Canal Boat Diaries - Season 5
Season 5
In the new series, Robbie explores the urban waterways of the West Midlands through Royal Leamington Spa and Warwick before tackling Birmingham's maze of canals.
Episodes
Braunston to Lapworth
Robbie Cumming begins a new adventure onboard his narrowboat home the Naughty Lass. A canal journey that takes him through Royal Leamington Spa and the historic town of Warwick with its medieval castle. However, when an action camera falls off his boat, he's forced to jump into the Grand Union Canal to search for it.
Yardley Wood to Netherton Tunnel
Robbie sets out to explore the meandering waterways of inner city Birmingham including the Soho Loop and the Engine Arm Canal. However he has a DIY disaster when he accidentally hammers a hole through his narrowboat which needs urgent attention. Later in the journey the Naughty Lass becomes lodged in a lock on the Titford Canal.
Hawne Basin to Stourbridge
Canal explorer and narrowboat enthusiast Robbie Cumming sets off on a new journey across the Midlands. But disaster strikes when the Naughty Lass collides with a low bridge on the Bumble Hole Canal Branch damaging a chimney. Later Robbie tackles Delph Locks with its impressive waterfall weirs.
Stourton to Wolverhampton
Narrowboat enthusiast Robbie Cumming explores the picturesque Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. However, his journey is delayed when he encounters a broken balance beam on a faulty lock gate. Later he receives a visit from his younger brother Charlie, to help him through Wolverhampton's flight of 21 narrow locks.
Wolverhampton to Anglesey Basin
It's Robbie's toughest trip yet as he battles through water weed on the Bradley Arm and gets stuck in silt on the Ridgacre Branch. His problems continue when a rope gets wrapped around his propellor on the Walsall Lock flight. With all these obstacles will he make it to his destination of Anglesey Basin?
Great Barr to Atherstone
Robbie's forced to jump ship to re-float the Naughty Lass when he becomes marooned in the mud on the Perry Barr Flight. Later in the journey he travels under Birmingham's Spaghetti Junction and his narrowboat takes a nasty knock on the Coventry Canal.
Atherstone to Moira
Robbie discovers a mysterious message in a bottle on the Ashby Canal and calls in to meet a mate who lives on an historic narrowboat. Along the way he's forced to carry out a running repair, when the Naughty Lass breaks down in rural Leicestershire.
Coventry to Weedon Bec
Robbie takes a tumble at Buckby Locks in Northamptonshire and moors up in a favourite canal village, Braunston the spiritual home of narrowboaters where he meets a mate and buys a new chimney for the Naughty Lass.
Bugbrooke to Milton Keynes
A window gets smashed onboard the Naughty Lass and Robbie receives a soaking inside the watery Blisworth Tunnel as he continues his journey down the Grand Union Canal. Along the way he crosses several impressive aqueducts.
Simpson to Little Tring
During winter weather Robbie gets iced in on the Grand Union Canal and he's forced to fit a new solar panel when his old one gets smashed. To end the journey his mum and dad pay a visit and help him through Marsworth Locks.
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