goodafternoon sir
maybe you could come along with us because we plan to do a lot of pootling
yeah so today we are going to go down the Wendover Arm
people may remeber we have previously visited the Wendover Arm
but that was on foot
and a bit that was disused we do like our disused canals
we do
so we are going to go down the Wendover Arm and we're just going to moore up I think
for however long we want
that's the good thing about moving your boat you can recharge everything we have the electric toothbrush
on recharge
and
our batteries are full
we've got the solar
the weather is great
so um yeah all good on that front
and we've not been down the Wendover Arm so I'm actually quite excited
I love the Ailsbury Arm
I could spend two weeks down the Ailsbury Arm and just do nothing
just like everywhere
so I'm going to see how many days I can get down the Wendover Arm
before Kath gets itchy feet because she gets really frustrared if we're not moving
because she like driving the boat
she's really cross right now
because I'm doing an awesome job
of driving us into the bushes
so I think traditionally we'll talk about the Wendover Arm a bit when we get there beacause we're still actually on
the Grand Union but we might try to tape the turn in for you as well
I think we did that on the first video but we might actually really turn into in this time
and then show you a little bit of footage and give you a bit of history of the Wendover Arm
some of which spoiler alert will be made up
shall I drive now?
yes
thats the Wendover Arm bridge behind us
and Kath did an excellent turn into
into the Winding Hole
into the Wendover Arm
and we are
I'm really glad that we came here because so pretty
I think your turn was superb
of course
but I said you know our motto if we can do it anyone can we couldn't have done that a year ago
probably not not as smoothly
I mean we still would've given it a go
and its just really lovely down here is it ok for nature to say oldy-worldy?
or is that just buildings?
its just nature at the moment
there not oldy-world nature feels like I am in the past
its just the countryside
yeah you are in the past before buldings were invented
somebody brought their 'tude to Wendover Arm
the one thing that I'm very wary of the Wendover Arm that I've read about and people has said
is that its quite shallow
yeah
so I'm just being very careful and taking it nice and slow
beacuse the other day we got um
stranded for about an hour
not stranded wedged
the boat was like this
whats that Kath?
what?
your question
how long is this arm?
well funny you should ask that it is one and a half miles of navagatable cana
when did you learn that?
I learnt it on the bridge there was a big sign
lock free I'm here to help sometimes
do you have any other questions for me?
would you like to have a drive down this one and a half miles?
there is a boat in front of us believe it or not
so we are taking it slow
ahh!
the boat in front of us is a day-hire boat you can hire it from cowroast mariner
for the day as the name implies
this is where I sit to fall in
do you know who recommended the Wendover Arm?
NBH do you remember NBH?
he didn't recommend the Wendover Arm
I think he said he'd done the Wendover Arm
yeah but he said he did the Ailsbury Arm
or he wanted to do the Ailsbury arm
he said something
you just wanted to mention him
I did I love mentioning him
yeah it will be lovely once they open it up
yeah
so when it joins the Ailsbury Arm or something
its not going to join the Ailsbury Arm
its going to be a longer section of arm to Wendover hence the name
and balence is restored to the universe
I had to give the driving back to Kath because we have encountered a boat
and she gets really nervious if I drive past the boats
oh theres a lock
not there shouldn't be a lock
such a joker
theres not many canal jokes you can do is there
I don't know if theres a lock count as a joke
it does go up I think theres a bridge
the water cant go up
no the towpath goes up
oh
thats a bit voyeuristic what do you call it when you look into other people houses?
gongoozling (I had to look that up)
I wonder how much they paid for thier house honey
I dunno how much does a house go for these days?
I wonder where thay got it from
not Wilton thats for sure
so we just passed that boat that was hilarious
its very narrow here
lets see how well you do mooring up
her nemisis
say when
now?
Wallie want a stick?
Alice
its been several weeks can she fetch yet?
fetch!
oh
fetch Moomy fetch
so we've moored up and its lovely and we've done some DIY and the cats have played and
done some painting
and now its just rediculously quiet
except for some plane overhead
but we kinda have the Wendover Arm all to ourselves its a 48hour mooring
yeah so we'll yeah
so we'll have to scootle off in 48 hours I'm not 100% sure how they police it
but we will be law abiding
even though I would stay here for quite a long time it is beautiful
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