hello i'm here in selby basin in north yorkshire but it's where I've just come
from that i need to tell you about because it's one of those things where it seems like
it's going to be a lot scarier than it is and i crashed on coming in through this lock so
i don't mind saying that because even if you do make a mistake on a tidal river it's okay
that's the point of this video it's okay! Then we're going to find a Pub of the Week afterwards
how about that right this is a map of the system where i am in north yorkshire we've got york there
and um yeah i've got selby which is where i am headed to in this video and the tidal stretch of
this river um obviously this is this the sea out this way kingston upon hull um and then you've got
the Ouse which goes all around there it's tidal all the way up to Naburn locks there
but on this trip i've started off at Naburn and i'm just coming in to try and take this turning
into a lock at Selby All the boats that are permanently moored on the far side
and then you've got the little tiny lock keepers hut
next to the lock house and the actual lock itself i've got to show you the river because
if you just look at it the way it's flowing can seem quite overwhelming it's currently running
yeah about four or five miles an hour probably so the same speed as a boat would be going
and it's all coming this way and it was when i actually attempted it coming into this lock and
i actually almost hit a hit one of the bridges in town as well so uh anyway let's cut to earlier on
with me coming up this tidal river to try and make my entrance into selby lock
see you after for a pint
here i am at the back of my boat on the tiller and i'm just trying to fix a little action camera
it's an insta360 go 2 it's a tiny little magnetic thing that's going to stick onto that pendant
that's around my neck using this i will be able to have my hands free because what i'm about to do
is quite tricky i need both hands i'm going to be going under some bridges really fast i'm going to
be taking a really sharp turning turning all the way around all this sort of thing trying to listen
out for instructions from the lock keeper and uh yeah so apologies if it's a bit disorientating
but at least you can see everything you can see i've got a vhf radio there i've got my stereo my
water apple and a coffee and that's just from the trip that i've had down from that direction which
is Naburn Locks its sunny over there but in selby we've got some dark clouds but we're almost at
the destination so i'm quite happy i'm just going with the flow the ebb as i should say so the river
here is we're going downstream out towards the sea essentially so the tide has dissipated the effects
of the tide has dissipated so we're just going with the flow normal flow of the river which is
quite enough anyway i'll let myself get on with the journey take you on a tour here here we go
a lot of ship building boat building history in selby it was really famous for it back in
the day but now all you just get a lot of quays/wharves like what i'm passing
where they aren't really i don't think they're really used maybe occasionally
yeah there's definitely not any boats being built here anymore
there's a lot of debris floating down the river as well watch out for the logs and all that
i'm going to choose the outside one i think for this
no i'm going to go in the middle right in the middle
a bit tricky though you can see?
ooh sh*t
nearly hit that that's a close one
the river is so... some kids waving... this river is so
um powerful you've got to give it full respect
for
his one I'm going to go on the outside
get up some speed for
this one Selby Swing bridge
serious piece of kit that
[large boats] have to ring ahead to open that one and then confirm it as well [using VHF]
it's quite nerve-wracking doing all this but i've done it once before
it's my second time
taking the boat uh into this lock which is almost upon us it's not far away
I'll just check on the map [OpenCanalMap app available on iPhone/Android]
i'm gonna turn around and tread water
hopefully i'll do it the right way
don't want to start turning too late or I will miss the lock
treading the water or you know fighting the current
can be really difficult especially on a boat that's only got 13.5
horsepower
right that's me turned round the lock's over
there
just gotta try and get it in there without getting caught in the flow
it's in neutral right now
going with the flow a little bit
it's just me going in today so plenty of room
which is helpful
i'm gritting my teeth now because I've missed it
yeah we're all right aren't we so yeah i've hit it with the end of my boat
not very clean entrance to the lock but here we
there's my mate greg all right greg i'll probably moor up here near you
yeah all right see you in a bit take it easy bud
and then comes the water
not a bad trip was it alright?
yeah it was pretty good actually yeah
started off quite slow with the flow but i guess that's because the change in tide
Jim: You were 2 and half hours that's about right
can take a lot longer to be honest
Jim: you get right up to Ripon?
yeah made it
Jim: it's not a bad area
oh it's beautiful and
'use it or lose it' sort of thing isn't it you know you use it or you lose it
Jim: it doesn't go anywhere there's no round trip everybody's
going to make a special trip to go out here really to get up there
and this puts people off doesn't it i think so yeah but you know i've just
stuffed up but i'm still alive i've still made it in i've seen people doing a lot more
you know it's just difficult it's just different because every day every tide is a different tide
right so and every boat's different you know somebody would have turned at that point and
got in and somebody would have been miles off I had somebody in the hedge there yesterday oh no well
they kept straightening up instead of keeping it turned yeah when i said put the power on
you took the turn off because he had a little wheel rather than a [tiller] but i always say if there's all
your pots? are intact then we're all right yeah and everybody's alright
with the boat nicely moored up in selby basin it's time to explore the town and that means only one thing...
just gonna take it easy
i mean you haven't been in the pub for a long time?
I haven't been in a pub for 5 years so cheers Robbie!
the three swans pub in selby is a classic town pub really um football on the tv fruit machine
and my achilles heel - the jukebox - which i just seem to spend a lot of money on! but it's it's chops man it's chops!
i'm going to edit this so it makes me look really good at pool
Greg: are you ready?
go on then greg!! [greg misses] YESSS
now this is a great choice for the week but there's some questionable items in the toilet
we're in gents toilets right now there's no toilet seat on that uh toilet so you're not
allowed to do any number twos in there which is fair enough I suppose and you've also got this machine yeah
it's great um you've got condoms yeah yeah um blue a blue pill you've got a blue pill
'to keep your pecker up' um you also have some 'inflatable fun' uh you've got guitar saxophone sheep
dragon i don't know what that is but um yeah so what a fun toilet?! um let's get out of here
that was pub of the week erm thanks to greg
great fun times in selby recommend it come here if you want to see a big church and a market
and some shops what else is in selby Greg: well there's shops
there's some shops - hang on I've just said that
Greg: there's a canal
There's a canal... so come to selby
and Pub of the Week