Oxford Canal Narrow Boat Lock in Banbury (Oxfordshire, England)
Oxford Canal Narrowboat Lock in Banbury (Oxfordshire, England)
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A secret nuclear bunker | Through the Hedge #10 | Shrophshire Union Canal
Hidden through the hedge as you are travelling on the Shropshire Union Canal is a rare find - a secret nuclear bunker that is now open to the public. Come with us as we explore the Hack Green bunker.
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Escape to Britain's Canals
A celebration of Britain's historical past. A fun day out for all the family at Langley Mill, Derbyshire, once a major junction in the UK's waterway network... now a place to relax and enjoy all the canal and the surrounding area has to offer.
Shropshire Union Canal - Hurleston Junction to Nantwich
A two mile stroll along the Shropshire Union Canal (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) from Hurleston Junction (the junction with the Welsh Canal) and Nantwich.
This stretch, particularly from Nantwich Basin to the Nantwich Aqueduct, is effectively one huge, linear narrowboat park slowing down progress to a maximum of two miles per hour, or in our case with Blind Hannibal MacSlackbladder at the helm any glaciers in the area would have passed us with ease.
Empress Narrowboats based at Nantwich Basin have a couple of live webcams covering this stretch of the Shroppie and can be found at:
Nantwich itself is a good shopping centre and the road leading from the aqueduct to the town centre is lined with pubs all of which seem to do good value meals.
A full length version of this video can be found at:
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On the punt tour in Cambridge
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None of you have seen this video, I was in Cambridge back in 2010 during the summer holidays!
A punt is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water. Punting refers to boating in a punt. The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole. A punt should not be confused with a gondola, which is propelled by an oar rather than a pole.
Punts were originally built as cargo boats or platforms for fowling and angling, but in modern times their use is almost exclusively confined to pleasure trips.
The term punt has also been used to indicate a smaller version of a regional type of long shore working boat, for example the Deal Galley Punt. This derives from the wide usage in coastal communities of the name punt for any small clinker-built open-stem general purpose boat.
In Canada, the term punt can also refer to any small flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, regardless of purpose, building material, or propulsion source.
A traditional river punt differs from many other types of wooden boat in that it has no keel, stem, or sternpost. Instead, it is built rather like a ladder with the main structure being two side panels connected by a series of 4 in (10 cm) cross planks, known as treads, spaced about 1 foot (30 cm) apart.
The first punts are traditionally associated with the River Thames in England and were built as small cargo boats or platforms for fishermen. Pleasure punts -- specifically built for recreation -- became popular on the Thames between 1860 and 1880. Some other boats have a similar shape to a traditional punt -- for example the Optimist training dinghy or the air boats used in the Everglades -- but the most similar boat is the European Weidling a type that can be tracked back to celtic boats built more than 2,000 years ago.
Since a punt has no keel, it draws only a few inches even when fully laden; this makes it very manoeuvrable and suitable for shallow water. A punt can be punted with equal facility in either direction; this is handy in narrow streams where turning round may be difficult. The square-cut bow gives greater carrying capacity for a given length than a boat of the same beam with a narrow or pointed bow; it also makes the boat very stable, and suitable for passengers.
Punts are still made in England to supply the tourist trade in Oxford and Cambridge or for racing purposes. The construction material of choice for most punts is wood. Fibreglass is used for some very light and narrow racing punts. The sides, the ends (known as huffs), and the till are normally made of hardwood such as mahogany. The treads are often made from teak. The bottom is made of softwood and may be replaced several times during the life of a particular boat.
A traditional punt is about 24 feet (7.3 m) long and 3 feet (0.91 m) wide. The sides are about 18 inches (0.5 m) deep. Both the bow and the stern are cut square, with a long shallow swim; this is to say, the underside of the boat slopes very gently at the front and the back.
Both smaller and wider punts are made. Extra large and wide punts may be seen in Cambridge, where many are used as water-borne tourist vehicles. Single seater Thames punts were normally made only 2 feet (60 cm) wide, and somewhat shorter than a standard punt; very few of these are still afloat. Racing punts, which are still used by a few specialist clubs on the lower Thames, may be built even narrower. Thames punts have occasionally been adapted for other means of propulsion: including sails, tow-ropes, and paddle wheels. With the addition of iron hoops and canvas awnings, punts have also been used for camping.
Little Venice floating boat market, theatre boat, houseboats, boat and bridge cafes, W2 & W9
Little Venice is the meeting point between the Grand Union and Regent's Canals in the north-western area of Westminster City in Central London, UK.
More details of this video are below:
The Little Venice floating boat market starts at 0.14
Little Venice floating puppet theatre barge 1.26
Little Venice Canal houses and boat houses 2.02
Little Venice sports centre (1 of many in Maida Vale) 2.18
Maida Vale organic farm 2.27 (lots more info below this video)
Houseboats 3.01
Little Venice 'Cafe LaVille' bridge cafe-restaurant. 3.06
Little Venice 'Bridge House' theatre, cafe and bar 3.45
Clifton Villa's Plant Nursery 4.11
Little Venice 'Boat Cafe' and visitor information centre 4.19
Boat buses travel daily between Little Venice to Camden Lock via Regents Park and The London Zoo. 4. 32
Little Venice houses 4.38
Little Venice 'Waterway Restaurant' 5.01
Prince Alfred pub 5.15
Warrington arms pub 5.21
Little Venice Canal cavalcade 5.51
Merchant Square 6.03
Clifton Villa's Plant Nursery 6.53
'The Colonnade' town house hotel, Little Venice, 6.57
Little Venice houseboats 7.01
Boat cafe 7.10
Little Venice street houses 7.18
Little Venice in 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter pictures 9.00
Little Venice is a quiet and ambient part of Central-West London.
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*The Summerhouse is a very good restaurant along the canal with views over the canal, like with Cafe LaVille, the Boat Cafe and The Waterway Restaurant/Bar.
*Daniela's Lounge (good Italian food) and Idlewild bar and food are good places in the area.
*Lords Cricket Ground and the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) studios are closeby in Maida Vale.
*The American ambassadors residence is at Winfield House in Regents Park.
*The American college is in Maida Vale.
*Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes Museum is there), Marble Arch, Merchants Square, Bayswater (Whiteley's Shopping Centre is there), Regents Park and Hyde Park are closeby.
*There's plenty of choice of pubs, bars and places to eat around Merchant Square and Maida Vale too.
Travel.
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The West End and the centre of London is 10 minutes from Little Venice by tube from Warwick Avenue to Oxford Circus (6 stops to and from Oxford Circus in the heart of London on Oxford St., direct (no changes required) on the Bakerloo Line).
The Western side of Oxford Street is easy to walk to, straight down the Edgware Road to Marble Arch (approx. 30 minutes).
Nearest tubes are Warwick Avenue (Bakerloo line)and Paddington (Bakerloo, Circle and District tube lines).
Paddington has some of London's best national and international transport links.
Paddington is also a major national train station too, with direct train services to Heathrow International Airport in 15 minutes (Heathrow Express train).
Edgware Road and Harrow Road are nearby and have plenty of shops.
More videos of Little Venice in London are in my playlist folder below:
♪ Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op.27:2 Moonlight Sonata: Adagio Sostenuto (played by Finghin Collins)
♫ Franz Liszt's Liebestraum No.3 (Love Dream)
Photos of Shropshire
Fields, Nature, Snow, Morning, Forest
Wotz @ Berkhamsted Canal Walk, Hertfordshire, UK
The Grand Union Canal offers a touch of the past with a slow simple form of travel via its waterways. Just to stroll along the canal paths is most pleasing and stopping for afternoon cream tea at Berkhamsted is very pleasant.
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal - Pendeford Rockin'
The Autherley Narrows are,according to Pearson's, the most significant feature of this length is Pendeford Rockin' the old boatman's name for a shallow, but tellingly narrow cutting hewn by Brindley's navies through a solid belt of sandstone which breaks through the clay strata at this point. The cutting, half a mile or so long, restricts the channel to such a degree that you begin to wonder if you have taken a wrong turn. There are two passing places along the length and we were extremely pleased that we didn't have to use them.
Swanley Bridge Marina
Swanley Bridge Marina is a 315 berth marina. This pristine development is located on the beautiful Llangollen Canal just two miles from the junction of the Shropshire Union.
Our rural setting includes 10 acres of water and a seven acre wood, providing a spectacular environment to moor your boat. We are only two miles from the market town of Nantwich in Cheshire