Union Canal - Edinburgh
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Edinburgh Canal Festival 2017
Edinburgh Canal Festival 2017
Edinburgh Canal Festival 2017
Edinburgh canal festival 2017
Falkirk to Edinburgh Canal Boating (20x timelapse)
Timelapse video of our entire canal boat trip from Falkirk to Edinburgh and back, including rides on the Falkirk Wheel. Sorry about the butt-shots...I occasionally forgot about the GoPro and stood in front of it.
Highlights:
00:01:09 - Up the wheel.
00:03:45 - Up the locks.
00:06:29 - Through a tunnel (bonus kayakers after the tunnel).
00:09:08 - Stopping for groceries.
00:12:57 - First night parking (bonus feeding ducks/geese).
00:13:56 - Aqueduct.
00:15:57 - Bridge with more kayakers.
00:16:36 - Tying up in Linlithgow to get water and feed the ducks (also a great place to get a beer).
00:18:01 - If you get out early on your first day and are willing to go into dusk, you can probably make it to this mooring in Linlithgow for the night. But it's a trudge, which is probably why that first night parking cove exists.
00:19:55 - Canal bistro (The Park Bistro We didn't stop. It's on the left.
00:21:25 - Passing another boat coming the opposite direction. Because people have asked. There's plenty of room in most parts.
00:23:44 - Surreal trees, a bridge, clouds mirrored in the canal.
00:24:55 - An example of mooring to the bank in an unofficial spot, using the plank and stakes (Winchburgh--also a good place for a beer, but everyone at the bar will noticeably notice that y'aint from 'round here...or however the Scottish spell that).
00:28:16 - Passing a canal dredger (mildly interesting, if you're into that).
00:29:39 - Aqueduct and overnight mooring point.
00:31:41 - Creepy Santa's Castle on an Island. We were horrified and intrigued enough to actually stop, back up and circle around the island.
00:32:37 - I jump out and walk along the towpath. It's such an amazing resource. You can easily hop off, walk, and hop back on at any bridge where the canal necks down.
00:33:43 - I hop back on and then we have to wait for the old people's tea boat to turn around.
00:37:52 - Aqueduct over a freeway. Juxtaposition. (see for another view of the crossing).
00:39:14 - Starting to get urban as we head into Edinburgh.
00:45:11 - Ending in Edinburgh, with lift-bridge. You call ahead to get them to lift it for you.
00:45:49 - Turning around in Edinburgh (after a day or so of beers, notice we bounce a bit as we turn around) to head home.
00:46:20 - Stopping for water and waiting for the lift-bridge to leave Edinburgh.
00:50:01 - Oops! This is what happens when there's not enough room for boats to pass. We needed to back up and wait. What you can't tell from this silent timelapse is that, according with British Waterways rules (srsly, read the handbook before you go, it's simple stuff), we sound the horn at each bridge. Oncoming boats do the same, which is why we knew they were there.
01:00:41 - Stopping in Port Buchan, Broxburn to get attacked by swans while we try to get water (the boat hire will probably warn you not to stop here overnight because impish vandals will throw rocks at your boat).
01:10:14 - Getting water in Linlithgow (yeah, we bumped into that guy's boat. Oops).
01:10:59 - Don obsessively rocking as we refill our water in Linlithgow.
01:16:03 - WTF? Is that a boat sideways across the canal? A couple got stoned out of their gourds and got their boat stuck across the canal. I hopped out and un-stuck it for them. The woman tried to keep going and got a short ways but, in her shouted words, she cannae doo it, so I mooored them on the bank and we continued past them without further ado. For all I know, they might still be there.
01:22:41 - Back through the tunnel.
01:24:20 - Waiting for a boat to pass on our way down. The wind blew us into the bank and it took some effort to get going again.
01:25:53 - Down the locks.
01:28:16 - Down the wheel.
Vlog 005 - Living on a canal boat in Scotland
Vlog 005 is all about boat life... a break from farm chat.
I take a cruise along the Union Canal and discuss my favourite things about living afloat in Scotland, as well as briefly discussing some of the more challenging parts.
From the environment, freedom, wildlife and community, the best bits of boat life is what 005 is all about.
Our farm is a test site for community-owned canal boat moorings. You can find out more about our moorings project at communitymoorings.com
You can find out more about the canals of Scotland at scottishcanals.co.uk
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Edinburgh Canal Festival, on Live At Five
Pat Bowie, manager of Re-Union Canal Boats , talks to Live At Five about the history of Fountain Bridge's canal in Edinburgh and how her team is revitalising the use of the canal through festivals, races and other community activities. June 20th, 2016, on Live At Five.
Lots of different volunteering opportunities
We have lots of different things for volunteers to do.
Lochrin Belle meets Falkirk Tunnel
Could you go straight in a blizzard?
20030829b England and Scotland Narrowboat Alice
In August and September of 2003 my wife and I travelled to England and Scotland for three weeks. These videos document that trip which included a week on a narrowboat cruising the Trent and Mersey canal, a drive across Scotland to see the Falkirk Wheel, the Forth Rail Bridge, Edinburgh Castle, the Harrison clock at Brocklesby Park, Cambridge University, the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and a bit of London.
This is the narrowboat we rented for a week.
Edinburgh Canal Ice-Breaker
The Reunion Canal boat breaks the ice as it passes under the Leamington lift bridge in Edinburgh
Community Moorings Scotland - An introduction
Hear from the team behind community moorings and discover exactly what community moorings are, and why they are being created in Scotland.
Find out more and become a member at
Community Moorings Scotland is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered under charity number SC047877
a: Narrowboat Farm, Linlithgow, EH49 6QY
e: info@communitymoorings.com
t: 07866 776 640
Kayaking Union Canal
It's a beautiful day on the Union canal in Edinburgh.
Join me as I take you on a kayak trip on the water from the Bridge 8 Hub launch in Sighthill, Edinburgh to Broxburn.
Just one of the many outdoor activities you can do in and around Edinburgh.
Check out Bridge 8 Hub for all your watersport needs
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Travel Series: Falkirk wheel. Scotland . Full boat ride
ENG: The Falkirk Wheel sits between Edinburgh and Glasgow, in the southern parts of Scotland, and it's the world's only rotating boat lift. There's some very clever design going on here -- and some physics that goes all the way back to Ancient Greece.
The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The lift is named after Falkirk, the town in which it is located. It reconnects the two canals for the first time since the 1930s. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project.
The plan to regenerate central Scotland's canals and reconnect Glasgow with Edinburgh was led by British Waterways with support and funding from seven local authorities, the Scottish Enterprise Network, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Millennium Commission. Planners decided early on to create a dramatic 21st-century landmark structure to reconnect the canals, instead of simply recreating the historic lock flight.
The wheel raises boats by 24 metres (79 ft), but the Union Canal is still 11 metres (36 ft) higher than the aqueduct which meets the wheel. Boats must also pass through a pair of locks between the top of the wheel and the Union Canal. The Falkirk Wheel is the only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world, and one of two working boat lifts in the United Kingdom, the other being the Anderton Boat Lift.
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POL: Falkirk Wheel (pol. „diabelski młyn z Falkirk”) –nazwana od pobliskiej miejscowości Falkirk w centralnej Szkocji winda obrotowa o funkcji śluzy wielostopniowej lub pochylni, przypominającej zasadą działania „diabelski młyn”, służącej do pionowego transportu łodzi i innych jednostek pływających pomiędzy kanałem Forth and Clyde a kanałem Union. Falkirk Wheel usytuowane jest niedaleko Rough Castle Fort, a najbliżej położona miejscowość – Tamfourhill.
W dniu 22 maja 2002 roku królowa Elżbieta II otworzyła obiekt w trakcie obchodów Złotego Jubileuszu swego panowania. Otwarcie odbyło się z miesięcznym opóźnieniem, spowodowanym przedwczesnym otwarciem śluz przez wandali.
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Angry Boater live 2020
Angry Boater Comedy - Live 2020
What's it like to leave the land and ruin your life?
Deep Comedy from Shallow Waters.
Jan 2020 shows in Maldon Essex (Jan 24th) & Limehouse (Jan 30th)
Tickets from
No Skills, No Patience, A Childhood Dream and a Boat.
Now in its 5th year.
“Hugely Enjoyable Show.” – John Fleming ‘So It Goes’
“Compelling Storyteller.” – Reno Gazette Journal
Following a eureka moment in Hemel Hempstead, Joel Sanders bought a narrowboat and moved into Apsley Marina. Frozen water pipes, exploding toilet tanks and £600 monthly mooring fees …. finally he was living the dream.
Once again, his infatuation had overwhelmed him. It was irresponsible, spontaneous and, against the odds, it made him happy….. for a while.
The trouble with cutting out old stresses is that new ones soon come along.
Following a court appearance testifying against some locals who had been terrorising the marina, Joel fell out of love with Hemel Hempstead, untied his ropes and headed for London.
A thrilling adventure … for a while.
Conflicts with other boaters & local residents, archaic laws & traditions, overcrowding, the 7 deadly questions of boating, crime-sprees, lock-rage, pump-outs & wind chimes.
‘Angry Boater’ is a glorious adventure full of twists, turns & big laughs from a comedian who spent a decade working across the USA, appearing on shows with the likes of Robin Williams & Chris Rock …. followed by another decade in the UK, floating around on a canal boat.
Top notch entertainment for boat-lovers, boat-haters & anyone who loves a great story.
Now in its 5th year, this is the original, boatilicious show about what it’s really like to abandon the land for life on the water.
If you're curious about boats, this show is for you. If you've ever owned one, this show is about you.
RoseOfYorkshire Holidays 1998 Part 9
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Weston Point Dock to Salford Quays. We travel along the Manchester Ship Canal in a convoy of about 200 boats.
Forth and Clyde
A parade of barges to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the re opening of the Forth and Clyde canal,the barges are seen here leaving from Speirs Wharf in glasgow on the24 Sep 2011
Leisureboats in Sweden
A programme from swedish television about our leisureboats, mostly nice old boats made of wood, such as mahogany, teac etc.