We love England's beautiful canals (But is our boat life at risk?) | Ep 395
While we enjoy England's beautiful waterways, we discover our widebeam boat life is at risk.
This week's episode features some precious boat-life days spent with our family along England's beautiful canals. And we've included some great photography of the atmospheric sunrises.
The Fund Britain's Waterways campaign, which highlights the potential demise of the great British canal system, stayed opposite us which gave as an opportunity to find out more.
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00:00 Intro
00:31 Meeting Seth and Freddy
01:29 Stainforth and Keadby Canal
02:01 Planting pollinator seeds in the fenders (thanks to @themindfulnarrowboat !)
04:34 A misty New Junction Canal
05:02 Nature photography
06:04 How we tie up on the canal bank
08:00 New Junction Canal
08:33 Barnby Dun
11:46 Winding the boat on the New Junction Canal
14:35 Bramwith Canal
16:10 Difficulties going through Stainforth Bridge
17:34 The government is cutting canal funding
18:52 Fund Britain’s Waterways
20:21 Picking up Marley
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