Hi Micheal & Jo. 🎈 Just because you choose to be a T-total and vegetarian, doesn’t make you boring and an uninteresting person. You are passionate about your beliefs and that’s commendable. You guys are awesome 😎
Back in the 70s I used to live at Chertsey on the Thames, we used to spend many weekends cruising up to Guildford and back. Didn't cost so much in those days. :-)
Very well produced video and very informative. We're planning to do a two year cruise in a few years but neither of us drink so all the pub talk is wasted on us. Glad to hear we're not the only ones.
This was so helpful, thanks a lot! Most direct information i've found about this area yet. I'm thinking about how i can move off land and live on a narrowboat in this area as i work locally. Shame you cant live on the wey!
Thanks for your review. Most helpful for when we visit down that way as we plan to do the Way and Basingstoke, looking forward to the Basingstoke review. At the rate at which you're travelling you'll have the whole system done in five years or so.
I really love your videos. Mike's pronouncing of Pyrford cracks me up everytime. Think of the sound a happy cat makes and a type of car...Purr Ford. Dapdune Wharf is great for cream teas! Looking forward the next instalment.
Purr Ford, eh? Well, I'll try to remember yet another pronunciation that has no relationship whatsoever to the letters! It's on the list. It's a long list. M.
Excellent review. As a former frequent cruiser on the Wey I can't think of anything to add. I always got a 3 day licence but it would have been nice if a 4 or 5 day one was available.
Yes, the tiers are really weird; there really should be more and the curve on the cost shouldn't be so weirdly skewed. Beautiful waterway though! Glad you liked it! M.
I think the canal du midi in France was constructed around the 1650's it is/was quite an impressive feat of engineering which allowed boats to transition from the bay of Biscay to the med. Good starting in a less visited part of the network.
Yes, there were definitely canals older than these on the continent, these are just the among the oldest on the English network. Look forward to seeing the French ones eventually! M
Hi unless your in a hurry? when you enter a double lock that needs to be filled which ever side of the lock you tie against when all gates are closed if you open the one gate paddle on your side you have tide your boat the water will rush into the lock going across to the opposite side of the lock the water will push back hold your boat against the wall your tied to keeping an easy rise of water??? If you open both paddles the rush of water will sway your boat all over the place then you have to keep a very tight control of your boat? best wishes Ken
We were on the Wey our first three weeks of boating. What we have learnt in the three years of continuous cruising since then is that every lock behaves in a different way.
Good review guys, although the oldest artificial constructed waterway in the uk which is still navigable is the Fossdyke Navigation (nr Lincoln) built about AD120 by the Romans, just a bit before the industrial revolution and a while before your travels take you up to the wild north :-) fun times ahead.
hey there i am watching all of your video's and i got as far as this one. wanna say that i love the rain as long as i do not have to go outside :) now i have to go to my boat that is on the dry now. it is an empty shell and in about 5 months i wil be moving into my litle boat. i wil let you know all about it :))
We were thinking about that, but it's a bit hard to know how to scale it without having much idea about the other canals we might encounter. But we'll have to get some sort of a system going! Thanks! M.
I've been following you guys for 'years' - partly because I like your style and partly because we launched (thank you Mr. Locatelli) and kept our boat on the Wey at Pyrford - from where you bought your boat - thus a sort of kindred spirit.. However UA-cam never pointed me at this video which seems strange. If you want to follow this pair mebe better to use Google....
That's the idea! We'd like to do all 2000+ miles, and visit every place we can get to. How long is basically until the money runs out, or we outgrow the boat somehow, or we sink. If I can figure out how to turn my programming into an income stream from the boat, then indefinitely! M.
Well, it's complicated; the Canal and River Trust covers most of the old British Waterways properties, which is basically 2000+ miles and almost all of the major canals you've heard of. Smaller branches like the Basingstoke have been restored by local groups or authorities, and so have their own rules. There's lots of those. Then there are some privately owned sections, and the larger rivers run by the Environment Agency. It's all fairly complicated, but mainly around the edges. Most people can easily be covered by just the CRT license and an occasional pass for the Thames from the EA. If you're truly moving around a lot it can really be worth getting what they call the Gold License from the CRT; that covers all the CRT waterways + all the EA rivers in the country, but it really only becomes worth it if you're going to do at least 3-4 weeks during the year on EA rivers, and it has the added complication of only being a calendar year license... you really want to buy it on January 1st, cause it's the same price if you buy it then or in August, or for that matter in Christmas, and it always expires on New Year's eve. Bit silly, but it's the way of things. Cheers, M
Very nice approach, a good record for yourselves and a good sort of key point overview for those that follow. Changing the subject - abstaining from meat and alcohol will not make you live longer - it just feels like it.😉
No, but it'll let the animals live longer! As for the alcohol, it's really just that I never developed a taste for the stuff. I've tried lots of different spirits and beers and wines, and to me they almost all taste of gasoline, urine-soaked barley, and ludicrously expensive balsamic vinegar. The few that I do enjoy are stupidly expensive (as apparently I only like the really, really top shelf, padlocked inside a climate-controlled case stuff) and I've got better uses for the money! ;-) M.
I can see the logic; only humans are made of the same food, are way more plentiful, and unlike animals I very rarely feel the urge to pet them. In the end I think it's best for everyone that India cured me of my meat habit. Cheers! M.
The only review of the Wey I could find with actual useful information, brilliant content and love the format.
Thanks! We sort of fell behind on doing these, but we hope to continue the series again at some point! M
Hi Micheal & Jo. 🎈
Just because you choose to be a T-total and vegetarian, doesn’t make you boring and an uninteresting person. You are passionate about your beliefs and that’s commendable. You guys are awesome 😎
Thanks, though the tea-total thing is really more of a matter of taste... I can’t stand the smell or taste of most alcoholic drinks. M
Please in the films show more than the sign of the end of each canal, please take a picture of the basin or how it ends too.
Back in the 70s I used to live at Chertsey on the Thames, we used to spend many weekends cruising up to Guildford and back. Didn't cost so much in those days. :-)
Nothing did! Well, except computers. M
Very well produced video and very informative. We're planning to do a two year cruise in a few years but neither of us drink so all the pub talk is wasted on us. Glad to hear we're not the only ones.
Thanks! Bet you can't wait for your trip. We feel so lucky to be doing this! Nope, not the only ones! Jo
This was so helpful, thanks a lot! Most direct information i've found about this area yet. I'm thinking about how i can move off land and live on a narrowboat in this area as i work locally. Shame you cant live on the wey!
Thanks for your review. Most helpful for when we visit down that way as we plan to do the Way and Basingstoke, looking forward to the Basingstoke review.
At the rate at which you're travelling you'll have the whole system done in five years or so.
Awesome.
I really love your videos. Mike's pronouncing of Pyrford cracks me up everytime. Think of the sound a happy cat makes and a type of car...Purr Ford.
Dapdune Wharf is great for cream teas!
Looking forward the next instalment.
Purr Ford, eh? Well, I'll try to remember yet another pronunciation that has no relationship whatsoever to the letters! It's on the list. It's a long list. M.
Excellent review. As a former frequent cruiser on the Wey I can't think of anything to add. I always got a 3 day licence but it would have been nice if a 4 or 5 day one was available.
Yes, the tiers are really weird; there really should be more and the curve on the cost shouldn't be so weirdly skewed. Beautiful waterway though! Glad you liked it! M.
Another interesting vlog, a really good idea to do a review of your journey,s. Hope George is enjoying boat life xx
Enjoying it SO much! M.
Great "REVIEW"... Looking forward to more of the same.
More coming soon! Thanks for watching! M.
Good review ,class presentation.look forward to more
+edward knight More coming! M
I think the canal du midi in France was constructed around the 1650's it is/was quite an impressive feat of engineering which allowed boats to transition from the bay of Biscay to the med. Good starting in a less visited part of the network.
Yes, there were definitely canals older than these on the continent, these are just the among the oldest on the English network. Look forward to seeing the French ones eventually! M
Hi unless your in a hurry? when you enter a double lock that needs to be filled which ever side of the lock you tie against when all gates are closed if you open the one gate paddle on your side you have tide your boat the water will rush into the lock going across to the opposite side of the lock the water will push back hold your boat against the wall your tied to keeping an easy rise of water??? If you open both paddles the rush of water will sway your boat all over the place then you have to keep a very tight control of your boat? best wishes Ken
We were on the Wey our first three weeks of boating. What we have learnt in the three years of continuous cruising since then is that every lock behaves in a different way.
Good review guys, although the oldest artificial constructed waterway in the uk which is still navigable is the Fossdyke Navigation (nr Lincoln) built about AD120 by the Romans, just a bit before the industrial revolution and a while before your travels take you up to the wild north :-) fun times ahead.
Well heck, we got that one wrong by a few centuries! Can't wait to visit it and make a correction! ;-) M.
Great idea to do reviews, really interesting. Good vlog keep them coming 😊
Thanks! Glad you're liking the idea, we weren't sure how well it would play, but thought it might be fun! M.
hey there i am watching all of your video's and i got as far as this one.
wanna say that i love the rain as long as i do not have to go outside :)
now i have to go to my boat that is on the dry now.
it is an empty shell and in about 5 months i wil be moving into my litle boat.
i wil let you know all about it :))
+Maxboon Boon good luck with the fit-out! Exciting times! Jo
Great vlog as always guys, thank you
Thanks! M.
Very good, really useful.
Thanks for watching! M.
Great idea, very informative, how about a rating system, five star or one through ten,? Enjoy
We were thinking about that, but it's a bit hard to know how to scale it without having much idea about the other canals we might encounter. But we'll have to get some sort of a system going! Thanks! M.
I've been following you guys for 'years' - partly because I like your style and partly because we launched (thank you Mr. Locatelli) and kept our boat on the Wey at Pyrford - from where you bought your boat - thus a sort of kindred spirit..
However UA-cam never pointed me at this video which seems strange. If you want to follow this pair mebe better to use Google....
Thanks, guys very informative
Glad you enjoyed it! We have quite a backlog now of REVIEW videos to do! M
Very helpful thanks again.
You’re welcome! Glad you found it useful! We loved the Wey!
I enjoy your Vlog, did you ever look into the anchor idea I sent earlier? lol
great review.....r u doing every canal on your journey??? n how far/long is your journey going to be??
That's the idea! We'd like to do all 2000+ miles, and visit every place we can get to. How long is basically until the money runs out, or we outgrow the boat somehow, or we sink. If I can figure out how to turn my programming into an income stream from the boat, then indefinitely! M.
alcoholic not so much but , meat eater Yep! fit right in here in Texas. Nice Vid , Thank you.
I'm an Okie by birth... I might be able to blend in Texas, but I don't think I'd quite fit in! Thanks! M.
thanks for blowing my fantasy that one licence gets you on all the canals. How many canal's have their own separate licence?
Well, it's complicated; the Canal and River Trust covers most of the old British Waterways properties, which is basically 2000+ miles and almost all of the major canals you've heard of. Smaller branches like the Basingstoke have been restored by local groups or authorities, and so have their own rules. There's lots of those. Then there are some privately owned sections, and the larger rivers run by the Environment Agency. It's all fairly complicated, but mainly around the edges. Most people can easily be covered by just the CRT license and an occasional pass for the Thames from the EA. If you're truly moving around a lot it can really be worth getting what they call the Gold License from the CRT; that covers all the CRT waterways + all the EA rivers in the country, but it really only becomes worth it if you're going to do at least 3-4 weeks during the year on EA rivers, and it has the added complication of only being a calendar year license... you really want to buy it on January 1st, cause it's the same price if you buy it then or in August, or for that matter in Christmas, and it always expires on New Year's eve.
Bit silly, but it's the way of things.
Cheers,
M
Very nice approach, a good record for yourselves and a good sort of key point overview for those that follow. Changing the subject - abstaining from meat and alcohol will not make you live longer - it just feels like it.😉
No, but it'll let the animals live longer! As for the alcohol, it's really just that I never developed a taste for the stuff. I've tried lots of different spirits and beers and wines, and to me they almost all taste of gasoline, urine-soaked barley, and ludicrously expensive balsamic vinegar. The few that I do enjoy are stupidly expensive (as apparently I only like the really, really top shelf, padlocked inside a climate-controlled case stuff) and I've got better uses for the money! ;-) M.
One day i hope you'll be able to do the wey and arun if they ever fully restore it in your lifetime.
Would love to see it restored, and if it is we’ll be sure to do it! M
got it in one....... shopping hell..
Yup. Ugh. M.
To borrow Stumble's tag line. 'If animals weren't meant to be eaten, they wouldn't be made of food.'
Cheers, I enjoy all of your videos.
I can see the logic; only humans are made of the same food, are way more plentiful, and unlike animals I very rarely feel the urge to pet them. In the end I think it's best for everyone that India cured me of my meat habit. Cheers! M.
People are made of food;)
I had hoped to see the river and the canal not you two on the screen.
I guess you got lucky then
Where's George? When you get a dog, people want to know about him or her.
He was asleep underfoot! He'll be showing up in more videos soon, promise! M.
Sorry it is pronounced.....purr-ford marina....oop's?
Why are you sorry?