Quite amazing how the flooding had submerged the bottom of the canal. Thank you for showing this difference. Will take Rachel when weather is better.

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Gerald! Yes I wasn't expecting to see the lock under water like it was! Hope you have both survived the flooding. 👍

A sad sight but excellent coverage without any hysteria.

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Annie, that's great feedback! Very much appreciated! 👍😊

Thanks for showing us.

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Hi Michelle - thanks for commenting - it's much appreciated! 👍

Hi Jeff, Who would have thought there would be even more flood water since your October vlog. Apart from that raging river the flooded areas still look quite picturesque in a strange way. The two swans 4 minutes into the video were identical, you could say a perfect match...a Swan Vesta if you will. A Terrible joke there and that was my best effort. Good to see our trains served you well again. See you on the next vlog Jeff, hopefully not too cold on the canal. Take care mate 👍

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Hi Dave - yeah, those two swans were fabulous - such majestic creatures and I really do love being near them. They certainly looked alike - mind you, I've no idea how to tell male from female? Swan Vesta - I guess some people would have to Google that to know what you mean! 👍 I really do enjoy train journeys and think the railways are so undervalued - both by government and also perhaps by those who use them. Today, for instance, I went by train from Ledbury to Wolverhampton (to video some more of the canal) and all for about £15 (using my rail card) - but there's no way I would contemplate driving there anyway - who needs that stress? WMR trains were both bang on time and the ones to/from Wolverhampton (both TFW trains) were only slightly late. Afraid WMR can't do anything about the cold weather - worse luck. Yeah, it was brass-monkeys out there on the canal today! Hopefully I'll publish the video on Saturday 😊Cheers!

OMG…Swan Lake eh 😮😊 Good video, Jeff…stay dry ☔️🌧️⛈️ now in case of more rain ☔️

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Angela - oh, 'Swan Lake' - well done, that's very good! We've actually had a dry day today - at last! Turning colder now though - we just can't win with our weather! 😒

Incredible Jeff, that is one powerful river 😮 scary situation. Lovely hat btw 👍

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Ian! yes, all that water - and yet in 6 months time we'll probably have some jobs-worth telling us to stop watering our gardens! Glad you liked the hat - a present from my sister!

Thankyou for your report .

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Hi Nancy - thanks for taking the time to comment - much appreciated! 👍

@nancysmith-baker1813

5 ай бұрын

@@Gladysthenarrowboat your welcome . So sad , be safe and take care .

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Nancy. Best wishes, Jeff 😊

@johnsharman76142

5 ай бұрын

Always good VT's with Jeff.🥰

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks John! That's very nice of you!!

Hi Jeff, Great to see another fantastic vlog of your's always well documented and crisp. You must have a cracking camera. Never seen high waters like it. Hope Gladys is coming along nicely? but maybe not with this high water. Love the hat, looking great. Best wishes John.

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Hi John, Thanks so much for the great feedback - that's very encouraging! Actually I'm using a handheld GoPro Hero 10 - although they are more for action-photography really, and when on my Brompton, I fix it to the handlebars. They are amazing gadgets and not massively expensive - I have paid a lot more for my Nikon SLR cameras in the past! Sometimes though, I could do with a second video camera, so one of these days will get something a bit better with a useable zoom (GoPro has a limited zoom, but it's operated by a small touch screen on the back, which is fiddly). That said, many KZreadrs film using their mobile phones and the results are still pretty good. I've contacted Aintree Boats today as it happens, and asked for an update, so will hopefully have more news about Gladys later this week. I needed that hat too - it was cold... but nothing compared to today, as its horribly cold outside. I'm just trying to decide where to go tomorrow to do the next video (I hope to publish them on Saturdays from now on). Thanks again John - much appreciated! Jeff

@johnsharman76142

5 ай бұрын

Your welcome Jeff, always appreciate great vlogs with Great equipment.🤗and a tidy Camera man.🙃@@Gladysthenarrowboat

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks John 👍😊

As a native Worcestershirian, I had no idea it was this bad in the capital of our hold! I'm looking to get on a narrowboat this winter, and I'd be staying in Digliss, so good to know their flood defence works!

@Gladysthenarrowboat

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Yes, I imagine many folks living locally don't realise how high the waters rose - or how the bottom lock was totally covered. Diglis is a lovely looking marina, so you should have a great time there. If you manage to move out of the marina and go up the canal, then I can say it's one of the nicest I've seen, so would be well worth the effort. From what I've heard, flooding is quite regular in Worcester (and other places on the Severn), so I expect you'll witness this all happening again during your stay. You'll be fine in the marina though! 👍

@Dunkelzeitgeist

4 ай бұрын

@@Gladysthenarrowboat absolutely! I live in Kidderminster and right near the canal, we don't flood, but neighbouring Bewdley and Stourport flood nearly as bad a Worcester! It is a really nice canal network from Worcester to Brum

@Gladysthenarrowboat

4 ай бұрын

Lucky you - living near the canal! And near the Severn Railway too! If time allows, I'm hoping to visit the Railway before my boat is finished, and will do a video of it 😊

@Dunkelzeitgeist

4 ай бұрын

@@Gladysthenarrowboat let me know! I do the 40's and my partner works at the SVR pub in Kidderminster! I'll get you a pint or few! ☺️

@Gladysthenarrowboat

4 ай бұрын

Excellent - thanks mate!! 😊

Swans will eat grass but have a fondness for shallow growth. So together with not being swift water birds, I doubt that they’re at their best at the mo’. That is an impressive bunch of water. There’ll be some trees that’ll do well but many bank grown roots, will have their foundation of life removed by the current. I’m not complaining about that, it’s part of nature; there’s been floods before and there’ll be so again.

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Hiya DC, yes, it started with a bloke called Noah, I believe! I think the swans in Worcester are being fed bread by some people at the moment as there seemed a lot of it floating about. They all looked in good condition but I'm sure you're right about the degradation of the river bank - all that fast flowing water must be causing a lot of damage. By the way, you'll have noticed I published this video early - on a Saturday - and I may switch to that day from now on. My thinking was that more people have spare time to watch KZread on the weekend - it seems to have paid off with this video anyway! (Also, I wanted to publish while the floods were getting maximum TV coverage.)

@johnsharman76142

5 ай бұрын

Body...😀

I can't get to my fishing spot😂😢

@Gladysthenarrowboat

5 ай бұрын

Oh - must admit, it hadn't occurred to me about fish / fishing! I wonder how many fish get stranded once the waters start going down. Hope you are back in action soon @jmsBungz