The tow path is looking much improved after all the hard work by everyone. That certainly wouldn’t be an easy job under ideal conditions but your group managed to get so much done. Thanks for taking us along

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Mary Jane, this was four years ago, I wonder what it looks like now! Glad you enjoyed watching.

Evening Alan, I think you phrased it perfectly with your reference to how long it's taken to do this small stretch, compared with 2K miles of canal network. I hope that your videos help boaters, and others, be more respectful towards the towpaths...many thanks for sharing...🍷🍷

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Evening Steve. The CRT get a lot of stick but they have a difficult job to do. Wash holes get caused by boats passing, it can’t always be avoided and doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going too fast or such like. All the best 🥂

Alan, I find it fascinating, the amount of work it takes to maintain the canal system. I'm so glad the CRT & you volunteers are there to do these things! ❤

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I’m glad you found it interesting, as I’ve said in the vlogs, it is very labour intensive repairing towpaths and dealing with offside vegetation.

Thanks Alan for showing us this great further edition of the hard work that you guys were doing to repair the banks and towpath surface, it was very interesting. Well done for this great and very hard work. Take care and all the best. Stevie

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Stevie, I’m glad you enjoyed watching and hopefully have a good understanding of the time consuming work that goes into making these repairs. It’s very labour intensive, all the best Alan

Fascinating video. Tow path repairs are not as simple as one would think. You have given us a good overview of the actual work on the tow path, and, in addtion, you could have mentioned the work needed to obtain, transport, and load the tons of surfacing material. Thanks.

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Holly, I’m glad you have a better understanding of towpath repairs. . The CRT have some of their own workboats and sometimes hire them in. I wasn’t involved in that aspect nor the procurement of the Grano material, it was already on the boat. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Well done Alan, good to see the work being done to keep the canals in working order. Stay safe and well.

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Hugh, this was filmed some years ago, my main involvement now is with lock keeping. Cheers, take care.

Alan thank you for your vlog, it’s very interesting to see some of what is required to maintain the towpath and canals. I always feel like I’ve had a chat with a friend when you are done. Safe travels and good health to you

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Ginger for your kind words, it is very labour intensive, which means slow progress for this sort of repair. All the best, take care.

AS Always Alan. Good to see the various problems that happen around the canals. Take care to you & Sally.

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks Bob, thanks for watching and commenting. All the best.

Certainly a lot of hard work goes into maintaining the canal well done 👏

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Chris 👍

Hi Alan. Gg says woof. Great part. 2

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Hi Kat, many thanks, Reggie says woof woof back, all the best.

Interesting. Thanks for that one, Alan. All the best.Stephen

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed watching Stephen, take care.

Loved the video very interesting to know how it’s all repaired. Hard graft though but looked great what you completed. Have a great week 😊

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Sandy, I’m glad you found it of interest. All the best, have a lovely weekend🤠

Another good video, hope you are well.

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Dougie, I’m fine thanks, hope you are.

cool vid thanks lee

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Lee.

I was born on a narrow boat in 1950 . and only left my boat two years ago due to health issues.. Unfortunately I have witnessed the decline of the canal system over the years. Years ago people used to empty ashes from their fires and stoves on the towpaths to try and keep them free of mud... Unfortunately you are not allowed to do this anymore ???? Which is why they have become nothing than stretches of mud. Anyway Alan keep safe and well mate...

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Greetings Wayne, thanks for watching and commenting, I'm sorry to hear of your ill health. You must have seen so many changes over the years, the decline, and then the renaissance as a leisure industry. The CRT are under resourced for the job they have to do, and therefore have a heavy reliance on volunteers. The ash sounds like a great idea, I looked into this a while back and believe it's ok to leave wood ashes on, or on the edge of the towpath but not coal ash. All the best, take care.

Thanks Alan, you all made a good job of the towpath repair. Very well coordinated, you all seemed to work well together 👍 is this normal practice for there to be one employee and the rest volunteers? This is not a negative comment, it makes sense as the cost to maintain the whole network is immense

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, this was four years ago, at that time when I did offside vegetation cutting and towpath repairs, we usually worked with one employee. Sometimes volunteers work by themselves, co-ordination tends to be good, if you didn’t like who you were working with, you could give it a miss.

@paulturner7837

5 ай бұрын

@@MyNarrowboatVenture haha but then they would know you didn’t like them

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

@@paulturner7837 We used to book on, so you could see who you would be working with.

Hi Alan Just think if you and the others were supplied with another boat with grano you could have carried on all day !!!!!!!! Cheers

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Do you mean we could have worked in the dark te he. Just having one boat available is hard enough let alone two. When I next go that way, it will be interesting to see what it’s like now. All the best.

I do hope the CRT thing is nothing to do with your videos, its so good to see for us licence payers

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

There’s no connection between me and the CRT other than I volunteer. I’ve not done any towpath work since this was filmed four years ago.

great vid alan why wront they reopen cromford canal such a nice canal😄

@MyNarrowboatVenture

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks Malcolm, I don’t know much about the Cromford but a 5 mile section is open. I hope some time to visit the Leawood Pump House there.