Ireland's Waterways: The Royal Canal

Dick and his crew of the Rambler leave the urban landscape of Dublin behind them to embark on the next leg of the journey. The outside world disappears as the canal dives into the "Deep Sinking" - a narrow rock cutting filled with extravagant vegetation. It runs from Castleknock to Clonsilla. Dick and the crew struggle slowly through with the Rambler.

In this episode of Waterways - Dick and the crew of Rambler enter the Long Level - the stretch of the Royal Canal between the seventeenth and eighteenth locks that's 32 kilometers long. Featuring: Enfield Harbour, Ireland engineer John Mc Keown, Furey's Pub, The River Boyne, A surprise from the Crew, Thomastown.

In this episode of 'Waterways' Dick and the crew of Rambler reach the end of the Long Level and begin locking up to the summit level of the canal. Featuring: Riverstown, Trouble at the accommodation bridge, Mullingar, Canoe ride up the Lough Owel feeder, Sluice House, Coolnahay

In this episode Dick and the crew of Rambler are now well on their way to reaching the Shannon. At this stage in the journey their relationship with time has completely changed. They've adjusted to a much slower pace of life, a pace persisting from some earlier century. Featuring: Ballynacargy, ICA Country Market, 36th Lock House, River Inny, Harbour in Abbeyshrule and more.

On this episode of Waterways Dick takes a break from Rambler and its crew and heads off in his canoe to enjoy a spot of fishing. He catches some perch and roach and carefully returns his prey to the canal. Back on Rambler he takes the wheel and guides the hull through green countryside on a ribbon of brown water like a spaceship on a long interplanetary mission.