bill because I allowed sportsmen access to the land. NEVER did we have a problem with these folks leaving behind any refuse. Twice a year I did a roadside walk in the front of my property to clean the ditches at the roadside. That is where I harvested many cans and bottles from passing motorists. My reward beyond a clean roadside was some of the cans and bottles had a deposit refund on them. My state did not do that but several neighboring states did. Whenever I had reason to travel to a state that offered the refund, I cashed in my hoard for the 5 and 10-cent deposits.
This felt like watching TV (and I mean that as a compliment), fantastic quality production!
Thank you so much! 😊
It's the kind of quality, informative and entertaining TV that few TV companies can be bothered to make any more.
Something deeply satisfying watching a clean up 😊
Thanks! As a regular Litterpicker, I know how much work this is, so thanks for highlighting an important volunteer contribution!
Thank you indeed! 😀
THANK YOU for raising our awareness of this issue.
Kudos to all those volunteers who at great sacrifice, pick up the trash others so flippantly leave behind. Both a sad and a sweet commentary of today's society. It's too bad that our world is full of people who simply lack the moral judgement not to litter. Another awesome video David and well appreciated.
Kudos to those volunteers. Thanks for showcasing them and their work. The perverse love of many people for waste and breakage should never be underestimated. I have to remember to balance that pessimism with the (also true) fact that there are many lovely, generous people who enjoy making the world around them a better place.
Thanks!
Thank you indeed! 😀😀
The people volunteers and paid staff doing these clean ups are definitely among some of the most important unsung heroes of the canal network keeping it going , i have a real disgust for people using the canal as a rubbish dump it shows absolutely no respect for our historic canals , our nature and it shows no respect to the people who live on the canals
Don't suppose they found your camera?
Wrong canal!
@@CruisingTheCut I know, but I couldn't help myself 🙃
@@CruisingTheCut You didn't lose it on Vandemonium, did you? ;-)
Bless those volunteers, they are the finest people out there. But looking at the hopper - "you're gonna need a bigger boat"! Well done the catering boat too :-)
My husband works for James as a carpenter.was good seeing Stuart and Shaun .a good job done all of you
Always great videos David ... how rude and disrespectful people are in dumping their rubbish for others to clean up. Love all the volunteers too!
A "Star Wars" and a "Star Trek" reference in the same video--impressive, David! (Another great video, too--thanks again for all you do!)
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What a load of rubbish! But great episode David 👏
"The tea boat!" My ears perked up immediately. *Love* the sound of that! ☺ Thx for the video!
I'm guessing people think canals are the same as railway boundary fences. Both some how lead to a magical recycling plant where anything thrown in or over is miraculously turned into pretty rainbows.
I'm a train driver and the volume of rubbish along the track side is deeply depressing. Everything from sweet wrappers to wide screen TVs and climbing frames. There's even an old caravan with a child's slide hanging out the window.
Well done IWA.... Your voluntary work to clean up the canal is just awesome..... it beggar's belief how some people treat the countryside as their own personal dumping ground 😥... but thank you Dave for bringing the sterling work of these and many other groups trying to keep the countryside clean for everyone to enjoy....
where would we be without volunteers! I have been for many a day for many things. It's very rewarding!
You and the other volunteers FIVE GOLD STARS! FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB ACCOMPLISHED!
I have heard a story about some bloke who just tossed his perfectly good video camera in the canal. Madness. 😂
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Hats off to all the volunteers involved. 👏👏👍😀
In the USA, Tennessee is known as the Volunteer state... well, in Britain - the folks along that stretch of canal should be known as the Vols too!! Job well done! Cheers from Tennessee, USA
I live on Aquidneck Island, in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA. It an island of 3 communities connected to mainland by 3 bridges. Every yr, the grass roots organizations, boaters, community groups, individual people come out in spring and do a shore line clean up of the entire Estuary system, beaches...We've even banned single use plastic bags and straws....
The amount of tat you will find in the canal systems is unbelievable, it's the exact same on my local stretch of the Lancaster in Preston bikes, cars, mopeds, guns you name it has been pulled out over the years
Thank you David for a very informative, interesting vblog 😊
sadly it is disgusting how many people use the canal for dumping their rubbish 😡
Well done to all involved in the clean up 👍
That's awesome to see people caring on the waterways.
Makes me chuckle a little every time you've said 'Grand Union Canal.' We had a grocery chain here called Grand Union. And it was pretty trashy at the end of it's run.
Great work guys and girls. Respect!!
Brilliant, as a resident of Milton Keynes, living in an area adjoining the Grand Union, it so good to hear of the efforts that are being made to keep our canal crud free. I’m planning on retiring soon, so appreciate the links to the organisations involved.
well, this was fantastic! thanks so much, this gave a real sense of just regular folks in community! :D
Brilliant Commentary. A project well worth the attention and support!
Holy Carp! I saw a few volunteers under 60! There's hope for the future.
where would we be without these amazing Volunteers?: Up to our armpits in you know what . Bravo to all for there monumentel efforts to keep Briton tidy .Exalent video David 👍🐸
It seems that there is no end of usefull ideas for a good vlogger ... thanks!
I do miss the cruising videos, but do love these "behind the scenes" type videos. It opens up a world that you don't even think about.
I'm afraid, at 73 years of age, no garbage that people throw anywhere astonishes me.
Nice work as usual. Cheers from largely but not completely canal-free Vienna, Scott
I am in Love with "Cruising The Cut" video's. David's videos keep me "grounded" with joy.
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This is the area I live in. Never even knew about this event. What a great thing they do. That is something I would like to help with. Thank you for videoing this. Very interesting and informative.
You all have done yeoman's work. Thank you for what you've done. I worked litter patrol in the summer of 1982 and haven't tossed out so much as a gum wrapper in my life.
What an amazing video! Thank you so much. Showing both sides of what we humans are; careless selfish entiled types and caring considerate types. How can we swing the balance in favor of the latter?
Nice to see this team at work, you volunteers make all the difference - and ofcourse the sponsors, great work people!
Everyday heroes in true form thanks for the video showing their hard work
Quite unbelievable David, it disgusts me how people behave, thank you for highlighting this, and for the fantastic efforts by the volunteers.
Great video and kudos to the crew and the service they provided. The little tug looked pretty cool indeed.
Thanks for sharing!
Well that was a real load of rubbish David. Well done, another great video. Takes a really special person to make a successful video about rubbish retrieval. You nailed it my friend.
Very interesting video! Selfish people are everywhere. These great people set an example to the world .congratulations !
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice to see so many volunteers working to make the canal cleaner..
Great work by those folks. Well done. Nice coverage too. C&Lx
Nice 1 David, people have been taught to think,, I can dump it here and some other person'll collect it. Kids are not taught to pick up after themselves anymore the way I was. Parenting is different these days. This Dianne lady did a rippa job keeping everybody fed an watered. Ladies like that are some of the unsung heroes. You did well. Thanks m8!
She and her hubby really did make sure we were fed and watered! It was a fun day. Cheers Greg! 😀
What nice and wonderful lovely people!!
Brilliant work, brilliant people, big hearts, so fantastic and groovy. well done, well done indeed.
Great job by all the volunteers 👍
Well done all concerned. Another great video.
Nice to hear from you David. Volunteers really are a national treasure. And let’s face it … the canals need a good going over on a regular basis. Would be nice to see an awareness campaign on the need to protect these waterways by way of commercial messages and signage every so often along the way.
All the best!
Canada’s Eastern Seaboard 🇨🇦
Interesting video, David! (Of course, as an American I was slightly amazed that the crew didn't come across a single corpse. :] )
Who doesn’t enjoy a chat about hedgehogs? Another great video David. Wonderful to hear from the diverse stakeholders in that small section of canal!
Thanks good job.. greetings from Texas
Nice to see my Brother doing his bit for the cause.
The panning shot along the hopper showing the dumped items was like a dystopian generation game 😂😂
Pigs everywhere in the World! It's a huge problem it my small city in northern Ontario Canada also, and volunteers do spring clean-ups every spring after the winter snow melts. I really commend the Canal Trust and the awesome Volunteers for trying to keep the waterways safe and prestine! Thanks.
Great work everyone, why some people want to live in a dump and throw rubbish I will never understand.
Never been on a canal, but I love these videos. Relaxing and informative. Thank you :)
Much appreciated!
Good job! Theres perhaps a small amount of value to be recalimed from scrap metal by the bikes and things like the BBQ, the trollies, scooter and definitely its motor. Only a few quid bit still. The state of littering by the roadsides also seems to have got steadily worse over the last few years.
Enjoy the way he pronounces 'detritus'. My dad's ancestors were from England & Wales, so I love videos like this!
I think that's one of the most interesting and best produced films you've made. The number and variety of shots led me to wonder whether any (aside from the interviews) were set up but I suspect you just grabbed them all on the fly. It must have been a very, very, busy day's filming. Add to that a witty script, but not a laughing matter, and the whole thing made for great viewing !
Thank you!
It was an amazing video showing how much junk there was in the canal! A great video!
1) Thank you for sharing this great video on a great project! :-)
2) I would suggest (to the people of this and similar projects) that separate barges be used: one for the organic stuff (branches etc.) and one for the rest, if possible with a smaller compartment for harmful (like toxic) waste (including refrigerators) and a larger compartment for the rest (like bicycles).
This way, the organic stuff could be mulched or so, then recycled into nature or gardens, the harmful stuff could be "disharmed", and the rest (including the "disharmed" stuff) could be disposed of in "proper" ways.
For comparison, maybe even inspiration:
3) I live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The canals here have been considered waste deposits for centuries, and both dredging and skimming have been part of city life for quite a while. Countless bicycles, sometimes fire arms or grenades.
Some ten years ago, "plastic fishing" (should I say "fishing plastic" in English?) became a project. Would you believe it: people are (apparently) willing to pay to participate (equipped with grabbers and nets on sticks), and it's promoted as a "team building" event for businesses! Last time I checked, "plastic fishing" in Rotterdam cost as much per boat (sloop) as in Amsterdam per person... (Update: see below.)
I have twice participated in "plastic fishing" as a member of political teams. I must confess that (the weather permitting) it's a great way of viewing (a small part of) the city, and "plastic fishing" does awake one's hunting instincts. (Plastic tends to drift a bit below the surface. As narrowboaters are likely to know.) I remember at least one of my occasions to coincide with beach cleaning on the North Sea coast.
As I remember it, the Plastic Whale Foundation, plasticwhale.com/plastic-fishing/, started it, but there may well be others.
PS: Before you ask: all house boats in Amsterdam are on the sewage system. ;-)
difficulty of having additional barges perhaps could be that the canal is open an d extra barges might cause traffic congestion .
The video states only one barge was available this year.
Thanks everyone.
We are just boating through that stretch & really appreciating how lovely and clean it is - thanks to all your efforts.
Well done 👏
A chipper shredder mounted on a hopper barge would greatly reduce the plant matter to a manageable pile. Junk goes in the other barge.
Great work by the volunteers. Great to see James Griffin on Ocean Princess. I first met James when he was in short trousers (as was I), in 1967 when we hired Bridget, a converted 'Severner' working narrowboat. That was the same year that Milton Keynes was officially announced as the site for a new town. It was then a series of small villages with Bletchley at its southern end and industrial Wolverton at its northern end.
11:14 you matched the vector on that top-down drone shot pretty bloody well!
Thanks. However … I confess, I didn’t. Weirdly, the metal of the boat affected the drone’s positioning and - I swear I’m not making this up - it followed the boat without me touching the controls. I was so pleased! 🤣
@@CruisingTheCut if it uses cameras for positioning and collision avoidance, it might have decided that the slow-moving boat was a stationary point of reference. Probably slow enough to be within its GPS margin of error. Or you just got really lucky :p
Another fascinating video David - some sterling work by all the clean-up crew.
A great event! Maybe you could add some magnets to troll along the bottom. Magnet fishing is very popular and very effective.
Cheers!
well done folks nice to see the folk all helping and mucking in...Tom Ayr Scotland.
One of the most interesting jobs I have seen done around the Fleet stretch of the Basingstoke canal was the construction of two coffer dams and pumping out between them, to expose the canal bed under two bridges and carry out repairs. I was trained in civil engineering, yet I had never seen it done before.
It is sad to see how many reasonably usable bicycles get dumped in the canal, possibly because they were nicked. Some could fixed and used again.
Interesting video, thanks for showing us the "back office" of canal and narrowboating, I have been enjoying them just as much as the cruising ones. Btw, as an HSE guy, I highly appreciate the very responsible health and safety approach at work, very British indeed!
As important as any episode. Thanks.
That's great. Wishing I was there to help. Thanks for the show From Highland falls New York
I can only offer a guess that metal garbage in the canals wasn't a problem during The Second World War. I remember my grandmother telling me about refuse metal and rubber collections during the war. Very good work on the part of the canal crews and residents. 👍
Bravo to all who helped. We live on the Mississippi River and have similar clean ups.
That solar panel will still be usable. Metal is always recyclable so it should be separated out.
Not if it's classified as contaminated..
16:22 Thank you Diane for taking so good care of the boy
Humans at their WORST. Humans at their BEST. That canal system is a marvel and NOT a garbage dump !