Towing a boat through London

[@TheRealWindlePoons]

There was a chap who was a fellow student when I studied engineering at uni sounds like the fellow you towed. He was sociable, amiable, mostly harmless and frequently under the influence of something. On one occasion he turned up 90 minutes late for a lecture and demanded his mark. He explained that there was a great big bubble in the road and it took him over an hour to get round it. The lecturer granted his attendance mark (while slowly backing away). On another occasion he copied my mechanics homework so he could hand it in at the end of the lecture. Trouble is he copied it word-for-word, including my name. The last we saw of him he went off to sell welding equipment in Argentina, a month before the Falklands War and was never seen again...

[@douglawrence6066]

I could watch hours of that double time cruising, I find it quite relaxing.

[@TheRedPolyhedral]

Yes, I like the dashcam footage. maybe you could have a camera just to record the cruising from a fixed position and then release that footage with no commentary.

[@bex82uk]

Same 😊

[@bernardmcmahon351]

Robbie, I’ve been on a canal barge once in my life many years ago,, but I’m 70 years old now and I absolutely love your tv presentations, you definitely have a great way of narrating things and I enjoy your videos very much. Salford

[@MessengerRising]

Every boat you passed has someone in it with a story to tell. Boat life is great. Good to see you again Robbie.

[@MikeH-sg2ue]

It’s good to be kind, Robbie! You’re good! Have a great 2025!

[@andypugh2000]

Hi Robbie, its me again, your stalker from lock 7 on the Basingstoke canal 😂 That guy is another level of chaos! Thanks for the video!

[@PennyJohnson-km1fh]

Hi Robbie Its great that you are helping others and you are back cranking it up in London. Wow! 9.50

[@patriciagassor4497]

Well that was different, good to see you looking well, looking forward to your new series too, stay safe and warm

[@davemaguire9520]

Hey Robbie, great to see you back, I was getting withdrawal. Looking forward to seeing your first pub this year. Lighter nights, warmer days are on the way😊

[@dm5949]

Good to see you back Robbie

[@lyndaruff-vg1hw]

Always love your videos, we lived on a boat for a lot of years and had a lovely lister engine just like yours, being a good boater trying to help, thank you ❤❤

[@NicksAllotmentDiary]

Hi Robbie. Great to see a video from you. Sounds like he has a chaotic lifestyle. Good on you for giving him a tow. Happy New Year to you mate 👍🏼Take care. Nick

[@hughsleggs2632]

Love it!! Your face said it all..

[@wendyxmarie]

Love watching Robbie's Canal Boat Diaries - never fails to make me feel relaxed. Not sure about cocaine guy! Looking forward to the new series.

[@debbiehannah4817]

Nothing better than the sound of a lister, love that noise. Thank you and well done for the Good Samaritan act

[@suemccarthy1550]

Lovely see you with an update. You do meet some characters on your journeys!

[@rickterry8148]

You helped someone, thats good. 🙂

[@pholland6643]

Well done Robbie, your a gooden. We passed you on the Oxford canal in August while you were filming at a lock. Great moment for me. We traveled the Thames Ring and more for two months and encounter so many lovely people, it was a privilege to be on the canals. Such a great community. Cheers Paul, from Australia.

[@306wanderer7]

Probably his engine has been shot for years but just gets people to tow him around lol 😂 some people are just chao 😂

[@jameslenahan580]

I love the sound of your engine Robby, it has a calming effect. Thanks. James

[@ceanothus_bluemoon]

Beautiful autumnal shades...thoroughly enjoyable!

[@superstarshining]

The guy really seemed like a 'character' 😂 Good on you for towing him, I wonder if he will get his engine sorted or just get another tow 😊

[@cazw179]

Great to see you again on YT. Happy New Year. ❤️

[@51madmitch]

Hope you are managing this very cold weather and flooding, looks bad in places, stay safe.

[@judithbarnett2966]

I love your boat's engine. And hurrah for your music too.

[@PaulEBrownbill]

Looking forward to another one of yuor video podcasts you didi from inside your boat. Hope there are some more, thanks Paul

[@EmmaKelly74159]

Well done Robbie, couldn't have been easy😘

[@nicothechihuahua3167]

Hi Robbie I have a Lister SR3 love the sound of it. Bullet proof aswell. Good to see you back.

[@felixwaterman4448]

I have the same and love it. Original manual gearbox. 1972 built in a 1974 boat. As Chas Hardern said, "It will forgive your neglect." I have had my boat since 1987. Love the sound.

[@katherinefairbrother7803]

How very kind of you! Loved watching all the walkers going past at super fast speed plus the overtake by the other canal boat - definitely speeding! Looking forward to seeing you on the TV again in the summer. Happy Crankin' 😊

[@lesleyairey6633]

Hi Robbie hope you're ok with this cruel cold season. My thoughts are with those living on their boats on the Bridgwater Canal. When l say living on, l mean they're on boats frozen in the mud with no real clue as to when they'll be able to move. A nightmare scenario for them. Hope you & other boaters stay safe & warm.

[@kitwest61]

Superb music, as always, Robbie. I was contemplating sailing through London. I passed you around Marsworth. Decided to turn around after struggling to moor up too many times. Great to see you out and about. Keep cranking it!

[@Jaynetowpathwalker]

Enjoyed that thank you. Love to see that smile at the end Robbie , your a great sport 😘

[@49lucky]

Yipppeee glad to hear and see you❤❤❤

[@rickf5615]

Glad to see he was at least able to keep it between the lines in the tighter sections. Guess he has had a lot of practice, both with the drugs and being towed.

[@MB-rp2qg]

Robbie Mate where have you been. Where is my Pub Of the Week

[@barringtonw2]

Hi Robbie, nice to see you back on KZbin. The good samaritan😀

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

Good see you got vlog out on channel thanks lee

[@susanhinchcliffe8048]

Nice to see you back nice area too

[@suehoward5389]

Hooray. A new video to watch. Thanks Robbie.❤

[@JustinPitman-r1b]

Booked tickets to see you in Brixham end of January 😀

[@gilliansmyth7167]

So lovely to hear your voice again😘

[@dougzirkle5951]

I have formed the opinion, over the years watching your channel, that you have a good heart, and this gesture proves me right. It’s good to know there are still people around who take it upon themselves to help their fellow humans. Thanks, Robbie.

[@_MrOcean]

Nose beers and Cranking? You would never put those two things together would ya hahaha

[@juliewatson3966]

Hey Robbie have missed your vlogs, great to have you back 😁.

[@mick_6006]

Hi Robbie, just watched the last of your TV series on U and saw your Solar Panel replacement. Thinking about it, unless you've done it already, if you mount the brackets to the outside of the panel surround instead of to the inside, the issue that caused you to need to replace it, won't happen and you should get more maneuverability too. Keep up the great work!

[@MissyCaroline1]

Your smirk at the end made me laugh! Good to see you, when you coming down the River Great Ouse to St Neots?!

[@alanglass8161]

Great job Robbie, well done

[@Tinhare]

Great little vlog there Robbie. Loved the music.

[@nbflyingfox4672]

Nice one Robbie.. Happy New Year pal... Keep safe...😊

[@dm5949]

The mind boggles 😮

[@paulroberts5677]

I have a 15hp petrol outboard driven yoghurt pot. Sounds very polite, even sewing machine like. Expecially at low revs.... However, my friend has a lovely old antique Lister. I have recorded the engine onto a memory stick and play the sound back through my sound system. Street Cred!!!

[@maxflight777]

Best wishes !

[@stuleyland9490]

Dodgy geezers in London? Cor blimey guv! Looking forward to seeing you at the Brindley in June.

[@tupelomiss8315]

Hi Robbie.I thought you’d been kidnapped 😅 nice to see you .I’m in Somerset 🎉 can’t wait for your new episodes in June,

[@carycoombe3380]

Nice of you to give the guy a tow. It sounds like he has different priorities other than getting his boat fixed. I have a question about that boat that passed you at the 5:23 mark... Were you really going too slow, or where they just overly impatient?

[@ourcornishdream]

Great viewing 😊 ❤

[@vintagevic4593]

Huzzah you are back albeit briefly🎉

[@silentwitness247]

If you’re ever in Ely mate, give me call; I could do with a free trip up to the waste point at Denver! Oh yes, I should have mentioned, my engine is broken too! 😂

[@stephenpegum9776]

Not sure you were strictly sticking to the 4mph speed limit there Robbie!! 🤣🤣

[@garydickens7567]

Judging by the amount of pedestrians overtaking him, I'd suggest he's well under the limit.

[@RobbieCumming]

It's alright I think he was just joking Gary!

[@stephenpegum9776]

@RobbieCumming He was Robbie 🤣🤣

[@ronmccy8910]

Nice one. I liked the music.

[@user-mp8nb5zd2s]

Hey Robbie loving your vids mate you make me smile always 😊

[@bwoodywoods]

Still lovin the Choons Thanks

[@LimitlessLifeAfloat]

Haha there’s a story 😂 Saw you on the Thames last summer was it you the old fella was having a go at, at the lock because of the drone? I was waiting to go in as you came out and one of the guys from the EA was telling me because it was flying over his house.

[@coasttocoastcaravanning6138]

When are you back on tv with a new series?

[@EmilySeale-p6y]

I hope there arnt too many people asking for help..looks like boating is getting very popular as well..

[@steveball1959]

We've all had moments when we've helped someone out then after you think l wish i hadn't.

[@pipday1356]

If I was to spend a week as a total newbie to canal boating. What section of the waterways would be a good place to start out?

[@nesleinf]

Looked like you were towing a junkyard? 😀

[@mikesmith-yj3ih]

For those in stress upon the sea smoking a roach leave him be, Haha

[@Pedelorean]

So, when you said "throw me a line" he didn't realise the line was supposed to be the rope that ties the boats together!😀 Maybe he was new to boating and didn't know the lingo? 😉

[@GWRDukedog9021]

Hi Robbie. Any details of fresh Canal Boat Diaries for 2025? Watched all the others on TV several times over and it would be nice to see something new please? Thanks and have a great 2025. Appreciate a reply please. Thanks.

[@janecalland4176]

Bet that boats not got a licence or a BSS!

[@YorkshireBitsnBobs]

Was thinking the same thing 🥺

[@p46967]

That was very kind of you. A note of caution however,be aware that unless specifically allowed your insurance will not cover you for towing a boat. Chances are that whilst towing his boat your insurance and his,if he had any,was invalidated. Also as the tower you would be held responsible for any incident caused either by his or your boat.

[@cyberi4a]

My eyes noticed something, are you now using a canned air horn instead of your boats horn?

[@uli2044]

happy 2025 mr handsome

[@MartinHaw]

You’re going the wrong way… Where’s the pub invite?

[@Kiwionwing]

Ha ha I chat to everyone I don't participate 😂🎉

[@pattyannbeaven9287]

I don’t mind the sound of the engine except when it drowns out your voice, sometimes very hard to hear what you’re saying ❤

[@andrewbarnard667]

Bloody tailgaters get everywhere. HNY.

[@tupelomiss8315]

Not one of your new mates then huh 🤔

[@oscartravis5740]

Fair play to you, Robbie, guy sounds like a bit of a tool

[@helenenevoldson3989]

When are you returning to civilisation?

[@weavehole]

Tell you what. With the economy the way it is, the only way people will be able to afford coke will be by living on boats! 😢

[@oldbloke204]

Or buying coke means they will only be able to afford to live on a boat?

[@paulroberts5677]

Drugs and alcohol abuse is a problem on the canals, as is loneliness and mental health issues.

[@adamshuttleworth4796]

No idea what your doing... No drag bucket, non idea whatsoever