The oldest and last of its kind in the world!

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@timtaylor1365 5 ай бұрын

You're still teaching us new things about our country and heritage that we wouldn't find anywhere else...thank you very much.

@LeiceExplore 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I love discovering new places, and bringing you all along. Thanks for watching.

@jamesjasper2249 18 күн бұрын

Cracking opening footage Really sets the scene for the video, time of day and that and the drone shots, brilliant 👍😉

@LeiceExplore 17 күн бұрын

Thank you very much. I remember that morning fondly. It was beautiful, and set in a beautiful town.

@almaxx9680 6 ай бұрын

What a find👍Looked like a nice day aswell, cheers fellas 👍

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Cheers buddy! It was gorgeous on the day mate, incredible sun rise above Shrewsbury.

@chrispenn715 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for doing this video - you caught the town at just the right time on a great day - it looked beautiful! We lived in Shrewsbury for 7 years and both my kids were born there - lovely town!

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. Shrewsbury is beautiful, especially down by the river.

@grahamgetsabout2672 6 ай бұрын

Hi Steve, what an aqueduct that we never knew existed. Brilliant as always mate thank you. 👏👏👏👏👍

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Cheers Graham! I’m very pleased you enjoyed it mate.

@Roy-gi5ul 6 ай бұрын

What a wonderful discovery! I was not aware of it until now. Thank you so much!

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. It’s beautiful isn’t it. I can’t believe it was never scrapped, but I’m very happy it wasn’t

@davidbuckley659 6 ай бұрын

Consider a visit to nearby Wappenshall Wharf and see the work being carried out by volunteers there Steve.

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Hi David. We did go there after the aqueduct hoping to catch it open. It was all closed. But we were very early. After looking at it online, it looks fantastic there.

@IckeWalks 6 ай бұрын

Nice one mate. Great drone footage at sunrise, too. Cinematic awards all round.

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Cheers Gaz. Well worth getting up at daft o’clock for!

@stuartbridger5177 6 ай бұрын

Great work, I didn't know about this one.

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Stuart. We’re so lucky that it still exists mate. Thanks for watching.

@1000Zebedee 6 ай бұрын

Another great expedition and lovely engineering. I think your videos are really interesting and informative and always look forward to your next hike. Best regards from Newbold Verdon 😁

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@andrewcripps8857 6 ай бұрын

The Flaxmill in Shrewsbury also had the canal in the front.

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

That’s it, I’ve traced it on the map. We also went to wappenshall wharf, but it was all closed up for work they are doing. The aqueduct was the main reason for going there, due to it being the oldest iron trough left in the world.

@timothyjones4950 6 ай бұрын

I doubt you can get near them, apart from maybe bank holidsys, but Arbury hall nuneaton had its own canal system, of which seaswood pool is it's reservoir. If you look at the weir where the water drains over by the dam, you can see the remains of the lock structure, as you could boat on to the lake itself. The canal system was eventually linked to the Coventry canal in collycroft (between nuneaton and bedworth) called the communication canal. Not to be confused with the griff arm. The system was in use before the Coventry canal.

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this information! I’ll be looking into this. I don’t live in Nuneaton, but I drive past Arbury hall now and then, and never knew of its canal.

@timothyjones4950 6 ай бұрын

It's worth looking into the history there, I bet they will be open bank holiday. Don't take my word for that though. They own a lot of land too. If you compare old maps courtesy of nls Scotland and the modern view you can possibly see the remains of a mineshaft too. Regards, Tim, from Nuneaton.

@BelfastMurf 6 ай бұрын

Great video, and some nice detective work seeking out the remaining features of the canal. That aqueduct is very impressive. Have you ever heard of Dukart’s Canal (aka Dukart’s Folly? There’s not much of it left other than a short but impressive aqueduct, now filled in and carrying road traffic, and the remains of his now very successful dry hurries.

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Ain’t Dukarts canal in Ireland? I’ll look it up.

@BelfastMurf 6 ай бұрын

@@LeiceExplore Yes, County Tyrone. I did a history tour of it many years ago. Seems like he was a bit of a chancer! The original plan called for multiple locks, which were quite new & expensive at the time. He undercut the bids & when he got started he announced it couldn’t be done in budget, but that he could do it by using dry hurries.

@bababooey7576 6 ай бұрын

Canadian here... We're sorry about the terrible geese.

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Greetings Canadian lol! It’s fine, I love birds 🦅

@firemon2217 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Have you been to the Pontcysyllte aqueduct? It takes your breath away. I'd love to have seen it under construction. And when they drained it for inspection a few years ago they found nothing wrong!

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Cheers buddy. No, I’ve never been. I’d love to kayak over it like Gareth recently did. I seen a video of it drained recently, and like you say, nowt wrong we it m’lad

@johnwoodhouse6797 6 ай бұрын

It looked to me as though the two slots in the plates containing the holes could be the top end of the angular supports as seen from below.

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Thank you John, you could be right there.

@HikingDave79 6 ай бұрын

Such a awesome place, great engineering and quality. Something i think as been lost in the modern age..

@LeiceExplore 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Dave. Unfortunately, it has been lost, and I doubt we’ll ever see it again, so we must make the most of what there is left. Thanks for watching.

@HikingDave79 6 ай бұрын

@LeiceExplore You are right duck. Your very welcome. Thankyou