David, I admire your forbearance in not giving that fool who collided with your boat a serve for his cheek in claiming it was your fault for tying up too close - some simply can’t accept responsibility for their actions - always someone else’s fault ! Like you, I’d have stopped directly opposite the beautiful garden, simply to nark the owners 🙁 thanks for the adventure 👌👏👏👏👏👏

That property with the polite notice would make me moor opposite their bungalow and I would put a notice in my window which says "Polite notice please do not look out of your window whilst I am moored here. Thank you for your co-operation" Great Vlog David

I wonder if the guy that smashed into your boat lives at the bungalow with the sign?

That boater that rammed you was going a bit fast too. I think he could have avoided you if he has taken a bit more time to control his exit from the lock. Then to have the nerve to blame you when he was the one in motion. If I ram a car in a parking space as I leave a parking lot can I say, well it is the other driver's fault because he didn't park in his spot just right? I think that boater knew he was wrong and was embarrassed and tried to offset that by attempting to make it your fault.

Living in US I get great pleasure watching your VLOGS. I used to always be around the canals as a Boy. Must say the ignorant boater was totally at fault for not assessing the Exit and working out a safe procedure. his kind should not be without a ticket as he would get on the road

The guy that hit you only said that because he knew he screwed-up.

I cannot believe that joker came out of the lock so fast and then had the audacity to criticize (I had to double check the video speed was set to normal because I thought it couldn't be that quick). Also, did his travel mug say "The Boss" -- it looks like it, such class. You sir a much better person than I; not only would I have felt obliged to point out the error in his ways in the moment, I don't think I would have bothered with all the extra effort blurring his face. If he wants to be cheeky, then clearly he should be proud. And then the "Moor Elsewhere" folks -- sounds like the folks complaining about kids being too loud in the playground next door that was there before they moved in. Absolute... uh what's appropriate term for them... bilgefilth? bilgefeeder? bilgetwat? smh

"I'm straight out of Compton" had to laugh out loud.

The sign that asks you to refrain from mooring across would be, to me, an invitation to moor I could not possibly refuse. And for a few days.

Beautiful as always - I'm really enjoying just virtually travelling the canals in these troubled times of global virus armageddon. The peace of the inland waterways is very calming.

Donkeys!!!! Also you totally should have gone all Ronnie Pickering on the guy who crashed into you

Am afraid I'd have slung that soggy sleeping bag at the rude bloke who hit you, had I been in your place.

Your bump at the lock reminds me of my experience this week in Gambia. I was sitting in stationary traffic when the vehicle behind crashed in to me. He swerved to avoid me and partly landed on the central reservation but still caught my drivers side rear wing. The police confiscated my licence and gave me a document saying I'm being investigated for careless driving! 😂

3:25 Your poor boat.8^( What a plonker and far too proud to say sorry! Perhaps he's related to the people with the snooty garden. Hope you enjoy your upcoming summer break.

Glad to see someone else is also irked by the No Mooring signs at Ashwood. It winds me up a treat.

Clearly the boat that ran into you was in the wrong it appeared he had plenty of room but too much throttle, I think in many cases there would have been a degree of canal rage!! top marks for keeping calm!

7:43 I think I would be annoyed enough to go "Well just because of that! I am going to Moor right here on the on the other side for a few days.. Thank you VERY much! :P

Ice burg straight ahead....... that must have been Captain Smith that hit you.....

I'm so mooring up opposite that bungalow !

The guy who ran into you? - going too fast and wrong positioning in my opinion. Another lovely video David. I said this canal was beautiful! Your commentary was excellent

Full marks for composure, he probably expected you to apologise for existing. What a lovely fella.

Sir, I truly enjoy your vlog and equally amazed at the canal system. Not a very polite gentleman running into your boat, not everyone on the canal you run into ( no pun intended) are I guess.

Some beautiful scenery in this part of the world. Looked lovely and relaxing! Very jealous!

unbelievable... boaters like him make me fantasize about torpedo tubes.

One gorgeous view after another. Thanks.

You are a lot calmer than I would of been David. Why was that clown coming out of the lock going so fast?. It was clear he was going to hit. I would have had a real go back at him. By the way you told us what he said, it sounded like a Yorkshire man so I guess nuff said... Great vlog all the same..

I have just spent 3 days of my hard earned retirement watching all 111 of your vlogs (and quite alot of adverts), and a great time I have had too. I don't have an NB but have hired about 10 times, in fact I think I saw a boat I actually hired when you passed Middlewich Narrowboats. It's been realy good having you as a guest in my home and look forward to your further adventures on the cut. I guess I'm just going to have to check out your friend vlogs now. Stay chilled! :)

Lol . Get that sign and re write it so say . Please do tie up across from our lovely garden . We love boats . Say hello and come over for tea !!

Another visually stunning video! Thank you so much!

I was just thinking that to myself - the effort needed in the 1700s to carve out these canals using just pick-axes and shovels... !!! Exceedingly impressive achievement...👏🏻 (And yes, that burst of color by the side was wonderful!)

Really enjoy watching your blog and hearing all your comments, and YES I would be ticked off too about what those people posted on the canal bank, would tie up right in the middle opposite them JUST because!!!

I always find those "POLITE NOTICE" signs amusing, more often than not the intention is not polite, but the sign poster feels that adding "POLITE NOTICE" absolve them of their intent!

How rude was that chap on the narrow-boat that smashed in to you! he needs to learn how to turn his boat, if it was me i wouldn't have been so polite, nice vlog thank you.

"Straight Out of Compton" bwahaha, your titles crack me up! Easy-E would be proud!

The absolute arguance of the bloke that crashed into you mmmmmm loved the video and the view's ☺👍

Stunning scenery David thank you for that and, as always great narration. I find myself stopping the video and capturing screen shots of the UK country side, and using them as my backdrop at work, it's nothing like actually being there, but close enough for now. Have a great day and stay safe, from Florida USA.

Even if I wasn't planning to stop I would have moored opposite that house for a few nights. I hate those ridiculous notices that start "Polite notice".

Hi David , I've been watching your Vlog from here in Australia and enjoying your journeys very much. Compared with travel in the outback here things seem comparatively civilised on the canals. You seem to meet so many nice and happy people so it really makes the inconsiderate ones stand out. I hope you make good time with your current schedule.

Wondering about the boat coming out of the lock. Couldn't he have stopped his boat by reversing the engine and given you a chance to get out of his way? You could see how it was going to end up and so could he. Strange - was it the, "I'll show you," mentality or the, "I can't be bothered" personality? Oh, well.

Really, really sad. Just reached the last of your vlogs [having binge watched them over the last fortnight or so... canal time reaches out even on land] Thankyou for all your entertaining and thoughtful content- it has been a joy to revisit so many places that we have cruised as hirers over the past 5 decades

I'd have felt very tempted to stop and moor directly opposite that sign and stay there for 14 days just to make a point lol, but that's just me.....

Another very relaxing and professional video. I am guessing the one dislike at the time of writing must be your opponent in the great crash of the lock landing. Once again all the very best.

I'm going through all the vlogs in sequence David, and thoroughly enjoying the sections you're cruising through now...my first canal boat experience was doing The Stourport Ring......ohhh, the Tardebigge Flight 😳 lol...bringing back lots of happy memories 😃 But that extremely rude guy boiled my blood, entirely his bad "driving" at fault.

Hi David, I have to say I have been thoroughly enjoying watching your vlogs on the life on a narrowboat especially when you talk about the different systems and working on them. Nothing like that in Texas unfortunately so I suppose watching you will have to do. Also to borrow an English turn of phrase don't bother over the Pillock who bumped into your boat :) Cheers to many more beautiful days cruising the cut!

My goodness how rude to hit you and the sign too. Beautiful scenery.

You win the Internet Title Contest By FAR!! hahaha Cheers, and as always, God bless

Well, your version of Straight outta Compton still involved N.W.A - Narrowboater With Attitude :-) What a total bell end that guy was. You should have got all gangsta on him!

Loved the greens of summer and the purple too!

Lovely vlog, really enjoyed it. I would have moored opposite that bungalow on purpose and put a big V sign in the window!

The fun in 1989. When my parents invited my uncle to drive down from Manchester to meet us in Swindon, not telling him which Swindon to meet us at. Amazingly he figured out which one it was. It was nice having another set of hands for all the locks, as back then no one helped you.

Is it bad that I'd have moored opposite the bungalow whether I wanted to stop or not, just to spite them?

A lot of people were very critical of Mr Clumsyboatdriver, thank you Steve L, my name cannot go on here. You have this nut on video you should hand a copy to the CRT, clearly he is not a responsible boater and flees the screen after an accident, that was way past a brush. How many other boats has he damaged and worse their was likely alcohol involved and one day someone will get badly hurt if it has not already occurred. That was hard enough to dump you off the stern into his path.

Another fantastic vlog. The donkeys were so cute! I can't believe how selfish and annoying the people who put that "do not moor opposite our precious house" sign up are. Grrrrrr. I would moor there deliberately and wave at them every time I saw them. You are the king of the montage of prettiness. Thank you

Bridge - under, tunnel - through, apparently. I feel an invention coming on. One of those boxing gloves on a spring we see in Roadrunner cartoons to fend off poor navigators. I'll call it a bow puncher for the patent.

I totally agree if you buy a dwelling of any type next to the canal it also comes with boats the sights and the sounds of canal life. On seeing that sign I am afraid I would be chucking the boat into revers with lots of chugging and blowing on my steam whistle until I am directly across from the sign and mooring up for the time allowed on that stretch. When I first got my boat I was travelling up the Coventry canal heading home the boat developed a fault and I had to stop right away. When had started to repair the boat engine room boards up prior to that we had drifted to a stop across from some new houses I never gave it a thought we just had to mend it then move on if we could. A man shouted at us you can't stop there I informed him I had broken down his reply was he was not bothered you can't stop there. I then gave him my reply bearing in mind my new home had just made nasty noises and ground to a halt and all I got was this burk coming out with this drivel. I said to him that until it's mended I would not be going anywhere and if he would like to give us a hand that would be nice but if he was going to continue shouting at me he would find the spanner I was holding would need removal with the help of A&E from a internal cavity. He didn't offer no more advice and we did move on when we was able to. Afterwards my thoughts were I am sure the canal came first.

Your Vlog brings back great memories of cruising on the Staffs & Worcs ten years ago (!). It hasn't changed much, apart from BWB becoming CRT.

Your vlog made me fell peaceful today. Thank you for sharing. That bloke that hit you could of said he was sorry for hitting you. People knot paying attention just make me mad. You take pride in trying to take care of your stuff then others don't give a crap & bash your stuff. Oh gets me heated. I think I'm more upset then you. lol.. And it's your boat. Well you have a great rest of your week. Be safe on the water, Chris

i love some of the names of the places you pass thru. I must admit that places like Cowroast sounds much more appetizing then Stewpony...

Wow, amazing scenery. Thank you for sharing.

I was similarly offended by another of those 'polite' notices on the Lancaster Canal a while ago. Good to know I'm not alone in my (maybe somewhat disproportionate) outrage and immediate desire to do the opposite! Would be fun to have a photographic collection of these obnoxious signs wherever they are spotted on the Cut. Am now working my way through your excellent vlogs from the beginning after hopping about a bit - very entertaining and a wealth of information for a prospective canal wanderer. thank you!

A tidy MGB, I too would love one of those!

One of the most enjoyable vlogs so far!

Cat is muttering "Bloody Tourist"

Chances... just this morning I read about the Bratch Locks in John Liley's The Journey of the Swan. A wonderful nugget of canal history and the only ones like them on the system. Mostly because they learned how bloody stupid it was quite quickly! Still... smashing that you included it.

Welcome to bratch in my village of wombourne

I've now caught up to you on the vlog....I worked my way through all the old ones. I must say, your adventures makes me want to hang it up and "cruise the cut" as well.

David Lovely scenery, really nice. Again looking at the map I just would not have expected it. That collision! you must have been furious. The angle on exiting that lock looked awkward due to the lock design, but the strange things was, as you pointed out, the collision appeared inevitable from some way out, but no attempt seemed to be made to slow down - and then claiming it was your fault, unbelievable! Re staircase locks. There is a 3 lock staircase at Grindley Brook on the Llangollen. At non peak times of the year you have to operate it yourself. It is a real bottleneck in summer so the operators are there in summer to calm and organise the frustrated queues of boaters as much as to operate the locks I was told. Unlike single locks, you obviously can cause quite a flood if you get a staircase wrong. Also, they often differ, apparently at Grindley Brook you have to half fill the middle lock to a marker before you commence the descent sequence. If you ever have to operate a staircase on your own it would be very interesting and helpful to see you do it in some detail, as operating a staircase lock is an aspect of canal boating that I have yet to take on and a task that fills me with some trepidation. Mike

Well Timothy West, in one of his narrowboat trip programes, did say narrowboating was a "contact sport." No excuse for not using reverse through. Great vlog, wonderful counrtyside, thanks.

OK , vandemonium videos caught up. Back to the ‘CUT!

I hope the rudeness and 'me me me' attitude evident on today's roads hasn't extended to the canals. I'm referring to the guy who hit your boat. Really nice video. Well done.

loving that don't more opposite the bungalow sign.. reminds me of the boater down from the boat inn cheddleton who shouted at me on the road opposite while parked up in my camper for a night.. Apparently our 60 k motorhomes make us gypsies and we pay no tax and we should beep beep move on.. and far worse. it was amusing to record it and play it back full volume through vehicle stereo while she sat outside the pub for all to hear !!!

Awesome Countryside. I really enjoy your Vlogs . thank you for sharing

Better late than never 😊I appreciate dis vlog immensely. Thank you very much !!!!🖐🖐

I also really enjoy watching your videos

I could listen to your voice for hours

We had our wedding reception in 1984 at the Stewponey Inn which was a landmark that used to be near the canal. It’s been knocked down now for houses. We lived in Stourbridge prior to emigrating to Canada in 2004. Great part of the canal system. Steeped in history.

I like the look of the Dunnley “tunnel”, much more inviting than the Harecastle.

'Dudluuy' a very decent rendition of the accent sir! 🤣

Love all the scenery on all your vlogs.

Well, this has been one of the most enjoyable Christmas breaks in a long long time. Starting at episode 1 about a week ago this is where I need to slow down as back to work tomorrow. Still hope to get a few episodes in each night moving forward. Hopefully you will see a little bump in your next youtube check (sorry, cheque) I sat through as many ads as I could stand to.

Clearly that daft pleb came out of the gate far too fast and ended up making a meal out of it. If it was me I would of took it slower and edged out.. he was far too fast and it shows the way the boat rocked from side to side. Hope your boat is OK.

Lovely! Apart from shouty man, we've met some of those. If he had come out very slowly and then turned, he'd be ok and so would've your boat! Busy re-blacking our sides now after 500 miles and over 400 locks this year! You should've got that chap to autograph his bump!! Thanks.

The Dunsley tunnel reminded me. A couple of years ago I was reading a short article about someone cycling from Sandwell Valley to Aldridge along the Rushall canal. From memory they got off when the canal changes name to the Daw End Branch. At one point in the article they said they went through a tunnel. I'm not sure where the tunnel is. there are wide road bridges under main roads. Plus I thought tunnels went through hills. Not over the top. As there is 9 locks on the Rushall canal and they still have at least 2 or 3 locks to get to the top.

Surprised the CRT people didn't have a word with the bloke who epically failed to steer properly out of the lock!

sleeping bag. I was out to sea in a choppy sea. old rope around my prop. I was on my own. I am a male and was 25 at the time. there's only one way to clear the rope wrapped around. and that is to dive in and cut it free. so in I jumped with a rope around my waist so as I and the boat did not separate and I drift away, after much cussing got prop free but trying to get back in around the carvel-built boat was very exhausting, nowhere to latch your feet on, so, John, I would have given anything for your hatch. Enjoy all your Vids and clear presenting so big thanks. I`m 80 plus now armchair sailer.

Ouch, your poor boat !! 😳

I think that was one of the prettiest cruises so far David. I could feel the tension as the other boat was about to hit you. Ugh...how rude. He added insult to injury. I'm glad you are ok. Thanks for the trip!

Confirmed Canal Cat sighting!!!!! That was a very business like moggy. No time to stop and nap. I like donkeys. Hard working, decent folk.

Another brilliant vlog! Get so excited to see the notification flash up. Can't believe those people, lucky enough to live next to a canal put that ridiculous sign in their garden. I hope everyone who passes there now moors up for a while! :-) x

I would organize a small flotilla of narrowboats to make a 14 day “get together” opposite their bungalow. 🤓

The scenery along this particular leg I would personally rate among the top I've seen. I particularly enjoy your format of chatty narrative, sans distracting music, with insertions of points of interest. Many things, big & small that catch the eye, i.e. anglers with extremely long poles, a prowling cat, bumper boats at a lock entrance, MGB in bristol condition, grazing donkeys, staircase of locks, burst of color, & Devil's Den, etc. A couple of questions, if I might: (1) What is the large pipe behind you & overhead, seen behind you after leaving the last locks before Swindon? Irrigation water? (2) Are most narrowboats painted a dark color for a practical reason, tradition, or aesthetics? (The "look" is great, and most look well-kept!) Thanks!

You've got a point there. If you don't like narrowboaters why buy a property next to a canal???

Grand video David Cheers.

Should've snapped back asking how much he rented his boat for. Seriously what a prick, it almost looks like he did it on purpose Lovely video can't wait for the next one!

If I ever do a canal vacation out that way, I think I'll try to remember to see if that property still has the sign up asking people to not moor across from them... Then get a speedo, moor across from them, and spend a few days doing fat-white-guy-yoga on the roof...

Thanks!! Love your Vlogs,,,,So Comforting,Countryside So Beautiful!!!!

Great video! Thank!

Was the guy who hit you not going a tad too fast?

great video and again very pretty natur.You do a good job to blend in nature and the life at canal.Amazing that i was handmade,thats hard work

Once again, thanks for all the memories. There weren't as much traffic in my day, Ah'll tell thee. We were lucky if we saw one boat a week. And all these temporary moorings..........don't get me started. Sorry, just the ramblings of a grumpy old man!