Narrowboat Holiday
Oct 9th 2010, 2:53 am
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Narrowboat Holiday
A great way to travel through Britain. We did " The Cheshire Ring " earlier this year. Quite affordable too, we even stopped off and picked my Mum up for a days cruise.
Anyway I highly recommend it
Anyway I highly recommend it
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Oct 9th 2010, 3:04 am
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Re: Narrowboat Holiday
Ditto. Great way to relax and have a nice holiday.
Oct 9th 2010, 1:28 pm
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I recommend them all the time.
Oct 9th 2010, 1:29 pm
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Re: Narrowboat Holiday
would love to do one. Sigh.
Oct 9th 2010, 4:31 pm
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Oct 9th 2010, 4:33 pm
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Oct 9th 2010, 4:38 pm
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Re: Narrowboat Holiday
I did one of those with some mates from college in 1994 - went from Bunbury in Cheshire to Llangollen and back. Turned into a weeklong pissup.
Oct 9th 2010, 5:32 pm
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I am thinking of living on one someday, all I need is money and time
Oct 9th 2010, 5:42 pm
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The interiors of the boats are much improved too.
Oct 9th 2010, 8:17 pm
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i did a couple of hols in them when i was a teenager - had a blast. No underage drinking at all .
Oct 9th 2010, 11:33 pm
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Re: Narrowboat Holiday
One of the things that amused us on the narrowboat trip we did was that screwed to one of the bulkheads in each boat was a big laminated panel with detailed instructions about what to do if you fell overboard. It was all "try to tread water, remove heavy garments and footwear, grab hold of life belts when thrown to you etc etc". But as we discovered when one of our party actually did fall in, you could have replaced the whole thing with one simple instruction, reading: "If you fall in, STAND UP - the canal's only three and a half feet deep".
Oct 10th 2010, 2:27 am
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One of the things that amused us on the narrowboat trip we did was that screwed to one of the bulkheads in each boat was a big laminated panel with detailed instructions about what to do if you fell overboard. It was all "try to tread water, remove heavy garments and footwear, grab hold of life belts when thrown to you etc etc". But as we discovered when one of our party actually did fall in, you could have replaced the whole thing with one simple instruction, reading: "If you fall in, STAND UP - the canal's only three and a half feet deep".
The missus couldn't believe we used to swim in the canal when we were kids . ( the mid 70's, before they were cleaned up ).
Oct 10th 2010, 2:30 am
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Oct 10th 2010, 9:23 am
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Re: Narrowboat Holiday
No need to wait for a trip to the UK - just head up to New York State! http://www.canalcruises.com/