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Holiday Deals and Discounts

Here are our current DEALS & DISCOUNT CODES to use when booking your narrowboat holiday! Contact Us for more details and for help Booking MULTIPLE …Read More

Five Counties in 14 days – Wet weather challenge

Summer 2011 was wet and I picked it to show off the canal system to Canadian family. It was the first real canal boat holiday …Read More

Canada Maple Leaf flag on the stern of a canal boat holiday Birmingham UKvacationsAfloat

Five Counties in 14 days – don’t do this at home!

Summer 2011 was wet and I picked it to show off the Four counties ring and my hometown of Birmingham to Canadian family. It was …Read More

Are we a step closer to floating our boats?

*This post has been updated from the original of Spring 2020 and discussed the expectation of when the waterways would reopen as the corona virus …Read More

Canal lock Wheaton Aston Top Lock Shropshire Union canal Thomas Telford

Shroppie 2019: A leisurely cruise. Day 4

Day 4 – Brewood to Gnosall Sunday evening cleared brighter and the good weather rolled over into Monday morning. Again, we weren’t under any time …Read More

Shroppie 2019: A leisurely cruise. Day 3

Day 3 – Of Winding and Wifi Our friends departed early on Sunday morning and we went to church in the now grey drizzle of …Read More

Shroppie 2019: A leisurely cruise. Day 2

Day 2 – Shore Leave: Brewood, Staffordshire This was going to be easy. We planned to meet good friends of ours for a long overdue …Read More

Pendeford, Shropshire Union Canal, in the early Autumn sunshine.

Shroppie 2019: A leisurely cruise. Day 1

If you just want a leisurely pub crawl in classic English scenery, cruising Gailey to Tyrley is about as easy as it gets. Out and …Read More

Why a Narrowboat Vacation?

I got the bug way back in the 1970s when I spent two weeks with my parents and five other families cruising the Warwickshire Ring …Read More

Canal boat holiday from Overwater Marina, Audlem Cheshire. Start of our clockwise Four Counties Ring cruise

Like the Amazing Race, only wetter!

My first narrowboat cruise since relocating to Toronto was an adventure. I returned to England with my Canadian wife and her close cousin and husband …Read More

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