226. Narrowboat cruising through a village with an unpronounceable name

[@buddywhatshisname522]

Thanks David... after endless stories of the great orange one, brexit shenanigans, climate catastrophe, and the pandemic wrecking civilization, it’s so nice to be able to lose oneself in the bucolic scenery and relaxing lifestyle your vlog depicts so wonderfully. Please keep it up good sir, the world needs more of this right now.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Glad it’s calming for you, the world’s in a funny way at the moment ☹️

[@lvlndco]

@@CruisingTheCut I wonder if someone found Pandora's box hidden away in some forgotten ruin and opened it! I think we need some more installments of calmness...no pressure.

[@jolem2184]

Buddy Whatshisname Buddy weisatou tat you’ve nailed

[@jolem2184]

Okay, I have no idea what language I managed to blurb out but what I meant to say is you nailed my thoughts with your comment. Thank you Buddy from the bottom of my jyoiunmyb (heart)😉

[@robcall5182]

your sense of humour always gets me laughing, thank you for that,, the best medicine......

[@RandomButtonPusher]

If this was Midsomer Murders, the scene of your mysterious "wobble" would cut to a scene of the canal being flanked by crime scene tape as divers brought the cause to the surface and DCI Barnaby interviewed you on the tow path.

[@millomweb]

That sounds a much better idea.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Hope someone steals that idea!

[@LibbyRal]

I love that you're showing some small off-boat errands. Thanks.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cheers

[@hel4005]

Hi David, I am from Austria and I found your channel while searching for videos about boat holidays (we have already done this in France and the Netherlands). In the last 2 months I have watched ALL of your vlogs, almost every TV evening started with "hello and welcome to the vlog" :-) David, thank you so much for your videos (also for the fun stuff, your "bread baking" is really outstanding, I watched it already several times) and also thank you for the work that goes with them, please keep going like this!!!! Greetings from Austria, Helmut

[@CruisingTheCut]

Welcome along!

[@sidneybowerman558]

I do relish the appearances of these videos. At 5:09 we passed a narrowboat that read "Sam" 'Sawley Mist'. It almost brought a tear to my eye. A loved one, no longer with us I thought. A Google search (other search engines are available) quickly made me chuckle. A very enjoyable end to a busy day. Thanks David.

[@sharpfang]

The groves in the lock are, I guess, for installing planks as a temporary water barier, to empty the lock for servicing the gates.

[@rickb6029]

Very civilized and relaxing to watch.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Good!

[@rupertmiller9690]

I hope your blacking isn't cracking from that underwater whacking.

[@rkeith4442]

The new paint on the roof looks great ! 😃❤🇺🇸

[@paulboden7850]

That incident was probably an Orca bumping your boat. Such bizarre times.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Next, an otter will jump up on the boat to get away from the Orca.

[@nigeljuggler]

In honour of the vlog I watched it whilst consuming a sandwich, which consisted of extra mature cheddar and Baxters caramelised onion chutney. Gorgeous, like the scenery!

[@JohnSecker]

Oooo, we made the big time! That's my wife helping you in the lock at Fradley (at 4:10) and I am the patient (and astute) husband navigating the boat in the pound below. Keep up the good work - we saw a few vloggers on our travels in the last month (Robbie Cummings, Floating Our Boat and the Tiller People) but you are the Original and Best, in my humble opinion.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Ah! Well hello again and thanks for the lock help, much appreciated. And thanks for the lovely compliment :-)

[@myhillslife27]

I only have eyes for David....................... hehehe.. not checked out others

[@cjhification]

They would be like a formula one crew, if more tea and biscuits was involved in formula one.

[@stephenpegum9776]

Quiz time : What do we all think David had for his lunch? Answers on a postcard to ......!! Some lovely English countryside there David - luck you 😎👍👍

[@harveysmith100]

A ham sandwich. Sorry, not very good at quiz's

[@stephenpegum9776]

@@harveysmith100 You're not wrong there Harvey !! 😎😱

[@bradmccartney187]

Sorry I haven't commented on your Videos of late, they are how ever very entertaining, and quite full of useful information if I end up on you canals at some point in time. Thank You very much for sharing and please stay safe and healthy. Cheerio Mate.

[@timlange531]

I wonder if you could train those swans to do the trumpeting for you!

[@daviddavis5689]

You seem to have perhaps the most popular narrow boat vlog. With the hundreds it seems quite a feat. Keep up the enjoyable work.

[@brodie2711]

My quack keeps on trying to foist anti-depression tablets onto me, she thinks I imagine that they would be Good for my depression whereas 25mins of your Vlog cheers me up no end. Thanks, David.

[@NeverlandSystemZor]

That unpronounceable village is unmistakeably GORGEOUS!

[@roberthagood4770]

Once again a great video. I look forward to seeing your little trips. Keep up the great work and stay safe.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thanks

[@grahamwestgate1192]

They're stop-plank grooves! But then you knew that, didn't you, you little tease!!!😄😂🤣

[@CruisingTheCut]

Of course, I know the answer - that’s why it’s “quiz time” 😀

[@jackieroberts6316]

Politics! Pandemics! Panic! Thank you for your soothing videos.

[@peterszar]

If I remember correctly, your last video had a bunch of folks opening and closing the locks. If this keeps up you'll forget how to do this chore. Pretty big marina. This was a cool video.

[@jamesellsworth9673]

I thought I have seen fishing villages with fewer vessels moored!

[@dawndietz4654]

Hello from America👋🏻. I am a newcomer to KZbin viewing. I picked up the habit during lock down. I am a history buff and an Anglophile so somehow KZbin algorithms led me to your channel and what a lucky thing it did! I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you cruise the cut in the UK. Of course canals would fascinate an American seeing as we don’t have many left here.You have just the sense of humor and self deprecating wit that I enjoy most! Thank for sharing your journeys with me❤️👍🏻. As you say, Cherrio.

[@jbdragon3295]

I think this whole canal system is amazing thing for this country to have and to keep the system running.

[@numbereightyseven]

Thanks for a wonderful channel. I'm not into this at all, but I keep returning for a nice escape every so often.

[@SharkJaw]

Always love seeing your videos after a long day!

[@pv-mm2or]

Alrewas or in the anglo saxon days, alre an alder tree and waese a wash area. fen, flood plain, marsh etc. before the land was drained the over flow from local rivers would create such a wet land. So the village I suppose, may now have the modern English name of Aldermarsh.

[@1258-Eckhart]

Or to be very precise, Alder Carr - a carr is the specifc sort of swampiness that alders like to grow in.

[@vanished3306]

I’m so glad this channel was randomly recommended! The scenery is simply stunning, what a splendid way to experience the UK! I do so appreciate the humorous narrative as well👍🏻

[@CruisingTheCut]

Welcome aboard!

[@MrRossKendall]

whilst narrowboating through alrewas, i found it has the best butchers i've ever been to. fantastic pork pies.

[@joshuaharrington6094]

I just sat down to watch your video with 2 cheese tacos (corn tortillas of course) and a Dr Pepper. Being in Texas I figured this would be an appropriate cuisine for my geological location.

[@alanbower1193]

The name of that town sounds like the sound my cat makes when she is hacking up a hairball. LOL.

[@GlasgowGallus]

Cat hairballs... They're the best kind...

[@DavidJohnson-rj8zu]

Sounds like me in the morning try shift the phlegm off my chest😜

[@alfiemartin3536]

Oi I leave in that village lol

[@DrIngo1980]

Brilliant. 🤣

[@christinehunter9867]

😆😆🤣🤣😂😂

[@squireson]

A fanfare for locks opening ... this seems like a splendid opportunity for a custom horn replacement. something with a little mp3 proclaiming your entrance into the lower canal !!

[@paulhaynes8045]

An easy day on the canal! According to the ever-reliable Wikkipedia, Alrewas is pronounced "awl-ree-was" and the name derives from the Old English 'Alor-wæsse', meaning "alluvial land growing with alder trees". These toponyms (apparently!) always bother me - can you imagine someone actually bothering to call a place 'alluvial land growing with alder trees'?!

[@jamesellsworth9673]

THANKS for the research!

[@joecantello]

Been watching your vlogs for quite a while now and really enjoy them. I'm hoping one day to live on a canal boat like yourself and have learnt lots from watching you vlogs. Thanks

[@frankgh1]

I’m enjoying your vlogs from Afghanistan, a great diversion!

[@grahamnettleton6175]

That was a lovely blog and I really have more ed this during the "holiday" period. Thank you so much David. Just love the comments very apposite and totally appropriate!!!

[@williambays3534]

You need to go to a Auto. shop store and buy one of those electronic car horns with chose of fanfares to play at a touch of a button. That why you can play yourself through the locks. "Eye of the Tiger" would be good for you. That's based on that steely gaze of yours up by your thumbnail for Cruising the cut.

[@CruisingTheCut]

I might just do that!

[@stephengurd5272]

@@CruisingTheCut we where on a cruise ship..... it's horn played Disney Whist Upon a, Star...... Ok it was Disney Magic.

[@maobfh]

Thank you for a nice and drama free vlog that leaves me with a smile for the remainder of the day! Great vlog. And your drama is just fine, often silly. Cheers

[@leskurtz6063]

First of all, another nice, gentle vlog. These are very much needed - esp here in smoke filled Sacramento, California. Second, there are nice, light folding trollies (hand trucks here in US). I use mine for my music gear. Third, I propose David Johns for knighthood. You are giving the world one of the best insights into England and the English soul.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Haha I will inform the Queen

[@philgray1023]

Great stuff David. I think you'll find that the September heat wave was ours. We specifically booked it along with our narrow boat holiday. Alas we are confined 12000 miles away, not allowed to leave the country and I'm guessing some other lucky folks took our boat. I hope they had a great time.

[@CruisingTheCut]

What a shame ☹️

[@mikeyoung9810]

ahh sorry to hear. I hope you get another chance at the vacation.

[@atariastinus]

When I see the gates open from the bottom of a deep lock I always think, "Welcome, to Jurassic Park" (fanfare)

[@desertrose2059]

David I just sit about holding my thumbs and gnashing teeth waiting on your next videos. I do enjoy them so very much. :-)

[@CruisingTheCut]

Let’s not mention teeth, I have toothache ☹️☹️

[@desertrose2059]

@@CruisingTheCut Oh so sorry!!! Are their any Dentists practicing on a narrowboat? :-) Hope its better today!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Weirdly, the toothache has stopped of its own accord!!

[@zapfanzapfan]

You are just about the only youtuber I follow who's video yesterday wasn't about possible life on Venus. Nice with a bit of variation! :-)

[@CruisingTheCut]

Ah, maybe I’ll do that next week

[@zapfanzapfan]

@@CruisingTheCut Ha, ha, do that! Word of warning, if you smell phosphine on the boat, run!

[@fastsetinthewest]

I just finished the book 'Men are from Mars, Woman are from Venus' by John Gray. Have you read this book? Eaglegards...

[@billywayne9039]

Another enjoyable time with CruisingTheCut. Thanks.

[@grayfool]

Only an Englishman! "There's going to ba heat wave, better buy some coal then". Well, you never know?

[@TheTeufelhunden68]

Sadly, I'll never a canal boat as we only have short fragments of our canals. But watching your show all this time, the wife and are discussing getting a cabin cruiser. I have wanted one for quite some time, but your show convinced the missus. Thank you Sir.

[@CruisingTheCut]

I like cabin cruisers and have a half-edited vlog about them that I’ll put up this winter.

[@TheYancydog]

OMG! The inevitable footsteps on the roof 😭

[@brianmccutcheon3205]

You are blessed, very blessed

[@bjw4859]

Well I just had a cheese sandwich, a toasted cheese sandwich for dinner, it was great.

[@timhowes6526]

My Uncle is a volunteer lock keeper at Fradley junction (not one of those featured in your video though). I'll pass on your description of being like a formula one pit crew.... He'll be impressed with that.

[@cefngwyn]

Alrewas; from the Anglo-Saxon alr-wasta, meaning the Alder(wood) waste(land), in reference to the area's ancient aspect. Place-name etymology is a great way to understand the natural and economic history of the land in which we live. Brill channel, BTW.

[@ludecom-cz1wz]

A good day with friends blowing up cans of dog food and now an awesome video enjoyed with a cold beer. This is a good day!

[@manchesterbiker474]

Watched you for a long time and managed to get a deposit on a boat. You've just sailed past it at 10.25 as you come past Wychnor Church

[@CruisingTheCut]

Congratulations on sorting out a boat! I like those moorings at Wychnor...

[@MrFroglips69]

Always nice to see you out and about on your boat.

[@kinjy677]

I have completed every single video! We need move David!

[@darth_yoda]

Yey! And just as I have reached the end of the Vlog playlist a new one comes in for me to watch! I hope your feeling better David :)

[@CruisingTheCut]

I am, thanks. That reminds me I need to to add this to the playlists.

[@darth_yoda]

@@CruisingTheCut Thats good to hear that your well once more :) Nothing worse then being down with a nasty bug :P

[@trevorford8332]

Virtual Cruisin without the stress of owning a norrowboat, where I can sit with me sausage sandwich and a cuppa. Watching the world go by and relax, just enjoy the views. 😁

[@navigator902]

Completely convinced I'd be a neighbor of yours David....It would be like rebirth to live and travel on the canals... Even better having that garden that ends on a private mooring, in front of ones own cottage sitting on the banks of some of the most peaceful tranquil environment ever. Cheers.

[@TheDenisedrake]

My DNA results: I am 96% UK... no wonder I enjoy your very British style. ( I'm a 3rd generation Californian)

[@stifledvoice]

Always enjoy hearing the oddly named British towns like Upper Snodsbury, Pucklechurch, Didling and Lickfold Throttlebottom...

[@BrassLock]

Lickfold Petworth is near Dial Green, but Google simply gave up trying to find Shuttlebottom 😒. However, in compensation, I once bought a Morris Minor "short motor" from Winterbottoms in Perth, Western Australia.

[@paca_bill4863]

Isn't that what you are supposed to have a second crew member for? In case of emergency on a river, you tie a rope to them and throw them overboard? :) Safe travels!

[@nevillemignot1681]

Good to see you cruising again David, and lovely to see that gentle green countryside again, every corner you go around i half expect to see Constable with paint brush in hand!!

[@kwestak]

Hello David, what about making an interview with one of the volunteer lockkeepers?

[@garyrichardson8934]

I particularly liked his interview with the man who'd invented the automatic tunnel boat wash.

[@andreamundt]

Good idea !

[@madscientist5969]

I imagine they would have some interesting tales to tell...

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

Another wonderful vlog! Always interesting to find new word comparisons for objects, such as the "trolley" you carted the bags of coal in, as in the States we would call it a "dolly". I wonder why? 😉

[@tedf1471]

In Britain , we tend to call them sackbarrows (A trolley commonly has four wheels.)

[@mikeyoung9810]

I always called dolly's two wheelers while using one constantly as a delivery driver. Maybe it's a midwest US thing.

[@eastcoast4233]

Your poor back! Pulling the bar back rather than pushing and lifting the coal without bending your legs. Next vlog: "back brace on a narrowboat" :p

[@michaelheinemeyer4412]

Lived in the UK for a few years in the early 90's and I honestly have never heard of narrowboats until I stumbled on the Show that was on Amazon Prime Video. Glad I stumbled on this KZbin channel as well. If I ever ghet back over there, I would love a sit down with a proper pint.

[@phillipbakken4884]

Thanks for your time making videos 🙂 I enjoy them immensely. Cheers.

[@gafrers]

Wonderful as always

[@SenorGonzo]

3:30 it is most likely just a very heavy lock gate. It probably needs maintanance too.

[@sherrie-deejenkins6504]

Yippeeee another great vlog. Can't wait for ths next one. Thank you so much for letting us tag along on your next great adventure.

[@craigbowie8925]

Trumpet Fanfare Gates would make a great April Fools version...

[@bill45colt]

and thanks again for a fantastic video,,,lotsa great fun and educational comments. We get lots from your efforts. Ill proly never be able to go there, but you do put on a great show and your boat is a dream!! Take care, and hello from Hazel Green, north Alabama USA!!

[@dozer1642]

86°f sounds so nice. Here in California we’ve been so hot this summer. 112°f a few times. The smoke from all these fires is getting a little bit ridiculous.

[@spikespa5208]

"A little bit"?

[@pianochannel100]

Me too, I live up in washington so it's not quite as bad. It still blocks out the sun though, dark all day and you can't go outside

[@5358-i4s]

The grey sky is crazy right?

[@SLO-Ride]

Yep. Officially 120f here in San Luis Obispo, and all the winds are funneling the smoke across the county out to sea. Just murderous.

[@alecquail9275]

Alrewas is home to the National Memorial Arboretum, a 150 acre site with 400 memorials dedicated to members of the armed forces and civilians. Very thought provoking and well worth a visit.

[@2LaneTraveler]

3:38 Concur. You can never have enough relaxing at home with a cuppa and a nice cheese sandwich. 5:55 "When In Doubt, Mumble" is the title of a 1972 book by American humorist James Boren (1925-2010), written on the subject of "the vacuumental thinking and idiotoxicities of Washington". It's an amusing read. Recommended for a rainy day on board, if you can find a copy. Splendidly relaxing video as always, safe journeys!

[@stevenjohnson4190]

I must say I really do like your editing, your transition from voice over to on-screen narration is superb. Something which is missing in many you-tube productions l.

[@clearlake3492]

Cruising the Cut I have a great idea for a new KZbin channel. As YT increasingly gives the impression that the majority of Brits now live on narrowboats, how about a channel entitled 'Living in a house: How I moved from the canals onto dry land'. Subjects covered would include 'How to put out the dustbins', 'Annual costs of owning a house', 'Going shopping by car', 'How to use a plumbed-in toilet', 'Cooking in a house', 'Basic maintenance of a house' 'Gardening - some ideas'. I am sure that it would be very popular, as stressed narrowboaters need some escapist viewing after trudging through mud to the shops, emptying their toilet cassette, struggling to open a load of heavy locks every day etc...

[@kelliemarquet5125]

missed your Vlogs, looks like a lovely cruise

[@ltguy]

Thanks for taking us along on your shore excursion to get coal. Every time you stop to go to the shoppes I always wonder what it's like.

[@nancyti2354]

Thanks for the google map links, as I like following them along.

[@billharris6886]

"Alre", I never would have pronounced that correctly even if I had taken a class on it. I'm sure the locals are used to hearing the name mangled. This reminds me of the River Tim's, I could never find it on the map but yet, would regularly hear people mention it. I assumed it was named after King Tim (or the enchanter in Monty Python's Holy Grail). Then one day I discovered it is spelled "Thames" (being an American, please forgive me), I always pronounced it the way it was spelled.

[@julianwebb9169]

Allways a pleasure when a vlog comes up, looks like it's big coat time on the cut. not sure if they are common but we have a fuel boat on the Bridgewater canal delivering goodies.

[@okcantbelieveit294]

If it wasn’t for volunteers in every walk of life the world would almost come to a halt.

[@Martin-se3ij]

Thank you for volunteering that thought, saved me the bother.

[@gerry2557]

another great video, so relaxing for us watching and you doing all the work, stay safe and have a cheese sandwich on me haha

[@ReachGaming]

Gosh been missing your videos so glad you uploaded. Thanks!

[@SheplerStudios]

Always look forward to you vlogs, David!

[@iangill8984]

Barton Marina, they have a range of shops, places you can buy fresh food and several eateries including a pub. I have just finished watching and I genuinely haven't any read comments but you asked a question about gouges in brickwork. I think they are/were for planks to drop in and isolate the section of the canal for repairs etc. Do I get a virtual cheese sandwich if I am right. To anyone who got whatever the answer is correct earlier then well done.

[@djsoulUK]

Cheers David, enjoyed your video .. thanks!

[@darth_yoda]

2:31 Soooo David did you ever hear back from CRT about the proper trumpet training for the Lockies? :P :P

[@MrFQL]

I have fond memories of the Alrewas river section with it's weirs and warnings from our trip through four years ago. We were fortunate that at the first lock a volunteer told us how to pronounce Alrewas. We the never had the need to say it ever again except amongst ourselves. This vlog makes me quite nostalgic since but for the pesky virus we would actually be on the canal at this time instead of stuck here in Oregon where the atmosphere is smokey and the air quality is over 400, which is ghastly stay inside weather. The fires missed us, but the smoke has certainly not. It is five days since we have seen the sun with visibility of just over 100 yards. Oh to be in England's green and pleasant land.

[@CruisingTheCut]

I have been reading the news about the situation over there and it sounds awful ☹️☹️

[@gilles111]

6:08, mooring is only allowed if you can pronounce the name of the village. Legend says, it's never used.

[@molly4547]

The roof does look lovely. I'm glad to see you're back at it. Let's hope the pandemic fades soon. Thanks for the great shots.

[@UKReloader]

Never knew you were a news reporter 🤣🤣 Just seen clips of you on the program fight for Dale Farm. You looked very young and dapper😂😂

[@CruisingTheCut]

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[@OtherGoosePilot1]

Another great vlog David, Thank you! Mmmm, I thought the most unpronounceable town name in the UK was Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales 😜

[@AngelSusie57]

I am very pleased to see you are back. The scenery is so beautiful and relaxing. The little village looks very picturesque. By the way, one can never have too many cheese sandwiches. My favorite.

[@ooocrowooo]

Lunch with a cheese sandwich no doubt and a spot of tea lol, as always I do enjoy your videos, keep up with the good life.

[@eecommencal265]

Ol - re - wuss. That’s how the real locals pronounce the village. 👏🏻

[@rubyfriday8590]

Having grown up in the area I can confirm you are correct in your suggested pronunciation!

[@willar1338]

You are incredibly brave going out onto those frothing waters without a life jacket.