Vlog 247: The L’eaudown
locks), how do the British canals stay full of water? This video attempts to shed some light.
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Tag: Peak Forest
Vlog 200: Journey’s End
For the final leg of my 2019 autumn cruise, I continued along the Upper Peak Forest canal, south towards Whaley Bridge and Bugsworth basin. The six mile streth of canal includes two swing bridges and two lift bridges so I shamelessly took advantage of some passing hire boaters to help me through.
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Vlog 199: The Turn Off The Macc
The northern end of the Macclesfield canal was in sight (well, about six miles away) and a beautiful day dawned so the engine was engaged and the boat chugged along up to Marple where, at a T-junction, you meet the Peak Forest canal. I turned right and headed south along the Upper Peak Forest, just a little way to find somewhere to stop.
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Vlog 165: Harry Plotter and the Nicholson’s Guide
The (in)famous hand-drawn canal map returns in this vlog where I contemplate places to go in the narrowboat in 2019.
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