Drifters Press Coverage May to Dec 2024
Drifters Narrow Boat Holidays Press Coverage from May to December 2024
May
- Daily Telegraph, 8 May ‘Britain’s best and most underrated canals to explore this summer’ The best canal holidays in Britain and tips for beginners (telegraph.co.uk)
- Manchester Evening News, 25 May ‘Late Breaks Pontcysyllte Aqueduct’
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 25 May ‘Late Breaks Pontcysyllte Aqueduct’
- Hull Daily Mail, 25 May ‘Late Breaks Pontcysyllte Aqueduct’
- Birmingham Mail, 25 May ‘Late Breaks Pontcysyllte Aqueduct’
- Liverpool Echo, 25 May ‘Late Breaks Pontcysyllte Aqueduct’
- Nuneaton Telegraph, 25 May ‘Late Breaks Pontcysyllte Aqueduct’
- Parents News, 29 May ‘Seven Wonders of the Waterways’ ‘Seven Wonders of the Waterways’ – Parents News UK (parents-news.co.uk)
June
- Be Seeing You, 13 June ‘Embrace the Slow Pace Aboard a Canal Boat in Wales’ Embrace the Slow Pace Aboard a Canal Boat in Scenic Wales (beseeingyou.world)
July
- National World 9 July Travel review: A wonderful week on the Welsh waterways (nationalworld.com)
- International Travel Writers Alliance Bulletin, July ‘Cruising UK canals in autumn’
- The Sun, 21 July ‘Meet the Gruffalo, see dinosaurs, jousts and more on a fab day out’
- Daily Telegraph, 19 July ’20 ways to escape the summer heat in Britain’s cooler corners’ – ‘no.15 Canal Cruise: Brecon Beacons’ How to escape the summer heat in Britain’s cooler corners (telegraph.co.uk)
- Average Jones, 22 July ‘Narrowboat Nirvana: Navigating the Mon & Brec Canal’ Narrowboat Nirvana: Navigating the Mon and Brec Canal – Average Joes
- The Spectator, 24 July ‘My canalboat obsession is causing me trouble’ My canalboat obsession is causing me trouble | The Spectator
- Marine & Aviation, 30 July ‘Narrowboat holidays for October Half Term’Narrowboat holidays for October Half Term – The Howorths
August
- Daily Mirror, 9 August ‘Britain’s stunning waterways’ Britain’s stunning waterways – ‘UK’s Venice, three mile tunnel and a huge rotating canal’ – Mirror Online
- The Sun, 31 August. ‘Tiller instinct The UK canal cruise holiday through one of the country’s prettiest cities’ The UK canal cruise holiday through one of the country’s prettiest cities | The Sun
- Blissful Family Adventures posted two reels/videos of their press trip with Union Canal Carriers, 14 August (916 likes) and 20 August (611 likes). They will also provide us with images, text and video for a Drifters blog.
September
- Mark Nicholls’ review of his press trip from Anderton Sailing Away On A Narrowboat Break From Anderton To Manchester (tripreporter.co.uk)
- Motor Caravanner, Sep 2024 ‘Kindred Spirits’ https://thehoworths.com/2024/09/east-midlands/
- Daily Mirror, Daily Express, 21 September ‘Smooth Sailing’
- Downie Live Travels by Boat Narrowboating the LONGEST canal locks in the UK – YouTube
- Downie Live Travels by Boat Boating the city with MORE CANAL than VENICE (youtube.com)
- Downie Live Travels by Boat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAnYKDhs3wY&feature=youtu.be
October
- Little Wandering Wren, 4 Oct ‘Canal boating on the Stratford Canal’ Drifters Waterway Holidays: Canal Boating on the Stratford Canal. – LittleWanderingWren
- Little Wandering Wren, 11 Oct ‘Your Ultimate Canal Boat Beginners Guide’ Your Ultimate Canal Boat Beginners Guide – LittleWanderingWren
- Sunday Mirror, 13 October ‘Deals of the Week’
- Daily Star Sunday, 13 October ‘Deals of the Week’
- Sunday Express, 13 October ‘Deals of the Week’
- Irish Sunday Mirror, 13 October ‘Deals of the Week’
- Sunday Mirror Northern, 13 October ‘Deals of the Week’
- Stoke Sentinel, 18 Oct ‘Deals of the Week’
- Bristol Post, 18 Oct ‘Deals of the Week’
- Parents News, 14 Oct ‘Top 7 October half term narrowboat holidays’ Top 7 October Half Term Narrowboat Holidays (parents-news.co.uk)
- Parents News, 22 Oct ‘Spend Christmas or New Year on a narrowboat’Spend Christmas or New Year on a Narrowboat
November
- Kickbacktimes, 4 Nov ‘Drifters Waterway Holidays: dog-friendly canal boating on the Kennet & Avon Canal Drifters Waterway Holidays: dog-friendly canal boating on the Kennet and Avon Canal – Kick Back Times
- 5 Star Stories, 5 Nov ‘5 Reasons Why You Should Go Canal Boating in the UK’ 5 Reasons Why You Should Go Canal Boating in the UK – 5 Star Stories
- Allways Traveller, 17 Nov ‘Narrowboating in the UK’
- A luxury travel blog (120,000 unique visitors per month, combined social media following 1.2 million), 25 Nov ‘Long boating with Drifters Waterway Holidays’ UK family attractions that are worth the money – A Luxury Travel Blog
December
- Go World Travel (US based digital magazine for world travellers, awarded a Silver for Best Digital Travel Website in 2020 by the Society of American Travel Writers and has over 1 million readers) 17 Dec 2024 A Longboat Adventure in the United Kingdom
- Love Travelling Blog, Narrowboating on The Four Counties Ring – Part 1 Staffordshire Narrowboating on The Four Counties Ring – Part 1 Staffordshire – Love Travelling Blog
- Love Travelling Blog, Narrowboating on The Four Counties Ring – Part 2 Cheshire Narrowboating on The Four Counties Ring – Part 2 Cheshire – Love Travelling Blog
- Parents News, 30 Dec 2024 Top 5 canal boat holidays on the Scottish Lowland Canals
- Sixtyplussurfers, ‘Top Six Drifters Narrowboats for Hire’, 2 Jan 2025 Travel and Holidays – Sixtyplusurfers
