A short break from Weedon

Angela Riches of H&N Magazine reviewed her narrowboat holiday on the Grand Union Canal

Setting out on a short break from Weedon, Angela Riches from H&N Magazine has published an article reviewing the route, the boat and the pubs!

Angela travelled with her partner Dave and her brother Glenn. Their journey along the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire took them through a series of villages. These included Bugbrooke, Stoke Bruerne and Cosgrove.

They also went through Blisworth Tunnel, one of the longest tunnels on Britain’s canal network.

In her review, Angela describes the facilities on board their 62ft narrowboat Jasmin, which offers accommodation for up to four people.

The route they travelled covered 36 miles (18 each way) and passed through 16 locks (8 each way). There were Canal & River Trust volunteer lock keepers on hand to help at the flight of locks at Stoke Bruerne. This pretty village is home to a choice of canalside pubs and the Canal Museum.

You can read Angela’s article ‘We fell in love with Narrowboat Life’ here.

Earlier this year, Angela also reviewed a Drifters canal boat holiday setting out from Napton ‘Heaven is Going Totally Off-Grid on a canal barge‘.