Can't see it myself but you never know. We picked our boat up last Saturday from Clifton Cruisers (We always use them, spot on) We were planning to go up the Ashby and back before the landslip, so instead we went to Stoke Bruerne and back and have to give a shout out to Spice of Bruerne, excellent Indian restaurant. Anyway such is life, we had a great week anyway and had the weather which is always a bonus. The Ashby will be there for next years adventure🤞Love the vlogs, keep up the good work and all our best wishes, the Hatts👍🍻
Glad to hear the Spice Bruerne was on the money. We nearly went in there when we visited town so great to hear it gets a thumbs up from you guys. Bring on the Ashby next year?
Thank you Elliott and Sue for the update. Only wish the real world journalists did such things. Please stay on top of this story, if you can and send a hearty THANK YOU to Kev for the footage. Mark Alberta, Canada (currently in Colchester)
Thanks Mark - between ourselves and Kev hopefully we make a good team and the footage is helpful to people to see what’s actually going on? Enjoy sunny Colchester!!
Happy to accept a thankyou. It's my favourite kayaking route hoping to pass through on water rather than land very soon. Glad for Narrow Escape to share with everyone i just dont get the views on my channel lol 😆 Kev....
Hello 👋 Hi Elliott and Sue. Watched your video great you managed to use it. My video wasnt that great but gave enough eye candy footage to see how much they've managed since my last video i shared. Sorry Elliott i prefer my version with my music editing lol. Im getting better 😂 I done a belter of a paddling video to Hawkesbury junction i think 🤔 my heads getting bigger now lol. But i am sure youll get thousands more views than me but we all start somewhere eh. I added a picture from few weeks ago showing the height of the bank theyve now dug out it really does show how much spoil theyve had to move. Well time is counting down, i cant wait to kayak past where that hump was lol gotta get over that hump.....😊😊😊😊😊 Anyway all the very best. Kev the brinklow kayaker ❤
Hi - yes - we were looking to do a short video but the short story is navigation has reopened but only in very tight windows each weekday. Saturdays and Sundays the navigation is open and weekdays it’s open between 10am and 11 and 1 and 2pm, and after 4.30pm 👍
NB Spudley also does regular vlogs on this and interviews CRT staff on site. I too have a worry about that whole area, not just where the landslide occurred…
It's been like this for years on and off small land slides it's only been closed for small tow path blockages in the past nothing too major, but this one really did move and filled the canal too. Us locals walk and I paddle this a lot question is when and how long until the next slip?
@@Kev_the-Brinklow-Kayaker They’ve done a few updates where they interview CRT staff. Last one was the other day and CRT reckon they are still on track to open the navigation on 18th May. We’ll see.
Hello from Kansas! I was thinking that with it caving in from both sides, could a sinkhole or subsidence be the cause? I'd lay money on it that it's not going to get done! It may even become a problem child for boaters and CRT. Thanks!
They seem pretty sure it’s due to the steep bank and the amount of rain just ahead of the slip occurring but who knows for sure? The issue they face is what to do with the rest of that stretch which is largely the same make up? Over the summer it shouldn’t be too much of an issue but come winter…?
@@NarrowEscape1 CRT should look at reusing the orginal route,not sure how much is still there & reusable, there were a few preserved stretches some years ago,I wonder if they could still add in the missing sections to make whole length usuable again?
@@stuartandrews4344 We did look into this a year or so ago because we wanted to do a video on the old canal route. We didn't delve massively deep but it was obvious that it would be a problem due to being built over in many places, plus the cost of land acquisition would be huge in these days?
@@NarrowEscape1 A few ago I wanted to overlay 1st edition OS map showing canal route over various revisions & latest version OS maps & get my mate to fly his drone along the routes, there was quite a bit of route there in places, but have become filled in,but my unexpected health issues scuppered the plan.And I bet cost of land acquisition would work out cheaper than present & future land slips repair costs
Old route now has buildings built on it sadly its impossible to reinstate but how I wish the canal was left in the old route it would have put my village of Brinklow on the map. Sadly no pictures of the canal back then routed through the village. Wish they had put in a tunnel on the land slip section would have saved a lot of hard work now. Gives us something to discuss though eh. Kev the brinklow kayaker
Can't see it myself but you never know. We picked our boat up last Saturday from Clifton Cruisers (We always use them, spot on) We were planning to go up the Ashby and back before the landslip, so instead we went to Stoke Bruerne and back and have to give a shout out to Spice of Bruerne, excellent Indian restaurant. Anyway such is life, we had a great week anyway and had the weather which is always a bonus. The Ashby will be there for next years adventure🤞Love the vlogs, keep up the good work and all our best wishes, the Hatts👍🍻
We also love Spice of Bruerne Indian restaurant!
Glad to hear the Spice Bruerne was on the money. We nearly went in there when we visited town so great to hear it gets a thumbs up from you guys. Bring on the Ashby next year?
Thank you Elliott and Sue for the update. Only wish the real world journalists did such things. Please stay on top of this story, if you can and send a hearty THANK YOU to Kev for the footage.
Mark
Alberta, Canada (currently in Colchester)
Thanks Mark - between ourselves and Kev hopefully we make a good team and the footage is helpful to people to see what’s actually going on?
Enjoy sunny Colchester!!
Happy to accept a thankyou.
It's my favourite kayaking route hoping to pass through on water rather than land very soon.
Glad for Narrow Escape to share with everyone i just dont get the views on my channel lol 😆 Kev....
Hello 👋
Hi Elliott and Sue.
Watched your video great you managed to use it.
My video wasnt that great but gave enough eye candy footage to see how much they've managed since my last video i shared.
Sorry Elliott i prefer my version with my music editing lol.
Im getting better 😂
I done a belter of a paddling video to Hawkesbury junction i think 🤔 my heads getting bigger now lol.
But i am sure youll get thousands more views than me but we all start somewhere eh.
I added a picture from few weeks ago showing the height of the bank theyve now dug out it really does show how much spoil theyve had to move.
Well time is counting down, i cant wait to kayak past where that hump was lol gotta get over that hump.....😊😊😊😊😊
Anyway all the very best.
Kev the brinklow kayaker ❤
Thanks for the footage Kev!! Gotta get over dat hump, hump, hump 🤣
Looks like an awful lot of work still to be done hope you are both doing ok tc now the oldies 👍👍🤗🤗
Thanks you two - we’re absolutely fine thanks! 👍 Hope you both are too?
Any update on the progress, are boats able to navigate through it yet, 21/05/2024
Hi - yes - we were looking to do a short video but the short story is navigation has reopened but only in very tight windows each weekday. Saturdays and Sundays the navigation is open and weekdays it’s open between 10am and 11 and 1 and 2pm, and after 4.30pm
👍
Not holding my breath but may open one channel with restrictions on travel times perhaps 🤔🦆💕
It will be interesting to see what happens Pam. The local hire companies will no doubt be exerting what pressure they can on the CRT crew! 👍
Hmmm. Seems optimistic. The whole bank needs support though otherwise it will just slide into the canal next time it rains!
It makes you wonder!
NB Spudley also does regular vlogs on this and interviews CRT staff on site. I too have a worry about that whole area, not just where the landslide occurred…
Agreed on that - that whole stretch is a concern. Could be an absolute money pit!
@@NarrowEscape1
I know…but if the whole lot collapses, there could be people and boats underneath next time 😢
It's been like this for years on and off small land slides it's only been closed for small tow path blockages in the past nothing too major, but this one really did move and filled the canal too.
Us locals walk and I paddle this a lot question is when and how long until the next slip?
NB spudley yer watch there video as they're local in the brinklow marina yes brilliant video of the slip they done with crt...
@@Kev_the-Brinklow-Kayaker
They’ve done a few updates where they interview CRT staff. Last one was the other day and CRT reckon they are still on track to open the navigation on 18th May. We’ll see.
Looks like the whole side needs extra support, otherwise the next heavy rain the rest will follow.
That has to be a serious concern for sure Karen.
Hello from Kansas! I was thinking that with it caving in from both sides, could a sinkhole or subsidence be the cause? I'd lay money on it that it's not going to get done! It may even become a problem child for boaters and CRT. Thanks!
They seem pretty sure it’s due to the steep bank and the amount of rain just ahead of the slip occurring but who knows for sure? The issue they face is what to do with the rest of that stretch which is largely the same make up? Over the summer it shouldn’t be too much of an issue but come winter…?
Flogging a dead horse... The whole section is unstable, get some heavy rain & you'll get a slip somewhere along that cutting.
I agree - if I were the CRT I’d be VERY concerned about this whole stretch and WHEN not IF it goes again.
@@NarrowEscape1 CRT should look at reusing the orginal route,not sure how much is still there & reusable, there were a few preserved stretches some years ago,I wonder if they could still add in the missing sections to make whole length usuable again?
@@stuartandrews4344 We did look into this a year or so ago because we wanted to do a video on the old canal route. We didn't delve massively deep but it was obvious that it would be a problem due to being built over in many places, plus the cost of land acquisition would be huge in these days?
@@NarrowEscape1 A few ago I wanted to overlay 1st edition OS map showing canal route over various revisions & latest version OS maps & get my mate to fly his drone along the routes, there was quite a bit of route there in places, but have become filled in,but my unexpected health issues scuppered the plan.And I bet cost of land acquisition would work out cheaper than present & future land slips repair costs
Old route now has buildings built on it sadly its impossible to reinstate but how I wish the canal was left in the old route it would have put my village of Brinklow on the map.
Sadly no pictures of the canal back then routed through the village.
Wish they had put in a tunnel on the land slip section would have saved a lot of hard work now.
Gives us something to discuss though eh.
Kev the brinklow kayaker