Canal Boats and Newport Nobby

[LASteve]

Well, @Newportnobby  got quite a shout-out today in the latest YouTube episode of "Foxes Afloat" - a vlog on YouTube that follows two guys on a narrow boat cruising the UK canal network.

Colin, one of the guys who produces the videos, loves trains and put a clip of the "Newport Nobby" in their weekly update today. Skip to 4:22 on this link for the railway segment but if you've not watched the channel, check it out, it's a lot of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFI7_8G723s&t=0s&ab_channel=FoxesAfloat

[weave]

Hi Steve,

I enjoyed that. Will have to follow and even go back to earlier episodes.

Great stuff so thanks  .

Cheers, weave 

[crewearpley40]

An interesting series showing a tiny part of the rich industrial heritage and past and happy memories of Wolverton

[Newportnobby]

@LASteve
Thanks very much for that, Steve. Brought back many happy (and some not so happy) memories.
Could have done without the shots looking off the Iron Aqueduct as I almost barfed my brekkie

[Bealman]

In the words of an infamous Aussie politician,

Please explain....

[Newportnobby]

Explain what exactly, dear Chap?
If you mean me almost barfing my brekkie I'm scared of heights and the shots off the side of the aqueduct meant I almost saw my Cornflakes twice.

[Bealman]

That'll do 

[emjaybee]

It's a shame they don't do some simple fact checking.

1. There's NO new workshops along side the old ones in the works.

2. They DON'T build any new carriages in the works.

Thankfully they didn't show the back door from under the old smithy to the canal bank. It's possible I 'may' have spent time sat on my arse on a chair watching the world go by from time to time. It was next to a under workshop lock up where the 'works' plumbers had their base. Otherwise known as the 'water rats'.

[weave]

Hi Michael,

Just to be pedantic he does say that there are new workshops further down next to the old ones (not alongside)  .

Sorry, don't hit me with a barge pole 

Cheers, weave   

[emjaybee]

There's no new workshops.

Period.

They've re-roofed quite a few, but not built any more.

No barge pole required.

[LASteve]

If you mean me almost barfing my brekkie I'm scared of heights and the shots off the side of the aqueduct meant I almost saw my Cornflakes twice.

If that makes you dizzy, check this out - the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales. Pay particular attention to the side that doesn't have any railings! You can jump into the crossing at around 4:30; or at 3:19 for a bit of history first. The chap that makes this vlog uses to be a news reporter for a local TV station - BBC Bristol, I think. Then he chucked it all in and bought the narrowboat.

@NewportNobby [Edit] - Guess it would help if I posted the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-gC0wOg_Q&ab_channel=CruisingTheCut

[themadhippy]

barfing my brekkie

say goodbye to your evening meal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INbKYq0G9nU

Back to the video,it claims the works 2 main customers were the stoney tram and the newport pagnell branch line,realy? My understanding is these 2 were a result  of the works  needing to transport  the large workforce in from the surrounding villages.The works location was chosen as it was at the limit of the range engines from london could travel before needing a service.
And as for reinstating the buckingham arm of the canal,good luck ,you might find 1 or 2 houses are now in the way

[daffy]

If you mean me almost barfing my brekkie I'm scared of heights and the shots off the side of the aqueduct meant I almost saw my Cornflakes twice.

If that makes you dizzy, check this out - the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales. Pay particular attention to the side that doesn't have any railings!

I've paddled a canoe over that gut churner and it was not something I felt like repeating. Walking over it was a far happier experience, but even then not advisable just after eating.

[daffy]

Thanks Steve  - a most enjoyable video of familiar and not so familiar territory. New buildings, both domestic and industrial now mar the landscape I knew well for 30 years. Long stretches of both the canal and the River Ouse were the sites of many a fondly remembered walking and canoeing trip, though oddly I never paddled over the Iron Aqueduct.

And one irritation in the video  - there is no 'e' in Stony Stratford.

Odd fact - I worked in Stony for some years very close to two Hotels/Public Houses (think beer, smoke and good company) - that began their life in ages past as Coaching Inns. One is named The Bull, and the other The Large Chicken , and those who spent time there on their coaching travels would compete against each other to tell outrageous stories. This is the origin of the expression "Large Chicken and Bull story".

EDIT - Oh for heavens sake!   Darned word changing system!
The expression, if you take out the full-stops, is "C.o.c.k and Bull story".

[emjaybee]

Thanks Steve  - a most enjoyable video of familiar and not so familiar territory. New buildings, both domestic and industrial now mar the landscape I knew well for 30 years. Long stretches of both the canal and the River Ouse were the sites of many a fondly remembered walking and canoeing trip, though oddly I never paddled over the Iron Aqueduct.

And one irritation in the video  - there is no 'e' in Stony Stratford.

Odd fact - I worked in Stony for some years very close to two Hotels/Public Houses (think beer, smoke and good company) - that began their life in ages past as Coaching Inns. One is named The Bull, and the other The Large Chicken , and those who spent time there on their coaching travels would compete against each other to tell outrageous stories. This is the origin of the expression "Large Chicken and Bull story".

EDIT - Oh for heavens sake!   Darned word changing system!
The expression, if you take out the full-stops, is "C.o.c.k and Bull story".

To extrapolate the story further, you could rent horses from The C0ck Hotel to a sister Inn in Banbury.

Hence to "Ride a C0ck horse to Banbury Cross".