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Abandoned canal exploration with Uncle Ed

🕑 Added 2025-03-13 16:50:56 +0000 UTC

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barleybeans

Just signed up for Patreon as I love your YouTube vids! Thankyou for the fantastic content! I’m an expat Brit in Canada but have gone canal boating pretty much every time we visit and planning next years already! It’s always great to see canal content especially with Tom and Uncle Ed! Also. Highly recommend a canal holiday. There’s always a pub at the end of the day 😊🍻 thanks Tom!

Thomas

A fun adventure this one. So interesting to see these ruins of the Victorian (and earlier) Britain that are all around us, overgrown and completely ignored most of the time.

Kalea

Sometimes when I went on off road hikes I'd bring a garabge bag with me and gloves in case I saw anything and you dont realize how much the small stuff adds up. Two garbage bags full and I couldnt finish my trek because it was equivalent to 20 pounds in each hand while walking. Good workout! - but in a way saddening that that much was even in such a small area. This area seems like youd be able to fill a few bags to. Fascinating how many people came to ask for photos, though LOL. It was shocking to them this wasn't a punishment from the mayor and I was just doing it of free will. No one else seemed to be doing it and seeing nature full of garabge just angered me Aware im 5 months late haha

Nic Higham

The Guardian love you https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/24/could-you-walk-across-the-uk-in-a-perfectly-straight-line-inside-youtubes-strangest-challenge

tom davies

Cheers Nout! Good point. I think it's a mixture of things. Same family, same Secondary school (he's only 15 years older than me!) and some genetics too!

Nout van Deijck

What an iconic duo the two of you make. Lovely video! Also, don’t know if it’s the family connection or just because you two grew up / live in the same area (or both), but it struck me how similar the two of you sound! Intonation and all. Maybe it strikes me more cause English isn’t my first language. Anyway, thanks again and keep this brilliant videos coming, best regards from The Hague!

Nadja

Well, you tell that beautiful man that there's a married couple in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that would be thrilled to treat him to many pints (and a hardhat!) if the two of you ever adventure this way ❤️

Christopher Till

That's ruyt mate. I went to Aldridge school too mate. Met Theresa Green a fair few times and felt the cursed smell of stink bombs whilst queuing up for RST at the bottom of the tower block. I think my sister Rachael was in your year? if you ever fancy doing a straight line mission on the Isle of Wight, let me know! Thats where I have escaped to now!

tom davies

Thanks man glad you enjoyed!

tom davies

Thanks Nadja! I'm screenshotting these lovely messages to him! Yeah it was probably possible but the wall was so much taller than it looks on the fisheye camera lens! oh wow we'll check that out. Till next time!

tom davies

He will appreciate this comment! Yeah I love to have him. We've got some big ideas for the next year!

tom davies

He always delivers. Cheers Stu!

tom davies

Thanks Marte!!

tom davies

Cheers Morten glad it hit the spot!

tom davies

oof I feel ya. Glad you're okay mate

tom davies

That's incredible! I never knew bird's nests lasted so long. Maybe they didn't when they were plastic free!

tom davies

Thanks Soph!

tom davies

I thought so too haha

tom davies

Enjoy my lord!

tom davies

wehhey cheers Dustin and son!

tom davies

Ah thanks Ryan that means a lot. Keep adventuring and pushing your limits mate and I shall do the same! some big stuff coming up in the next few months

tom davies

Cheers Chris! yaw'm a local'un ay ya! That sounds like a big old run man. I went to school with a Till (Aldridge school), I wonder if you're any relation..

tom davies

Yeah brilliant website! great for discovering old forgotten roads

tom davies

Cheers Fourt!

tom davies

Thanks Jemma, hope little Hugo enjoyed! Yeah we are already talking about going on a litter hunt on our kayaks with a view to find the oldest dates possible and collect as many different brands of litter as possible! I'm sure we'll find some interesting things...

tom davies

Thanks Hannah I'm glad you enjoyed! always quintessentially British when Uncle Ed rocks up. First mission filmed, another one coming up!

tom davies

Perfect! enjoy the trip Sam

tom davies

Happy birthday mate!

tom davies

He appreciates the love!

tom davies

Enjoy Ollie!

tom davies

Thanks for tuning in Noel!

hr598

What a great one this was. Solid adventuring!

Nadja

Love, love, LOVE uncle Ed! I think he could have gotten up there but was a wise move to terminate mission when he did. These adventures remind me of IckeWalks- 'The Walk' on Youtube. You guys would love it- Gareth hunts down old Victorian railways around the same areas. I'd love to see Tom explore some of the old sites he does.

Ian Wepre

ED makes me laugh so much! Love to see him in your videos!

Stuart Duncan

Another smashing vid. Always fun to see Ed.

Marte Kjelsberg

Lovely, good vibes 😁

Morten Dyrkilde

brilliant, been itching for a little video also good to see Ed again!

Hannah Samuels-Lyons

What a fascinating job you have! I’m going to check that out myself actually

William

Just had a nasty crash on my bike and saw this, thank you Tom for cheering me up

Auke-Florian Hiemstra

I love to see that you are checking expiration dates on trash! As a biologist, I work on plastic in bird nests and we just published the discovery of a nest from Amsterdam that was used for decades. We found expiration dates in the nest going back all the way until the early 90s!! If you want to check it out, you can google: 'Birds documenting the Anthropocene: Stratigraphy of plastic in urban bird nests'. With dates on litter, you never know what you will find! Thanks for the video, always exciting to see your adventures! Would be a nice follow-up, to do a clean-up at a fly-tipping spot!

Saul

I think it might be this: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/ from the National Library of Scotland

sophie

love this!

Dave

Ed's footwear was a bold choice

LordLard

Thankee :-)

Dustin Geddes

Me and my son cheered when we saw this drop!

Ryan

Evening Tom! Just a little ‘thank you’ message as your YouTube videos and Patreon exclusives have really helped me get through something of a rough patch over the past 12 months! Looking forward to the nicer weather and what’s to come from your side, as well recreating/ forging my own adventures which will hopefully have a similar spirit.

Christopher Till

Can't wait to watch tonight. Just back from visiting my old man who lives in Pelsall, and spent the weekend running on the canals around Brownhills Blocko and Aldridge! Made me think of Geowizard and here we are!! Manifesting GW!!

Ed Shelton-Richards

How did you get those map comparisons up? Is it some sort of website? I’d love to do something similar where I live in Bristol

Fourt Wenty

Hell yeah man, just what I needed tonight :)

Jemma Hayes Couture

I’m watching this with my son Hugo (who is the same age as your little one) from Calgary, Canada. My husband and I have been fans for years. A new video always adds something special to my day and Uncle Ed is the cherry (or pumpkin) on top! The history in this adventure is incredible and it was pretty heartbreaking to see so much rubbish around. Would love to see some adventures that combine exploration with some kind of clean up element. One of our favourite ways to explore is to go out and about with a rubbish bag and gloves.

Hannah Samuels-Lyons

“There might be a pog in that” 😭 Loved that. Between the canals, the cheese and branston sandwiches and the pork pies it was a very wholesome british feel. Uncle Ed episodes are always fantastic, I hope he knows how big his fan base is! If you’ve already done your straight line mission, I hope it went ok. If you’re about to start… good luck to you 🤞🏻

Sam Boden

Finishing my last day of work before a trip to Scotland…something great to watch while I do.

Stefan Hakso

I'll take this as a birthday gift anyday. 😄

gold sky

Always excited for an Uncle Ed adventure!

ZieNial

Thanks Tom appreciate you taking the time to answer

tom davies

Sorry man I don't have time to respond the the direct messages on this platform but I do my best to respond to all the comments on these $4 Adventures. Just read your message. Don't worry about it, just make sure you camp somewhere well hidden and don't leave a trace! Best of luck.