by Mark Whitley, editor of The Countryman magazine Friday It’s a sunny afternoon at Drifters’ Rugby Wharf narrowboat hire base, […]
Category: narrowboat holidays
Top 10 canal boat holidays for beginners
With a thriving 3,000-mile network of navigable inland waterways, the health benefits of spending time by the water proven and […]
Top 5 canal boat holidays for wildlife spotting
Britain’s 3,000-mile canal and river network provides great habitats for an abundance of wildlife species. Cruising gently through the countryside, […]
Top 5 Narrowboat Holidays on the Shropshire Union Canal
Stretching from Ellesmere Port in Cheshire the North to Autherley Junction near Wolverhampton in the South, the 77-mile long largely […]
Top 10 New Narrowboats for 2020
There are nearly 35,000 boats on Britain’s 2,000-mile canal network, more than at the time of the Industrial Revolution. But […]
Enjoy Christmas on the Canals
With quiet canals, frosty towpaths, historic waterside pubs and festive waterside destinations to enjoy, a holiday on Britain’s peaceful canal […]
Magnificent cathedrals to visit on a canal boat holiday
There are over 3,000 miles of navigable rivers and canals to explore in Britain, and hundreds of cultural and historic […]
Top 9 spooky destinations afloat
With ghosts galore, bats, toads, moths, spiders and frogs aplenty – as well as creepy tunnels, spooky locks and misty […]
Top 5 Narrowboat Holidays on the Llangollen Canal
Stretching for 41 miles, the Llangollen Canal crosses the border between England and Wales, and links the Eisteddfod town of […]
Top 5 narrowboat holidays on the Trent & Mersey Canal
The 93-mile long Trent & Mersey Canal begins close to the River Mersey near Runcorn and finishes at its junction […]