Hello, thanks very much for watching.
Well, I've moved further down the canal.
Just to give you a bit of an idea of where I am.
On this very pitch in 1823, a guy called William Webb Ellis completely ignored the game of
football, picked up a ball and ran with it.
Of course, I'm in Rugby.
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After leaving Hawkesbury Junction last week we passed a range of vintage vehicles in various
states of decay and headed east towards Ansty for a few days.
Then through the middle of the popular Ansty golf course and followed the railway line
down to the home of Rose Narrowboats.
We then dropped south and moored up again in a deep thick wooded area which is where
we met the carpenter to load the new tv cabinet aboard and more wood.
Passing Brinklow Marina we continued east and then through the relatively short Newbold
Tunnel on the outskirts of Rugby Town, where we were to moor up again.
Remember the episode where I had fitted a cable tray to the ceiling and the oak boards
to the wall?
Well, they have all been removed and new foil fitted.
The foil's been stapled from the floor up the walls, over the ceiling and back down
the other wall which has made the boat feel like living in a warm spaceship.
Thank you to viewer Jason Clive for suggesting it.
It seriously locks the heat in!
We then used the newly cut oak boards and fitted them vertically below the gunnels.
Again, hiding the screws within the board's tongues.
We've also started to install the damp proof MDF sheets to the upper walls and I went outside
to mark through the windows where to cut.
The inside is really starting to take shape now.
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Rugby is the second largest town in Warwickshire and is situated near the borders of Leicestershire
and Northamptonshire.
Rugby is the birthplace of the jet engine.
Frank Whittle built the first prototype here at the former site of the British Thomson
Houston works in 1937.
Official interest was forthcoming following this success, with contracts being placed
to develop further engines.
This is Rugby School and is one of England's oldest and most prestigious public schools.
It's also said to be the place for the invention of rugby football which is now played worldwide.
In 1823 William Webb Ellis broke the existing rules of a football match and ran across the
pitch here with the ball in his arms.
Despite this being firmly entrenched in the sport's folklore, there is no substantive
evidence of this, and many historians say it's simply a myth.
There is a William Ellis museum just opposite the school, so I popped in to have a look.
The boot and shoe maker to Rugby School was called William Gilbert and he had a small
shop in the town.
They were already supplying balls to the school when in 1823 they started to create the rugby ball
Although larger and rounder than today's, in 1877 the Gilbert family started to export
the balls internationally with this ledger detailing the first shipment to Australia.
The museum, which is free to enter has the history of the game and details how the balls
were manufactured and how the game has progressed throughout the centuries.
There's lots of memorabilia and cups and medals on show here.
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The town itself is relatively compact but right up by the canal spans a wide range of
supermarkets and shops, which are ideal to stock up on supplies.
The town has a certain feel of grandeur and we had no issues mooring here.
Next time we travel down to Hillmorton Locks where the temperature starts to plummet and
the canal freezes over.
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Until next time, see ya later.