hello welcome to another boat-moving vlog with I crank it crew member Lou so
for this vlog we're back in the northeast of England starting in Keadby in
Lincolnshire and onto the end of the Stainforth and Keadby canal which is
in South Yorkshire
a part of the country I'm very familiar with having taken my boat
through there about nine months ago...
I'm just trying to walk Maeve - unsuccessfully - I think she's pining for
Lou Yeah so this is crank it crew member Lou and her dog Maeve who everybody loves
she's a lurcher and she's got a really cool little name badge now which has
the name of the boat on it - Octomistic - brilliant
here we are in Keady, there
are some really interesting boats here and also there's also a canal and River Trust
office where you can buy all these items let's go inside if you watched the last
vlog - which I know you have - because you're watching every single one?! You haven't? Oh well
on the last vlog this was our problem - the water cooling system and this radiator cap
perhaps it wasn't on tight enough - I think it was on tight enough - but the pressure
had built up and we started losing water there - so taking this off ... I've got a
theory about why this isn't working... look at that so you've got some waters
from the last time The engine is completely cold, I'm just
removing it slowly as it says on the cap
Whilel I fiddle about trying to get the cap off I'll explain a bit more - so the
waters expanding as it heats up (basic science) and it should be going up into
this expansion tank and then returning once it cools down - well it's not doing
that and I think it's because there's this spring-loaded seal which seems to
stop the water returning to the main tank as it cools
so I don't think that's
the right cap
but please I need experts
- even armchair experts - let me know what
you think!
inside Lou's boat we decided to have a cup of tea before setting off
and also discuss what Lou's plans for the boat because it looks like it's
all done up now and all ready to go but she wants to put her own mark on it
and I fully understand that
someone asked me a question about this thing
here what is it what's under this pot here I think it's time to reveal so this
it's supposed to be covering what was an exhaust pipe I think from an older
engine that goes up for a roof
underneath this now is another one... oh
Well yeah this is just basically a rain cover it's good for the stove at the front
actually so we might put it on if it chucks it down
today we're going to go
through roughly five swing bridges one lift bridge and the Vazon Sliding
Railway Bridge that, if you've watched my vlogs before, you'll know that I love
it's the only one in the world so let's try and get some good footage this time
right yes the first thing we had to do was alert the signal guard to our
presence so as there's a bloke in the box there as that train goes past he's
just making sure there's enough time between the time in which the trains
cross that he can actually open this bridge and there it is sliding across
there's not much history available online about this bridge but from what I
found anyway it's just it's just a completely unique bridge there aren't
any others like this one and it basically slides across so it doesn't
lift out of the way, it doesn't pivot on its hinge - it just literally slides so
its side by side when you go past it I mean just look at it there...
There's four tracks when you'd normally expect to see just two
this is a Lou's first swing bridge isn't it? Lou: It is... [applause sound effect]
Not that bad is it! Easy. -Easy with two anyway
if you want to see a video about what it's like to do
swing bridges on your own you know I've done plenty of them the one for this
stretch of water is the one that has the thumbnail about it being too cold to
live on a narrow boat - is it cold living on a narrowboat - that one
That's got this stretch of water on it and plenty of me tackling swing bridges
on my own
just remembered I forgot to say last time I did this stretch of water couple
of swinging bridges you have to go through like
the Vazon sliding railway bridge, there's some signal boxes and you
actually work with those people, the railway staff, to close down the road as
you go through the swing bridge
So Lou how did you find that sweet bridge? - I'm filming by the way!!
It was okay! I did it in the wrong order so the woman was like you need to
go and shut that gate!
Well yeah every one is different every bridge is
so different Lou:Yeah it's good for me to do it, to learn, if I'm on my own
right we're actually in Yorkshire now we started the journey in Lincolnshire
we're now in Yorkshire - drinking Yorkshire Tea
Out of a Narrowboat Experience mug? What's
going on there?!
Other YouTube channels are allowed and encouraged erm but yeah
Ey up! Yorkshire
it's funny because I remember saying at this very point in my journey last time
that I would be back- and here I am! Back in Yorkshire!
[In terrible Yorkshire accent] I never left... I never left
Well this swing bridge seems to be open for some reason? Well, we're not complaining! There's
no one around so I suspect it's broken... [Evil laugh]
at Thorne there are some services so you could empty all your bins and fill up
with water and sort stuff out so Lou had a really good old clear out and
threw out some junk, tightened up the front cratch area ready for the new
cratch cover - which will appear in the next video
operating electric locks like this one it's very very simple you put your key
in follow the instructions press a few buttons and you're through! But of course
each lock is slightly different...
I mean this one has a swing bridge right by it
and you can't even open it until the
water is at the same level / you've got the boat to the top of the lock
this is us the other side once the bridge is closed again - yeah, some people
were in a bit of a rush weren't they....
How was that swing bridge?
Lou: Good... I was trying to remember everything
Those blokes were keen to get over it weren't they!
I got asked once by someone who was a wheelchair
user saying how do I actually get a go on a narrowboat, how
do I get a trip on a narrowboat - well this is one of the options; this boat
over here is 'Ethel' from the Ethel trust and yeah I've seen plenty of day trips go
out there with people of all abilities really so if you don't have a boat and
you live in South Yorkshire then I think that's a great opportunity
we've just been past Staniland marina where I had those problems and I managed
to see a couple of people that I knew and it was just it was great because I
thought there was a bad feeling left over from the video I did because I did try
to address a lot of the problems we were having and I hadn't heard anything since
then so I was thinking 'are they are they annoyed at me?' well there they were all
right - in fact they wanted us to stay and have a drink
Lou: Which is a shame!
We could have stopped
there but I said to Lou I don't want you to moor up
and then suffer some kind of curse with problems so you have to stay longer
than you need to so but you know we've got some extra time now so we're going to
try and make it to the end of the Stainforth and Keadby canal anyway
We do need to get to Sheffield...
so half a mile from the end of this 15 mile long navigation is this simply
beautiful little stop I don't know if you can moor there that long or if you'd
want to moor there that long but it's got toilet shower facilities, quality
walks - and it's just GLORIOUS!!
[Narrator cuts in on self] Oh shut up! Here we are... [laughing] it's been a long day! This has been ten
hours of cruising for Lou and I here at Bramwith Lock which is a staircase
lock so you go into one and it backs immediately on to the next one
The interesting thing about this one though was that we were using these really rusty old
winches to close the gates you can see the chain that's attached there but
[cheesy advertiser voice] THAT'S WHY I USE 3-1MULTI-PURPOSE OIL
actually I do use this
on every single lock that gives me trouble
if it squeaks I'm spraying it on there! [laughs]
[Disclaimer] do not use this as a personal hygiene product
now we were so tired by end of this day we just wanted to go for a beer and
a local pub but we had quite a walk to get there
about that 30 minutes walk I think and when we got there - well I was
faced with this in the urinals!! I wonder what what one you would have
stood at?! Yeah let me know in the comments?!!
[theme] IT WAS NOT... PUB OF THE WEEEEEEEEEK
This is the end of the Stainforth and Keadby canal so we're gonna have to
leave you now and see you again next time I hope you enjoyed this little trip
goodbye and the next time we see Lou it's gonna be in Rotherham - we're going
from Rotherham to Sheffield that'll be the last at this series but if you want
to find out more about Lou she's got an Instagram you can check that out and
also if you want to join the crank it crew and support these vlogs because I
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help me out that would be great okay thanks bye!