That was a super helpful video! Thank you. I'm considering taking my boat there and you have saved me doing hours of homework! I hope you get back to complete the last stretch!

@MinimalList

2 жыл бұрын

We hope so too! It’s a lovely canal, though apparently it’s gotten a bit weedy this year! M

It looks really beautiful and tranquil.

We've just got back from a long weekend on the Basingstoke Canal . Beautiful scenery but difficult conditions with weed and low water . The hot weather on friday was also quite something . We started at North Warmborough , stopped at Winchfield , Chuch Crookham and Asl Lock . The next day we made a dash for it , made it to the winding hole past Ash lock where we went aground before making our way back across the aquaduct and back up through the lock to Winchfield . Quite challenging for a novice when you have a hulking great widebeam , those low bridges also posed a problem , especially the double low bridge and the low bridge that had an overhanging tree behind it . Next time if I went there , I'd ask for a more lightweight , manoeverable boat after a spate of rain :)

@MinimalList

4 жыл бұрын

Hah, yeah, the Basingstoke is definitely for low and maneuverable boats... the shorter the better! Glad you tried it though, lovely canal! M

@buttmusk

4 жыл бұрын

@@MinimalList It's worth it , I want to go back at some point . When I pulled the boat in at The Fox and Hounds at Church Crookham , we had quite an audience who were filming us , like they had never seen a boat there before . I''m glad I didn't muck it up :) Thank you , I don't think I would have even considered going there if |I had mot seen your content :)

Old review now but just watched it and loved it. I live beside the Basingstoke (in Woking) and cycle on it to commute. And as you say counted moving barges on one hand. Shame they told you the correct way to say Pyrford wouldn't believe how long that kept me laughing. Enjoyed the video, would otherwise consider Wey which is beautiful in itself, but not the Basingstoke. Bridges dangerous enough on my bike.

@MinimalList

5 күн бұрын

Haha, we got a lot of people telling us how to pronounce Pyrford. This seems like such a long time ago but we are hoping to make it back to the Basingstoke one day so we can finally get to the end.

I really liked your trip and review of the Basingstoke canal. Ironically I lived in Basingstoke before moving to Illinois US 13 years ago. I was an avid boater back in the day having cruised many of the inland waterways of the UK, but never cruised the Basingstoke, probably because we moored at the Britannia Pub just outside of Northampton. I have recently taken to watching many Vlogs on the canals, as I am planning on retiring/semi-retiring back to England within the next year or so.

@MinimalList

6 жыл бұрын

We are glad you enjoyed it. I can’t believe that was six months ago. We really loved the Basingstoke, helped by the warm weather. Retiring onto a narrowboat? Jo

Thank you. What more can I say. So entertaining, informative and enjoyable.

@MinimalList

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that! Glad to hear you like them! M

Really enjoy your videos and find your journeys really fascinating to watch and follow. Have been hiring narrowboats on the Basingstoke Canal for over 25 years and still love the place. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

@MinimalList

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, we will! M

The Besey, Is my Fav place in the hole of hampshire.

Thank you for the shout out ...and the mention in blooper reel #2!

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the correction! M

many thanks brilliant review. I will be doing the Basingstoke on my travels on the back of your review. Tanks again. Buff

@MinimalList

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy! It’s a lovely, lovely canal! We remember it fondly! M

Hey you guys are doing an amazing job and watching you progress on your journey is fascinating. Thank you for the review valuable to anyone doing the basingstoke. We don't have Canals here in the Cayman islands so thank you for bringing the "mother land" and it's English beauty to my eyes. I miss Englands green and pleasant lands in summer.

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

After the last couple days of intermittent rain squalls while in the dark due to dead batteries, I'm wishing for a few days in the Caymans! M

great review really enjoyed it.

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You're VERY lucky you didn't make it up the canal, under those low bridges, only to be stuck up there if the water level rose!

@MinimalList

2 жыл бұрын

I think we’ll try and go back in a hire boat at some point!

Another great review

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Such a shame you couldn't get past Dogmersfield. After that is the beat part. I take it that it was because of the landslide? Its been fixed now. .you Missed King Johns Castle. If you are ever this way again give me a shout. I know the areas from Brookwood to the Castle at odiham well. I can show you around. I live literally a stknea throw from the canal in Odiham. I have done videoa about the canal before. Good review :)

@MinimalList

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It was the landslide that stopped us. Great to hear it’s been fixed. Thanks for the kind offer. Hopefully we’ll be back that way one day

great channel, love the vlogs :) it would be great if you could do reviews like this of the K&A, Oxford & other places you go

@MinimalList

6 жыл бұрын

We plan on doing it for each of them! We're just a bit behind on them, but we'll try and do them both soon! M

Great videos! You guys should do one about your backstory, thanks.

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

We are working on it! Delayed slightly due to major battery issues and a refit without power! More coming soon! M

Great review guys! Really makes me want to go there. Unfortunately from where our boat is it takes two weeks to get there at the moment! Hopefully, in the next few years, we will be continuously cruising and we will be able to get there :)

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

Hope you can make it! Absolutely worth the trip! Just bring good batteries (we've been in the dark for two days!). M

@ronnielloyd4676

7 жыл бұрын

We have an 11kVa generator permanently connected to our diesel engine as we are a gas free boat and use electric for everything. We do have diesel fired heating as well as a multi-fuel stove, but we don't have to travel very far to charge our batteries :)

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

Wow, with the gennie I can imagine it doesn't! M.

Hello Jo and Michael 3 years later I wonder whether you’ll pick up on this comment, (followed you from day one) Thank you for this helpful review, I may have the chance to do the Basingstoke next year, I have just one question. Does the lock keeper who meets you at the first lock at Woodham, then accompany you through all the following locks? Or after the initial check does he just let you get on with the rest of them? (Preferred!) Best wishes, Jim.

@MinimalList

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there, you’ll love the Basingstoke! When we were there the lock keeper did not assist us through the locks, though he was incredibly helpful and gave us lots of good information, he was mainly there to close up afterwards and put sawdust down to keep leaks under control, so you’ll do all the working of the locks themselves yourself! M

@JP-mu5ic

3 жыл бұрын

Minimal List Hey Michael, pleased to see the KZread notifications finding you thru a 3 year old video. Thank you for taking the time to clarify that, very helpful. Best wishes to you all. Jim

What did I miss? Where is George?

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

He was right there, just off camera, sleeping away beneath the table! M

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

Though when we were on the Basingstoke we didn't have George yet.

@tootz1950

7 жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah the Basingstoke one is what I was asking about. Mix-up, sorry.

@MinimalList

7 жыл бұрын

No worries! M