100. Middlewich to Nantwich on my narrowboat (Shropshire Union canal, Middlewich branch)
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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.
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@jimreynolds9195 3 жыл бұрын
The homage to Rocky Horror Picture Show was hilarious
@jkatkat7950 3 жыл бұрын
as he started off I was thinking..no..he isn't....then YES! YES! he just did that!!
@scritti 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if David did the dance too.
@rogerbrown5558 7 жыл бұрын
Your relationship with the "Time Warp" had me in stitches.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
:-)
@ianajenkins 4 жыл бұрын
A group of grp boats is called a Tupperware party. Just FYI.
@JoseLara-dg4zk 3 жыл бұрын
The Rocky Horror allusion in this video is like the addition of "hundreds-and-thousands" onto a dish of ice cream. Delight upon delight!
@britanysmith4401 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome "Time Warp" reference! 👍
@Uncle_Bob_K 3 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else catch the "Rocky Horror" reference starting @4:17? It actually made me laugh a bit.
@musicalcacti 3 жыл бұрын
It was brilliant!
@DMills-un1tl 2 жыл бұрын
I’m thinking everyone else
@youngypaul 7 жыл бұрын
My blood pressure actually dropped watching this. Thank you
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Cruising the Cut - good for your health. Excellent!
@happybill636 3 жыл бұрын
It's this single video that got me hooked on cannal boats and the history. Done two hire holidays since I watched this and now I have decided it's my retirement dream.
@robertblake1032 3 жыл бұрын
Fabulous idea
@cmg7960 3 жыл бұрын
I could spend the rest of my life doing this but he makes it looks to easy. Life really cant be this easy I wish it was..
@moondancer5115 7 жыл бұрын
oh my gosh..the Rocky Horror reference was priceless!
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
It just seemed right! I found myself saying "it's just a turn to the left" and the rest just followed :-)
@moondancer5115 7 жыл бұрын
CruisingTheCut so funny! when you said 'it's just a turn to the left'. I thought 'oh, that sounds like..' then, you kept going as if reading my mind..have a good day!
@alloutofbubblegum8165 7 жыл бұрын
julie ross I was thinking the same thing 😁
@rlt422 6 жыл бұрын
I gotta give you a like on this one just for the Rocky Horror reference LOL
@Chrisdotnorthwich 6 жыл бұрын
rlt422 yep another little delight
@misery13666 7 жыл бұрын
Love the rocky horror picture show reference
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
:-)
@janicedeshazer1789 7 жыл бұрын
Mr.Johns, If you had it to do all over again and money was not a care, what would you do differently if anything? Thank You so much for allowing us to live somewhat vicariously through you.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
I don't think I would, I'm very happy with how things have worked out. If I won the lottery, I might get my own custom boat built but I don't strictly need to!
@jonarnel.nygaard7598 6 жыл бұрын
Huzza - I have made it through a 100 episdes in less then a week! All the excitement, the cliffhanger in episode 99; soo many memories…
@CruisingTheCut 6 жыл бұрын
Slow down!! Canal time, remember? :-)
@mickrollin 5 жыл бұрын
Lovely surprise to see you passing my parents on NB Teal at Barbridge Junction on their final trip before selling their share.
@suzannebudlong8376 3 жыл бұрын
Did i just hear you do the time warp? Sort of? Brilliant!
@lth1072 5 жыл бұрын
I imagine that guy selling the fuel goes home happy most nights. That looks like a nice relaxing job . If you've ever sat in traffic in a city for up to 4 hours total time each day you'll know how nice his job is. Even in the rain that would be a great job
@chantenupa 5 жыл бұрын
The Time Warp ... Love it.
@hedgemist691 4 жыл бұрын
What a truly wonderful job that fuel boat guy has.
@michaelhill9700 2 жыл бұрын
Mad props for the the Time Warp reference.
@SuperLonney 3 жыл бұрын
A little left & a little to the right. & now you are doing the narrowboat dance. LOL
@paladin3798 5 жыл бұрын
100 vids....started at 001 through 100..still a joy...thank you
@0HARE 6 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorites of your videos. So many disparate interesting bits, and the scenery was truly beautiful. Thanks for the work you put into it. Happy Cruising
@CruisingTheCut 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Allen, glad you're still enjoying them.
@bgaearith5878 3 жыл бұрын
So from discovering Cruising the Cut just over a week ago, I now find myself at episode 100. Hugely entertaining and a welcome distraction from my eat sleep work repeat existence in the current Lockdown 2.0!
@kevinvo5667 3 жыл бұрын
Same here
@SpiritBear12 7 жыл бұрын
I was laughing hard enough to cough with that Rocky Horror Picture Show reference! The second you said "It's just a swing to the left...", I was thinking of that song/scene, then you went on with exactly what I was thinking of and I just cracked up. And the fact that you said it so dryly made it all the funnier! XD You're a clever and funny guy, Dave!
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
That's exactly how it came to me. I said the first line entirely dry and then suddenly realised what I'd said. The rest was inevitable :-)
@escapefelicity2913 3 жыл бұрын
I love your RHPS bit
@stlawrenceriverrat 2 жыл бұрын
Love the poetry! :D Also, as a Canuck, it's neat to see Canadians sharing your canals & coincidentally, my Mom was born in New Brunswick. Such a small world. o/
@LongBeachHuntington Жыл бұрын
Love your Rock Horror reference!
@steve1978ger 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you David for taking us along.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@alangriffiths7542 5 жыл бұрын
Full marks Frank 'n' Furter !! Made me laugh, keep it up.
@bmolitor615 5 жыл бұрын
...yeah... I was thinkin'...hey....and then it goes on! It's like the panto, so clever!
@johnpage5103 5 жыл бұрын
love the rocky horror picture show reference
@nexo567 7 жыл бұрын
It ain't just me, these get better every episode. Do you get tired of reading "Well Done!"?
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Never! :-)
@johncraig2684 7 жыл бұрын
bit disappointed there wasn't the expected viking style boat burning etc to celebrate episode 100 but what a beautiful part of the country that was to make up for it...stunning.thank you.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Great, cheers
@63Eco 4 жыл бұрын
I know I'm late to the dance but having watched this vlog for the second time, I have to say I missed the Rocky Horror reference the first time. I must have popped out of the room for a minute or two during the first viewing. Well played.
@CallmeRogerRoger 7 жыл бұрын
I was hoping you were going there. "Let's do the time warp again!"
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
:-)
@pootle2768 7 жыл бұрын
Wow! 100 vlogs. And I've loved watching every one of them. Thank you
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Awwww, thank you
@sharonhendrie9910 4 жыл бұрын
My daughter owns the laundrette at Basin end, Nantwich....hope the service was good. I have the little Shop on the Canal 😊
@CruisingTheCut 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, wry good
@jerribee1 3 жыл бұрын
@@CruisingTheCut Wryly eyeing your underwear.
@terryhenshaw5111 4 жыл бұрын
A group of grp cruisers is known as a tupperware party.
@carolegunstone5399 7 жыл бұрын
We loved the Middlewich branch when we had our share boat. Especially Bramble Cutting. Enjoy.
@Boating_David 7 жыл бұрын
Timewarp reference was just sublime 😂, loved the first 100 looking forward to next 100+ a
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you :-)
@TheHonestPeanut 5 жыл бұрын
4:17 I was waiting to see if this turned into what I thought it would. Brilliant lol
@JoelHudson 6 жыл бұрын
I sing "Let's Do The Canal Warp Again"
@janebrown3587 5 жыл бұрын
LOL had to log in to sing the Time Warp with you! :D
@downwind_david 2 жыл бұрын
I moved abroad over 20 years ago and enjoy watching your videos as they are both relaxing and bring back great memories of canal boat holidays with my parents as a kid... luckily there are nearly another 200 videos before I catch up to your 'present' - looking forward to them all.
@JohnyComeLately 4 жыл бұрын
I'm now halfway through your catalogue of videos having gone back to the beginning to watch them all in order.🙂
@wilddove57 Жыл бұрын
Rocky Horror!! 😄
@CruisingTheCut Жыл бұрын
👍👍
@DMills-un1tl 2 жыл бұрын
While I always like your play on words, the Rocky Horror remake was particularly impressive and nearly had me coughing up a fur ball laughing so hard 😆😝 Conversely that sunken boat is a horror. So very tragic. Finally, why do some locks have lockees and some not?
@CruisingTheCut 2 жыл бұрын
Generally the longer / harder lock flights might have volunteers where individual locks would not
@myhorsefirst 7 жыл бұрын
One day soon I hope to become a narrowboat owner once more The next best thing is following your journey along our beautiful canals
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I hope you get a boat soon :-)
@splatten8597 Жыл бұрын
What a great legacy of canal cruising you have given us. Thank you!
@tonybirdwell2917 5 жыл бұрын
Very lovely tour. Thanks.
@century2298 7 жыл бұрын
Another wonderful trip. Uneventful, that's always good. Beautiful scenery. I'm always amused when you call domesticated animals "wildlife" :)
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Yep - my vlog, I'll call it how I want to ;-)
@century2298 7 жыл бұрын
That's OK I call some people I have met the " local wildlife "
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Haha, I know what you mean!!
@bosse641 7 жыл бұрын
Lovely English countryside. ....so beautiful. Hope to visit one fine day.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
I hope you do!
@davidwelch6796 8 ай бұрын
It was good to be reminded of the Rocky Horror Picture Shoe. In the early 70s I was just starting a career in the film and TV industry and I had the job of edge numbering each day's rushes (dailies) from the studio. Every foot of the film (and the sound on 35mm audio tape) had to be sequentially numbered on an archaic printing machine and then I drove the rushes from London to Bray studios in my venerable Wolseley 1500. The excess cash from my mileage claim was usually spent on running repairs for the car.
@SirBran 4 жыл бұрын
"Pretty much in Wales" :) by 15 miles. That is the retaining wall for Hurleston Reservoir. Re-watching the entire series again!
@californiaexploring7319 7 жыл бұрын
Snuggling up with a cuppa for your 100th episode. Congrats from California
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Sounds perfect! Cheers
@bluezy261175 5 жыл бұрын
Another fan of the rocky horror show I hear ;) Liked the narrowboat flower pots
@marianjacobs5597 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great post, always love watching the beautiful green country side going by.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
And there's loads more to come!
@zulu5282 7 жыл бұрын
well done on episode 💯
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Ta
@-AV8R- 5 жыл бұрын
Frankenfurter would have been proud!
@SandraNelson063 7 жыл бұрын
TWO confirmed GBH sightings! Yawza!! What's for dinner? Meatloaf! Har Har Har! Nice to see some fellow Canucks getting out and about. And as always, I really appreciate the lovely scenery and weather. It's very grey , damp and dismal here now.Happy 100th!
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
GBH???
@SandraNelson063 7 жыл бұрын
CruisingTheCut The Great Blue Heron!!! That means the ecosystem around the canal is still healthy enough to provide non polluted ponds and streams full of what the herons like to snack on; little froggies, fishies and such like. Seeing one GBH is fabulous, seeing TWO in one area is a knickers dropping triumph!
@garydickens7567 7 жыл бұрын
It took me a while to 'get' the 'red roses too' title but the penny finally dropped....'I see trees of green.....'😉
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@grahamh6918 7 жыл бұрын
is the term for a lot of plastic cruisers "A tupperware party"
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Maybe but they won't like it...
@andyparsons6293 3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the 'Rocky Hulling Puncture Show' ref (it's a shame the hand hipped chap on the tow path didn't appear just before you pulled 'the bow in tight' as that would have synchronised so well).
@georgebrown3359 7 жыл бұрын
Definition of boat - Break Out Another Thousand - Dollars, Pounds or whatever! Great vlog 100, thanks!
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
So true!
@Riverking1 7 жыл бұрын
I laughed at the RHPS opening line thinking... He's not going to... Yes he is! That was great.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
I just had to, really...
@ngauge22 3 жыл бұрын
Was that a little bit of Rocky Horror picture show humor as you were maneuvering into the tiny tunnel at Middlewich?
@CruisingTheCut 3 жыл бұрын
:-)
@theodorenilson3280 4 жыл бұрын
Love the Rocky Horror reference...how did you get the pedestrian to put his hands on his hips on cue?
@CruisingTheCut 4 жыл бұрын
I did??! Haha pure coincidence.
@theodorenilson3280 4 жыл бұрын
@@CruisingTheCut Just the magic of the canals.
@Truthall 3 жыл бұрын
from ayrshire in scotland but now living in new brunswick canada myself. good to see folks experiencing a british way of life
@stilcrazychris 7 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your 100th episode. The country parts of the video are my favorite parts, but the doing the laundry facilities are important to... I would of had to stop for ice cream though... lol...
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
In retrospect, I think I should have too!
@dwightturner3070 7 жыл бұрын
A fuel boat?! How cool is that! Making a living while cruising the cut. Someone should start a floating barber boat. And a floating ice cream boat.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
They exist already ;-)
@peter1117334 6 жыл бұрын
Yes I saw the floating ice cream boat at Stratford this year. Didn't buy an ice cream but from the look of the crowd I'd say he was doing ok.
@JulieWallis1963 6 жыл бұрын
Dwight Turner there *is* a floating barber. I saw on the BBC, I specifically took notice because I have a long haired friend who lives on a boat, he always said “I’ll have my hair cut when the barber visits me” . If I remember correctly m the floating barber is in London.
@hamshackleton 5 жыл бұрын
Plastic boats - a Tupperware party? :-)
@leefresh7582 5 жыл бұрын
Love it :)
@anthonymccabe7800 7 жыл бұрын
Well done, looking forward to seeing the VLOG of you doing the Llangollen canal, we loved it. Quite a few lift bridges though, not the most convenient of obstacles when you are solo, my wife remembers dangling from the rope which was used to open one particular bridge, most were hydraulic, possibly they all are now, she was a lightweight at the time. Have a good summer.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'll probably wait for a convenient moment when I have crew aboard!
@michaelbuckingham7512 7 жыл бұрын
Nice trip. I love the Rocky Horror reference.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Ta
@MusicWantMy 4 жыл бұрын
Let's do the boat warp again..lol
@mikefry6765 5 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you do the Llangollen canal and go over the Chirk and Pontcysyllte aquaducts Loving your vlogs only had a passing interest in canal boats I live near Llangollen but stumbled across your vlogs, they are brilliant really well done and you now have me planning to hire a boat to try it out. Thank you. 👍
@CruisingTheCut 5 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Hope you have a great time.
@derekclarke5456 7 жыл бұрын
Here's to another Hundred. Well done.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@CaptainBee100 7 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the next 100 vlogs! ☺
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
It's an exhausting thought!
@Ralissa108 7 жыл бұрын
A collective noun for a group of GRP cruisers? How about a Clotilla? Or a Tupperflock? Mind you, they do look like a Tribe-o-glass...
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
I love all of those! Whether the GRP owners would... ;-)
@shanegalvin3971 3 жыл бұрын
A group of GRP cruises is called a "plastic party"
@zapfanzapfan 2 жыл бұрын
Tupperware party maybe? 🙂
@rolandwolf1327 7 жыл бұрын
100 Videos, who would have thought it. Well made as always, congrats and thanks.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Actually 112 videos but the 100th official vlog!!
@deanbarnes20 7 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the 'ton up' David. It doesn't seem like that long ago that Dulcie and I first discovered your vlogs back when you were first embarking on your narrowboat adventure. It has been a pleasure journeying with you. Here's to the next 100 vlogs! :)
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dean and Dulcie! Good to have you along :-)
@RoadCone411 7 жыл бұрын
Just came across this - how have I not seen these videos before? Thank you for taking us along...do you boat solo? The locks are a bit of a challenge by yourself, I would imagine. My wife and I did the Four Counties Ring in 2001. She was three months pregnant and had morning sickness at the time, needless to say I enjoyed the boat more than she did! This stretch on the Middlewich Branch was quite beautiful as I recall, and I think you captured that very nicely. The locks were notably deep, although I don't recall lockkeepers at Cholmondeston. I also enjoyed the railway bridge we crossed under somewhere on this branch (got scared when a train passed overhead at somewhere around 100mph faster than my speed at the time!) I would love to do that trip again, maybe 2018!
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for tuning in, glad you like it. Yes, I boat solo - I did a video a while back about doing locks single-handed. I hope you get to do it again too :-)
@josieriley9334 4 жыл бұрын
Collective noun for a bunch of GRP cruisers is probably a grapple.
@fatabelly 3 жыл бұрын
Well I've finally reached vlog No.100! I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago after subscribing to Foxes Afloat, where you popped up as a suggestion. Since then I have been binge watching your videos regularly. I absolutely love your beautiful scenic shots, the historical information, your dry sense of humour and your witty comments & banter... I liken your style to a newsreader in their underwear lol. But as happy as reaching #100 makes me, it is also bittersweet...because I now have 100 less of your vlogs to watch 😢. Thanks so much for doing what you do and keeping me entertained through this appalling lockdown ;-)
@DMills-un1tl 2 жыл бұрын
They are just as good to watch a second (or third?) time.
@juliephelps2026 7 жыл бұрын
Yes, the fence IS there to keep the English out! Very smart new stern fender. Do you ever find that you give a long blast on the horn to warn people you're there, but rarely is it returned? So you come round the corner, and there's a boat heading straight for you... Congratulations on your centenary vlog, by the way!
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
I do find that, exactly!!
@mellissadalby1402 2 жыл бұрын
Invoking the "Rocky Horror Picture Show"? Ha!
@shaneanderson1036 4 жыл бұрын
Lol I’m an old ship builder . We called cruisers in port all tied together .... a brothel !
@pelhamhall9099 7 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the 100th vlog! I so enjoy them, but do miss the 'information' ones - I keep having to revisit them! Back in March I thought I'd be on a boat by now, but struggling with the sale of my house. Your, and Nutshell's vlogs are managing to give me my NB fix until the day I can live the dream! Thanks!
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Cruising in summer, information in winter!
@01322521959 7 жыл бұрын
Great vlog , David. "He's a poet and he didn't know it!"
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
:-)
@expat0149 7 жыл бұрын
woooo go on frankenfurter :)
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
:-)
@jiefrog 7 жыл бұрын
Well done on the century of Vlogs, i have enjoy following you adventures and doubt i have missed a single one , keep them coming and ill try hard not to crash into you next month when a very foolish hire boat company has allowed me to rent one of there precious boats :P , take care and safe journeys
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I will be safe, I'm moored for July and August! Have fun :-)
@WillBreitholtz1 7 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the 100th episode! Really enjoying your videos and I am sure it takes a long time to put them together.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
It really does! Glad you like them, cheers.
@christopherlussenden3021 7 жыл бұрын
Well, that was a nice languid one CTC, thank you very much indeed!
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
Good :-)
@andyparsons6293 3 жыл бұрын
A gathering of GRP boats? That would pehaps be a GeRP .
@alijhi 4 жыл бұрын
How about a "Bloat" of GRPs ? Greetings from Cape Coral, Florida, USA
@rochellelee4002 7 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up for the Rocky Horror paraphrase. =)
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
:-)
@kbendle1556 7 жыл бұрын
Nice to see people from all over are fans of your vids. Including other Canucks like me from central Alberta.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
It's quite incredible to see I have viewers in Canada, America, Australia and loads of really far-flung places!
@thavvolf9157 5 жыл бұрын
Nice rocky horror reference. :D
@philmont606 Жыл бұрын
You need a bow thruster
@Itsaboutthewaterlife Жыл бұрын
Totally great. LoL.
@stephencanalboat4668 7 жыл бұрын
David, another terrific vlog, thank you. Glad to see a fellow Canadian (and fan of yours) cruising the cut. Cheers! Stephen
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
I have quite a few Canadian viewers, judging by the KZfaq statistics!
@pamelarobinson1379 7 жыл бұрын
Hi David, I loved this one. The scenery is perfect (except for the sunken boat). When you made that left turn toward the end, it looked like the narrowboat TEAL didn't leave you enough room to pass. I always look forward to your next vlog. Take care.
@CruisingTheCut 7 жыл бұрын
He didn't, really. Don't know why, I was out of the turn before he got to me and I'd blasted the horn so.... who knows. Cheers
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