Narrwboat cruise to beautiful Banbury. Oxford canal. My journey around Britain continues..

I moored in Banbury a few years ago. it’s changed quite a bit. Cone and join me around Banbury, canal museum, the famous canoe race which was chaotic and funny.
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They thought it was just an ordinary narrow border but underneath all that boring exterior and scuffy appearance it was narrow we there we are at HHO wolf all right hey he’s waving at that little pig sign that bacon is the answer I don’t think the pig said that did

It I’m the answer to your problems what oh it’s a lovely little place it’s just got some bacon fresh sausages all all local fresh this is a deep one a it look at that woo King Sutton top of the hill now look at the top in a rush or something tight these

Are though these are bloody tight these locks really Are you got to bit everything on this boat a you you H everything on the way up you’ve hit everything they even hit the pigs and the cows in the fields deep one this one is it really are tight though for any boat of [Applause] these all there been moving your boat out that could you moving your boat out put a pipe to it and all [Applause] hoovering this is King Sutton lock that’s foam in there look wow very foamy think something not very deep very pretty Bridge 177 oh I’ll be old Capri oh you

Beauty that is a gorgeous bit of kit Oh manate it’s at the V6 version wait a minute 3 3.1 85 beers 85 no bo High Available lovely condition isn’t it that’s crazy condition oh I like that wow hey I it’s not see the scrapes they not been anywhere this is that this is that abandoned Cottage that I’ve came that did years ago I’ll have a look see how what’s happened to it Now remember that this house years ago must be is it doing been done up it was abandoned years ago this was abandoned years ago this was can’t believe it what a shame it really is we in the contrast now from what it was then oh what a shame it’s heartbreaking it

Really is there’s not even a floor in it now look there’s no floors in it there’s no roof there’s no roof in it oh how heartbreaking now this is all full of stuff Furniture I think the chaper died and people have broken in and robbed it and everything there’s a little fire there

Look all this is full of stuff in here wow can’t believe it it’s originally must have had a stone floor underneath then remember this having this Miller yeah you could make I’d make generator out of that I’d have made that into a generator under my house down second that wasn’t

Running that as a little generator Little Wheel going with with an alternator on it this is Grant’s lock and I hope he gets a grant to do this house up I’m demolishing it I don’t know what they’re doing with it and here we are on the outskirts of vanur ready to

Pounce we ready there’s a boat coming coming ding so we’re going into bambur myself up yeah bambur and then get the bus back for Mr van bring the van back here oh he moreing up yeah I felt it ah right’s going to do his Tasks to get warmed up in the mornings doing doing locks and stuff you know really cold on the bat I put a little fire on just to get just to get the damp out there and the cold out there you know mate have you enjoyed the Oxford

Canal a bit boring is a bit really isn’t it and there rubish signal I know you couldn’t thr your friends oh I couldn’t either mate bloody annoying is it a look at that look at that somebody’s throwing the bins into the canal oh how clever just getting water there’s water

Here and there’s water in the next lock above the lock there’s rubbish here as well there rubbish as Elan there’s a nice little toilet in there you know for free look at this lot this lot rippers hey oh a lot free lot all your fittings on it you got your two boxes in

There box that side three wow Electric dinora hey a toilet there you are bumbery that’s your place I’m hoping to get a moring just above the lock here there is it full full up standing there chatting I’m standing there talking about toilets it’s full up to the brim good pressure here it’s good

Pressure there we are not r is oh I’m sorry could help it I just couldn’t help myself yeah that Lock’s been empty for like 20 30 minutes soon as you want to move somebody’s in it he’s coming down now anyway so let him do the work and

Then let him get off give him a hand actually there was a boat just came in here then I helped him I closed the gate behind me and he got stuck in gear he went Bang into these Gates oh no he’s just left now trying to fix it it’s got hydraulic gear change

And um I think got stuck in gear couldn’t get out of it and he smashed into these Gates there a little boat we tried stopping it here comes Al lot R that’s how many times it hits the side sh we playing dodgins very cold today this is coming all right oh it’s

Going to hit there no he’s not is he’s going to hit the side look look oh dear never mind it’s all part of learning got water anyway so that’s the main thing some nice sculptures in bambury I don’t know whether that’s a policeman taking a protester out the way

Or a person with a child as big as them yes is a bit yeah there he is look hey there he Is tattooed thumbs up Jesus come on mate easy it there’s a Mor just on the right there I think it’s for the is it for the lock no there a just on the right hey it’s the old T’s Boatyard look very nice there there’s a museum here as well I think

Last time I was here all this is being built up can’t believe it now it’s all a big complex was different to what it used to be years ago is it nice little shopping center here a’t it bambury that one thing I love about bamry is

They are very welcome in well well they enjoy boats being there and they they very accommodating for boter I’m Richard Naro Florence n Florence Richard give us a thumbs up thumbs up cheers mate 50 years ago that’s have a lot your dad made the canoe yeah and um go with

The flow I like that yeah so I just just restored it the last few weeks so your dad made this he made it from a kit yeah oh from a kit beautiful just re is that heavy looks heavy well all this how’d you get it off uh well just of like a

Big lift really looks heavy it’s just is that fiberglass no it’s plywood but it has I did put a layer of fiberglass on it just to keep hold all together I rebuil all of that few weeks ago cuz all this was all rot oh was that was it that

Was all rotten so reil all I put new wood on it yeah that’s all new wood in there did you f it yeah what did you fill it with sun fiberglass loads of resin oh resin wood that’s nice job there nice tidy yeah yeah hey nice

Boat you’re an it man yeah yeah I was I was I called these they Andy aren’t they I made them whaty hell these will are um quick release hinges right so you can undo those or just pull them in yeah and you can tilt tilt it either way you can

Tilt it that way or you can do the hinges the other side and tilt it so these are quick release pull them in yeah that’s right all right and then they just lift up yeah and then she’ll go up oh God look at that look I can knck that for later

Then I just got fishing I have that later don’t worry about that I need a mop right that’s [Laughter] mine look at this one minute you do on your own next me hang around with our boat wheel look e oh Fame and Fortune mate oh dear fame and fortune that was a is

Nice uh they’re going to the museum down here here we are yes and they just come out they’ just come out of the um oh that is nice yeah aren they lovely it’s that few your doors yeah oh wow yeah they’re pretty aren’t they it’s all melted together such fun doing it

Fabulous so that was Amanda in bronston she helped me do that go to mount them in your doors now then yeah next week oh my god well she’s coming here she’s coming this I think this is the museum this is how your narrow boats work if you don’t

Know just bit wrecked there you go look pull that back slowly what the wagon’s all about not the canal and River trust they put a notice out this Lock’s closed currently out of service sounds about right this part part of the thing is free museum lovely over here let’s explore good

Lad look at this wow another working tools look at those scales why not you dope some serious weights in it and then they say beautifully made at the old Fan’s helmet chopping your wood BL St starving oh it’s not real bit LS of stuff you get now days even Drink I’ve seen those modern versions of those you can’t get to buy them today is that weird I’ve now seen the new bike that is pedalless you got these straps that hang down from the frame and you hang below the frame it’s weird I’ll try to show

You that’s a hat in it a riers it’s like a pizza not a royalist anyway shape or form book of Beast look look at that poetic Trials cries of bambury Ju I found I find a pop like that salt glaze 1960s look wow look at that 199 is the difference M mother-in-law it’s about 25 30 they looked really old in them days is they classic Street in 1951 wow that’s it riers we’re off look at that 1880s how busy it was

You I’m just more there look how close it is to the museum fabulous little visit that was just I didn’t come to this Museum last time it’s different is it me a little scuffy t-shirt looks hor is it really scuffy I didn’t realize just moving a bit down now

To it’s not noisy here but sat Saturday today so it will be tonight and next to a pop there and bars and stuff so moving down rippers a subscriber I just met he’s um his boat’s here lot just looked at passing his boat not that one there this

One’s an artist who designed stuff oh there little riers got his name now no I’m embarrassing tell me the names but I get it on film so I don’t totally ignoring what they’re saying I’m just filming it you know and has designed some windows for his for his doors very good

Right next to where I’m M they got these lovely alfreds it’d be rude not to go in there and get some gearbox oil wouldn’t it for the engine in the gearbox on the boat P say is off again he’s off bloody working again pretty selfish long you

Been here a couple of weeks no not a week week Blood start is off again a week nice 1 two five cost you about six quid for two Isn’t it nice mural there isn’t it it’s way off to mate what area um Deon Devon Deon painting decorating only a few quid

Trades and that’ll last you in a few weeks W it to get you by hopefully yeah good man I think there’s some kind of Canoe Race going off today all the canis are having a race hey hey just spoke to that couple there that bluehead couple she said you always talk to

People I know I do she said there a national it’s a big event this is they’re starting off nma boat so we’re going to look out the window and have a lot for these people shall we it’s big racist riers I reckon there’s a lot there’s a lot of people falling

Um and uh it’s it’s chaotic on the start so that be exciting would it rips let’s watch that shall We I think the race is started I think it started ripers right there he racing now it started the race they’re setting off in divisions of uh that’s division K2 there any off what go something riss they they set off in divisions some of the divisions do six miles they have

To go up get the boat out get the boat back in again and come back six M other boat is only go a couple of miles so it’s different divisions doing different races is interested is it rippers there they go got the roof from it really there’s no room for

It she thought she saw you Sheed normally two but I think these boers are a bit selfish nobody seems to be falling in I want to let down come on you look no I think it’s a b treacherous to to do that oh dear hey chaos oh he’s gone down that One [Applause] oh at last somebody’s falling in I hope she’s all right though I feel guilty now saying that come on love that’s it get yourself out there not very deep though is it not hey it’s cold though rippers oh fair play to them they they waited uh so they emptied the Cano Out

Of Water she got out and she carried on Trooper she’s a real trooper this woman is less her art get back into the Finish Great get off R along when you finished aren you this sort of stuff so they get they six miles up they got to get out run around yeah and run back in again 20 30 yard yeah yeah but it’s still got to get out still got to try and and keep your balance

Getting back in again got it you must be knacking next day I’ll F hats off to them I’m on I’m on an araro just here so yeah feeling I thought to’d film it while I while I was here brilliant