The most challenging canal in England?

My mum’s art: suehardy.co.uk
How to get your name in the Crank It Crew log book: / robbiecumming
Paul’s Standedge tunnel video: • Video
Additional footage from Andrew Haining (from his Andy-Cam) and Paul Bush (Stannedge tunnel)
Pub of the Week:
The Granby Arms
28 High St, Uppermill, Oldham OL3 6HR
01457 873028
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[@terryrigden4860]

Happy new year Rob. Thanks for showing the reality of life aboard. Looking forward to seeing series 2 on the Beeb.

[@christinegibbins6105]

Many thanks Robbie, lovley photography, I wish you all the very best for 2020. Take care

[@ianofsjkartwork]

Very enjoyable watch Robbie......All the best for 2020.......thanks for sharing

[@stephencb9234]

Happy and hopefully a prosperous New Year to you Robbie. Your TV canal series was one of the best highlights of 2019 and your vlogs have come on strides, not only since then but from when I started to watch your KZbin videos. All the best for 2020👍

[@RobbieCumming]

Thanks Stephen, v kind of you 🤓👍

[@stevesrepairs3815]

Thanks Robbie for another great vlog and a year of great vlogs. Happy New Year, all the best, Stevie

[@stilcrazychris]

I just have to tell you that your filming & editing skills have gotten better & better over the years. You've came along ways Robbie. Congratulations on another season of your TV show & may all your dreams come true that you want to accomplish in 2020. I can't wait to see what you have in store for us, Chris from Missouri

[@RobbieCumming]

Thanks Chris v kind 🤗

[@ferkinskin]

All the very best Robbie. Happy new year, health and ease of being!!

[@nbflyingfox4672]

Great vlog Robbie, nice to see you back in the old routine of things. Keep up the good work matey.. keep safe..

[@lakelady57]

Happy New Year Robbie, all the best for 2020. It has been great following you and looking forward to next years adventures 🙏👍🍺

[@hughcarson6837]

Hope you have a great 2020, keep the vlogs coming.

[@diannedogwalker8935]

Thanks for a great vlog! Gorgeous scenery and the reality of some tough locks. So pleased your beloved booked you into t' Spa, she is a keeper 😀 Happy New Year!

[@RobbieCumming]

She absolutely is 😊

[@craigelliott4338]

Looks lovely, like always. Happy New year dude!

[@elizabethannferrario423]

Oh marple my home village , hope you enjoyed our little village,, me a nurse worked in manchester my hubby a retired police officer and and on the 30 th retires completely, he was in security in Merseyway Stockport . So yes a new chapter,in our life !

[@mobiusfugue2582]

Another great vlog. Cheers and Happy New Year.

[@pilpelet100]

Thanks for your videos. Happy 2020!

[@madmarcus917]

Hi Robbie, just wanted to let you know I absolutely love your BBC4 series, excellent gentle tv, perfect for a Sunday Evening, or any other evening really. I enjoyed a brief holiday with friends on the Llangollen a few years back, will definitely be doing more someday soon. Keep up the good work. Cheers

[@RustyManisduckman]

Robbie! So good to see you back on the tube. I bet your tv series is very good and i wish i could view it. But alas I'm stuck here in cold Indiana. Robbie, i hope you had a nice Christmas and a profitable and blessed new year

[@bethcross4628]

Happy New Year Robbie, the Huddersfield canal seems very tricky, glad you survived! Keep up the cranking, I do like your vlogs with warts and all! Best wishes and look after your self.

[@traffordsfinest1137]

Happy New Year Robbie, keep up with the Vlogs I really enjoy them. :-)

[@davidsedlickas8222]

Happy 2020 Robbie. Tough canal ! ! Keep safe dry and cranking.

[@ronbearman6783]

Hi Robbie Great video not all a bed of roses liked the how you show boat life as it is

[@georgeblankinship4745]

Hey Robbie, I so much enjoyed boating with you in 2019. Looking forward to more cranking in 2020. Take Care

[@ericfoster3636]

New Year's morning , cup of coffee and watching my friend crank it. 2020 off to a good start!

[@purdylives]

Oh Eric, I'm from the future - this is as good as 2020 got!

[@ericfoster3636]

@@purdylives So True!

[@peterfuller2156]

Happy new year robbie all the best for 2020 👍

[@FloatingOurBoat]

We made it to the end. Happy new year Robbie 👍

[@marknblastderbyshireminer7000]

Great to see your vlogs coming out again Robbie, miss your pubs of the week. Guess you will be busy filming your 2nd BBC series soon, good luck and keep on cranking it❤💙👍👍🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@stevecooney1361]

Happy new year robbie. Hoping to see more adventures in2020

[@TheSkskitey]

You hang in there Robbie, we all have off days . Great 2019 , now do better in 2020 , Happy New Year:-)

[@johnallen148]

Happy new year Robbie hope you will be able to make more videos for the BBC, enjoyed this video very much ,stunning views keep them coming,John 🍺🎰🥃

[@cockleshellzero3893]

Ooh, 'ark at you, proper little Tarantino, with your fancy-pants editing! ;-) All the best, and happy new year, Robbie! :-)

[@britainbyboat3335]

Oh man.. That's our 'home' canal. We've got that to look forward to as total newbies soon. In at the deep end! Cheers for stocking up the loo roll. We'll make the most of it :)

[@MrBblhed]

Another great video, hope you have a great New Years Eve and an even better new year. I see you still have your ups and downs, but at least you have someone to talk to about your ups and downs now.

[@RobbieCumming]

Thanks Ted!

[@MrBblhed]

@@RobbieCumming Thanks for the like man but it's New year's, kiss your woman, comments can wait until morning. London New Year's Eve looked amazing, I'm watching New York now and I'm off to bed after I kiss the wife. Happy New year.

[@iunderw2]

Happy new year Rob

[@craigbowie8925]

Happy new year Robbie!

[@ade9685]

Proper nice vid that Rob, perfect content cheers

[@christinehammell6365]

All the best for 2020 . Cheers x

[@Ad3Collins]

Have a prosperous & a year full of good things.

[@sylviapage8572]

Great video. I must try to catch up with Paul’s channel, I seem to have lost sight of it and I used to enjoy his history knowledge. I chuckled when you said your girlfriend had booked you into the Spa, very subtle! 😉🤣 Happy new year. Best wishes for 2020. BTW I loved the Guinness glass. Thanks as always for sharing your journey.

[@RobbieCumming]

Thanks Sylvia😂

[@airsoftworldltd6846]

Happy New Year Robbie ;)

[@Stipperstone]

A good video of a fascinating canal.

[@AdrianJeens]

Happy New Year Robbie

[@NathanElcoate]

8:45 absolutely incredible. Thankyou.

[@EscapeToTheCut]

Great vlog again 🤗

[@vancouver4sure]

Happy New Year from British Columbia!

[@dreams..forlove1402]

Awesome 2020 you have with your souper boat.

[@williamdunlop2862]

Happy New Year to you

[@ross6343]

OMG Robbie...the Golden Harp frowns on its inappropriate use. No wonder to me that so-called beer didn't come up to snuff! Anyhoo...thanks for the great video. Happy New Years from this Yank across the A pond. Cheers!

[@wsatnutter9674]

happy new year geezer

[@paulbeech7276]

Happy New Year to you and family, friends.

[@davidapp3730]

Happy New Year. I think the less traveled canals are more interesting and would be the ones I would try to stick to if I had the opportunity to crank it.

[@MessengerRising]

Nice mild winter so far though Robbie, can't complain ;-)

[@logtothebase2]

If the canal boating thing doesn't work out just do Pub of the week, i'd watch the heck out of that. seriously our pubs are dying and good ones remaining need celebrating. great Job

[@robertgilhooley6926]

Happy Boating New Year Robbie 🍺

[@AussieBoater]

Oh yeah, love the chocolate stout. Awesome stuff.

[@_MrOcean]

Complaining about stuff with Robbie should be the name of the next TV show :)

[@andyhedley1250]

A couple of years ago I visited Huddersfield for a weekend away with my Running Club (described as a thinly disguised Drinking Club) - we were really impressed. We did the 'Rail, Ale Trail' visited some great pubs, did some running (and a Park Run) and walking too. Recommended.

[@Pmjs]

Did you see Felix and Bolt at the station?

[@nicholassimpson5004]

bless ya mate after all the blogs you have done this is the first one you have looked so feed up i bet if they was to offer you a million pound to do it again the answer would be no bless ya keep up great work

[@Kevin-rh5li]

Hi Robbie i i did it the other way around broad then narrow its dire mate lack of water, paddles knackered, gates not closing a nightmare on for a solo boater called CRT out 4 times on the narrow. I met Paul also the North side of the Stanedge i actually saw you on the south side Trevor brought me through as well.

[@douglaskerins6030]

Hey Boo o/ Happy New Year!

[@sallyu1]

We chatted with Paul at the southern end of the Harecastle Tunnel, and he was with Jo and Michael from Minimal List. We thought we saw you go by us in July.

[@lonewolfgeoff]

happy new year robbie! bloody ell! whi you got doin your editing? its bril! well im guessing the editors name was robbie c! 😂🍻 ta for another bril vid!

[@RobbieCumming]

Ah cheers Geoff v kind

[@rodnelson2651]

Happy New Year, Robbie! Looking forward to more super blogs and of course that second TV series! A quick question - which would you say is more difficult - the Huddersfield Narrow, or the Rochdale?

[@RobbieCumming]

That’s hard to say... Rochdale perhaps harder!!

[@Useaname]

Groovy split cam action.

[@cjw2661]

Happy New Year

[@jasonbrant6394]

Great vlog really enjoyed it . Completed this canal earlier in the year and totally agree with your frustrations . If your a cyclist or a walker then it's great if your a boater it's awful. A whole hearted two finger salute from the crt to all who worked tirelessly to restore it just to be left to degenerate into today's shambles,the Manchester section is quite simply the worst canal I have ever travelled on , shame on you crt

[@badfairy9554]

Happy new year every one.

[@steveibbotson1214]

happy new year

[@jiloute22]

I wish you a happy new year 2020

[@James_RC]

Gave my Standedge Tunnel brass a little rub after watching this 🤗

[@tomas5376]

Feliz año nuevo👍✌️😊🙏🏼🍺

[@keithlillis7962]

I always enjoy your videos Robbie, but, as I've just purchased my first narrow boat, I would love to know how long your journeys take on average.

[@RobbieCumming]

Oh that really depends! Some days I would only cruise for 2hrs and other days it’s more like 10! Have to fit in chores/shopping etc as well so that adds on time. Also i muck around with my camera a lot😂

[@Sam-rz3rd]

Hi Robbie, great video. What kind of power can you get out of those Solar panels (heaviest appliance/s)? and how long to charge, etc?

[@RobbieCumming]

Hi Sam! Can you rephrase your question? What do you need to know, amperage? Voltage of the panels? Heaviest applicance I use would probably be my hot water heater, through a 300w inverter.

[@Sam-rz3rd]

No worries, I was always tempted to get a boat, and also using solar panels. I was hoping to power a PC for working from home (boat) and recording music. Just wondering if feesable? (I'm not great when it comes to electricity needs, haha)

[@davidsmith6661]

I can recommend a self pump-out kit. Ours has paid for itself many times over and we just pump into an elsan point. Same stuff, but just larger quantity and less frequently.

[@RobbieCumming]

I’ve seen them in action. Looked like a nightmare even with two people operating

[@CheckFred]

Refilling toilet rolls on the Huddersfield Narrow with nice, neat squares of the local Newspaper ;-)

[@douglasgodfrey6514]

Hey Robbie how long before they lovely Wi-fi speaker rolls into the canal, looking forward to your video in 2020 hope they are as good as 2019, all the best

[@RobbieCumming]

Well that’s a good point but at least it is waterproof and floats too 👍

[@michaelpilling9659]

What a great shame that The Huddersfield Narrow is so underused. Open since 2001, with a very keen Society working vary hard to look after it, why is the water level so low? Your video was wonderful. All the aspects of your films are superb - the actual filming, the editing and the commentary - many congratulations.

[@chevyimp5857]

Snazzy edit sir..whats so tough about the Huddersfield narrow.. lock gear, number of locks , the shallow water, difficulty of mooring... I'm planning to have a go next summer single handed , mostly for nostalgic reasons... Please about the well deserved second series..

[@RobbieCumming]

It’s all of those things and more! Can’t moor up on landing spaces so you often have to butt the nose right up to the top gates when going down, or do like I did and rope some mates in to help!

[@nbflyingfox4672]

Glad you said refilling and not recycling.... Doh. Now before I comment more on this one let's watch the vlog first... 😆

[@rwbimbie5854]

ooooo... look at that editing Nice

[@RobbieCumming]

Thanks!

[@oni_lad_uno_tha]

Hi I have been watching you pretty much since you started KZbin. You are the best youtuber ever so keep up the good videos .(Can I become part of the crank it crew please ?)

[@SMlFFY85]

The Huddersfield Narrow has been neglected for too long now. The walls of the canal are collapsing and bringing the towpaths with them, and the locks are so leaky that some sections are little more than puddles. Between Uppermill and Standedge Tunnel was unnavigable when I saw it a couple of days ago, just as boats started using it again after winter.

[@RobbieCumming]

I’ll have a word don’t worry

[@CJT80]

Robbie loved the video. Shocked you had to refill toilet roll at a CRT toilet and that the pump out facility doesn’t work. If I understood it correctly they have no desire to repair it? Madness. Those unit cards need to be brought into the 21st century

[@RobbieCumming]

Thanks, it seems complicated, I think it’s to do with sewage leaking onto people’s property? Not sure but I do know it’s still broken 6 months later!!

[@fantasmasnolaboratorio]

robbie still in Stalybridge? really wanted to say hi, have a good trip

[@mgbgth5097]

I preferred your pre bbc vids but hey I still watch

[@benjaminwallington2857]

Do you know when your tv show goes on iPlayer?? Missed it 😢

[@RobbieCumming]

It’s been and gone! However my producer says it will most likely be repeated at some point 🤓

[@benjaminwallington2857]

Robbie Cumming Hope it’s back very soon was so looking forward to watching it. Keep up the good work.

[@ThePopso]

Great video Robbie. Spent a lot of time in Huddersfield when my daughter was at Uni there. Never ever saw anyone on the Narrow Canal, EVER! We stayed in an apartment near the last lock, still didn’t hear or see anyone passing on the canal. On a separate note, the very, very, VERY start of this Garth Brooks song always reminds me of you... crank it !!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/narNhZ-ufalrh8U Look forward to the next video.

[@ncplantdoctor]

I think your videos are getting better after the exposure to the filming crew. The intro was quite different and nice.

[@RobbieCumming]

Thank you v kind!

[@griffog2001]

Robbie, the Link for your Mum's Art website appears to be broken?

[@RobbieCumming]

Thanks Darren have just updated it to suehardy.co.uk

[@ericleach7074]

Ashton is where I live. Do you recall which pubs you went in? Used to be the best night out in Greater Manchester at one time, until drug dealers started killing each other in the 1990s. Always plenty of celebrities knocking about.

[@ericleach7074]

Uppermill is good, the Granby has always been a good boozer.

[@RobbieCumming]

Can’t remember!! Ha ha - there was an excellent pub that seemed to specialise in cover bands - and I think I popped into the Feathers, funnily enough accompanied by some local drug dealers! I kept my nose clean though of course

[@anthonycrook-rumsey6189]

sounds just like my lister stw2

[@davidbutler4363]

😁👍👏👏👏

[@ashb7547]

Just a suggestion mate... a great place to try for a beer when you’re next stopped in Huddersfield... magic rock brewery tap. Also when you’re in Uppermill, try Albion Tap. Great for craft beers. I’ll be honest, Granby is known as a shit hole around here 😁. You’re welcome!

[@RobbieCumming]

Thanks for the tips man, ah no it’s just a traditional british boozer that’s all!!

[@johnmarsh2078]

Aren't I a lucky blighter to live only a mile or so away from the Marple aqueduct and ride my electric bike to Romiley to go shopping every week?

[@kathleenlench4087]

Was the record stuck

[@paulroberts5677]

Have you painted your boat?

[@RobbieCumming]

Yes

[@paulroberts5677]

@@RobbieCumming So pleased for you. Listening to African Marketplace (1979) doing a happy dance for you.

[@raymondhayes7673]

Where we're going who needs roads......

[@darnbunny1]

Oh BooHoo and more BooHoo.

[@cyberi4a]

Robbie, you will now always look tacky doing locks unless you wear a suit and tie....LOL :-)

[@GapBahnDirk]

No more black cat on the roof!

[@stevendavidson7475]

I am getting the impression that your vlog is dying on the vine. Am I correct?