Watch This I spent £30k building the ‘world's shortest canal’ in my garden - with my boat able to travel just 24 inches By Jessica Martin Comment Published 20th Aug 2024, 16:33 BST Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now This video More videos Watch Stephen Cuddy explain how in looking for a “hiding place” for a narrowboat he had just bought, he came to build a canal, complete with a fully-functioning lock system, in his garden - and later converted the barge into a swimming pool. A man has spent £30,000 building his own canal in his garden - complete with a functioning lock system and a narrowboat converted into a swimming pool. Stephen Cuddy, 59, purchased a 35ft (10m) long vintage barge off eBay for £5,000 and constructed an accurate reproduction of a Victorian canal lock to house it.
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