I've had a lovely stay in Brighouse - it's been one of those places where I don't
really want to leave I'd rather stay here for a week maybe two. We've got five locks
to do tonight before we get to the next mooring spot and also it's gonna be an
absolute scorcher tomorrow so got to find some shade... but yeah love being here
it's been a really peaceful moring and I've managed to get some laundry done
and also some painting as well! So yeah, I've made the most of my time here, I
think I could stay longer — but gotta crank it!
Well yeah don't drop 'em!! Holly and Rory and their friend Tom have arrived and we're ready to go
just got to put the beers in the fridge — my fridge — cuz they haven't got one!
just going past the UK's highest man-made outdoor climbing wall - bloody massive it is!
and it's next to a cracking bar over here
[Responding to people in the beer garden] Ha ha oi oi!
"CRANK IT!!!"
Holly! This is the last leg of your journey - how are you feeling?
Great yeah, excited to be back but not happy about
having to do all the shit inside!!
We're at a place called Salterhebble now, inbetween two locks, and there's a third one
right up there so I can see the people I saw earlier on at the top of the lock
there are visitor morrings here so you could stay for 48 hours
and also there are permanent moorings as well just in this little pound
this place, Salterhebble, very beautiful setting -
but it's good job you ain't got 'smellivision' because it stinks
Why does it smell so much Holly?
sewage works!
made it to the last lock before
Sowerby Bridge where i have to start the next episode
but before then i wanna explore
another part of this canal which is the
Halifax arm and the canal did go all the way to Halifax so we're just gonna see how
far it goes along this way - apparently it's only about five minutes but worth it, always worth it
well there's more moorings here than I've seen anywhere in the local area
quite a good well-kept secret I think
I'm not sure if you can go through that lock
looks like a dry dock so you could ride up so you could take the water out and allow
you room to go and paint the bottom of your boat pretty sure I have to
turn around in a minute it's not very long
right here we are at the end - it used to go on through there to Halifax but this as far as you can get
there's a McDonalds over there, there's a garage there's a hotel it's a nice place to moor up and
get some stuff done - anyway I've got to turn around and go back
so that was the Halifax arm - very short but worth it
you've got to tick these things off haven't you
right coming to the end of the calder and hebble now and I just wanted to share
my thoughts I think it's a great canal, unique - you know, using that
spike to open the paddles was a thing I've never thought I'd have to do and I
think mooring is good you know there's a lot of options for that and places where
you could stay a bit longer permanent moorings theres a boat yard or two
I think it's a good canal like worth definitely worth worth
checking out it's not just a link it's definitely got its own attractions
and sights - and pubs! And I was really surprised by places like Brighouse which I'd
previously been to by train and by car and I hadn't thought a lot of until I'd
actually explored it by canal so that just goes to show the different angle you
have when you travel to somewhere in a different way
so if I parachute it next time be a completely different story again
bungee jump in from a Red Bull byplane
now the question is can we actually find a mooring - it's a popular spot in Sowerby Bridge
well I've made it to sowerby bridge more importantly I've got Holly here as well
wel, I helped out a little bit but mostly just sharing the locks to save me having
to go through my own but yeah it's just great to see that she's gotten to her
destination finally - traveling all the way from Lancashire to get here
now I've just got to find a pub of the week!
[newsreader voice] This is Sowerby Bridge...
THIS is Sowerby bridge...
THIS is Sowerby Bridge!
That's Sow-erby bridge there and THIS is Pub of the Week
[Pub of the Week theme tune]
The Blind Pig is definitely more of a bar than it is a pub you've got a
jukebox but no pool table as far as I could see and you've got real ales but
you've also got people doing a few shots as well - there's also not many
places to sit downstairs there are a few little tables around but
mostly people are expected to just er well I think they get so busy that everyone
just stands in the end anyway or has a little bit of a boogie! I wasn't here for
that long but enough to get absolutely... er... ready to go home
just like the wonderful
people that I met that night
I was so 'ready to go home' from the Blind Pig that
I decided I wanted some food so I went to this place across the road called
Dario's pizza and this guy was just making handmade made to order pizzas
were just absolutely delicious can definitely recommend this place
Joining the crank it crew this time are Chris and Shell - these are a couple from
Cheshire who run a YouTube channel called 'Chris and Shell' and you'll find
them if you Google around on YouTube and yeah managed to have a nice little pint with
them for the day alongside Fran and rich from Floating our Boat
and that's it
I just want to say a quick thank you to Holly's dad who made this incredible
replacement for my Calder and Hebble spike - we actually broke one whilst
going through the locks so thank you sir, still in good use today even as a
bookshelf for my sad lonely book there anyway
thanks for watching keep on cranking it and I'll see you next time