Disgraceful Canal Condition in Burnley: Prepare to be Shocked. Narrowboat Hell (159)

NARROW ESCAPE - our narrowboat life adventure. In this episode, we set off from the visitor moorings at Hapton and enjoy a peaceful cruise until we hit Burnley. First off is to tackle Gannow tunnel. We won't spoil the video but ************
Needless to say it isn't the most relaxing of cruises although there are still some nice things to see and take in.
I'll apologise now for the radio silence in the middle of this video, but it took me a little while to perk up enough to speak!!
JOURNEY - Hapton to Reedley Hallows
CANALS - LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL
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[@RetireMentalityChallenged]

Love how Lucy the goose knew you! 8-)

[@FlashGormless]

I really do think councils should take more responsability for thier section of canals, it's usually thier residents dumping stuff into it? It shouldn't be left to volunteers and the CRT to clear thier rubbish. Great vog :)

[@peterkilvert2712]

Well done. Keep on cruising.

[@alanwood4968]

The one in halifax was the same mind you that was 70 years ago jeezy peeps i must be old to. lol

[@meruliouslacrimens5154]

Burnley, "Proud of its heritage!", NOT!, A great advert for the town, really says, "Come and visit Burnley", not really, not likely to darken its borders for several years now.

[@franktuckwell196]

I am afraid crap in the canals is getting more the norm these days, got a sari wrapped around the prop in Wolverhampton, took half an hour and a sharp knife to get off in disgusting water.

[@dnel83]

That canal could be a real asset to Burnley if they just looked after it a bit, it's a shame to see it in such a state. When I first visited it a few years ago it wasn't much different and I assumed that whole section of canal was disconnected from the network and had fallen into disrepair.

[@mikestarkey7989]

Sorry but when you point the camera down you can't see a thing!

[@darrenashley126]

G'day mate, first time watching. I'd call that Turd tunnel. The last time I was back in England was 1977 and thought I'd seen all the shite holes but that one takes the cake. I look forward to seeing more. Cheers from Victoria Australia.

[@JonDingle]

Don't blame Burnley people or the council. When I was a kid walking to Towneley High School (now knocked down and gone), I walked past the British Waterways yard at the top of Finsley Gate. That is now less than a shadow of its former self because as we see in the video it is a "visitor attraction" instead of a maintenance yard. Successive governments since WW2 have slowly contributed to the wholesale destruction of our British towns, cities, infrastructure and industries. Nobody else to blame, just those treacherous rats in central government continue to this day to kill Britain off like a flesh eating virus kills its victim.

[@d4dan734]

As a tourist wanting to do a canal boat holiday can I ask who is responsible for keeping the canals clean and presentable to tourism?

[@sandrakent8049]

Hey you guys always love your blogs and i know you love your information. You may know the Pontysyllte Aqueduct is being drained for first time in many years. There is a video done by Trekking Exploration called Pontcyslkte Aqueduct Drained and Exposed - The Secrets down you may find interesting or arrange to see yourselves. Just thought let you know! xxx look forward to many more vlogs x

[@johnsampey344]

If I'm not mistaken We Boat owners all have to pay a Licence Fee to use these Canals each year. Mine is now £421.85 just for the Medway River. A lot of the Actual Work is done by Volunteers, so where do all

[@colomacountry]

In hindsight you should have kept it at full speed through the Burnley tunnel, but it also sounds like you were navigating over land mines on the exit. CRT needs to get on all that debri and sludge. I would recommend, since narrowboating is becoming scarily more popular, that all boaters get together and start a volunteer program to get more people involved in cleaning up their local areas of the canal. I also heard fees are going up on some other random channel, but that can be expected these days. Thanks for the vid guys!

[@chrispassmore4461]

Yes

[@chrispassmore4461]

I did enjoy the Vlog btw

[@chrispassmore4461]

We went through Burnley a couple of weeks ago and there was no pea soup and the canal looked tidy, albeit there’s plenty in the water. When was your trip? Regards Chris n Sue - NB Forget Me Not

[@chrisclarke7828]

You should have spare boxes of glow worms when you enter a tunnel then we can all see what is going on.

[@dalerex7904]

I hope your reported the mess in the tunnel to the CRT and have them clean it out.

[@cababness]

Thanks for the vlog guys! . Also sad to see that sunken canalboat....