The Kindness of Strangers | NARROWBOAT LIFE On The Trent & Mersey Canal Through The Potteries Ep 67

We witnessed the kindness of strangers as we headed south on the Trent & Mersey Canal on Narrowboat One Day More and Morning Star. The boating community has some wonderful characters and Rob The Lock is one of the best! In this episode we travel from Westport Lake, through the historic potteries of Stoke on Trent to Stone, home of the original Joules Brewery. Join us on our journey south to the Crick Boat Show with fellow narrowboat live aboards, Paul and Anthony on Narrowboat Morning Star from YouTube channel @NarrowboatLifeUnlocked

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Skeleton counter is on the left hand side uh but uh anyway so uh maybe next time we’ll see that if you haven’t seen it yet our last video shows us going through the hair Castle tunnel and thank you to all the eagle ey viewers that spotted the skeleton that

We totally missed I didn’t even notice it while I was doing the editing if you’ve seen our last few episodes you’ll know that we’ve been traveling with Paul and Anthony from YouTube channel now about life unlocked we’re heading south on the Trenton Mery Canal towards our final destination the quick Boat Show we’ve got less than 2 miles we’re planning on Ming up at Westport lake or middle Port so not too far which is good cuz it’s still Ching it down with rain [Applause] Weather is great wet Look there’s two spots up there on the armp let’s go there this is lowely Here it really is a great location the only downside is loads of goose poo we ah who s live on a araro let’s keep going I had visions of a sat out in a deck chair having a barbecue at this time of year look my hands are freezing hands look it’s not good

Deer want to get off Oh Je okay that’s a good start yeah just feel like the road CAU it as it sometimes does my We were planning to get as far as we could from Westport Lake down to Stone Canal plan was telling us it was 12 locks and almost 7 hours but we’ve learned to add a bit onto their estimate anyway are you ready to go puppy are you ready to go what can you see Come on heish time to go good Boy I’ll help you it’s a bit hard to jump that isn’t it you ready everybody you go and see if Antony’s ready good morning Morning morning good morning are you ready to cruise now 6 hours yeah got to do what Pete says we got to get there we never get to quick see you Later Is he all right let’s wait for as Paul was doing a magic show that day Anthony was on his own on the boat so the three of us have decided to get as far as we could towards Stone As we got closer to stoke on Trent we started to see the evidence of the potteries that the area is famous for the ceramic industry began to Boom in the industrial revolution the Old Pottery kils around the city are hard to miss and they stand Testament to the incredible work produced in the City this is one of the remaining bottle kills named because of its shape in the Heyday of the pottery industry in Stoke it’s estimated there are up to 4,000 bottle KS and there’s only 47 Still Standing you can still visit some today in the form of museums All like This is Middle po Pottery built in 1888 it was actually featured in an episode of peaky blinders Sor bottal k the buildings which still house an active Pottery are protected for their historic Interest An outlet center or something I think I just read about an Outlet That It’s the first lock of the day there’s a guy opened it us Peter said that on the left there is the entrance to the calden canal Rob the lock this is the famous Rob the lock that we’ve read so much about and he just comes to help out the goodness

Of his heart people come through the locks thanks Rob thank you thank you very much my my number’s the top one Bo moving laundry shoing oh fantastic everything everything you need on a boat so where where do you base yourself just in anywhere in this area I

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You that’s the deepest lot we’ve been in for a while so there’s Rob he’s set the lock for us and he’s cycling back to help Anthony through the next lock just goes backwards and forwards on his bike fantastic so it’s just cycled down open the paddles for this one and uh we’re

Just waiting for that to empty fill we waiting for it to F actually and then open the gate and come in Comes well back on his bike going down to set the next one Forest wow he just whizzes around on his Bike anony and I just once we’re out of this lock I’ll help him through this lock between the three of us and with Rob the Lock’s help we really got a good system going for getting through the locks We really couldn’t believe our luck that Robert turned up on the day that we needed some extra help we’d seen him in other narrow booat Vlogs and he’s bit of a legend in the area and there goes Rob the lock Thank you very much Poppy’s got a friend for life there yes are you a bit fussy are you you’re not are you you’re lovely yes I’ll take you home I’ll se you in Pocket I’m going to get the trail and se you sneak you yeah P then oh

Yeah so Rob is just working a lot for me then he’s going to jump back on his bike pedal back to the lock behind to help Anthony through and then he’ll cycle forward again and get the next one for us it’s incredible what a star Robert said that he could get his

Partner Tammy to come and help out then we’d easily be able to get to Stone by the end of the day I jumped around between the two boats while W was cycling ahead to set the locks for us He Hi guys so this is now Rob and Tammy just helping us through trenum lock David Long The There’s Rob waiting at the lock for us already opened M Tamia prepared it there’s Anthony just going in on Morning Star now now So robs just told us there’s another boat coming up the lock so we’re just hanging out here on the lock Landing for them to come Through yeah you don’t get time much time locks do you I don’t Is go After just over 5 hours we were already on the outskirts of Stone all One I can’t tell you how excited Pete was to finally get to the original home of the Jules Brewery he’s a proper beer nerd and Jules is one of his favorite Pints You can see Crown Warf over the canal there that’s the flagship jws Brewery Tap and Pete couldn’t wait to go there for his first Point but first we had one more lock to Do And by some miracle there were the perfect two moing spots for the boats watch out poppy we were so thankful for Rob and Tammy for their help that day and we heard some great news that they got married last week so congratulations guys and we waved them on their way with

A very Hefty tip for all their hard work and we headed off to explore come for a walk around stone with Us [Applause] [Applause] If you’ve enjoyed this video please hit the thumbs up and give us a like and if you’re not subscribed already hit the Subscribe button it really helps our small Channel grow I want you to know that every time you’re away I long for you so much I can find my

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