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@altvamp 9 сағат бұрын
It's in not on
@CourtAboveTheCut 9 сағат бұрын
@@altvamp I’m in the region of the Cotswolds, I’m on the Cotswold canal, I’m not stating the region I’m stating the canal. If I was in it my camera wouldn’t work
@altvamp 9 сағат бұрын
@CourtAboveTheCut But that's you not the canal, the canal is *in* the Cotswolds not on it! You might be on the canal but that's not what it says either.
@CourtAboveTheCut 9 сағат бұрын
@ I see what you are trying to say but it’s not what I’m trying to say. I’m 100% saying I’m on the Cotswold canal. I probably should have dropped the s on Cotswolds
@nzprobation 10 сағат бұрын
Went thru there on a boat about 10 years ago. Looking at the maps now it would seem that the second ventilation tunnel was probably filled in when the railway was built as it goes right over the canal in its own cut and cover. The two tunnels must be quite close vertically.
@ApocryphalDude 10 сағат бұрын
You paid to advertise this? Lol
@masoumhashemi3353 Күн бұрын
❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😅😅😊😊
@CourtAboveTheCut Күн бұрын
@@masoumhashemi3353 they are doing a great job
@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882 Күн бұрын
Another one I didn’t get a notification for…. I’m probably shadow banned… I was at High Peak Junction back in September…
@CourtAboveTheCut Күн бұрын
What’s shadow banned?
@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882 Күн бұрын
@ it’s when KZbin limit how you see other channels leave likes and make comments … also, if you have a controversial pov, or an opinion that doesn’t align with popular norms… that can get one shadow banned.
@CourtAboveTheCut Күн бұрын
@ yeah I’ve had to stop saying what I think of those in charge on videos as I get a noticeable dip in views etc for 4-6 weeks
@cvisaac5628 Күн бұрын
First mention the two countries
@andrewjohnfox 2 күн бұрын
From a local resident, many thanks for a very informative video
@CourtAboveTheCut 2 күн бұрын
No problem, thanks for watching!
@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882 2 күн бұрын
How did I miss this… KZbin shenanigans no doubt… great video…
@CourtAboveTheCut 2 күн бұрын
Good old algorithm 😂
@JustinGeorge-x9q 4 күн бұрын
Hello Sir , Their is a very nice skew bridge in blue brick on the Llangollen canal near Grindley Brook , Its an old railway branch line and in good nick too !
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
@@JustinGeorge-x9q I’ll have to explore it when I’m up there next!
@drend182 4 күн бұрын
I`ve often walked along the canal from Grantham onwards and I can testify that it`s just as peaceful and beautiful as it looks (although the swans can get a bit stroppy when they`ve got sygnets !)
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
@@drend182 urgh swans 😂 they are like the cows of the waterways, they terrify me lol
@TheHoveHeretic 4 күн бұрын
Superb as always. May I just add my habitutal plug for hedgelaying to feature, wherever appropriate. It looks *SO* much better than tatty strimmed shrubs, is a stronger, better boundary by *FAR* and provides incomparable wildlife habitat.
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
@@TheHoveHeretic I completely agree! You are always welcome to plug for habitat!
@daejavue69 5 күн бұрын
17/11/2024 Thanks for these great videos, it's important we record the before &.After to remind us all on how bad these restoration's start at & how much work has to be done to get them up to the impressive condition they become for all to enjoy & benefit . SB researcher
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
Definitely, there’s a reason I haven’t deleted some of my original videos where were terrible recorded and edited with awful sound! I want people to be able to see the difference
@QALibrary 5 күн бұрын
With the change in government and budget changes as well have there been any effects on the current canal and also the future development of the canal network and projects?
@CourtAboveTheCut 5 күн бұрын
@@QALibrary no it’s much the same at the moment but it’s still early days
@malcolmrichardson3881 5 күн бұрын
Great canal through some outstanding countryside. Thanks for the update.
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
@@malcolmrichardson3881 it’s lovely there, it’ll be better when the full route has water!
@anth5122 5 күн бұрын
Well done all involved 👍
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
They are smashing it!
@theoztreecrasher2647 5 күн бұрын
Looking good! Lots of water now. When does the duck season open for the toffs? (Or swan season for the Regals?) 🤔😉😊
@FireballXL55 5 күн бұрын
I used to live in Melton and one of my mates lived in Woolsthorpe so I know the area quite well, nice to see it coming back. Melton and Oakham canal is trying to do some work in Melton Mowbray itself they have canoes which can be hired and a canal boat for trips the group is called MOWS for which I am a member.
@CourtAboveTheCut 5 күн бұрын
It’s a canal I’ve never explored, I’ve never even really researched it. I should really as I could get some pork pies at the same time
@CarltonTweedle 5 күн бұрын
Lots of canals are getting reinstated the one problem is going slower then the boats. to much counchil people that do not understand brings in money. They only turn up when it opens thinking they did it numpties.
@CourtAboveTheCut 5 күн бұрын
Yes our former MP was famous for appearing in photos for things she did absolutely nothing for. There was a joke every time a camera came out that she would turn up
@tomcarr1358 5 күн бұрын
Well done again. The local authority for Granthm is to be praised for creating a linear public space alongside the canal within the built up area. Marvellous recreational area for adjacent householders. Let's hope that H & S do not regard the canal as a hazard and fence it off to exclude careless children and others.
@CourtAboveTheCut 5 күн бұрын
It’s always good when all parties work together to produce something. One thing I see all over the country is issues with councils. Especially when it goes through multiple different ones and one is for the other against. We need more joined up thinking in this country
@brynvjones6679 5 күн бұрын
Most enjoyable.
@CourtAboveTheCut 5 күн бұрын
Thanks :)
@PCMenten 5 күн бұрын
Yea! Maps! Great video. Edit: excellent news that the level of the A1 is high enough to pass under it.
@CourtAboveTheCut 5 күн бұрын
@@PCMenten I wish I could hand out a map to all viewers 😂
@db8444 5 күн бұрын
I've never been to Grantham or Lincolnshire but thanks to your videos I have become invested in this project. I hope to go there one day and see it all back in water. A momument not just to the history of those who first built the canal but also to those volunteers who are restoring it and preserving that history
@CourtAboveTheCut 5 күн бұрын
@@db8444 that’s always my hope with these videos, to shed light on the amazing work done over the last few hundred years to build, maintain and restore these things.
@annarboriter 6 күн бұрын
Truly a canal renaissance
@CourtAboveTheCut 6 күн бұрын
Let’s hope the golden times are coming
@MattJarvis78 8 күн бұрын
Very good. By the way it’s called PINXTON not Pinkton!! So pronounced PINKSTON
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
I thought I replied to this, thank you! I watched some videos and thought I had it right 🤦🏻♂️
@MattJarvis78 8 күн бұрын
Very good. By the way it’s called PINXTON not Pinkton!! So pronounced PINKSTON
@CourtAboveTheCut 8 күн бұрын
@@MattJarvis78 yes I’ve been told off a few times 😂😂 pronouncing place names wrong is a bit of a theme for me, you should watch my Welsh stuff 😂😂
@Rockdoc2174 11 күн бұрын
My grandparents lived in Plumptre Road Langley Mill and I often walked down Stoney Lane to Vicar’s Lock and up as far as Codnor Park in the fifties. It was all in water but disused. At the time it was destroyed you were starting to see canoes using the cut, which probably pushed British Waterways and the NCB into the opencast sites along the route before regular use could have been proven.
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
I always think that if both the railways and canals survived another 20 years we would have amazing infrastructure in this country.
@Rockdoc2174 4 күн бұрын
@ both BR and BW were set up by the government with a directive to prune their systems so that only profitable routes remained. There was no concept of tourist boating so no way it could be seen as generating income and, therefore, a reason to maintain or restore canals. I believe the only profitable canals were the broad cuts which supplied coal to Yorkshire power stations. BR was losing money hand over fist. Routes that probably had never turned a penny were in use all over the country. Profitable routes would become unprofitable when pits closed they served. The biggest problem was the number of employees. With today’s technology many rural routes might the fine but with signal boxes every few miles, crossing keepers and umpteen staff at rural stations they couldn’t. As cars got cheaper the slow, dirty trains became even less attractive.
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
@ whilst I agree with some of this it’s not entirely true, Beeching never recommend to close as many routes as what were closed. The issue was Ernest Marples who had a road building company and was in charge of Transport, the same guy who had to leave the country after dodging taxes for 30 years. He commissioned a load of work from rolling stock, new tracks, decorating stations so it appeared on paper that many lines weren’t turning a profit. He then used this as an excuse to close many lines which were useful because it didn’t align with his business
@Rockdoc2174 4 күн бұрын
@ that’s perfectly true but BR was set up to make a profit and was under pressure to do so from Nationalisation Day. The railways were wrecked after being under government control during WW2 and the Big Four would have been due eye-watering compensation had nationalisation not happened. Buying them out was much the cheaper option but that left the Treasury with a big hole to fill to repair the system. It failed to do so. The other thing to remember was that *all* commercial transport was nationalised at the same time. The railways were very integrated, with buses, hotels and even a joint airline. All these, which improved profitability, were split off and British Road Services was told to compete. The ferries were split off. The hotels were split off. BR really never stood much of a chance, IMO.
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
@ they needed trimming, the issues were everybody built the same routes, they just didn’t need trimming as much as they were
@dennyporter2447 11 күн бұрын
Wow.. very cool video.. so much history.. love it..
@CourtAboveTheCut 10 күн бұрын
It’s an area packed with history
@daffyduk77 11 күн бұрын
Not Pinkton Arm, the Pinxton Arm as far as I know. Great video thanks !
@CourtAboveTheCut 10 күн бұрын
I watched a few videos to try and get the pronunciation right but still messed it up 🤦🏻♂️
@daffyduk77 10 күн бұрын
@@CourtAboveTheCut yes, I'm just being OCD ! 🙂We don't normally encounter "X" in similar names
@neillambton4065 12 күн бұрын
We had several holidayys in cottages that were on a farm (Leashaw Farm i think at Whatstandwell?) which was on the side of the Cromford Canal a couple of miles or so below Cromford Mill. It had been restored some years before, but was decaying again. One of the cottages we had had the back wall beside the towpath, and the canal could be accessed by a gate and steps from the farm property. I had numerous walks beside the canal in both directions, and about a quarter of a mile towards Cromford wass a short tunnell. I often thought how good it would be to return to the area, but on a canal boat after the canal had been fully restored, but now, at 66, i doubt whether it will ever be done in my lifetime. Interestingly, the farm was in the original ownership of the family of "Florence Nightingale". I don`t know whetehr the farm cottages are still holiday cottages, as we hired them 15-20 years ago, and the owners were quite elderly back then, so i don`t know what happened to them.
@CourtAboveTheCut 10 күн бұрын
You can take a boat trip from Cromford wharf, I’m sure if you asked they’d allow a private charter, I’ve walked from Gregory tunnel myself and it’s all in water. I’m not sure what parts are navigable, I know it is to the Leawood aqueduct
@NicholasEJones 12 күн бұрын
Great update and think its tragic the stopping of HS2 at Birmingham as dose not look like much hope of this continuing now.
@CourtAboveTheCut 10 күн бұрын
It’s ridiculous to stop there, it doesn’t solve the problem it was set out to achieve!
@JuliaHopewell 12 күн бұрын
We always appreciate and enjoy your videos; but often find that the changing ariel and ground photography move too fast for us to get our bearings😁. Might just be us; but we would really appreciate a slower pace and more orientation of where you currently are, between shots.. I hope this doesn't sound too negative, as your commitment and knowledge is really impressive. Thank you.
@CourtAboveTheCut 4 күн бұрын
The issue is time, if I slow down and explain where I am too much the videos will be too long. I try to add maps etc to show locations as well as saying where I am. I highly advise downloading the maps on waterwayroutes as the restoration ones are free, it might make it easier to follow videos, I do mention them in this weeks video. You can download each individual canal
@WarrenMandy 12 күн бұрын
Excellent video again and very informative. There's a lot of history in the area. The one thing that really amazes me is the infrastructure built and then disregarded. Love to see everything restored to its former glory.
@CourtAboveTheCut 10 күн бұрын
I’m with you, it’s always hard to believe when you are out in the middle of nowhere with massive aqueducts and viaducts to understand how these railways and canals were abandoned, it’s such a waste! So many people died building these colossal projects they should be at least maintained in memory of the sacrifices people made to feed their family
@Gizepi 12 күн бұрын
Hi Mr. C. Nice video again. Very informativeas usual sir. However, your audio issue has returned in the early part, then went away during the focus into the front of the institute building with the fancy porch, and returned again following that. If there's a way to keep the audio input down on initial recording, bring it down a little. The audio can always be boosted in post production/editing. The sound of over driven transistor amps cannot however be removed.
@CourtAboveTheCut 12 күн бұрын
@@Gizepi this was recorded months ago on the old camera and equipment, I’ve got another 2-3 still sat in edit from the summer.
@CourtAboveTheCut 12 күн бұрын
@@Gizepi thanks for the tips though :)
@denisemardell3588 12 күн бұрын
Walked that many times then around the Reservoir and back. Lovely.
@CourtAboveTheCut 12 күн бұрын
@@denisemardell3588 it’s beautiful up that way isn’t it. It’ll be even better with boats on a canal though!
@malcolmrichardson3881 13 күн бұрын
Very interesting and informative video. Given the superb restoration of the Mechanics Institute, I wonder what the chances are of restoring the canal - at least to the missing aqueduct, or collapsed Butterley Tunnel?
@CourtAboveTheCut 13 күн бұрын
Once beggerlea is done then they should be able to start extended to this area. It would be good to get it to the Reservoir. I’m not sure I’ll see the tunnel restored in my lifetime unless something significant happens, the canal past the tunnel is beautiful though so I hope I’m wrong
@computercraig777 12 күн бұрын
@@malcolmrichardson3881 its being restored from the erewash canal end
@computercraig777 13 күн бұрын
Just before ironville there is load of bridge stones probably four or five whole bridges it over grown now
@CourtAboveTheCut 13 күн бұрын
Interesting, Where would I be looking?
@computercraig777 12 күн бұрын
@CourtAboveTheCut you past a train bridge just before ironville they is a footpath to the road there they are either sides of that they are mostly hidden by weeds when I walked last month but seen loads of bridge stones they must be the missing bridges.
@gilesestram 12 күн бұрын
@@computercraig777 Could be from the accident , years ago, when some Trucks derailed and crashed through the parapet.