Tag: Staffs & Worcs

Bonus video: realtime canal cruising

Posted on December 17, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

This is a bonus video, a “not-a-vlog” realtime recording of the first part of my journey taking Twiggy the cabin cruiser from Ashwood Marina down the Staffs & Worcs canal towards Stourport, in this video reaching Stewponey Lock.

Vlog 223: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Light

Posted on August 10, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

It’s not really a vlog because in this episode I’m just re-tracing my steps from the prior five cruising videos and didn’t really film as usual but I compiled this selection of clips to illustrate Stuff Of Interest – mostly to do with how amazingly busy the canals got after July 4th when lockdown restrictions were eased and people could use their boats again.

Vlog 221: Bad Behaviour

Posted on July 26, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Picking up from the previous video, I continue down the Staffs and Worcs canal from Acton Trussell, through Penkridge and moor outside Otherton Boat Haven. En route, I demonstrate how not to open a lock gate.

Vlog 220: Wide Eyed

Posted on July 20, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

At the end of a very warm day in June, I set off from Shugborough to Great Haywood, turning there onto the Staffs & Worcester canal because from there down to Autherley is a section of canal I’ve never done before. I moored at Tixall Wide – beautiful – and then headed on around Stafford before being perplexed at what people have at the end of their gardens in Acton Trussell.

Vlog 106: Insert Title Here

Posted on August 30, 2017February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Moving on from Kinver, through Kidderminster in the rain and onto Stourport, also in the rain. Most of this vlog is about rain which may explain why it’s so short.

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 93: Shugadelic, baby

Posted on June 6, 2017February 24, 2024 by David Johns

In this vlog, I move on from Fradley Junction, take a sharp 90 degree turn to the right and start heading North West, still on the Trent and Mersey canal, up towards Shugborough. En route, I get a haircut in Rugeley and despair of the plastic waste drifting along the canal.