100 narrowboat life UK - Exploring Skipton, A Medieval North Yorkshire Jewel Leeds & Liverpool Canal

NARROW ESCAPE - our narrowboat life adventure. In this episode we take a wander around the lovely market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire. We wander near to Skipton Castle (built back in 1090 !!!) and gaze at it from the bottom of the castle walls - you certainly couldn't invade it from this angle! We wander around the Castle Woods and take in the various sculptures, flowers and trees before going for some Fish & Chips. Our chosen lunch spot might well surprise you but we actually enjoyed it. A quick wander through the market sees Elliott make a bit of a purchase (see if you like it?) and then through a rather pleasant park. Oh, Skipton is rather nice!
JOURNEY - SKIPTON
CANALS - LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL
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[@alisongalloway1455]

What a gorgeous, interesting town. Thanks for showing it.

[@NarrowEscape1]

You’re most welcome Alison 👍

[@azzytwoz]

Love flat caps and, yes, it does suit you, Elliott. And liked that second colourful hat that Sue tried on too.

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks T. As Sue will tell you in the next vlog I am “not a suitor of hats” but I think we might be able to make an exception for this one? The second hat Sue tried on really suited her but was a touch too small for her head/hair combo, and a touch to large for our budget! We do have a plan though on the hat front for her…

[@raymondc5473]

What a nice place Skipton is, congrats on your 100th episode, just about to watch 101 👋👋👋

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks Raymond!! 👍😎

[@patmancrowley8509]

As far as hats go you should order yourself a Stetson western hat. They are great for keeping your head warm in the winter, keeping the rain, sleet, hail and snow off of your face, keeps the rain from running down your back and keeps the sun out of your eyes. Honestly, friends, they are just about the best hat for outdoors that you can get!

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks for that tip. We’ve started to look into them now… 🤠 🤠 🐎

[@ianwebb2235]

That was so good you two........Thank you for the relaxing and entertaining videos. We love your hat by the way, Elliot!

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks you two - we are glad you enjoyed it! Cheers on the hat. Just need the heat wave to end so I can wear it! E & S

[@patmancrowley8509]

Yorkshire Pudding! Mmmmm... Good.

[@NarrowEscape1]

Nom nom!

[@julieblackstock8650]

oh wow,, love the waterfall

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks Julie, it was lovely!

[@davidsedlickas8222]

Superb filming and commentaries. A truly masterpiece of work the trip around Skipton. That green hat suited you very well Sue. Elliot the wood challenge is a bit too big for you sadly. Shame it's so tempting to attempt to retrieve. Hope you are both well. Thanks for your time and efforts to produce your vlogs much appreciated. Liked the HSE brief as Sue descended the steps down to the canal. Very pleased it was done safely.

[@NarrowEscape1]

What a lovely message David - thanks for that!! 👍 The vlogs take much time and effort to pull together but we get enjoyment from the fact that others enjoy them 😎 Whenever we have a situation that looks like it has a safety issue your words reverberate around our heads 🤣 Cheers E & S

[@hachedee8892]

I did not realise Skipton was so touristy as well, but also full of history & some gorgeous walks. another excellent tour with great commentary & looks like a great day out

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks. We enjoyed the walk around even if it was longer than we expected. Good for the suntan though😂 It’s a lovely town but as you can see very busy on market days. Cheers Elliott & Sue

[@michaellowery1559]

Nice walk around Elliott and Sue😃

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks Michael 👍👍

[@jimmineweaser3300]

Congratulations on 100!

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks Jim!! 😍

[@bradpalmer2914]

Is Elliot going to sew a couple of razor blades in to the peak of his new hat? LOL

[@NarrowEscape1]

Don’t tempt me Brad!!! I’m going to get all Tommy and Arthur on it…

[@yvonnebailey9973]

Really enjoyable video Thank you for sharing. Take care.

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks Yvonne 👍😎 Will do.

[@neilmurfet3392]

Skipton, our current home town......

[@NarrowEscape1]

And a very nice spot to base yourselves Neil - lucky you 👍😎

[@russjones4034]

Really enjoy your videos. I just wish the other narrowboat channels would use what3words as effectively as you. Please keep it up. South Carolina.

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks for the kind words Russ! We thought the W3W would help so glad they did. South Carolina - cool 😎 😎

[@mattstil1362]

Im sure they would like the frog, and the shroom too. 601555 is cute and rocks.

[@NarrowEscape1]

🤣🤣 sounds like some decent Christmas presents? Weirdest moment today as we were wandering through some fields today and I (Elliott typing) started talking to some cows and Sue asked me what my favourite cow’s number was. A couple of hours later and your message out of the blue mentions the cow’s number. Spooky!!

[@davelawday6609]

Great choice Westmorland rd fish and chip shop...we moved to the skipton area 2 year ago...carleton in craven...brill place to live compared to the south east... thanks for sharing your adventures...kind regards Dave 😊

[@NarrowEscape1]

Hi Dave - great to hear the views of a local. Skipton was lovely, we really enjoyed our time in the town and thought West Moreland chippy was superb, plus the staff in there were so friendly and chatty!! Glad you enjoyed 😎 Elliott & Sue

[@sandrakent8049]

Loved your Skipton blog really good, love Elliots laugh!! That scenery was fantastic. Also that cap does really suit him! What part of the country do you originate from and what made you take to the canals? Thoroughly enjoy all your blogs; xx

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks for the kind comments Sandra! 👍😎 I’m a Bristol boy and Sue is a Leigh (nr Wigan) girl. We both remember going on a couple of canal holidays as kids and then went on a hire boat holiday a couple of years ago and well, that was that as they say! We hope you continue to enjoy the videos 👍 Elliott & Sue

[@yesterdayslion]

An enjoyable exploration of Skipton …now I am grumbling because the Fish and Chip store here has closed for the evening…😮

[@NarrowEscape1]

Ahhhhhh - sorry about that! Think of the calories saved though 🤣 Cheers Elliott & Sue

[@davidbrambill1335]

I think you should definitely have those logs,😂

[@NarrowEscape1]

Oh David - I was beyond tempted…they were practically screaming out to me 😱🤣🤣

[@danhollifield]

Quite picturesque. Reminded me of some of the old-school touristy towns in the Smoky Mountains that have a central area of shops, plus lots of nature walks around the outskirts of the town. --Dan

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks Dan. It is certainly a popular place for people to come and wander around, and the market on the High Street is very popular indeed. Smoky Mountains - going to have to Google those now…🤣 E & S

[@danhollifield]

@@NarrowEscape1, Southern Appalachian mountains, ranging through Northeast Georgia, both Carolinas, Tennessee, both Virginias, and points North. Very old range of mountains, before continental drifts separated us, ran through England, Scotland and up through Norway & Sweden. The Smokeys are so old that few fossils exist of prehistoric fish and animals--they pre-date the evolution of animal life. Lots of coal from plants growing geological ages ago, though. So, if this modern theory is correct, anywhere coal is found in Great Britain and Norway, Sweden, Scandinavia & points Northeast used to be one of the oldest continuous mountain ranges in Earth's history. Back in the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and '50s, the Southern Appalachian Mountains, especially the Smokys, became popular tourist vacation areas on the East coast of the US. Lots of little towns and cities that had nothing to offer but natural beauty of their surroundings built up to become kitschy little vacation spots. Cherokee, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge in the Carolinas, etc. Sort of like Glastonbury or Cheddar Gorge over in the UK. Having been to Glastonbury and Cheddar on a visit to the UK, I can see the parallels between the US and UK tourist traps. In our modern times, there are loads of greenway walking tour areas that have sprung up all over here to take advantage of the natural beauty of various areas. There is a town nearby where I live called Helen, GA that is "Octoberfest"-themed. Reminds me a lot of Glastonbury in that it has a maze of tiny shop-lined streets and alleys catering to the tourist trade. Similar geology, topology, climate, and beauty of quite a lot of England. Minus the hundreds of years older history of English countryside, of course. While we do have the history of the Native Americans, too many European-descended settlers in the US refuse to acknowledge that the Indians here were far more than savages before the Europeans arrived. What can you do? People everywhere think that their corner of the world was the cradle of civilization, and that anywhere else was populated by barbarians. Romans, Chinese, whoever, believed they were the center of the universe. Cest la vie.

[@NarrowEscape1]

Wow Dan - that’s one cracker of a message! We’ve done a touch of reading up today and the mountains sound, and look superb. Perhaps somewhere we should have visited before now but time rolls on doesn’t it? You can’t argue with places with natural beauty can you…maybe one day the stars will align and we can visit. In the meanwhile you enjoy being able to access and enjoy them 👍👍😎😍

[@Allison1958]

my home town

[@NarrowEscape1]

And very nice it is too Allison 😎👍

[@cutter004]

I was going to suggest stopping somewhere for you to eat. But then I remembered you are six month behind with videos , You will be at top of lanky canal by now. Took a while but I am up to date now.

[@NarrowEscape1]

We are always moving so please do suggest somewhere to eat. We aren’t too far behind now. Ps well done on getting through all the vids! 👍😎😍

[@cutter004]

@@NarrowEscape1 I dont think you want to go back up Leeds and Liverpool just yet.

[@NarrowEscape1]

🤣🤣 it’s a bit carnage at the minute isn’t it!!

[@lorraineheywood5252]

Love Skipton vlog wish I could walk , wonder if a disability scooter would get round

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks Lorraine. As long as you can deal with cobbles you’d get to the vast majority of the places in the town we’d think. 👍 Cheers Elliott & Sue

[@Kev_the-Brinklow-Kayaker]

Im so glad you visited a place ive never been and like to visit when im up that way visiting family in Aragut😂. Harrogate... Loved the animals and the archer in the woods defo my kind of place to visit. Castles are my thing and military strong holds bit like castles too. Anything with a moat. Our bug hill the tump in brinklow has a moat bottom of it a special village place to me and the family. Great kayak for me last sunday 15 miles 😊 newbold tunnel was eventful. Red kite skimming thecwater 15ft in front of me then soaring above circling me, may have been a vulture lol.😅 I see Sue looking at material a woman with plans im sure... See you guys soon hope uou visit more lovely places like that and share with us land lubbers😅😅😅 Never underestimate kevin the brinklow kayaker. Be great on a t shirt that would 😊😊😊😊

[@NarrowEscape1]

We are so going to have to Google Bug Hill the Tump now… Aragut is nice too but no canal so might be a while before we visit there again. Definitely think you were circled by a vulture Kev. As for your choice of T shirt 😱🤣🤣 Cheers E & S

[@Kev_the-Brinklow-Kayaker]

Big hill lol. Bug hill laugh. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinklow_Castle Locals call it the tump. Vulture disguised as a red kite. So much in that video I loved the content. Had everything. Definitely gonna visit... Cheers Kev the Brinklow kayaker tump and Castle loving land luber.

[@NarrowEscape1]

Thanks Kev! Glad you enjoyed!!

[@davidbrambill1335]

Why is there a silver tag on my tree? Tree Tags are used for many purposes including, but not limited to: identification of trees to cut down, trees to protect, treated trees, species and genus names and memorial trees. Tree tags are used by the Department of Forestry, researchers, tree farmers, national and local parks, landscapers and more.

[@NarrowEscape1]

It’s a touch hard to think the trees have been marked for cutting down in this way but we though that was what we were seeing. Ultimately people who know about these things know best with what to do with them but it is sad some of them need to be cut down 😩

[@davidbrambill1335]

@@NarrowEscape1 more logs, silver lining 😁

[@NarrowEscape1]

You can never have too many logs 🤣👍

[@Kev_the-Brinklow-Kayaker]

Half way through NICE NICE NICE NICE . I've gotta visit Skipton. Shown the wife she said O yer been there when I was up in Harrogate to see her sister 😮. Looks lovely thanks for sharing. Love wood walks and is the castle visitable inside will find out maybe when I watch second half. Outdoor shop I bet you went in. Sun bleached t shirt you'll have to block the window up for sure in the back of your wardrobe 😅. Sue loved the hat you looked like a red neck for sure but proper boater looked fab make Elliott take you back to treat you. See ya fir now kev the Brinklow kayaker😊

[@NarrowEscape1]

Skipton is lovely Kev but it seems you’ve already been 🤣🤣 Yes, the castle is visitable inside (£11.20 per person). As for the outdoor shop and Sue’s hat we both abstained but we do have another plan for Sue’s hat…watch this space… 👍

[@Kev_the-Brinklow-Kayaker]

@NarrowEscape1 the wife has been to Skipton not me sadly. Think will be one of my visits when I go up next I'm just the driver when we go up normally but katie my wife is up this Saturday sharing the driving with her dad. I'm out kayaking yey..