Canal Boat Diaries - Season 3 Episode 02- Barrowford to Bingley
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00:00I'm just setting off and I can still feel the moisture in the air we've had a lot of rainfall
00:13in fact we've had about this much rainfall I left this out a couple of nights back in there yeah
00:19it was full to the brim I'm just so excited to share with you some of the most dramatic
00:27scenery that this country has to offer certainly from the waterways on this leg of my journey I'm
00:43starting in Lancashire navigating the mile tunnel at Folridge stopping off in Barnoldswick then heading
00:52north to Gargrave and Skipton before taking on Bingley's five rise locks a wonder of the British
01:01waterways around 32 miles in all before all that I'm tackling a lock flight now to the casual bystander
01:12or gonguzla as we like to call them in the canal world it seems quite straightforward doesn't it
01:18just go in the log but actually there's a lot going on here I've got to watch out for slippery
01:25lock ladders heavy lock gates anti-vandal measures and tricky by washes that can come out of nowhere
01:34well I'm ready for this one it's always been a job keeping the Leeds and Liverpool canal topped up with water
02:00back in the 18th century engineers had the power to divert streams from up to five miles away but
02:14there was still the need to build reservoirs to feed the thirsty locks quite a fierce by wash coming up
02:24here water's chucking out of the front of this lock I think it's going to make it quite tricky to get in
02:29oh gosh
02:31it's going to angle it right no no it's going
02:35it's going
02:36ah
02:38no no no no
02:41no no no
02:43no no
02:44no no
02:45no no
02:47no
02:49no
02:50no
02:51no
02:52no
02:53just completely lost control of the boat as I was coming into the lock
03:00oh
03:02oh man
03:03what a man
03:04just come in the western portal of this mile-long tunnel
03:11I've been through loads of canal tunnels on my journeys it's like you're exploring a secret world
03:15that only boaters are allowed into and that is quite special
03:22my destination tonight is a mooring in Barnoldswick or as the locals call it Barlick and I'm hoping to catch a gear
03:29at a music tavern at a music tavern owned by a music tavern owned by a boater
03:36boater
03:43boater
03:54not being rude it's just the sound of my water pump here
04:01not being rude it's just the sound of my water pump here
04:08bilge pump for the shower
04:09boaring up in a place like Barlick
04:10great to explore but I'm not a tourist I'm looking for things to help run my household
04:15I need a laundrette I need a laundrette I need food, water, fuel, all that sort of stuff
04:30so I approach a new location in a different way to someone that's just come there for the weekend
05:00every now and then you get a lovely surprise
05:07built in 1947 to carry cargo
05:14Kennet is a river class Leeds and Liverpool canal short boat
05:19and is now a floating museum
05:23just so important to have them around on the waterways as a reminder of the past
05:35but also people's love for boats in general
05:43at Greenberfield I start my descent from the summit pound
05:47the highest point on the Leeds and Liverpool canal
05:52the quirky nature of these locks are what makes it so exciting to travel through them
05:59you just know everyone's going to have something different about it than the last one
06:03and in this case it's a whole new system almost
06:09combining reality work family life with this sort of happy-go-lucky lifestyle
06:29it's obviously not going to mesh well but there are times when my girlfriend's on board
06:38my step-daughter's here and we're having such a great time
06:41and there's a private moments that I cherish
06:44but they haven't happened as often as I'd like them to
06:46just moored up at East Martin near this church, St Peter's
06:56because this is the site of many unmarked graves
07:01for the navigators or the navvies that built the Leeds and Liverpool canal
07:07it was such a tough life for them as you can probably imagine
07:11just using a shovel, pickaxe and a wheelbarrow
07:16they also had to contend with smallpox
07:19and that left many with weakened immune systems
07:22and POS-filled blisters not nice at all
07:26so I've just come here to pay my respects before I keep moving
07:40this double arched bridge is a curious sight
07:43the bottom part was built around 1790
07:47a top arch was added many years later
07:51to allow vehicles to pass over on the A59
07:55the canal at this point is twisting and turning
08:10we're going all over the shop
08:12I'm turning back on myself
08:14I'm seeing where I've just come from
08:16it's crazy
08:17but this is known as a contour canal
08:19it follows the lay of the land
08:21it meant that costly aqueducts, bridges and locks
08:26didn't have to be built
08:27but they did have to dig a little bit further
08:30and for boaters
08:32the journey does take a little longer as well
08:34after Bank Newton locks I'm approaching halfway on this leg
08:44from here I'll make my way through Gargrave
08:47and Skipton
08:49and take a short trip along the town's Thanet Canal
08:53then it's the magnificent Bingley Five Rise
08:57a wonder of the waterways
09:04I'm absolutely starving, where's this fish and chips place?
09:08for this series I've done a lot of reversing on my own boat
09:18and I've just met up with some higher boaters here
09:22who need to do a bit of reversing themselves
09:25in order to turn round
09:26because they've overshot by quite a long way
09:29and it is a bit of a tricky manoeuvre
09:32so hopefully I can help them out
09:34what's happened here?
09:37well the situation is
09:39we've gone past the turning place
09:41and we've got six locks to negotiate
09:45oh right okay
09:46before we can turn round
09:47oh that doesn't sound
09:48and we've only got 250 yards to reverse
09:51so that's the situation really
09:55got you
09:56yeah
09:58it's not going to be a simple manoeuvre
10:00but at least we haven't got any wind today
10:02because that makes reversing really difficult
10:04but I think you'll be right
10:12how far do you want to go back?
10:17the boat was actually going where I wanted it to
10:19as opposed to my own boat
10:21which is actually quite difficult to handle
10:24oh he's doing very well
10:31he was doing so well until then
10:37he just doesn't want to go straight anymore
10:39that's the nature of the shape of the canal
10:42sometimes it's really shallow
10:43and that throws you off
10:45I'm just making excuses now
10:47because there's no wind
10:49right
10:51this is it
10:52turning the boat around
10:54it's a lot longer than mine
10:55and I don't trust the
10:57depth of the water
10:59on the other side
11:00so we could get stuck
11:03fingers crossed
11:04just turn this round
11:06there we go
11:07the boat's turned around
11:16and the people have hired the boat
11:20carry on with their holiday
11:22job done
11:27right
11:28all yours
11:29what a start to the day that was
11:50and I'm noticing straight away
11:52how much louder the engine is on my boat
11:55than theirs
11:59I'm just waiting for some higher boats
12:13to come up through the lock
12:14so I can get in there
12:15but this one
12:17is of particular significance
12:19because it actually has a poem written on it
12:21by Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan
12:24the Bard of Barnsley
12:25and he's written
12:26super highway
12:28super wet way
12:30super slow way
12:31super low way
12:42this is Skipton
12:43I'm coming into now
12:44and it's a pretty busy spot
12:46loads of boats
12:47loads of tourists
12:48milling around
12:49but
12:50although I've been here before
12:52several times
12:53there's one thing I haven't yet done
12:55and that's explore
12:56and that's explore
12:57another bit of the canal
12:58that branches off this one
13:00and that is the Springs Branch
13:02also known as the Thanet Canal
13:05this short canal is about half a mile long
13:10and runs to an old loading wharf
13:13I've been told by boaters
13:16the upper section is a bit wild
13:19how far am I going to be able to get down this
13:22there are other boats
13:23still ahead of me
13:24just don't know
13:27where it stops
13:29the Springs Branch was built in the 1770s
13:39by the Earl of Thanet
13:41an occupant of Skipton Castle
13:44to serve his limestone quarries
13:55I'm starting to get a bit more overgrown here
13:56I don't know if I can carry on much further
13:59I'm just going to go as far as the boat will let me
14:03that's all I can do
14:09today the upper reaches are rarely navigated by boaters
14:12and for good reason
14:14as there's nowhere to turn around
14:16this is great
14:18I feel like a proper canal explorer
14:20like no one's ever been down here before
14:23but of course they have done
14:24and it was first built
14:29right let's reverse
14:31as yes
14:40you
14:41you
14:42you
14:45you
14:46I'm a self-taught cook really. I did terribly at school and I actually got a detention once for
15:12burning some Viennese biscuits which evaporated all over the oven because I didn't put any flour in them.
15:23It does surprise me some of the results I get from the concoctions that I make in my galley.
15:30Sometimes it goes better than expected and other times I sort of wished I'd done a bigger shop.
15:37I'm happy with that. It's exactly what I wanted to cook and it uses up items in my fridge so I don't feel
15:48like I'm wasting anything. Let's see what it tastes like.
15:57Mmm.
16:18This stretch of the canal from Skipton to Bingley including this twisty aqueduct that I'm on right
16:29now is attributable to canal engineer John Longbottom. Longbottom ended up dying in poverty and the actual
16:39funeral was paid for by the canal company itself.
16:44I've got the rope from the middle of my boat I've wrapped around my own propeller. How the hell did I manage that?
17:08There was one thing that I was told when I first set off six years ago. Don't let
17:21your ropes drop in the water because they'll get tangled by the propeller.
17:28I'm just lucky that the rope I'm using or the rope I've wrapped around the propeller is a natural
17:34fibre rope rather than polyester because I've heard the polyester ones are the worst.
17:43Argh! Come on!
17:46All right, desperate measures now. I'm going to use this bow sword to see if I can get any
17:53any action out of that. I've got a better reach.
17:57How could something so horrible make me so happy? I've got it off the propeller result.
18:18I mean I'll have to get a new rope but oh my goodness
18:27what a day that's been.
18:46It's 8am. I'm in a line of boats waiting to go down the five rise. It should be five lower,
18:53shouldn't it really. But yeah, we're going down that way. I've just got to have this swing bridge
18:59opened for me and then I can join another boat going straight in. I'm quite excited.
19:12How long does it take to actually get down these locks? It'll take 35 to 40 minutes to go down.
19:17There's a lot of water to control here. Is it a lot of responsibility for you as a lock keeper?
19:22It's got to be done right. If we don't send enough water down then leads will be short.
19:27Right. If we send too much down then the level here will fall and boats will get grounded.
19:33Boats can only come through under our supervision at the five rise. Cool, right, well.
19:46Bingly's five locks are considered a wonder of the British waterways.
19:58Opened in 1774 they remain the steepest staircase locks in the country.
20:04The lock we're going down in now has to be full. So the one at the top has to be full and the rest of them empty.
20:14We're bringing this water with us as we carry on down the flight. It's mind-blowing if you think about it.
20:20This is a lock flight with a view. Every stage we're going down getting this incredible landscape ahead of us.
20:36The sights, the sounds, the smells of being in this lock flight. You've got the dripping water.
20:54The water that's gushing in from the lock gates. The smell of the diesel fumes. Proper stuff. I love it.
21:10Just round the corner from the five rise is another staircase lock. The three rise. So just when you
21:22thought it couldn't get any more exciting. The leads to Liverpool throws another gem out here.
21:26I want to end this little journey on a high note. So that incredible feat of engineering. The five and the three.
21:44I'm just going to moor up here and explore the area. Get ready for my next journey.
21:56I'll see you in the next journey.
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