How to Sell Sand - A Short History of the Bude Canal

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks for watching folks. If you are new here, we would love for you to comment and say hello below!! Welcome to the channel, this is very much the style of video we normally make!

[@whizadree]

you should do this in the summer

[@Agresticality]

Wow, all I can say is wow. Your ability to tell a story about something many would think is mundane is impeccable. Both Paul and Rebecca you're brilliant!

[@ff2skin356]

Thank you so much Paul and Rebecca for filming the James Green Bude Canal. I go to the Hobbacott Incline walking my Husky regularly and have always wondered where the Adit came out at the bottom of the Incline into the Canal. Wow, just wow! Now I know. Thanks for the pictures of the Adit inside. Truly remarkable engineering.

[@pwhitewick]

Thank you. Loved this adventure. More to come!

[@oddwad6290]

Nice mini documentary of a very important era of British history for the world to take note of . The early days of industrialization were brutal , but through the freedom to innovate , the world can now support close to 8 billion of us . Thankyou for covering this early period of innovation and economic history .

[@GiacomodellaSvezia]

It's a bittersweet experience to watch what was and still could have been, or be again... On the other hand, what nature has done with the marks that humanity left in the landscape is wonderful to behold as well, if not more inspiring.

[@nigelmattravers5913]

This was amazing, as a civil engineer I am always fascinated by what was done more than 200 years ago, this is classic! We talk about innovation these days but those engineers were at the edge. Paul & Rebecca thank you for introducing us ( me) to old engineering in the UK.

[@MB-TheRealAustralia]

Hi Paul and Rebecca. Another great video. My couple of times G/Grandfather was lock-master at Nth. Tamerton back in the day. Greetings from Australia.

[@christopherbraiden6713]

Thanks for the video Paul and Rebecca very interesting canal and a grand sea lock restored back in use. The railway in the sand is very much still there when the sand washes away to reveal it!!😎🦆🦆🦆🦆🇬🇧🇺🇦

[@paulukjames7799]

Lovely capture of Bude and canal

[@SDCornishman]

Thank-you for tilling a bit of the story of the Bude Canal. My family has very involved in the area and plans for the canal. The first incline was at Marhamchurch and the “Box Foundry” and the water at the bottom was used for the waterwheel that powered the forge that made the chains. And on up the road is “ Box’s Shop”.

[@Warrentvoid]

Bude is reminiscent of Whitby, which we absolutely loved when my wife and I did our grand tour of the UK and Ireland back in 2015. You have such a lovely, diverse country, but I’m a train tragic, so I can’t get enough of your presentations. I doubt we’d ever get back, you are so far away from Oz.

[@TheDalaiLamaCon]

I regularly walk the Planekeepers Path that follows the disused canal from Marhamchurch to the Hobbacott incline. I often get the urge to fill in the outlets that stop it refilling with water. I think it would be beautiful to have water in the cut and the wildlife would love it. Many thanks for presenting my backyard to the world.

[@warrenhumphries1371]

Thank-you Paul and Rebecca. I have driven all around this area many times while working, giving very little thought to the purpose of the canal. I hadn't made the connection with the Tamar lakes. So out with the maps and the next visit will be with fresh eyes! Merry Christmas to you both.

[@annenewton5403]

Our favourite place Bude, we spent many years on holiday there but didn’t know half of what you told us , thank you.

[@chrispollard6568]

Thanks for the praise of engineers - I'll take it.

[@syncrosimon]

Excellent, used to live near there and learnt more in the last 15 minutes than all the time I was there. Thank you👍👍

[@pwhitewick]

Excellent, thanks Simon

[@malcolmdalrymple1779]

Thanks again both for a fascinating little bit of transport history. Keep it up (especially when it’s a bit warmer 🌞 ).

[@robertmaitland09]

The excitement of finding an adit, priceless.

[@pwhitewick]

Yuuup. And.... I now dont think it was the adit.

[@Lichfeldian--Suttonian]

Fascinating video. Many thanks again. It’s also a good opportunity to visit at least two railway viaducts (those at Holsworthy) I notice.

[@bcoldgoalie]

What a fascinating bit of history. I would have loved to see that incline in operation back in the day. Another great video.

[@pwhitewick]

We didn't get a chance, but there is a working model in the local museum.

[@leeclift4666]

Really interesting went to Bude last year. I didn't even know about the canal and sea lock until I got there.Its a bit different when your stood on the canal path looking down onto the beach.Look forward to more on this canal. Have a lovely Christmas Paul and Rebecca. Lee up in the shire.

[@barrieainge4937]

Went to Bude years ago for the Jazz festival and only walked the water filled section from the beach. Didn't have my copy of Lost Canals of England and Wales with me at the time so didn't explore further. Must re visit soon. Great video Paul and Rebecca.

[@TIMMEH19991]

I was very fortunate when exploring this canal about 15 years ago, the farmer who owned the land around the Tamerton incline showed me exactly where to go to see the remains, which were amazingly well preserved mainly due to being such a long way from any inhabitation or a right of way. An absolute gentleman to be so helpful to a total stranger.

[@Hairnicks]

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed my old home, such a lovely place, even in winter, glorious in the summer. I felt quite emotional seeing you in all those amazing places.

[@danielbarrows7144]

What a Budeifull day for a walk along canals! 😜

[@malcolmsmith6615]

One of the most engineeringly interesting canal videos so far, so thank you. I need to do some homework!

[@davie941]

hi again paul and rebecca , thank you for another cool and interesting video , what a great find lol , really good shots of the outlet , well done and thank you guys :)

[@davidbray7149]

I used to live in Bude, and quite fabulous (if a little windy) it looked too! And such a little known story.

[@SuperMadman41]

This was an awesome vid about the UK's canal system!! Thanks, a Canadian fan

[@Bicyclehub]

First class! Very nicely put together and watchable.

[@PoppinJay]

Terrific as usual, thanks for all your efforts throughout the year. Have a very happy Christmas.🎄

[@Sim0nTrains]

Victorians had some crazy and interesting ideas like that Incline, the Budetiful pun was brilliant! lol And surprise that you could still hear you from all that wind! Lovely Video and have a Merry Christmas.

[@nickauclair1477]

We need our devoted viewers to look at many comments on videos and interact with people that say things we agree with. With more interaction this channel will continue snowball growth. I don't see why you won't have 100k within a few months.

[@hufc999]

Yet another fantastic video. Learnt something new today. Thanks Paul and Rebecca.

[@robinjones6999]

Thanks guys - another marvellous video

[@chrissayers7076]

This week's documentary particularly interesting, I would say a lot of work gone into this episode as it really well put together, thanks guys.

[@BarneyLeith]

Great video, fascinatingly informative. Love your work, Paul and Rebecca!

[@raphaelnikolaus0486]

Another lovely "little" video. And what a lovely find with the display -- would have been bude not to have had a visit and look inside. ;) And what fantastic pictures of fascinating pieces of feat of engineering 'hidden' out in the wild (speaking of the outlet of the Hobbacott Incline). As per the Bude Aqueduct (the Main Feeder), I would say it's not only such a good example of an abandoned (and untouched) canal, but more general of an abandoned, historic track or rather trail.

[@anthonydavies6021]

Thank you. I live in Bude and I've walked along some stretches of the old canal. Strange to think that it was superseded by the railway, which in turn fell victim to the Beeching axe. Old OS maps are great for helping to trace these abandoned routes across the modern landscape.

[@joncawte6150]

Please do this one again but in the summer when you have more daylight to play with. Great video, as always, but too short😄

[@AuntieSullivan]

Thank you for an excellent tour!

[@JimNicholls]

That adit is a remarkable discovery. If that is not under some kind of preservation order, it should be. Well done!

[@michaelcampin1464]

I'm counting the minutes until you release the next vlog . Merry Christmas to both of you and your family. Lord Michael and Lady Jamie- Lee Campin Robson of Hougun Manor. May you continue to progress your channel.

[@milowadlin]

Fascinating stuff!

[@captainkirk1]

I went to bude as a child, lovely place.

[@duckysan]

Thank you both for all your efforts to bring us a most informative and interesting travelogue. Over the last few years and many episodes, you've highlighted and discovered much of the UK's lost infrastructure, and I find this continually fascinating. Compliments of the Season, and all the best for 2022.

[@chris77777777ify]

Really good video. Very interesting, I never knew so much engineering took place on canals, such hard work

[@SBCBears]

8:38 You gestured toward Rebecca and remarked that the view that way was "beautiful". I thought you were about to score major points, but you went with "Bude-iful" instead. Still worth something, but... 8)) Another lovely and interesting video.

[@GreenJimll]

"Hardly untouched" is an interesting turn of phrase. 🙂

[@fumthings]

sounds like you mean the opposite...

[@tomlee812]

Really enjoyed this one. Thanks for all the content over the past 12 months. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you both.

[@60_Degrees_North]

Thanks for another great instalment. Have a great Christmas guys. All the best to you and the family. 👍🙏

[@richardbrooks50]

Been to Bude many times and have researched the canal extensively.Great video Paul it’s lovely to see our shared interest

[@davependrill2897]

Another brilliant video. Welcome to Cornwall....come down west and visit st agnes station...

[@jmarsh3347]

Awesome video, packed with history and details, well done.. Thanks!

[@RobertSmith-zv1xo]

Dad jokes with Paul, it was budefull. The vlog was once again really interresting!

[@stevehallam0850]

Fascinating stuff! Well done and happy Christmas!

[@richardbird4702]

A really fascinating video. Read about the canal and James Green and his inclines but never had a chance to see whatis left. Great stuff. Thanks.

[@easytiger652]

Another great informative video.keep the videos coming.all the best for Christmas and New year.happy holidays to all.🎄👍

[@andrewpreston4127]

Absolutely fascinating. And that addit. Thank you.

[@MattsBrabus]

At the end of the bridge onto the beach you will find the wagon turntable still in place. It’s normally covered in sand but I think I have a photo of it I’ll send over when I find it. Great video as always :-)

[@johnstilljohn3181]

That's brilliant...! Some friends lived near there for a few years and we always went to the canal and lock when we visited - should have gone to the inclines...

[@HenrysAdventures]

Another very interesting video and love the narrow gauge railway at the end. Merry Christmas Paul and Rebecca and a Happy New Year!

[@dyslexiksteve2488]

Will be good to see the lido. It is amazing, it can be the hottest day of the year and the water is still freezing cold

[@miketherefurbisher8000]

Fantastic guys!! as always. Have yourselves a Great Christmas. Mike

[@TurboTimsWorld]

I was in Bude today at the swan boat pool, the tide was wrong but you can see the rail tracks onto the beach at super low tide.....NOW canal boats with wheels...Tarka trail time come up to Bideford and Torrington in Devon I can walk you along the Tarka line and Role Canal and you can look down onto the Role canal to the sea lock and see the boats with wheels at the lock . Best wishes and thank you xx

[@stephenfarmer6026]

That was fascinating about our home town, gad to see so much of the history of our canal, thank you both very much. Steve

[@shirleylynch7529]

Brilliant. That was so interesting. Thank you for braving that weather for us. Superb filming and info.

[@carolinegray3150]

Merry Christmas and a happy new year 🎅🏻🧑🏼‍🎄❄️⛄️☃️🎄

[@colclumper]

I love these videos of rare ways to get a boat from point A to B in weird experimental ways

[@pwhitewick]

Yup, lots of craziness going on here!

[@edtuckerartist]

Informative video ImBude with a sense of adventure and a return to nature.

[@philsharp758]

A very interesting and informative video. I pity those miners digging a 2 to 3 foot high adit. As an aside the Cornish/Devon border is perilous. Be careful whether you put the cream or jam first on your scone.

[@cerealport2726]

The "jam first" vs "cream first" war is real. I've been in hiding for years because I got it wrong once.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

hedge your bets, put them on at the same time 🤣 i’m a jam first person, only because i prefer cream on top of it for the contrast of flavors 😉

[@cerealport2726]

@@bostonrailfan2427 if only i'd thought of this, or putting them next to each other... ahh hindsight is a wonderful thing.

[@alexcharlesworth7580]

I live life on the edge as I'm Cornish, but I prefer my cream teas the Devon way😱...

[@maynardmckillen9228]

The Culture War (which topping reigns supreme by Divine Right, cream or jam, and which is the usurper?) takes a very curious turn at the Cornish-Devon border.

[@nickjennybate2513]

Well done - a very interesting video. I was particularly impressed by the clever simplicity of the water-operated hoisting machinery of the Hobbacott incline, as shown on the hand-drawn diagram (15min.53sec.). The Engineer had used clockmakers' chiming technology, but on a larger scale, with a spinner-and-vane mechanism for regulating the speed of the machinery using air resistance. Without it the machinery would run away and destroy itself. This is the vertically-mounted mechanism on the left, and the particularly clever bit is that it is adjustable by simply changing the projection angle of the vanes. It must have been terrifying to watch, and you certainly wouldn't stand too close! The water tanks in the shaft act as the driving force in the same way as the chime weight of a clock. .

[@elliotmormile3213]

2nd part would be great really interesting to see behind the scenes of where I live

[@EeRocKK]

Merry Christmas, Paul and Rebecca! Thanks for the amazing journeys!

[@peterrose561]

Happy Christmas Paul and Rebecca thanks for your hard work making these interesting videos see you next year with more of the same

[@stevemarshall3481]

I live in the area and my daughter kayaks along the Bude canal, I've walked some of it but from Bude beach end, I never knew there was so much more to explore, I might pull a map out and plan a few more walks 👍

[@anthonydefreitas6006]

Cool pics of the outlet 👍

[@jennyd255]

Back when I used to live in Cornwall I often walked along there, but I never knew most of that background info, so thank you. I think if one wanted to "rewater" a "restored" leisure use canal today one would probably need to figure out an alternative method to lift and drop the boats, but the old Cornish mining engineers that would have worked on the original build were certainly ingenious.

[@alexcharlesworth7580]

I think I remember a visit to Foxton locks on the Leicester section of the Grand Union Canal in the Midlands. They have been built alongside the old incline that predated them. The remains of the incline have been preserved along with information panels so rather interesting to see both methods of overcoming changes in elevation alongside each other.

[@janinapalmer8368]

Very interesting Very cold 🥶 Brrrr..!! Well done 👍

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks Janina. Feeling the cold watching this back myself!

[@janinapalmer8368]

@@pwhitewick ~ yes I bet it does too ... what time of the year were you there ? I loved Bude in the summer .. very different place of course 😃

[@pwhitewick]

@@janinapalmer8368 actually only about three weeks ago, so not the best plan!

[@rickymherbert2899]

Very interesting watch your content Paul & Rebecca, I used to swim in the lower canal basin when I was a boy, often diving/jumping off my father's boats that he kept in the canal. Ones that he moored there to stop the local council from turning it into one large car park! Hopefully I will be down there for Christmas with my mother, sister and their partners. Merry Christmas to you both and fingers crossed 2022 isn't too "interesting" for us all. 👍

[@wideyxyz2271]

Not been to Bude since I was 17 that's was 40 years ago, You could get Pasty, Chips and peas with two slices of bread and butter and a pot of tea for 99p. There was also a real Lido for swimming in! I bought my first Dragon Riders of Pern novel there too! Wow some memories!

[@RavinCarper]

Another great video! Well done guys!

[@clareryan3843]

SO INTERESTING❤

[@esk1m0]

Got some history for you at Dudley Canal and Tunnel trust if your ever in the midlands. You have a Great channel. Gave me many new places to explore.

[@laviniajohnson9210]

Hope you both had your thermals on, just watching the video on the beach made me feel cold! You have a unique gift of bringing history alive and making it compelling to watch and listen to. Have a good Christmas and best wishes for a better 2022. Hope your foot? Is better now Rebecca.

[@phillunn4691]

A very interesting video about the Bude canal. I never realised this was all here. I’ve been going to Bude for a good number of years now, and didn’t know about the former railway either. Thanks a lot Paul and Rebecca. Stay safe and well and all the very best to you both!👍🏼👍🏼

[@cd82156]

Fantastic shot down that adit!

[@martynbuzzing3327]

Who knew? Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. 👏👏👍

[@rexgeorg7324]

Great Explore Guys !!!

[@polo86cfahrer]

Wonderful landscapes that you have, here every beautiful piece of earth is ruined with windmills.

[@rogerwilliams2902]

Lovely video, many thanks.

[@SuperTonywilliams]

Great film guys, as always 👍, and always an education. Thanks 🙏

[@pwhitewick]

Our pleasure!

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Loved that thanks. Loving the history. Oh that little tunnel was gorgeous. Thanks for the share. Merry Christmas 🎄 please stay safe and take care

[@pwhitewick]

Thank you! You too!

[@briancjohnson]

"bu-de-ful" Grounds for divorce. ;) Another lovely video journey, thanks to you both for sharing this with us!

[@andrewmarch7891]

Well done Bude-ifull and as fascinating as usual.

[@SteampunkGent]

Thanks for this

[@Madonsteamrailways]

A gorgeous trip!! One that I will make when I have a proper long range electric car!!

[@MrLargePig]

Merry Christmas, Whitewicks!

[@CornishCockney]

As you came down the rails onto the beach there is a turntable where the tub boats were turned around. It is usually buried but has occasionally been exposed by high strong tides. I have a photo.

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks Keith. Sadly we didn't see any evidence on the beach on this occasiin

[@dannyg2360]

Pleased to see your ankle is better R.

[@davidberlanny3308]

Great video. As you say it's looks like you only scratched the surface, but what a scratch, that addict looks almost new. Great find!! Feliz Navidad from Spain