Tag: Shroppie

Where can you moor, on a canal boat?

Posted on January 23, 2024February 23, 2024 by David Johns

Before we start, do have a read of this page which is ostensibly about mooring costs but in which I inevitably had to describe various types of mooring so there’s

Vlog 103: An Autherley Big Adventure

Posted on August 14, 2017February 24, 2024 by David Johns

High drama in this video as I become a sitting target for oncoming boats, stuck under a bridge when my propellor picks up something large and unpleasant. In journey terms, I come to the southern end of the Shroppie and turn right, heading south on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal.

Vlog 102 Bridges: Johns’ Diary

Posted on August 7, 2017February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Continuing down the Shropshire Union canal and going under an awful lot of bridges. I mean, a really amazing number in quick succession including one very well-known one. Plus a water refill and a bit of stickiness as I try to be a good boater.

Vlog 101: Straight Cut

Posted on July 28, 2017February 24, 2024 by David Johns

An episode in which I spot an escaped cow, a swan hinders my progress and I send a hireboater to their doom.

Vlog 100A: Olgv

Posted on July 20, 2017February 24, 2024 by David Johns

This is NOT A VLOG. It’s a compilation of pretty canal scenes with no captions, text, commentary, music, annotations or anything like that. It’s deliberately like that. If you liked my previous “not a vlogs”, I hope you like this one. If you didn’t, you definitely won’t. If you think it would be better with music, then please feel free to put your favourite CD on while you watch :-)

Vlog 100: Red Roses Too

Posted on July 17, 2017February 24, 2024 by David Johns

In which I continue my return trip to Middlewich but then do a 90 degree right turn onto the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union canal, get some fuel and fenders from a fuelboat, go all the way along to Barbridge and turn left onto the Shroppie, and past the entrance to the Llangollen canal.