Derek R.

Saw the name Boog above a gable end. Didn't know it was a brewery. Yes, It's not obvious what the canalside building was used for, but the arched double doors look to lead beneath the road and presumably into the tall building behind, suggesting a transhipment point between canal and road, though most likely from brewery to both methods of transportation, though I'm guilty of conjecture there! I wonder if it was ever a bar/restaurant wharfside. Maybe just a warehouse. There appears to be a pair of rails or beams on the wharf beside the barrels in the B & W shot. These could have been used to load barrels and kegs onto boats.

Not much doubt about that. It's been 'tarted up' a bit. Think I prefer the sixties version. According to Google maps, the premises is now a psychotherapy practice! Vollersbrug. https://tinyurl.com/4yxxvfdw Edited to add: There were several cover versions done. One by Brian Houston of Belfast, and H & W's yard is glimpsed in the filming. Quite an interesting video in itself. https://tinyurl.com/3aazp2vb

In the comments below the You Tube video, someone writes it is in Utrecht, Netherlands. Good luck in searching for it - there's lots of bridges over the canals there. The style of metal kegs and the white painted stakes are a clue that it's not in England.

Good work Courty! Long way to go, but history being re-instated.

Very nice! Got radar too. Not a great deal of spec though. £10k to buy - £40k to recommission? I'm guessing 12' beam. It's gorgeous. Pop across the Channel, France, Belgium & Holland. Beautiful aft cabin.

A pure white house with minimalistic furniture and no pictures. (Not a quote, just a thought). Sounds like some form of Hell. Our house has no more wall space for many pictures we own, and memorabilia to suit (dust collects). But a cabin where everything is within arms reach is a very different beast. You have to be tidy, and possessions few. Having said that - it is surprising just how much 'stuff' does accumulate in a boat. If one is "passionate" about canals, why should that not include working practices with boat handling and ropework? Because excluding such things allows them to be lost to future (and current) generations. A tidy hearth equates to a tidy mind. Maybe I'm just too 'Old School'. My desk is cluttered. There are notes and documents along with books within reach, and within the drawers are a myriad of 'stuff'. But the bed is always 'made', and the washing up is always done, dried and shelved before 'settling down' for an evening. Untidiness can lead to depression. I'll wager Mr. Court's van has everything in its place? And Mr Marshall's bookshelf behind him looks suitably well ordered! 😉

Robbie comes over as affable and innocently charming. And a little naive, but I've had life knock me about a lot more than he has, being nearly twice his age. White shirt suit and tie? Who suggested that? I wasn't expecting Cliff Michelmore or Fyfe Robertson. And I have yet to see an image of him without a beard, albeit somewhat 'light'. His looking for the BBC building in Nottingham - Come on! It was there in the background! I spotted it straight away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDZ66zOaAgw He's alright, but the boat roof is over cluttered as are so many nowadays. We lived with nothing on the roof save pigeon box and chimneys - brass polished! In the opening shots of this video, there can clearly be seen dishevelment in the far sleeping area. Yes, this is nit-picking, but as a child I had been taught to make my bed after getting up, and even today I will not leave any area of my home unkempt, the bed being the first place to be 'made' before leaving the bedroom. Same on the boat. Personally I would never have shown the inside of a cabin unless spic and span. Boat maintenace? It failed its CoC at Staniland did it not? His style may be 'successful' - but to whom? A generation born long after mine I think, and therein lay 'my' problem - I'm an old git, and fussy with it. My school reports in the main stated for most subjects: "Must try harder". I did - once I left school. Wigan 1983, around the time Robbie was born. Some timber on the roof behind the water tank, tidy. Last boat - 'Old School'

There are many alternatives to the BBC if one wants to seek news from local areas or around the world, and there are many ways of discovering what is being reported (or not) by the BBC. Conspiracy 'theories' as they are so often called, mostly turn out to become genuine conspiracies through the course of time, but in the interim, they are labelled theories and supplied by "nutjobs", so called usually by the less well enlightened and those who have 'chosen their cloth' regardless of the cut. Window shop, change the tailor, broaden the mind. Back on topic (remember the topic?), the young gentleman would do better to keep his boat, and his person in better fettle. He has an ability to films and edit, which is more than I can do, but the delivery and presentation should be more concentrated on the surroundings, their history, and general good boating practice. All too often do we get to see more of the camera wielder than 'where' he is. This is a common trait amongst amateur 'vloggers'. It's all well and good during interviews, but rabbiting on about something that irks, with a lens full of 'face' (and he's not alone in this) can put people off. A classic piece of really good filming without any speech, is Mike Askin showing the starting procedure of his JP2 some time back, short and brilliant. Or Roger Barnes in his dinghy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbPgP6wIF44&t=107s

I see 'judgement' has been declared - and I am the 'outcast'. So be it.

From a discussion over 'Canal Boat Diaries' and the drift across to TV licencing/BBC content and subscription channels, some may be interested in 'alternative' news articles. There is a list as long as your arm and I will not take up space here with that, but take a look at 'Not On The BEEB' https://www.notonthebeeb.co.uk/?page=4 - and yes, they sell stuff too. One item I would highly recommend is Celtic Sea salt. But you can read about that for yourselves.

"Mains" usually means the socket from which is drawn electricity from the National Grid. Device batteries - or boat batteries? It's all down to the wording, and how it gets translated, and who is translating it, and for what reason. Also: WHO was the author of the text in the first place! If you are watching 'live stream' on your mobile which is drawing current from the boats 'internal' batteries, then I would consider that meets the requirements of NOT being connected/plugged into the 'Mains'. This is not legal advice, just applied logic.

https://www.gov.uk/find-licences/tv-licence Quote: "You need a TV Licence if you: watch or record live TV on any channel or service use BBC iPlayer You may be able to get a free or discounted TV Licence if you’re 75 or over and get Pension Credit, or if you’re blind or in residential care. You do not need a TV Licence to watch: streaming services like Netflix and Disney Plus on-demand TV through services like All 4 and Amazon Prime Video videos on websites like YouTube videos or DVDs " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The licence will be registered at a home address with post code. From Martin Lewis's website, section 14: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/broadband-and-tv/tv-licence/#needtoknow-14 Quote: "Your licence doesn't just cover you watching TV at home, but also watching or recording shows as they're being broadcast on TV or using BBC iPlayer, on any of these devices: Computers, including laptops and tablets Mobile phones Games consoles Digital boxes, including Freeview, Sky and Virgin Blu-ray, DVD and VHS recorders As long as the address where you live is licensed, you're also covered to watch TV outside your home using any device powered solely by its own internal batteries and not connected to an aerial or plugged into the mains. This includes your mobile phone, laptop and tablet. " [my emphasis] End quote. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's the catch: powered solely by its own internal batteries and not connected to an aerial or plugged into the mains. Bottom line? They are after your money, By hook or by crook. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back on OP topic: I watched two of Robbie Cumming's YT videos yesterday. One of his compromised 'goings on' at Staniland Marina, where he had 90litres of diesel nicked off the wharfside and CoC issues; and the other where he ran aground on the Aire(?), with a rescue performed by S. Yorkshire Fire & Rescue which went into the hours of darkness. Running aground on any river is fraught with problems but cutting corners on bends is asking for trouble. I once ran aground with the big Dutchman partially due to bad advice from the stand-by lock keeper at Shepperton. We were going downstream on the Thames and intending to take Desborough Cut, when lockie said we wouldn't get under the bridges that crossed the 'Cut'. I doubted this, but after asking if the Halliford Bends were deep enough (we drew 5'), he said we would be fine. Leaving the lock we kept D'oyley Carte Island on the right, and began turning into the first left hand bend. All well with the bow centre stream until half way round and the bow touched bottom. Going astern had no effect against the stream which pushed the back end aground in the opposite shallows where we came to a dead stop athwart the stream. On the VHF I called for assistance from Thames Conservancy, and within the space of an hour there arrived two Conservancy launches and one Police boat. All three tied side by side and with towing capstains set up, they opened up the Thornycrofts and we lost sight of them in the smoke! They dragged us stern first back into the main channel effortlessly (the crews quite enjoyed the experience) and after we got into the 'Cut', details were taken. I think the stand-by lockie must have received 'words', and no further action was taken. Journey resumed. Had we actually contunued around Halliford Bends there could have been further issues with many small boats that are moored in the channel, and maybe more disaster created.

I think this has been established.

It's described in the links. Anything on bbci player needs a licence.

Apart from the age qualification and that of any 'support/benefits' received, a licence is only needed when watching live broadcasts from BBC; ITV; or any other channel - if LIVE, or BBCi player. No need for a 'Spanish Inquisition' on here. Gov. details here: https://www.gov.uk/find-licences/tv-licence Alternative details here: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/broadband-and-tv/tv-licence/ There some anomalies between the above links: People in hotels (according to Gov.) do not need individual licences in their rooms if no more than 15 rooms are involved. Martin Lewis's Moneysaving website with regard to his 'section 8', and which relates to students, does get a little complicated. If you do not watch ANY live broadcasts from any channel, you do not need a licence. If you are watching a recorded broadcast which was live 5 minutes ago - you do not need a licence to watch the recorded version. With the available alternative news channels; blogs and whatever, there is ample opportunity to be kept up to date on the morass of information being broadcast and recorded around the world, without it turning into a dogs dinner. There are many choices.

If it was, it would probably work better than mine does from time to time! It may have been at the Black Country Museum where I saw for sale model steam locos carved from large lumps of coal. Very impressive. Good work Ray.

@Ray T at first glance I thought those two were sculpted from a real lump of coal! They look great.

Pension Credit: I do not qualify, though I draw state pension at 77yrs of age. And despite government statements (from various MP's) that pensioners get between £11,000 to £13,500pa, having paid in fully all my life (with a smidging extra per week for having been in the building trad for a year or so, I think it's boosted by £7 per week), my annual state pension is £9,750. So where's the extra going? Because I'm not seeing it. But pension credit; It's not just age. they take into account all income. and if you have savings over £10,000, then for each £500 over £10k, a deemed income of £1 per week is added which can add up. Coupled to which, I am now kissing goodbye to Winter Fuel payment. It was only a fraction of the real winter fuel costs, but it did help out.

Thank you! I thought I had posted a reply, but it has disappeared. Maybe I didn't press SAVE! No plans, no blue prints. But having lived in a back cabin and perused many photos, you get a 'feel' for what is 'right'. Just over 30yrs ago I knocked this up for our daughter when she entered primary school for a show and tell. It's crude, but was well received.

LEEDS MAGNETIC C.1983 or 1988 in Leeds. Can't be sure of which year.

Birdsong is heard, as are chainsaws (one being my own!). And as the 'estate' has regular clay pigeon shoots - shotguns a plenty, though I do not own any gun (save a rivet gun!), and my landlord has a collection of vintage tractors which come out for an airing now and then. But ignorance? No. There are a plethora of alternative channels to peruse, though one has to be very selective.

The BBC are the 'loud hailer' of the government in so many ways. They were the bastion of NEWS at one time, but no longer. They have been found to harbour certain characters of ill repute, their statue over the main entrance to Broadcasting House reflects this. But more importantly, their standing in the public eye has been exposed for what it currently is - Biased, and when not biased, it fails to report resulting in lies by ommission. But that may be just an opinion. I will not spend money on a 'licence fee' that neither represents or reports the world as it is, nor supplies even some of the excellent comedy series in 'repeats' that today's world would cry 'shame; disgusting; discrimination!' Therefore, I choose not to contribute - because I do not need to. I can watch the 'Two Ronnies', Alf Garnett and the like, elsewhere without forking out an extortionate fee, to which I object. The young man in question and his 'Canal Boat Diaries' can be viewed on You Tube. Or may be purchased from his website at a little over £30. I'll stick to the historic books lined up on my shelves, but thank you for the comment. I reject 'their rules', as I reject their demands for obtaining a 'licence'. Entering false information is opening one up to possible investigation and possible prosecution. As I neither want or need one, I will not give them that opportunity. The infamous 'detector vans' were a scam, but the database held is periodically run through a computer, and 'letters' sent at two year periods. I have had any number, some were returned with an explanation as to why I did not need one, some get burnt.

Thanks, but my ad-blocker gets in the way it seems.

Dave, I'm gutted . . . I Made it for a window display in the local bakery. Mostly knocked up over a fortnight from scrap cardboard. Yes the proportions are rubbish, but guesswork lent a hand!

Oh! I've found him. The Wendover arm guy. BBCiplayer requires a TV licence. Pass.