Slow down: too breathless, and the camera pans too fast. But great story nevertheless.

Love the videos.

The last couple of videos have definitely seen an improvement in production. It’s why I decided to start chipping in. It’s only a little bit but if I ever get back in that part of the world (my family is in Bristol) I’ll try and track you down and buy you a coffee! Nice work.

Thanks for the update, I used to explore the canal regularly, but now that I no longer live in the area I am reliant on you for updates on progress.

Quite interesting video! I really enjoy watching these canal restoration videos . I like all the history lesson involved too.. I can hardly wait to see more of this project finished and your next videos on it! Watching from Missouri USA .

Great video! Thanks for all the bits of history you bring along as well!

Will any "new" bridges be built to allow modern leisure or historic commercial traffic?

Your production quality is nuts, for a "small" channel this is really good! The new camera seems awesome, love the calmness in your images and love the drone overviews. Your a pleasant freak (we need more freaks like you!) to listen to, your talking a perfect calm tempo for a foreigner like me and no influencer BS. Good editing and music. the interview was really good to! I hope your channel will grow way bigger for you!

Making good progress towards restoring the 'missing mile' which will be a milestone (pun intended) in this phase of the restoration. Thanks for very informative update,

Brilliant video, please keep them coming.

Great to see something happening after so many years of neglect. I am almost 80 and have sadly watched the Monty sinking into decline over the years.

HS2 five years off? I thought it was recently cancelled?

Now we just need some narrow boats.

Backin the 1960's my parents used to like going on regular canal walks and try different canals each time. Around about 1965 mom took me up to Lichfield on the train from Erdington and we intended joining this canal at Birmingham Road and walking from there in a westerly direction. When we got there we were horrified at the state of it. Partially filled in, rubbish everywhere and the lock gates broken and rotting, a very sad sight indeed, and one that has stayed with me all these years. It's wonderful to see the progress that's been made and that the canal will be back in use once again

When the canal is re linked and working again, what extra trip mileage connections will it provide?

Great work and camera work for u and the wobbly runner both smash it at this game

Renishaw…..will it ever get done….thorn in the trusts side

Admiring the project from about as far away as you can get. Certainly some serious engineering work going on here. Is there a best possible completion date for the whole canal to be in water?

You sound is too loud, it is very distorted. Turn you mic volume down a tad man.

Transpennine Tram? What is that? I've looked it up can't find anything?

I am amazed you can move around and not trip over all those mispronounced words, where you say "Froo", you should actually say "Through", so the (TH)s are missing and when pronouncing the letter "H" from HS2, it is said as "AITCH", There is no ' HUH' as you lazily but wrongly say it.

My late father was originally from Clay Cross so we visited the area regularly through the 1960s & 70s. Nearest canal to me now is the Lancaster, as I live in West Cumbria (born in Cumbria, spent childhood in Leicester before coming back home to Cumbria, then time in London in the late 80s - early 90s before heading home again).

Couldn't follow that first five minutes at all, had no idea where in the area being shown you were talking about, and the rapid-fire cut-shots only made the confusion worse.

The phase 2a may have been cut but there are plenty saying that it needs built aspa, hoping so that canal and rail still work together

I lived in Chesterfield from 92 to 99 opposite the old football ground onSaltergate. I regularly used to ride through town and get on the canal towpath and ride down to Staveley. The canal had only been restored down to the bridge that was behind Morrisons. I would continue my bike ride through to the Rother Valley Country Park. From there it was a very uncomfortable walk through a 6 foot high jungle of weeds to the road. Across the road then across to a footbridge across the railway. Then down a path to the embankment of the old Great Central Railway trackbed. It was a straight ride from there to the Country Park. So this video is amazing showing the progress they have made over the years. In the 60s when I was a kid we would regularly fish the canal near Worksop. There was a story of some workmen doing some maintenance on the canal and finding a chain. They pulled the chain out of the canal only to find that it was a plug and they drained a section completely empty. Peter Robinson (born and raised in Hodthorpe near Whitwell). Now living in Northampton for the last 25 years

thanks for that update

Bellhouse basin that you walked past still has the 3 wooden boats buried one being a cuckoo boat that’s unique to the canal. I do believe the basin it’s going to be restored.

Looks absolutely amazing and another excellent and informative video as usual!

Great plan work as usual. As usual I would like to study the detail and annotations so would appreciate more time given to the plan illustration 'frames'.

your audio is overdriving somewhere. Very scratchy on the lower end.

Thank's for a very interesting update . Looks like there's plenty going-on in this impressive project. The clearance of foliage and re-lining should bring about a dramatic change in a relatively short period of time. But, I guess if HS2 had gone ahead, it would have posed considerable headaches - and cost implications.

Wow! The sheer landscaping alone will add so much beauty to the whole route of a once mighty canal. Ultimately this whole reclaimed part is bound to become a wonderful beauty spot again, as well as a refreshed wildlife habitat. Well done all involved! “ Power to the people!” ✊

Went down there after my night shift and shot some footage … amazing work, really impressed

Great vlog thanks for the update. They are making great progress, always loads happening 👍

The wooded area will be nice with the canal running through. It’s great to see the land reclaimed for nature and leisure use after the railway lines were no longer needed. Great vlog thanks so much

Good informative video

Thank's for a very informative update which gives a real insight into the challenges of this wonderful restoration project and how expertly they are being tackled. Truly impressive.

I think this new canal is a realistic project just because of the fact that they are going to take it through that existing road bridge. This aspect alone is worth millions. Q: how is the funding for the new lock being raised please? ( interested) 🤔

Great video,thanks for all the updates.

I only walked this area a couple of weeks back and boy what you have shown here, a lot has been done. I know where I'm going after my Sunday roast today. I'm glad they get a lot of their building materials from Tippers Builders Merchants, a company for whom I work.

Top video (as always) on an exciting restoration project thank you ! Such a shame to see fields being lost to housing BUT every cloud has a silver lining and whilst the developers will no doubt be able to sell 'canalside homes' at a bigger profit, they are actually very much contributing to this restoration so .... Well played every single person involved with the LHCRT restoration !

Nice update on this great project!

Amazing progress, I don’t live in the area but I find it a really interesting project.

Right on my doorstep, I visited a few weeks ago …. Need to get up more, particularly since I just got a subscription…