BLISWORTH ARM WINDING HOLE,GAYTON MARINA ONTO GRAND UNION NORTH (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE)
Take a journey down the Blisworth Arm from Rothershorpe lockhouse down past Gayton Marina and onto the Grand Union north
Walking & Flying Around Gayton Marina
Sometimes you don't realise what's right on your doorstep and it was only due to subscribing to OS Maps that I discovered a circular walk from the Marina up towards Rothersthorpe and back down to the Grand Union Canal.
I like discovering new things around the canal and this 3 mile walk was really quite nice and actually quite challenging in places due to tough undergrowth - this is a route that does not seem to be used very often!
This was also an opportunity to have a play with my GoPro Karma drone so after checking my app from UK air traffic control to see if I am safe to fly in this area (it was) I thought it would be cool to actually get some footage of our home berth as well as flying it towards our friends aboard Pride of Nuffield out in the stretch by Gayton Junction.
Hope you enjoy the footage and would appreciate any new subscribers to this channel as it does encourage us to make more videos of our life aboard Hannah the Narrowboat.
Criminal Pollution at Gayton Junction
In the early hours of Saturday morning (6th June 2015) criminals tried to tap in to the fuel pipes at Bridge 2 on the Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal at Gayton Junction resulting in thousands of gallons of kerosene leaking directly into the canal. The arm was closed at approximately 4.30am and will remain closed until the clean up is complete. Many private boats and some of Gayton Marina's hire fleet have been left stranded out on the canal.
142. Is this a ghostly encounter in Blisworth Tunnel in my canal narrowboat..?
In this video I take my narrowboat on the Grand Union canal from near Gayton Junction to Stoke Bruerne, via Blisworth - and Blisworth tunnel - all 3,075 yards of it. Weirdly, as I went through, there was a bit of an unsettling ghostly apparition...
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Back to Base - Home Berth Gayton Marina
Unfortunately we decided that we should head back to our home mooring as the temperatures were forecast to plummet for the next few days meaning a high probability of the canal freezing over again and the good lady of the boat has to go and cut some hair on Friday! We have had a lovely time with Martin and Sarah from Narrowboat Pride of Nuffield who are heading off to to the Llangollen Canal but on the bright side we had a lovely little cruise back to the marina at Gayton.
Once back in our berth we did not want to just sit on the boat so decided to drive to Sixfields in Northampton to have a walk along the upper Northampton Arm of the GU and River Nene at Upton Park, walking off tonights rum!
A liitle stroll through historic Gayton in Northampton
Launch of NB ELESHANNE on Tuesday 18th October 2016!
Launch of NB ELESHANNE on Tuesday 18th October 2016 at Aqueduct Marina, Church Minshull. Supporting Anne's Wish and Muscular Dystrophy UK.
Blisworth Marina Party 2014
Fun in the sun at Blisworth Marina
How Blisworth Tunnel Was Built
How Blisworth Tunnel Was Built FINAL 2
Hiplerton Marina - May 2009
This is a very brief video of Hilperton Marina in Wiltshire
Warsteiner at The Wharf Bugbrooke
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Blisworth Tunnel Trip
Not for the claustrophobic
S3. EP 39 - When things go BANG!!!!
In this episode our journey becomes delayed and we get stuck in a Marina for 6 weeks.
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Grand Union Canal: Blisworth towards Northampton
Kayaking a short stretch of Grand Union canal in Northamptonshire
Good morning from Gayton Northampton
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The Grand Adventure 2016
An entertaining and often funny look at our journey chugging along the Grand Union Canal aboard Hannah the Narrowboat with our friends Martin and Sarah aboard their own boat Pride of Nuffield. We travelled from Gayton Marina in Northamptonshire through the Blisworth Tunnel, which is one of the longest in the UK and through Stock Bruerne, Cosgrove, Milton Keynes and on to Leighton Buzzard before turning around and heading back to Gayton Marina. We really do take life slowly on our canal journeys preferring to stop at any spot we feel like rather than pile in the miles! You could probably do this journey in under a week if you wanted but that's not the way we do things. This light hearted film takes a look at where we went and what we got up to, including a spot of Pokémon hunting!
canaltrip
July 2012,
Family & Friends holiday up the Grand Union Canal on three longboats.
Calcutt Boats Marina, Warwickshire
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Little Boat on the Grand Union Canal
Coming out of a lock