FRIGHTENING ENCOUNTER in a ROUGH Area of Birmingham! Narrowboat Cruise to Camp Hill - 484

[@fredaewalker2665]

As a retired proper police officer that video really disturbs me to think the area I used to work in is now so dangerous. Unfortunately the over educated senior ranks have reduced the police to a social service. This country is going down the drain so fast.

[@thebrowns5337]

The Tories cutting 20,000 experienced officers is what caused the harm. Then they stoked non-stop culture wars and their partying and corruption during lockdown showed the people breaking rules is OK. If you think a couple of 'over educated' senior ranks are the whole problem then you might need to open your mind a little bit.

[@PlottingAnEscape]

Don't pretend that the British police haven't always been corrupt authoritarian powertripping pieces of dirt.

[@HelenaMikas]

"Is there life on mars" that showed Police. as they were

[@scaryfakevirus]

I too am retired (Met) and I know exactly what you mean.

[@aquaticspasticp5024]

Proper police officers lol I'm sure you mean part of the problem! Nearly all police are useless as these apparent "good cops" protect corrupt cops! The police force is just another failed grouping of scumbag humans that protect themselves and serves the government

[@MouseToes]

You are an incredible videographer -this was a cinematic experience and the colorful flowers at the front of the narrowboat give such a brilliant lower frame to the video. Perfect music choice as well.

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Thank you do much what a lovely comment 😊

[@alan6832]

@@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat If you pick up litter, they'll raise the rent. I'm glad underclass tenants seem to understand this innately if not articulately. However, many homeless people manage to rent storage bins for their belongings and the broken warehouse windows make this more difficult, though the graffiti doesn't. So most underclass behaviors serve their class interests, but some do not.

[@alan6832]

@@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat Who are the "Mandem"? and do you think they might be disputing ownership with the CRT and trying to collect tolls or mooring fees? Might the gibberish have been a Mandem toll collector? Turf claims do compete with legal deeds for effective ownership in such areas so don't think the CRT claim and fees are the only ones in areas where the CRT may not be fully in control. Son anyone know anything more about the "Mandem"? and if they have a fee structure?

[@alan6832]

A slang dictionary says mandem means homies in general and so is not referring to a particular group which might be organized enough to collect tolls or mooring fees, or physically dispute CRT claims. The sign being in all caps makes it not obvious at first whether mandem was a name, which it seems it is not.

[@vivellasmum]

I'd be scared stiff going along there, it's sad that town & city canal sides attract a lot of trouble & rubbish. I used to walk to work along the canal from London W9 to Little Venice & Paddington, I loved it, especially the 'Canal Cavalcade' festival. I was 18 and I think that's where I first started getting fascinated with narrowboats. Another great video.

[@kennethbrennan2916]

I was born in Birmingham and served my apprenticeship in Digbeth at a company called Delta metals , your video at the start showed the canal between the buildings and at lunch we would jump across the lock . Thanks for the memories from 1966 I've been waiting years to see that view.

[@ToyotaFJOntario]

Great story

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Glad it bought back some wonderful memories for you😊

[@hara3435]

Hello & God Bless For sharing your precious memory ❤

[@jayviescas7703]

Thanks!

[@RoxyLapping]

So glad I found you. My other narrow boat guy has taken to the road. Thank you so much,! ❤ Roxy Oregon usa

[@anthonyhoult152]

Good morning to you both, this section is definitely an eye opener! Really enjoying your old videos and thinking about you all every day

[@exploringhistoryuk6150]

gained a subscription, very well put together, fantastic information lay out with the maps, stay safe on the bridge water guys, am not far away in st helens our canals suffering as per

[@1968SMM]

I really enjoy watching your videos . While the landscape might seem apocalyptic, there is also a lot of beauty in the old architecture. We have nothing like this here in Essex, Connecticut. I would love going on a tour with you and your Mum. Wishing you both a Happy and Healthy 2025.🎉

[@traceystickland-mottram8021]

Bham and Fazeley had a lot of rubbish dumped in there and that was 10 years ago. Yes it's dodgy along Star city and up to Camp Hill. CRT did have a good facility at Camp Hill for water/showers that was off towpath side so it felt secure, but I notice now it's closed.

[@jasonrarick4649]

such beautiful countryside and such a nice man for being understanding and not hostile. That puddle jumping grocery grabber is a turbo diesel? Noice- The little one looks like he will be Govna one day 😃

[@cosmiclightfantastic]

Brilliant! The graffiti was almost everywhere, quite something to see. Thanks for this reel. You’re both well seasoned bargists..!😊

[@flashbangelectrics7705]

Josh you do a great job, I love your camera work you are very talented.keep up the good work and I just love following your adventures. Peace and god bless from Tom in Lancashire.❤

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Hi Tom. Thank you for the very kind comment. It is appreciated 😊

[@TheTruthHz]

Hey, Tom. I couldn't help but notice your profile image. I was wondering what your thoughts are about the recent documentation of the 24 hour sun in Antarctica?

[@urbanfox53]

And yes, Birmingham can be a dangerous place as with most large cities today.

[@CarolWhite-il7ki]

Thankyou.take care

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Thank you for watching 👀

[@iain-northpole1587]

I went round the outskirts of Birmingham once... As quickly as possible!

[@cherrymortimer2636]

Love watching you guys x stay safe x

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Thanks Cherry❤

[@Adventures_with_Sog]

Ey up me ducks. Phew, bet you were glad to get through and past that nightmare of a place.

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Been on the BCN a few times now. It is an experience ❤

[@Locksport9872]

What a horrible canal. It’s like a zombie apocalypse down there

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

That's the thing with all the canals we go on they aren't all countryside I am afraid 😊

[@cornishmama]

Thanks for sharing, it is good to see the bad as well as the good, it makes us appreciate the good even more. I live in the far south of Cornwall, so never see these places.

[@StephenButlerOne]

13:53 great bit of brickwork

[@jasperheijer7452]

incredibly beautiful....with the craffity...looks like a computer game

[@tildatea]

When I read it was Star City my heart sank. I'm so sorry! I promise the rest of the area isn't like that. I've lived near several canals in West Midlands now, but Birmingham always just.. doesn't seem to really care anymore for it's canal history. There are areas between Birmingham and Wolverhampton are looked after more, but I'm always too afraid to go anywhere near Star City sort of area.

[@-D0uble0-]

There's probably some logical reason why they don't care..

[@stephenholmes1036]

I did incident response for the railway on call I had to do some parts of this hell hole. Drug addicts, alcoholics,criminals and out of control youth. So glad I'm retired and never have to go there again.

[@michaelhibbert4393]

One of our major cities….doesn’t it look depressing….what our country is turning into I’m afraid

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Very sad I am afraid 😊

[@SoftCell68-br1tt]

That is just part of the East Birmingham canal network, try going through the city centre on a boat or out through Edgbaston and you will see utter beauty.

[@julianlord2697]

Birmingham has been a sad dump for decades. Nothing has really changed for decades if you want nostalgia.

[@HelenaMikas]

Done comment twice but it's flown with the birds Great video,

Her Majesty gave me the pleasure of visiting CampHill 😅😂😅

[@vc4154]

Shame about the Graffiti, the whole area looks so uninviting. Your camera work is amazing Josh, stay safe, mum too.

[@hara3435]

Thanks for sharing Such great experiences.. The comment section is a treasure trove ❤.

[@7thDaughter]

I have done the EGGHHH and AGHHHHH at locks before, I feel your pain - I'm only 5.1ft and sometimes had to use my whole body with feet lifted off the ground lol - must've looked like a demented Oompa Loompa 🤣

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

I have been like that before. Sometimes can't even do the paddles so I have to ask Josh lol 😂

[@quavernote4307]

Amazing trip but a brave boater experience well done to you both !! Not many joggers along there 🏃🏃🏃 🤭

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Thank you 😊

[@petercurrell9344]

I used to moor on the offside to trees in rough areas. At night.

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Good idea but usually the land belongs to someone and we wouldn't want to upset anyone😊

[@georgemay3196]

Always wondered why you don't see more boats doing that

[@maviscarless4304]

it was the back bone of the industry like most city's fall into decay like old mines in other area 's of the countryside.

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

It's a shame. Many canals near the cities are a bit run down and plenty of rubbish around. Very sad sight😊

[@Gdreggaeuk]

If you think that's bad Try the Wyrley Essington canal through walsall Very very dangerous for outsiders Such a shame for the history of canals of this country

[@julianlord2697]

I worked within the inner ring road in Birminingham. Anything outside that road was dodgy as heck. Birmingham has many areas which are dumps.

[@sniddley]

Thank you for sharing your journeys. We have 10,000+ lakes here in Minnesota ( frozen at the moment). Have there been winters when you have been “Iced in”? I am truly amazed by the amount of work required to move about the canals.

[@petejolly865]

We cruised this section two years ago and my thoughts were that Birmingham should be ashamed of itself. This could be such an asset but is badly neglected. We saw rubbish, drug use, and mad people everywhere.

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

It's such a shame I know. We wish the local people would respect the canal and look after it.

[@sarajoolae8197]

Canals are dodgy places even in the daytime in Birmingham. Too many homeless and junkies 😢

[@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living]

Looks like even crt have given up on that stretch also

[@missmerrily4830]

Even the water fowl looked depressed.

[@alanpengo3335]

Prayers for the dude who was off his barnet ,looked like spice tweaking 🙏

[@pamelasmith9784]

So sad to see all the rubbish .Great vlog Josh xx

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

It is such a shame the local people don't respect the canals. It's sad to see😮

[@MidlandsAviation]

I kayak the BCN a lot its such a great way to see Birmingham but the majority of people in certain areas are scruffs and live so messy.

[@oldncarvingJohn]

Thanks. Yes not the ideal area to go after dark.

[@janroberts1815]

I'm sure we travelled through Birmingham from Northampton to Nantwich when we bought our first live aboard narrowboat. It was scary with some very strange people about, looking like they were high on drugs, very menacing and such a lot of disgusting graffiti, the language was awful😔😔 Our daughter and her two girls (now has three girls) were with us. So glad they were safe on the boat with Grandad and our dog 💙

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

It's quite an experience the BCN but so glad we have done it a few times as it shows the differences in urban and countryside canals.

[@stephnewman1357]

Definitely doesnt look like it would be a safe place to moor at night. Looks rough. 🤔

[@rogerwebb7501]

Sad to see a city so comprehensively trashed by its inhabitants! I cruised most of the Birmingham canal navigations twenty years ago but rarely moored in the city. My worse night was in Wolverhampton - mooring lines cut etc. why does every available square inch of our cities need to be covered in graffiti?!!!

[@Thats-narrowboat-life]

Sad to see but has not changed in 20 years since I did that stretch

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

We still enjoy the experience of the BCN. All canals have good and bad with them.😊

[@colinevans39]

Oh ive just subscribed 😊

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Thank you so much ❤

[@andytbaynes]

Did you enjoy the stink from the sewage plant in Minworth

[@mrlardster]

Nice drone view of Minworth sewage works at the start of the vid, I bet it proper stunk round that way didn't it lol

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

It was a bit smelly lol 😂

[@lorithorpe3502]

Great video , but What a Mess , all that grafitti , it is'nt nice to see at all , it would make me feel very nervous to go through there , & i would'nt want to stop there either .how do you get on with the locks with your boat being so long ? Have you ever got stuck in one ? .

[@bernadettec6386]

We did The Warwickshire Ring back in 2000 and it was a dump then and nothing has altered.

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

It's a shame. So sad 😞

[@urbanfox53]

You don't seem to bother sounding your horn on tight bends, or have I missed something and your boat does seem to go hacking along or is that an optical illusion?.

[@jobellecollie7139]

What is the oddest thing you have encountered on your travels? NOT counting the breech!

[@robshaw3655]

turned my stomach seeing your hand down the weed hatch and then the next shot you and your mum eating......joys of narrow boat living.....shame to see the industrial areas that the canals were built for in such a run down and graffiteed state. Years ago the worst you would get along a tow path would be a few drunks, now with spice and other drugs its sad to see . Lack of respect for everything..

[@rupertstaniforth1]

good choice of music josh

[@DogheadOriginal]

Yeah, haunting and depressing.

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

​@DogheadOiginal 😂😂

[@MrMichaelsen]

The entire Birmingham became quite rough I must say so

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

It's such a shame but it's good to show people it's not all countryside out there. Lots of cities we have been through have lots of rubbish in them and on the towpaths etc. It's very sad to see😊

[@davidbandler]

21:30 Those were long bones; a bit longer than you'd expect from most wildlife. A bit too much fat for most wild animals too. I would have reported it - maybe someone's pet, maybe someone.

[@MatthewDuffin-u1w]

When are the pair of you coming to do the air and Calder canal to Google it's a very nice canal the Leeds and Liverpool canal is also another peaceful canal you too might want to cruise some time as a long weekend holiday

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

I'm afraid it would be a "holiday" as although we are heading up north, the boat is too long for the Leeds and Liverpool and Aire and Calder 😔

[@sarajoolae8197]

The canal at Camp Hill has 2 or 3 homeless hostels close by - say no more and the meat is probably someone's dog or a rotten lamb carcass - 100% halal from one of the local butchers 😅 THAT IS BIRMINGHAM ALL OVER 😢

[@robsin2810]

This was so depressing….

[@Nazza16]

I was going to subscribe until I saw the RNLI hat. RNLI are providing a taxi service to illegal immigrants. Until they stop they should be boycotted.

[@garytroman5657]

Same here......

[@msrotti2362]

Carry a small can of WD 40 make those locks easier. I'm shocked they don't drag the canals for trash as you all pay a lot of money for the licenses.

[@wifinomad8105]

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[@lesliepropheter5040]

Be nice to have a can of axel grease on some of those paddles. Most of that colorful graffiti are messages to and from gangs, the cops read them to find out what is coming down the pike

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Thanks for the information 😊

[@jonah17100]

Wow..that's put me off buying a narrow boat, not you guys but the area.. absolute dive 🤮

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Don't let it put you off. You don't have to go onto these canals if you don't want to. We like to show our viewers the good and the bad. Personally we love canals where there is plenty of countryside 😊

[@galafiesta9962]

Yeah off putting for me too, I would be scared that someone would jump onto the boat from those narrow locks and struggling to get all that trash off that tangles up is a vulnerable position too I would feel. I would have to stay in a marina and not venture far

[@scaryfakevirus]

All that horrible graffiti. What have they done to our once beautiful country? All that loss of industry and dilapidation is disgusting. The councils could clear all that rubbish but they can't even be bothered.

[@kenmay1572]

The UK could learn from Singapore and make graffiti a flogging offence.

[@disclosed2229]

You say "Birminghamstan" now, No need to say "rough area in Birmingham" , that is what people said when there some area's that weren't..

[@junejan0407]

They travelled through the inner city of Birmingham. Of course its going to be full of rubbish, graffiti and grime. Get a grip people and stop being so rude. BCC has no money for basic services so why are they going to tidy up the canals and surrounding areas that doesn't offer any value to residents.

[@colinevans39]

The graffiti is bad im all for brighter things but its in the wrong setting

[@TaylorsAboardaNarrowboat]

Some graffiti I really like but too much of it I am afraid. All the lovely bridges and walls ruined by it.😮

[@CKNZ161]

To be fair, that is some quality, colourful graffiti work rather than the usual talentless and mindless, meaningless monotone "tags".

[@Chris-p4q]

Please stop begging for subscribers. Say it once at start of vid, not all the way through and keep having it pop up. Seems very beggy.

[@Englishman999]

Did I miss something...? Didn't see a 'frightening encounter' anywhere

[@jayviescas7703]

Thanks!

[@-D0uble0-]

Very generous. Shame they didn't thank you back ☹️