100. Middlewich to Nantwich on my narrowboat (Shropshire Union canal, Middlewich branch)

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In which I continue my return trip to Middlewich but then do a 90 degree right turn onto the Middlewich branch of the Shropshire Union canal, get some fuel and fenders from a fuelboat, go all the way along to Barbridge and turn left onto the Shroppie, and past the entrance to the Llangollen canal.
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Theme music: "Vespers" by Topher Mohr and Alex Alena, from the KZbin music library

[@jimreynolds9195]

The homage to Rocky Horror Picture Show was hilarious

[@jkatkat7950]

as he started off I was thinking..no..he isn't....then YES! YES! he just did that!!

[@scritti]

I wonder if David did the dance too.

[@rogerbrown5558]

Your relationship with the "Time Warp" had me in stitches.

[@CruisingTheCut]

:-)

[@britanysmith4401]

Awesome "Time Warp" reference! 👍

[@janicedeshazer1789]

Mr.Johns, If you had it to do all over again and money was not a care, what would you do differently if anything? Thank You so much for allowing us to live somewhat vicariously through you.

[@CruisingTheCut]

I don't think I would, I'm very happy with how things have worked out. If I won the lottery, I might get my own custom boat built but I don't strictly need to!

[@ianajenkins]

A group of grp boats is called a Tupperware party. Just FYI.

[@suzannebudlong8376]

Did i just hear you do the time warp? Sort of? Brilliant!

[@0HARE]

This was one of my favorites of your videos. So many disparate interesting bits, and the scenery was truly beautiful. Thanks for the work you put into it. Happy Cruising

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you Allen, glad you're still enjoying them.

[@misery13666]

Love the rocky horror picture show reference

[@CruisingTheCut]

:-)

[@lth1072]

I imagine that guy selling the fuel goes home happy most nights. That looks like a nice relaxing job . If you've ever sat in traffic in a city for up to 4 hours total time each day you'll know how nice his job is. Even in the rain that would be a great job

[@pootle2768]

Wow! 100 vlogs. And I've loved watching every one of them. Thank you

[@CruisingTheCut]

Awwww, thank you

[@stlawrenceriverrat]

Love the poetry! :D Also, as a Canuck, it's neat to see Canadians sharing your canals & coincidentally, my Mom was born in New Brunswick. Such a small world. o/

[@hedgemist691]

What a truly wonderful job that fuel boat guy has.

[@paladin3798]

100 vids....started at 001 through 100..still a joy...thank you

[@michaelhill9700]

Mad props for the the Time Warp reference.

[@Uncle_Bob_K]

Did anyone else catch the "Rocky Horror" reference starting @4:17? It actually made me laugh a bit.

[@musicalcacti]

It was brilliant!

[@DMills-un1tl]

I’m thinking everyone else

[@steve1978ger]

Thank you David for taking us along.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you for watching.

[@SpiritBear12]

I was laughing hard enough to cough with that Rocky Horror Picture Show reference! The second you said "It's just a swing to the left...", I was thinking of that song/scene, then you went on with exactly what I was thinking of and I just cracked up. And the fact that you said it so dryly made it all the funnier! XD You're a clever and funny guy, Dave!

[@CruisingTheCut]

That's exactly how it came to me. I said the first line entirely dry and then suddenly realised what I'd said. The rest was inevitable :-)

[@youngypaul]

My blood pressure actually dropped watching this. Thank you

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cruising the Cut - good for your health. Excellent!

[@LongBeachHuntington]

Love your Rock Horror reference!

[@Boating_David]

Timewarp reference was just sublime 😂, loved the first 100 looking forward to next 100+ a

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you :-)

[@sharonhendrie9910]

My daughter owns the laundrette at Basin end, Nantwich....hope the service was good. I have the little Shop on the Canal 😊

[@CruisingTheCut]

Yes, wry good

[@jerribee1]

@@CruisingTheCut Wryly eyeing your underwear.

[@bgaearith5878]

So from discovering Cruising the Cut just over a week ago, I now find myself at episode 100. Hugely entertaining and a welcome distraction from my eat sleep work repeat existence in the current Lockdown 2.0!

[@kevinvo5667]

Same here

[@SuperLonney]

A little left & a little to the right. & now you are doing the narrowboat dance. LOL

[@pelhamhall9099]

Congratulations on the 100th vlog! I so enjoy them, but do miss the 'information' ones - I keep having to revisit them! Back in March I thought I'd be on a boat by now, but struggling with the sale of my house. Your, and Nutshell's vlogs are managing to give me my NB fix until the day I can live the dream! Thanks!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cruising in summer, information in winter!

[@alangriffiths7542]

Full marks Frank 'n' Furter !! Made me laugh, keep it up.

[@bmolitor615]

...yeah... I was thinkin'...hey....and then it goes on! It's like the panto, so clever!

[@splatten8597]

What a great legacy of canal cruising you have given us. Thank you!

[@bosse641]

Lovely English countryside. ....so beautiful. Hope to visit one fine day.

[@CruisingTheCut]

I hope you do!

[@tonybirdwell2917]

Very lovely tour. Thanks.

[@johncarr1793]

Well David, congratulations on the 100 th episode, as interesting and fresh as the first, well done.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@zulu5282]

well done on episode 💯

[@CruisingTheCut]

Ta

[@bobfulton8583]

Love your vlogs! They bring back so many warm memories, this time of one of our favorite laundry spots on the Ring and of our friends who operate the Duke and Duchess Hotel Boat. Thank you, David. We look forward eagerly to the next hundred and to quaffing one or two with you one day. Our treat !

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cheers Bob. You know you're a boater when you have "favourite laundry spots"!!

[@SirBran]

"Pretty much in Wales" :) by 15 miles. That is the retaining wall for Hurleston Reservoir. Re-watching the entire series again!

[@deanbarnes20]

Congratulations on the 'ton up' David. It doesn't seem like that long ago that Dulcie and I first discovered your vlogs back when you were first embarking on your narrowboat adventure. It has been a pleasure journeying with you. Here's to the next 100 vlogs! :)

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thanks Dean and Dulcie! Good to have you along :-)

[@andyparsons6293]

I enjoyed the 'Rocky Hulling Puncture Show' ref (it's a shame the hand hipped chap on the tow path didn't appear just before you pulled 'the bow in tight' as that would have synchronised so well).

[@WillBreitholtz1]

Congratulations on the 100th episode! Really enjoying your videos and I am sure it takes a long time to put them together.

[@CruisingTheCut]

It really does! Glad you like them, cheers.

[@DMills-un1tl]

While I always like your play on words, the Rocky Horror remake was particularly impressive and nearly had me coughing up a fur ball laughing so hard 😆😝 Conversely that sunken boat is a horror. So very tragic. Finally, why do some locks have lockees and some not?

[@CruisingTheCut]

Generally the longer / harder lock flights might have volunteers where individual locks would not

[@davidwelch6796]

It was good to be reminded of the Rocky Horror Picture Shoe. In the early 70s I was just starting a career in the film and TV industry and I had the job of edge numbering each day's rushes (dailies) from the studio. Every foot of the film (and the sound on 35mm audio tape) had to be sequentially numbered on an archaic printing machine and then I drove the rushes from London to Bray studios in my venerable Wolseley 1500. The excess cash from my mileage claim was usually spent on running repairs for the car.

[@mikefry6765]

Would love to see you do the Llangollen canal and go over the Chirk and Pontcysyllte aquaducts Loving your vlogs only had a passing interest in canal boats I live near Llangollen but stumbled across your vlogs, they are brilliant really well done and you now have me planning to hire a boat to try it out. Thank you. 👍

[@CruisingTheCut]

Excellent! Hope you have a great time.

[@williamstumpp6644]

Fantastic a supply boat on a canal never though I would see that.You do a superior job of showing us all something wonderful and enjoyable to watch and I trueily thank you.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Much appreciated

[@janebrown3587]

LOL had to log in to sing the Time Warp with you! :D

[@stephencanalboat4668]

David, another terrific vlog, thank you. Glad to see a fellow Canadian (and fan of yours) cruising the cut. Cheers! Stephen

[@CruisingTheCut]

I have quite a few Canadian viewers, judging by the KZbin statistics!

[@Ralissa108]

A collective noun for a group of GRP cruisers? How about a Clotilla? Or a Tupperflock? Mind you, they do look like a Tribe-o-glass...

[@CruisingTheCut]

I love all of those! Whether the GRP owners would... ;-)

[@bluezy261175]

Another fan of the rocky horror show I hear ;) Liked the narrowboat flower pots

[@grahamh6918]

is the term for a lot of plastic cruisers "A tupperware party"

[@CruisingTheCut]

Maybe but they won't like it...

[@JohnyComeLately]

I'm now halfway through your catalogue of videos having gone back to the beginning to watch them all in order.🙂

[@century2298]

Another wonderful trip. Uneventful, that's always good. Beautiful scenery. I'm always amused when you call domesticated animals "wildlife" :)

[@CruisingTheCut]

Yep - my vlog, I'll call it how I want to ;-)

[@century2298]

That's OK I call some people I have met the " local wildlife "

[@CruisingTheCut]

Haha, I know what you mean!!

[@johncraig2684]

bit disappointed there wasn't the expected viking style boat burning etc to celebrate episode 100 but what a beautiful part of the country that was to make up for it...stunning.thank you.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Great, cheers

[@-AV8R-]

Frankenfurter would have been proud!

[@CaptainBee100]

Looking forward to the next 100 vlogs! ☺

[@CruisingTheCut]

It's an exhausting thought!

[@wilddove57]

Rocky Horror!! 😄

[@CruisingTheCut]

👍👍

[@SandraNelson063]

TWO confirmed GBH sightings! Yawza!! What's for dinner? Meatloaf! Har Har Har! Nice to see some fellow Canucks getting out and about. And as always, I really appreciate the lovely scenery and weather. It's very grey , damp and dismal here now.Happy 100th!

[@CruisingTheCut]

GBH???

[@SandraNelson063]

CruisingTheCut The Great Blue Heron!!! That means the ecosystem around the canal is still healthy enough to provide non polluted ponds and streams full of what the herons like to snack on; little froggies, fishies and such like. Seeing one GBH is fabulous, seeing TWO in one area is a knickers dropping triumph!

[@JoelHudson]

I sing "Let's Do The Canal Warp Again"

[@stilcrazychris]

Congratulations on your 100th episode. The country parts of the video are my favorite parts, but the doing the laundry facilities are important to... I would of had to stop for ice cream though... lol...

[@CruisingTheCut]

In retrospect, I think I should have too!

[@josieriley9334]

Collective noun for a bunch of GRP cruisers is probably a grapple.

[@kenpage1107]

100 up, well done, fascinating , Ive enjoyed them all, have a great summer.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thanks Ken

[@hamshackleton]

Plastic boats - a Tupperware party? :-)

[@leefresh7582]

Love it :)

[@Truthall]

from ayrshire in scotland but now living in new brunswick canada myself. good to see folks experiencing a british way of life

[@mickrollin]

Lovely surprise to see you passing my parents on NB Teal at Barbridge Junction on their final trip before selling their share.

[@TheDenisedrake]

Congrats on 100 vlogs! We don't own a narrowboat nor plan to buy one.... but.... as soon as I see you post a vlog, I find the first possible 20 minutes to brew a cuppa and watch your entertaining and relaxing vlog. Thank you so much for enriching our lives!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you! What a lovely comment. Cheers

[@shanegalvin3971]

A group of GRP cruises is called a "plastic party"

[@zapfanzapfan]

Tupperware party maybe? 🙂

[@chunkytanker7365]

Congratulations on the 100th vlog and I must say I'm a bit jealous of your life style on the boat. Keep up the good work 👍

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cheers :-)

[@shaneanderson1036]

Lol I’m an old ship builder . We called cruisers in port all tied together .... a brothel !

[@nexo567]

It ain't just me, these get better every episode. Do you get tired of reading "Well Done!"?

[@CruisingTheCut]

Never! :-)

[@alijhi]

How about a "Bloat" of GRPs ? Greetings from Cape Coral, Florida, USA

[@stevekinnear7631]

Well done on your 100th, binge watched the first 60 odd episodes great stuff, the collective noun for GRP cruisers is a laminate

[@CruisingTheCut]

Haha, I like that!!

[@pamelarobinson1379]

Hi David, I loved this one. The scenery is perfect (except for the sunken boat). When you made that left turn toward the end, it looked like the narrowboat TEAL didn't leave you enough room to pass. I always look forward to your next vlog. Take care.

[@CruisingTheCut]

He didn't, really. Don't know why, I was out of the turn before he got to me and I'd blasted the horn so.... who knows. Cheers

[@andyparsons6293]

A gathering of GRP boats? That would pehaps be a GeRP .

[@TheHonestPeanut]

4:17 I was waiting to see if this turned into what I thought it would. Brilliant lol

[@jiefrog]

Well done on the century of Vlogs, i have enjoy following you adventures and doubt i have missed a single one , keep them coming and ill try hard not to crash into you next month when a very foolish hire boat company has allowed me to rent one of there precious boats :P , take care and safe journeys

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you. I will be safe, I'm moored for July and August! Have fun :-)

[@markhamilton-peach1671]

Congratulation on 100, please keep them coming

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cheers

[@mellissadalby1402]

Invoking the "Rocky Horror Picture Show"? Ha!

[@JensChrStrandos]

Congratulations to your 100th vlog!!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you!

[@sylviapage8572]

Wow! I can't believe I've watched a hundred of your videos along with the Exploring Alternatives and the News item. In fact some of them I've watched twice. During that time I've hired 3 NBs and booked a build slot with Aintree Boats. So a huge thank you for giving me the confidence to follow my dream. I was on the Leeds and Liverpool canal last week and that ledge below the waterline on the siding is really annoying and I'm positive it damages boats, I could have done with very long fenders! Also the problems mooring due to shallow water are a nuisance. I wonder how much of the towpath can't be used for mooring because of silt , too much I think! Thanks again, I love your videos.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thanks Sylvia. Wow, what an exciting time for you :-) hope the build goes well. Cheers

[@expat0149]

woooo go on frankenfurter :)

[@CruisingTheCut]

:-)

[@tobyduffill]

Hi, I'm from Australia and wait impatiently for your videos each week. Really enjoy your stories and travel, also your tone and speech are great, much better than some of the gigglers or mumblers. Enjoy your travels, I'm jealous.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Impatience, no! This is canal time ... the videos appear as and when, in their own sweet time ;-) Glad you like them.

[@greenspiritarts]

Absolutely glorious #100! Congratulations and please do keep us along for your adventures...I love seeing the world thru your lens. Since a "Lamentation of Swans" is already taken, perhaps a "Plethora of (yogurt) pots" ? Thank you for making these vlogs and if it takes a whole other year to see you thru Llangollan it will be a pleasant year indeed. Cheers!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Who knows when Wales will beckon?!

[@andrewmonument8847]

Lets do the canal route againnnn !! How do you 'arrange' to meet a fuel boat ?... I assume it's all by text message ?

[@CruisingTheCut]

Yes, and Twitter / Facebook

[@davidwelch6796]

How heartily I agree with, 'Lets do the canal route again', so much nicer than. 'Lets do the root canal again.'

[@chrisfairclough7023]

Yet another lovely video. I was planning a trip from Anderton marina and was looking at the very same part of canal between Middlewich to Barbridge in planning on the way to Chester, but it looks way better from your camera than from the satellite. Finally we decided on the LLangollen canal, starting at Wrenbury heading to Llangollen and back over two weeks, which will give us plenty of time to soak up the scenery. My booking has just been confirmed and we pick up the boat first week in June 2018, so if you are down that way it would be great to bump into you; although not literally. :) When I saw the fuel boat, I was thinking of changing my career. :) I have been watching many historical canal videos, seeing how the canal was worked by families and I have a much greater appreciation of what we can take pleasure in today. Many thanks, happy cruising and as always I look forward to your vlogs.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you. I've no idea what I'm doing next year but do say hi if we "bump" :-) Cheers

[@lknanml]

Gorgeous scenery again. Thanks for the relaxing break.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cheers

[@CJT80]

Another great video, loved the Time Warp reference! My parents and I (many years ago) did the Llangollen Canal and the impressive Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, we also did the Harecastle Tunnel! How I miss those holidays... one day I will do it again with a group of friends :-)

[@CruisingTheCut]

But will you do the Timewarp?!

[@fatabelly]

Well I've finally reached vlog No.100! I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago after subscribing to Foxes Afloat, where you popped up as a suggestion. Since then I have been binge watching your videos regularly. I absolutely love your beautiful scenic shots, the historical information, your dry sense of humour and your witty comments & banter... I liken your style to a newsreader in their underwear lol. But as happy as reaching #100 makes me, it is also bittersweet...because I now have 100 less of your vlogs to watch 😢. Thanks so much for doing what you do and keeping me entertained through this appalling lockdown ;-)

[@DMills-un1tl]

They are just as good to watch a second (or third?) time.

[@Sigmatechnica]

How does one go about un-sinking a narrow boat i wonder.

[@DMills-un1tl]

That was just tragic to see, wasn’t it? 😞

[@joshlenth3937]

Episode 100!!!! I am half through all your videos. Thank you David for sharing your life on the cut! I been really enjoying all of you old and new videos 👍😀

[@philmont606]

You need a bow thruster

[@Itsaboutthewaterlife]

Totally great. LoL.

[@britfireuk460]

I saw your video for Exploring Alternatives yesterday (although uploaded 10 months ago) and found what you have done very fascinating. I quickly subscribed and I look forward to watching more of you.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you. Now you have some catching up to do ;-)

[@davehollingworth5537]

Congratulations on producing and giving us the 100th video! Your vlogs are excellent, thank you. I've now watched them 1 to 100 and look forward to catching up on all the others very soon. I'm really taken with the canals, from the history, the engineering and all the technical stuff, right through to the sheer joy of 'canal life' and 'canal time'.And you portray all of that so brilliantly. Thanks again, from a Hong Kongoozler.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you very much!

[@riwoof]

Happy 100th Vid. I've enjoyed every one of them. Thank You !!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cheers Bob

[@zapfanzapfan]

Looking really cool in the shades! Very much Agent Smith 😎

[@stevefroom3709]

A Tupperware of cruisers? 😁

[@christopherlussenden3021]

Well, that was a nice languid one CTC, thank you very much indeed!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Good :-)

[@delmorejr1950]

rocky horror picture show, you do have good taste.

[@TEEETHREEEMEEE]

Thank you, David, for another delightful episode of the vlog. Congratulations on reaching the century! I have followed your exploits from the first and have never seen an episode (including the two "This is Not a Vlog" episodes) I didn't thoroughly enjoy although I still wonder what it is that you keep in your starboard bow locker. You never did tell us! Not to worry, I am looking forward to the next 100 episodes as I vicariously explore the canal network through your journeys and commentaries. Thanks again.

[@CruisingTheCut]

So many people didn't like that episode I never made the follow up. Maybe one day...

[@tellmesomething2go]

Very good mate. Gets you off the hook. Just thought they were protrusions jutting out. Enjoy the cruises immensely.

[@rext8949]

An armada of cruisers waiting patiently in their pen for the call to arms. Lovely scenery btw.

[@chessmoon]

Well you got on a flat, well, how 'a boat that?

[@DMills-un1tl]

Brilliant

[@MrShabby169]

A brilliant drive through the covers brings up a magic 100 . Well done. Now head down and look for the double..

[@CruisingTheCut]

Crikey.... another 100??

[@oxenforde]

Technically, a group of boats is a "fleet". A small fleet is a "flotilla". *hmmmm* How about ... a "Poly" of GRP Cruisers.

[@julesstone7990]

Great video of animals again!! Thank you. Looks lovely x

[@CruisingTheCut]

It was!

[@thehappychannel1905]

Thumbs up! Nice as always... cheers on the 100th

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you Dave - as always :-)

[@kbendle1556]

Nice to see people from all over are fans of your vids. Including other Canucks like me from central Alberta.

[@CruisingTheCut]

It's quite incredible to see I have viewers in Canada, America, Australia and loads of really far-flung places!