109. Narrowboat journey from the Droitwich canal and down the River Severn to Tewkesbury
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2017
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After 48 hours on the visitor mooring at Netherwich Basin in Droitwich Spa, I reversed my path up the Droitwich Barge Canal and headed back out downstream on the River Severn.
I went through Worcester, past Upton-on-Severn and into the River Avon at Tewkesbury, having executed dramatic overtaking manoeuvres. battled loose logs and coped with any army of tiny spiders.
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Theme music: "Vespers" by Topher Mohr and Alex Alena, from the UA-cam music library
Had to turn the sound off, could not stand the inane commentary. Where's this bloke get it from? Gpx
He writes it all himself, grafting for many hard, long hours. Still, you win some, you lose some.
If a bloke does a vlog entirely dedicated to showing himself on a canal boat, you should expect to hear that bloke chuntering on about his trip on his boat. Funny that isn't it. Carry on countering, some of us, clearly, enjoy it.
Not at all inane but maybe too proper and informative for some - not me. Must admit the "bloke" is very sporting not to revile back. That's not the Narrowboat Way.
too funny
I quit enjoy his accent and also fine his talk relaxing.
Thanks for all the good laughs David. I really appreciated your wide range of comedic styles today. Loved it. I will continue to Klingon to every humorous word. ;-)
Good to hear! Cheers
9:35 "snails doped with ketamine" I'm dying 😂😂😂
Hey! I thought the "Severn swans a'swimming" line was pretty clever! Keep the puns coming, please.
*eyeroll* puns yes, Severn swans no. Mileage varies, I am sure.
What punks to throw rocks! Such a different kind of boating world, thanks for the fun journey today!
Alas, the only sloths we have here are bored teenagers :-( Very pleased you enjoyed it!
Great video....I played it for a patient I am caring for in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit who, by chance is from Worcester. He is currently on a ventilator but, gave his wife and myself many squeezes of his hands as he watched. It seemed to delight and comfort him. Never under estimate the power of your work..
Blimey. I'm a bit taken aback. It's a lovely thing to know though. Thank you - and well done for your work; trauma, I am quite sure, doesn't just apply to the patients there; must be quite a stressful role.
The work can be stressful...The rewards are sublime...
I love your commentary, ignore the haters.
:-)
I find the videos very well narrated. Great work!
Baby spiders migrate by climbing out on a high branch and letting out a meter or so of silk. The wind catches the strand and wafts the spider-lings into the faces of passing boaters. Completing Nature's circle of Annoyance...
This is called "ballooning" and is extremely cute in nature documentaries but is probably pretty horrible to blunder into on a nice afternoon.
Hello David. For some reason I always find your videos very relaxing and your narration is top notch. Keep up the good works. Thanks.
Thank you Alan, much appreciated.
I believe that feeling from your propeller going through the wakes is called cavitation.
Is it? Sounds reasonable. It was most odd.
Thumbs up! Outstanding! Lovely, punny humor. Thanks! My husband says that your vlogs should be half an hour long. Better than Netflix!
It takes quite enough time to edit fifteen minutes!!!
Someone complained about your commentary keep up the good work my friend my vision is not the greatest your voice is soothing and fills in the theater of the Mind
So funny at 5:50. That kid wanted to bolt but he was on a leash. 😂😂😂
David, wow cranking on at 6 knot, you speed demon. Your boat being pushed to the opposite side is caused by the hydraulic pressure your boat created the when moving into the lock with a very shallow draft. The Huston ship channel the is famous for this problem. The ships running close to the channel edge will progressively have to the add more and more rudder to hold a course. Eventually the ship will make a turn in the opposite direction of the rudder angle due to the pressure between the hull and the side of the channel. Try holding more to the center the until you reduced the most of your speed, then move to the side you want to tie up to. Also, look a propeller effect, the direction your propeller turns changes the way your boat maneuvers learning about it will help you quite a bit in your boat handling skills. Really enjoying this trip.
Thanks. The prop effect I'm used to but this was the first time I'd had that push sideways at the front!
Once again you have shown yourself to be a better man than I when you blurred out the faces of the stone-throwers. Glad to hear that there was no major damage done to you or the boat. Many thanks for another enjoyable video, safe journey and best wishes.
I don't have them on camera throwing the one that hit so I'm obliged to blur them.
I can't imagine why anyone would "dislike" these little tales. I'm enjoying them. Sort of like a cup of tea for my mind. 🚣🏻
I just don't understand what there is to dislike, it's hardly controversial stuff.
Every UA-cam video gets dislikes, some people enjoy doing it I think.
True that, I watch lots of things on UA-cam from vlogs like yours, to lets-plays by gamer's. They all have dislikes. You got to feel sorry for someone who is so small minded that they go around hating on other peoples content. Particularly when it is something like yours where there is very little, to practically nothing that you could dislike.
Need to say Dave I enjoy your dialogue very much.
I started boating on the cut at Kinver in the 70's and I've done all these trips on the Severn and Avon over thirty odd years afloat, including the Bristol Channel where I've been shiprecked twice. Moved to France when I retired but back now and I've bought another boat which I'm renovating and can't wait to get back on the water in my own 70's. Love your vids, you've inspired me. Your wit is nearly as good as mine so keep it up.
Too funny. As I was watching this video I was thinking it's not just the camera-work, but your narration skills making it special and entertaining. And then the first comment I see is someone who dislikes your commentary.
The spider activity could have been Money Spiders 'ballooning' - they fire up some string into the air and fly at the mercy of wind and electric currents. They have been known to travel hundreds of miles in this fashion.
Hello, David. I can't believe those awful boys threw rocks at you. Shame on them. Lovely vlog, as usual. I think your commentary is perfect and makes me smile every single time.
I almost knew they were going to in advance but was quite annoyed that they did :-(
did you just assume their gender there? >:-)
You are doing a disservice to all canal boaters. I live here in Panama City Fl. It is beautiful here....but your vlogs are showing us here that you have it better. We are all packing up and moving to the canals. You will soon have a bunch of yanks clogging your canals very soon. With our rock music, socks with sandals and fat bellys.
That sounds dreadful!! Haha, I'm sure you're doing a disservice to your fellow yanks :-)
There is a lovely fish and chip shop in Tewksbury. I was there yesterday, sat in the picnic area with the lid off the car and watched to World go by, fortified with fish, chips and curry sauce. Yum.
Lol your like a public service during lockdown...brilliant. 👍
Your commentary always makes me chuckle.
Good!
A good part of the enjoyment of viewing your videos is the language - you are a craftsman in my book.
Thank you, much appreciated!
Theory about the Lock Drift: You are creating your own turbulence when you come into the lock. You are pushing water in a confined area, So it's going to push back on what ever side you are on..
I suppose so but I was barely moving :-(
i just love traveling a river via virtual
reality and CruisingTheCut vlog
watching swans watching us glimpsing historical buildings and remember it is very british to complain it's how we know you are true blue cheers
We do like a nice grumble.
And a nice crumble, preferably rhubarb.
Definitely! With ice cream.
Cornish clotted for me please.
I believe the vibration you felt from the prop crossing wakes on the river is called cavitation. Higher speed motor boats use "cupped" edges on the props to cure this. The pressure waves of the wake at your stern and the high entry point of a narrow boat"s prop above the hull bottom are the factors leading to cavitation.
Thank you - excellent info. It felt most peculiar.
Publically shunned by Holsteins, ensnarled in webs of tiny spiders and stoned by miscreant scamps, it was still a pretty good day on the river. I was waiting on your continuation up through the Tardebigge challenge, but, as you reversed and found the Avon, now I shall wait for the lesser Wilmcote group.
I need a crew for Tardebigge!
I love your sense of humor. Love your videos too. I'm in dead brown central California and it's nice to see rain and greenery. Not for myself of course, I've seen rain; but for my 25 year old daughter.
Thank you.
Lovely video. I wondered if the disaffected youth would turn up on one of these videos. We have a catapult and a years supply of marbles in the cockpit, only for persuading crocodiles to leave our vicinity, but it could be put to other uses. Of course you do have a shortage of crocs over there.
Perhaps you could send some over? That would make canal boating a whole heap more adrenaline-fuelled!
I was thinking super soaker (massive water pistol) but I’m not sure what the range is 🔫
I wonder...I wonder how sorry one must be to blame others for your own " lot in life" so vehemently as to float around UA-cam nonchalantly giving thumbs down to videos. So sad...so very very sad...GREAT VIDEO I must say...
Ha ha, so strange to read the "no sound" comment. Being a stranger to your language and delighted to have YT to watch and listen to people all over the world 🌍 I just wanted to let you know how much I like you humorous talks. I miss drone footage but read you comments about that so that’s it. Will not miss a single video of yours. 👍🤗🇩🇰
Six miles an hour, I hope you did not get dizzy with that speed. :) A great trip it seems, especially when one can stop at nearly any time. The narrative, camera work and postprodiction was superb, as always.
I could feel my organs being pressed back inside me from the acceleration...
This is why I subscribe to your channel! You were really in high humor on this one! Thanks, David,
Cheers :-)
severn looks like a fun river.
Thank you as always for another great Vlog. I'm so sorry you get negative comments. I love your commentary and appreciate the time you take to share such a great experience with us.
You make the ordinary tasks, duties and ordinary travel interesting and funny, thanks!
Lock poltergeist's... I have been through locks on the Mississippi river. When entering, your boat is displacing water. When you enter, the water moves sideways. Since you are closer to one side, the displaced water pushes off that side, and moves you the wrong direction.
My apologies if this has already been mentioned.
I very much appreciate the Vlog's. Thank you. Cheers.
3.5K likes vs. 16 dislikes, 55 K subscribed, although i was terrible in math growing up I'd say this means....David, you're guilty of being entertaining, educational and informative!
I think what forces you to the middle of the large locks when you enter is the pressure wave that the bow creates as it moves forward in the water.
Loved it! Glad to see you running along at quite a pace! Such fun. Cheers and God bless...
I really enjoy your commentary because it adds to the video, thank you and please give us more!
Beautiful countryside and great commentary, thanks again, David.
enjoying living vicariously through you vlog. I am way past the age to be messing with all those locks. I do live in the Puget Sound area and have been out on boats many times. I worked as a shipyard rigger at one time and my father was a first mate on Mississippi tug boats. Most of my adventures were on motorcycles and I rode in all the lower 48 states and got Alaska during a trip to the Arctic Circle. I do enjoy a story told well and you seem to be good at it. Thanks for sharing.
My son and I are completely addicted to your channel. Thanks for the many couch adventures :-)
Break neck speed, bitter breezes, battling spiders and bridge wrong 'uns! A harrowing adventure indeed.
All action episode
Small and baby spiders can take to the air by letting out a line of silk. The wind catches the silk and it lifts the spider into the air to travel any where the wind brings them. You might have been going through an area where baby spiders got big enough to travel by air and disperse themselves away from their birth place and happened to crash land into you. LOL
It was like a parachute squadron landing on my face.
Another great Vlog, love viewing the old English homes and countryside, I think you made a super great decision when you bought your narrow boat, Cheers from the US of A, keep up the great work, enjoy your channel
Thank you!
Yikes that's a lot of pounds. Beautiful there. Love the castle ..cottage and swans. Thank you.
:-)
Can’t win ‘em all David, but I like your commentaries 😉
Thanks
The amount of times I've almost rowed into those swans is uncountable!
I've taken to opening Google Maps and following your travels in the satellite mode. It makes it so enjoyable knowing and seeing what is beyond your camera's view.
Your most times good for a nice chuckle....its appreciated 😁😊 drat those polterguiests. need to get more exersize. 😅
Love your vids! I think you lower my blood pressure by 10 points every time I watch. BTW.... looked to see if someone else mentioned it, but didn't see anything. Your small spiders are probably spider young leaving the nest. They climb up trees and let out a long thin line of silk and then let the wind blow the silk and them where they may go. It's how they propogate, called ballooning I guess they hope they don't land in the river but or get stuck on a guy on a narrowboat just passing by.
Thank you. Good spider info. There were HOARDS of them!!
You always make me laugh and smile while watching your videos! Nice camera work; you captured some lovely views of the countryside -- not counting cow bottoms! 🐄
Thank you
Great Video David, i had to laugh at the spider webs though, think of this it this was, at least you got your daily cardio in running into all those webs. Have a safe fun day.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it and my spider discomfort!
Another lovely vlog . I've finally found a boat of my own. so as long as all goes well with the survey, that's in a couple of weeks, I'll hopefully be cruising myself by Christmas 😁
Excellent! Best wishes with the survey!
Nicely done and an enjoyable journey by proxy as usual! Thank you sir.
Ta
Another [as usual] lovely vlog. We moored at Upton-upon-Severn and also used the services at the marina opposite. We took on water and used their elsan free of charge [both]. They just ask that you observe their time limit on the visitor moorings adjacent to the water point.
Good info! Cheers Dean
Well that's me now caught up on all the video's. Thanks for taking us on this journey with you. I keep hinting at the wife that we should do this..... she is not convinced at all... Looking forward to the next VLOG.
Haha, keep working on her!
The word 'Avon' was the Saxon word for river. That's why we have so many rivers called Avon. The Roman map makers would point at the water and ask the local man: "What's that called?" because of course he wanted the name of the river for his map. But instead he got the answer "It's the River".
Internet Quality Police how interesting!
Celtic, not Saxon. As David said, it's related to the Welsh word.
Anyhow, Saxons came to England after the Romans left.
"The River Avon" means the "The River River" 🙂
I've never travelled on a river with a narrow boat before. Quite an experience. Super video - thanks David.
What a great vlog again, I really love the river cruises where there's (almost) always plenty of space to pass or meet ather boats without have to distroy your paintwork because of overhanging branches etc.
I wonder why people dislike these vlogs, or would they have tried to click the thumps up button, but missed it due to bad eye sight ?
Who knows, some people are very fond of downliking videos on all channels.
Lovely to see the Malvern Hills at 8:45. The place where I was born and bred
Another excellent video, as usual. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing and the narrative is great 👍.
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I don't know if your'e scripting all this ahead but I just love the language, the little British puns, even though I'm sure some get lost in translation :)
I spend hours scripting these (other than the on-camera pieces, they're off the cuff), that's really what takes the editing time. Glad you like it :-)
The "Weird Corrugated tunnel" is known as an "Armco" tunnel/culvert etc. It gets its name from the company that patented the method of construction and produced the Galvanized, corrugated bolted segments that for both the shuttering for the concrete incasement and a robust (generally) rust free lining.
I think cruising the rivers and being able to go at a faster pace is cool.. it's very beautiful too..
that last bit was funny
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Welcome to my home area, i hope you enjoy your stay
Thank you, I had a lovely trip.
Im a sound engineer and i mix the Jazz bands every year at Upton Jazz Festival. Great part of the country.
Good Vlog. Enjoyed the puns. Keep it up. Richard (Arizona Fan)
Thanks!
I think i recognise the guy at the 1st guy that threw the stones at you, the first guy pretty much always wears the same clothes and i go to the same school, if its any consultation and some closure, he was jumped and knocked out in a fight recently, so revenge for your boat.
Hi David, brilliant vlog as always..Looks quite peaceful along the river..You do look cold!! good picture moment! the cow's back view!!Look forward to next vid..s
It was chilly but the week after was baking so the trip up the Avon was great. Cheers
I'm impressed that you did an oil change while the lock keeper was at lunch but I don't know how long an oil change takes. I would be keen to see you do that and I think I may have asked before but I recall you said you done that for your patreons. I could be wrong so I'll take a look at your videos again! Thanks for another really interesting video. Those rivers look really scary to me!
It took 25 minutes and it's the next vlog, so stand by!!
I'm standing! I can't wait. Thank you.
It appears you must deal with young Morons in your adventures from time to time and as well online. I must say you handled all of it as professional as possible. Good Show!!!!
I got a huge chuckle when you used the "Swan-nie River" reference. It's nice that you paid homage to a historic river in my home state of Florida, USA. I would have to say, probably many Americans wouldn't have gotten that reference. Also, the Severn Swans a swimming had me laughing... I really love your narratives in your vlogs.
Thank you. I was quite pleased with my swan references in this one!
Wow, the Avon is beautiful.
Great one! You always manage to make me laugh out loud.....even though your humor is quite subtle. Glad you are making these vlogs and having such a wonderful life there on the canals and rivers. I spent a good deal of time on rivers this summer, but in a kayak, and sadly, have to get off the water at the end of the day. Keep it up! You inspire us all to enjoy the nature around us, and to explore!
I have a vague intention to buy an inflatable kayak and have a go at that, it looks fun.
the spiders jump off tall trees and float in the air with their string behind them acting like a parachute. :-)
enjoyed this one David as its a bit longer than normal, and you seem really happy to be on the river. Nice way to spend my lunch break.
I did have an enjoyable day even though the weather was poor. It was much nicer coming up the Avon, as you'll soon see!
Love what you said at the end....
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Mine....mine.....mine...........................................................Mine!. lol a welcome way to start my Sunday, Cheers from Utah
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Enjoyable and informative as ever - I've walked the Severn and Avon (footpaths) around Tewkesbury and often wondered how you'd navigate from one to the other - now it all makes sense - thanks
Glad it was useful!
Ok...I thank you for your time in answering questions! I have read FAQ (because I personally hate having to answer the same question over and over so I know this hasn't been asked....no it isn't about toilets). Are there sound ordances along the canals? I ask because even along the more densely populated moor areas everyone is so quiet. Seems that way even in the more urban areas. Growing up along the Chesapeake Bay the recreation boats are always loud party boats. I am sure you folks have them as I did catch some videos on the Naughty Narrow boats but even those folks are not blasting music.
Also, my 15 year old son has taken to watching your vlog with me and he agrees with you about the graffiti.He especially hates it on the bridges and is agreeing with your narration the whole time. He also said that your confidence in taking the rivers has improved noticiablely. After watching this vlog I have to agree...definitely more confident as you gained experience!
With apologies, I'm not sure what you mean by "sound ordinances"? Local laws?? No more so than for anyone who's not on the canal. You get the occasional party boat (stag/hen dos etc) or idiotic thoughtless folk but most are here because they enjoy the quiet! Glad you both like the videos :-)
Another top notch vlog with superb and entertaining commentary.
Very kind :-)
"Snails on ketamine" wow, that's slow! Very funny........
I genuinely had a debate with myself about whether they should be on ketamine or mogadon. Of all the weird conversations to have in your head!!
Your welcome.
Loved this video (well, I love all your videos, but this one especially)! You provided several out-loud giggles (Severn swans a swimming.....) during your speedy dash to the Avon mooring spot!
Pleased you enjoyed it :-)
David I must admit the rivers are very attractive. Whenever I saw kids on bridges I hung back till they had crossed.
I wish I had but I think it would have been obvious I was doing so and suspect they'd still have waited to chuck something.
i have a cold drink BUT I WANT TEA! 😁 This was a very funny commentary .
It was just lovely. I liked how you had fun even though your boat misbehaved in the lock. Jolly good I should think. I'm writing from Colorado in the USA..
Thank you - yes, it was a great trip (and gets even better on the Avon)
Curious fun possible fact for you, I believe the words Nene, Aire, and Ouse (as in the River Ouse, or Great Ouse), and a few other river names also originate from old latin words for river. I may have been told this by a slightly inebriated man in a pub, but if it stands true, it does amusingly mean that a large portion of the UKs river network is actually called, quite simply, the "river river".
So glad to see a video from you. I was getting worried as you haven't been seen since the big storm we had last week. I hope you wasn't hit too bad and your boat survived undamaged.
I'm fine! Don't forget this was filmed back in June. It's only been a week since the last video anyway!
I liked the name bullseye for £50, in Aussie we call $50 a Pineapple because it's yellow or sometimes a Hawaii as in Hawaii Five-0
I say old chap that I've always wanted to say, "I say old chap" here in the colonies. You will have to guess which colonies. I've enjoyed your exhaustive treatment of the entire narrow boat experience (did they copyright that?). I have watched you clean, scrub, vacuum, retrieve women's undies from the prop, clean the canal, eliminate poo, derust and recoat everything that needed it. You, sir, are now more than qualified to rehabilitate the BBC - if you decide to accept the mission. I pray so.
I've got some more rust to get rid of first :-)
Mooned by a dozen cows.... How delightful. :)
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Great to see this video as I was starting to think that you had stop doing them, enjoy all your videos and wish I could do the canals in England as they are part of history that changed the country. I am from NZ but my mother was born in England and my son has lived there for 14 years and married an English girl.
The last one only came out a week ago!