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Narrowboats are like floating holiday cottages

What it’s like on board a narrowboat

August 28, 2025/in News/by Debbie Ludford

Narrowboats are like floating holiday cottages

Marion Collinson of Love Travelling has described what it’s like on board a narrowboat when reviewing her latest Drifters canal boat holiday.

She says, “it felt like spending a week in a holiday cottage with the benefit of waking up to a different view from the windows each morning.”

Marion and her family spent a week on board the 66ft ‘Sand Lark’ narrowboat for up to six people. Sand Lark is based at Wrenbury on the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire.

She has published images showing the interior of a holiday hire narrowboat, including the kitchen, also known as a galley.

You can see Marion’s review of our Sand Lark narrowboat here.

You’ll find more images of our canal boat interiors here.

You can see Marion’s guide to The Four Counties Ring here.

 

 

 

Tags: Llangollen Canal
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