Over a quarter of a million people enjoy canal boating every year on Britain’s peaceful network of canal and rivers, including a number of celebrities. Last month, the BBC’s outdoor girl Julia Bradbury enjoyed a trip on a canal boat at the Crick Boat Show & Waterways Festival. Julia said:“I thoroughly enjoyed exploring some of [...]
David Jackson reviews his short break canal boat holiday from Drifters’ base at Gayton. This review was published in the Northampton Chronicle & Echo on 23 May 2013. Prior to stepping on foot on the narrowboat I’d be calling home for a few days, my experience on boats was minimal. Other than travelling across the English [...]
Narrowboat holidays are a great way to sightsee and there are hundreds of top historic attractions on, or close to, Britain’s 3,000-mile canal network. We’ve listed of our top five favourite canalside castles to visit on your next holiday afloat, together with our nearest canal boat hire base. Warwick Castle on the River Avon…said to be [...]
Narrowboat holidays offer families the chance to set off on an adventure together – learning how to work the locks, navigate tunnels, speak the boating lingo, spot wildlife, explore mile upon mile of traffic-free towpaths and visit waterside attractions along the way. All our operators provide hirers with life jackets and boat steering tuition. Bikes [...]
There are dozens of National Trust properties within easy reach of our canals and rivers, making them great places to stop-off at on your narrowboat holiday. We’ve put together a list of our top 10, together with Drifters’ nearest canal boat hire base: The Rock Houses at Kinver Edge on the Staffs & Worcester Canal…Kinver’s [...]
There are dozens of fantastic art and historic centres on or very close to Britain’s 3,000 mile canal and river network. We’ve put together a list of our top five cultural destinations to head for on your narrowboat holiday, together with our nearest canal boat hire base. ***The Swan Theatre in Stratford…Drifters’ base at Wootton [...]
…Simon Bebbington reviews his canal boat holiday with Drifters in the Sheffield Star I’m not one to rest much on holidays so had never really considered a narrowboat trip. I like a challenge and their reputation for slow-paced relaxation is well known. But when the chance came to take a canal holiday and to see [...]
With two bank holidays on the horizon, we’ve put together an inspirational list of our top ten short break canal boat holidays: Enjoy the Pennines afloat…from our base at Sowerby Bridge on the junction of the Rochdale Canal and Calder & Hebble Navigation, a trip to historic Todmorden is the perfect short break destination. Climbing [...]
Year of the Snake Chinese New Year will be celebrated by a third of the world’s population on Sunday (10 February) and this year is the year of the Snake. To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of serpent-related canal boat holiday destinations: Look out for our native grass snake…from April to September, narrowboat holiday-makers [...]
Spring is a great time of year to take to the water as the countryside bursts into new life – trees come into leaf, birds nest and spring flowers emerge on the towpath. Canal boat holidays offer the chance to see the abundance of wildlife that lives in and around our beautiful 3,000 mile inland [...]
