Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: Ian Hendrie
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 07:58 AM

I'm glad neither of them fell into the canal! I'm looking forward to their second CD.

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: Jim Martin
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 07:47 AM

They deserved to win something for just the sheer effort they put into getting to the Awards in grand style (as well as the music, of course)!

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: Reinhard
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 07:38 AM

Pilgrims' Way seem to love canals. There is another video on Youtube: The Handweaver and the Factory Maid.

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: Ian Hendrie
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 07:35 AM

See more of Pilgrims' Way and the narrowboat Spey here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq0Xogvr2FQ&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: Jim Martin
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 07:21 AM

Shame they only showed a very short clip of Pilgrims'Way (about 2 secs)!

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: ChrisJBrady
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 06:53 AM

Loads of canals in the NW - see the definitive map:

http://www.canaljunction.com/canal/

Canal boats - narrow-boats - are available for hire throughout the canal network although they tend to be better equipped for living and sleeping in than working boat Spey!!

There is also Sue Day's unique Horse Boating group to get involved with.

http://www.horseboating.org.uk/

She has quite a few clips of the horse boats she runs on YouTube.

Here's a couple of great websites:

http://www.oysterbroadcast.co.uk/click.html

http://vimeo.com/17437484

And then there's:

http://www.waterwaysongs.co.uk/SongMenu.htm

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: GUEST,Paul Burke
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 06:38 AM

By gum, Salford docks haven't changed a bit since I were a lad.

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: GUEST,AlanG
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 06:08 AM

Les,

You missed the imortal word from Les Barker,

"Where the Eskimo in his skin canoe,
And you don't see many this side of Crew"

Cheers

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: GUEST,Howard Jones
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 05:57 AM

Tom Kitching (not Kitchen) and Edwin are part of Pilgrims' Way, who were nominated for the Horizon Award, so it was fairly important that they made it to the Lowry!

It's a great video.

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: Les in Chorlton
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 05:57 AM

I was saling one night on the deep
While in my hammock I fell asleep
I dreamed a dream and I thought it true
Concerning Kitchen and Beasant and their gallant crew.

So, they were never seen again? Polar bears can be very agressive and hungry at this time of year in Salford or were the attacked by roaming gangs of Happy Monday's fans?

A folk mystery for sure

L in C#

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 05:29 AM

It's rarely in life I feel as if I'm missing something, but watching this video I feel exactly that. Superb & inspiring stuff. Since moving to the North West the whole barge thing has me beguiled (no canals in Northumberland & Durham) but this is something else...

Subject: RE: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: ChrisJBrady
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 04:55 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qxwCucEC_A

Subject: Getting to t'Folk Awards - by canal boat
From: ChrisJBrady
Date: 11 Feb 12 - 04:54 AM

Great dedication ...

Splendid video from Mike Askin of Tom Kitchen and Edwin Beasant crashing the ice with narrow-boat Spey on the Bridgewater Canal to get at the booze at the Folk Awards in Manchester t'other night. Including transversing the only canal swing aquaduct in the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qxwCucEC_A