A short journey on England's beautiful canals (But are they at risk?) | Ep 395

This week's episode features some precious boat-life days spent with our family along England's beautiful canals. But while we enjoy England's beautiful waterways, we discover our widebeam boat life is at risk... 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. If you want to help please sign the petition that ask "... that the Prime Minister acknowledges the many social, economic and environmental benefits that Britain's inland waterways provide and gives assurance that the government will intervene, where necessary, to ensure our rivers and canals remain fully open, navigable, safe and accessible for all". Petition: https://www.change.org/p/fundbritainswaterways Fund Britain's Waterways: https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/sites/fund-britains-waterways-overview Support followtheboat: https://followtheboat.com/pub/ 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 ? Support our photography and videography - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ ? LET'S CONNECT! DISCORD - https://discord.gg/WGtsJubdkE FB - https://www.facebook.com/followtheboat/ Insta - https://www.instagram.com/followtheboat/ Photography - https://jamiefurlong.com/ Inside our wide beam narrowboat: https://youtu.be/jZkk4ZiFPeI Meet our boat dog, Marley: https://youtu.be/9574XmkhnbE Thank you for watching! Please COMMENT, LIKE and SUBSCRIBE, it helps us get noticed. Peace and fair winds! Liz and Jamie USEFUL PLAYLISTS: ??Widebeam life ?VIDEO PODCASTS https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoE3FmplhAXOldLfhuOabS98hpDoznn9r ? FTB MERCH https://followtheboat.com/shop ? All Music from Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ @epidemicsound OUR BOAT Blue Water Boats 57ft #widebeam ?? LOCATION Thorne, Doncaster, UK 53°36'40.9"N 0°58'23.6"W #narrowboat #canal