3.17 Exploring Gallows Wharf section of the Lichfield Canal (Ogley Locks)

[@pickleonions4277]

All those people working to bring back the canals are absolute legends and will be silently applauded by generations of canal and toe path users.

[@LHCRT]

Thank you!

[@dennisporter753]

I started watching different videos on canal restorations.. I find it quite interesting.. I live in Missouri USA and I watch Cruising the Cut a vlog where he cruises the canal systems. I noticed some canals have WWII Pillboxes that's pretty cool .. looking forward to your next vlog .Cheers..

[@LHCRT]

Wonderful! Thank you Andy!

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Thanks - I always to do the project justice.

[@5tanne5on5ea]

Another thoroughly enjoyable film! Thanks Andy.

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Thanks Geoff - glad you are enjoying the series.

[@traceystickland-mottram8021]

Another great vlog Andy, and great publicity for the on-going restoration.👍

[@andrewyates2057]

Thoroughly enjoyed the your video andy very interesting seeing the old canal being restored

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

An interesting section Andrew - and even better next week (when I stitch it together)

[@fordwrc2006]

Great Video Andy. Great time of the year to be out and about too. Plenty of colours on the trees! 🍂🌿🌲🌱

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

There was just time between the leaves falling off and lockdown starting!

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

Very interesting thanks.

[@TheSteamponkwordsmith]

Nice to see you back at it!

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Thanks - its good to be back in the field stomping through the undergrowth.

[@philsmith5699]

Excellent video Andy, great work.

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Thanks Phil - I just managed to get this line finished before the lockdown.

[@philsmith5699]

@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 Well done. I can't wait to float down it on my new boat :D

[@LHCRT]

@@philsmith5699 :)

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

@@philsmith5699 I am not gong to speculate exactly when that may be!

[@philsmith5699]

@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 Nor me, could be a good few years ahead

[@carole5951]

So so interesting, thank you🐞

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Thanks Carole

[@1961Jezza]

Thanks for this one Andy although I have done this section myself except for the Shortbutts Lane bit; I have joined the LHCRT myself and applaud the restoration and new canal building work that is being carried out by them, looking forward to the next episode.

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

I unexpectedly found myself a live member (long story) and as I live nearby I follow the development with much interest.

[@LHCRT]

Thanks Jezza!

[@allsearpw3829]

Hi, nice work, and with the canal restoration someone should have made a TV series. Keep going.

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Thanks.

[@grahamhall8249]

Very, very good vid Andy, and well put over. This is just the sort of walk I enjoy, wondering what was there. It surely makes things better when someone puts the details in. Looking forward to the next instalment.

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

The Lichfield area is an interesting mix of the old and the new - a rewarding walk.

[@LHCRT]

Please do subscribe to our channel too, so you can get all our updates.

[@TrevsTravelsByNarrowboat]

Nice one Andy

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Thanks Trev

[@jackbeyer4356]

Another fantastic Andy Tidy vlog. I am so swept off my feet by how you can turn old still photos into living history. By the way have you seen your review in Narrowboats Vlog of Vlogs ?

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

I love bringing the history of the canals to life either in vlog, blog or in my writing for Waterways World / Narrowboat. I will have a look at the review - thanks for the heads up.

[@TaniTaniwha]

I enjoyed the video thanks. I expected however you would offer some credit to the amazing volunteers, etc. who've put the dedication and hard work in (not to mention the vision and planning, etc.) to get the restoration to this point. Well done to them - and this comment is coming from the other side of the world. I'm fascinated by all this.

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

I am glad you are enjoying the series Mike. I fully applaud the efforts of the whole team undertaking this restoration, indeed I am a life member of the trust. But to be fair, the aim of this series was to seek out the old historic route rather than focus on its future. I had planned to spend maybe three episodes on the Ogley Locks section and in the end it ran to six, plus a pause at the pumping station and an archive photostream of the whole length. One has to stop somewhere!

[@getubelogin]

Hi Andy Very interesting. Have you made a video about the arm going off the Worcester Birmingham canal towards Dudley, that is in tne process of being restored?

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Hi Geoff - The whole section to the west of the Netherton / Dudley watershed is planned to start in the near future.

[@robinnicholson4009]

@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 Great news! I became fascinated on my very first trip in 1969

[@ruthbrierley1798]

In so many places, the 'new' canal looks so narrow. Is that really the case or just the way it appears on film?

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

The canal was never very wide but encroaching buildings have since reduced some sections even more - and these have become notorious "pinch points" which have called for some creative solutions by the restorers.

[@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882]

Thank you, but where’s the follow on video, I couldn’t locate it…

[@mattpotter8725]

Thanks Andy, great to see you back and finishing the series. A while back I left a message that you responded to where I was talking about the old route of the canal that went straight on at what is now the turn to go around and under the A38. I did wonder where it went on the other side, where I think it is now a timber yard and past where Lichfield Friary Tennis Club and Lichfield Rugby club are situated. Did it stick near to where there is a brook running through a farmer's field or did it go nearer to the lane running alongside the rugby club, I'd love to know. Hopefully I'll find out in the next episode. One thing I think you should have done is also show where the route of the new canal is from the Fosseway Wetlands area that is being created up and along Falkland Road to Birmingham Road, but I guess you only have so much time and you have to keep your videos to a certain length. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the next one!!!

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Saturdays episode will reveal all Matt! I have been awash with material in this series and cant get everything in!

[@mattpotter8725]

@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 I thought that just be the case. I was actually surprised you got this much in as it was, I guess you probably want to get this part finished, so you can move on to other things, so I'll forgive you this time!!! Or are you planning on doing the canal from Huddleston's Junction to Fazeley, past Whittington, although that's a functioning canal so I'd guess not? Anyway I always find these videos interesting so I just look forward to the next one!!!

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

@@mattpotter8725 I will be stopping at Huddlesford but am debating the next season. The plan was to continue to the west of the Netherton ridge but with lock down limiting movement I am thinking of series 4 following the coal trade south from Hednesford to the top of the Camp Hill Locks. This will introduce lots of the obscure sections of the still navigable sections of the BCN and associated waterways.

[@brynvjones6679]

Made my day

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Anything to add a bit of cheer in these downbeat days.....

[@colmone5592]

It's me. I have just bought some new ANGLE GRINDERS and HAMMER DRILLS.

[@safenarrowboat6817]

do you remember baker s lane wharf warwick

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

That was where the Black Buoys Cruising club held the rally a few years back I think?

[@safenarrowboat6817]

@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 was the wharf not next to baker s lane bridge where lord cadbury used to live ?

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

@@safenarrowboat6817 I am not very familiar with the area beyond cruising through a few times I am afraid.

[@henryharesdene4164]

Arrgghhh - that dreadful tune (which everybody uses). The melody is umm OK, but it repears and repeats and repeats. Spoils the quality of your work. For which latter you are to be complimented...

[@terryrigden4860]

Nice one Andy

[@lifeat2.3milesanhour57]

Thanks Terry