Narrowboat Hire Blog
Words and pictures by DJ Adams https://github.com/qmacro
I've been lucky enough to have enjoyed a couple of trips on Queenie in the past few years, ambling up and down the Bridgewater Canal in the spring. The days…
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Feb 02, 2022 |
| Tags: Narrowboat holiday, Narrowboat adventure, silence, calm, floating, Anderton Marina, Queenie, Working from home, daylight, Bridgewater canal
Back in 2017, I was approached by Gestalten Books, a Berlin based publisher that wanted to make a 'coffee table' book of boats, cabins and homes on the water. They would call the book Rock the Boat. They had spotted my first…
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Dec 29, 2021 |
| Tags: Rock the Boat, Boat Etiquette, Narrowboat Holiday, winter hires narrowboat
Our first attempt to reach Liverpool by canal in 2014 failed due to a demolition contractor depositing a huge mound of loose rubble on a historic bridge in Stanley Dock, resulting in the closure of the Liverpool Link. We abandoned the idea until 2017 and then it still took us another…
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Aug 02, 2020 |
| Tags: Leeds Liverpool Canal, Liverpool, Salthouse Dock, Stanley Locks, CRT Volunteers, Booking Passage to Liverpool, 14 Night Hire
We've nabbed a tiny article from The Times newspaper for this blog post - make of it what you will...
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Jul 18, 2020 |
| Tags: The Times, Helen Rumbelow, Canal Trip, Canal Holiday, Barge Holiday, Narrowboat Holiday, Canal Holiday North West
In March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October our boat 'Queenie' is available for the following hire start and end dates:
'Queenie' 2 Berth
3…
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Jun 28, 2020 |
| Tags: 2021 hire dates, Availability 2021 hire dates, Canal boat hire for 2021, Open all year, same price all year, calendar 2021, winter hires narrowboat
Sometimes hedgehogs fall into the canal, they can float for a short while and then their lungs fill with water and they drown UNLESS we can fish them out and save them. Since working on the canal I have found a few hedgehogs, some I have fished out, called the Read more
Jun 25, 2019 |
| Tags: Hedgehogs, The British Hedgehog Preservation Society, Wildlife
We had a wonderful three day boat trip aboard Queenie in June 2015. We’ve done quite a bit of boating and it was the most comfortable quality boat we have ever enjoyed. Hester keeps the boat first class and…
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May 01, 2018 |
The company that run Altrincham Market are keen canal boaters. They’ve had a 70 foot canal boat called Jacob moored at Moore in Warrington (on the Bridgewater canal) for the last 30 years and have ‘circumnavigated’ Britain’s pastoral beauty by canal (and the Thames) twice with their 4 children.
Nov 22, 2017 |
| Tags: artisan food, canal hire, narrowboat hire, altrincham market, barge hire, houseboats, observer food monthly
As complete novices, a long weekend aboard Queenie was both daunting and exciting as we arrived for our essential instruction at the Bridgewater Marina. But nerves quickly gave way to confidence and enthusiasm as we yearned to get cracking - such was Hester’s easy-to-understand boating lesson. In…
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Oct 03, 2015 |
The canal network across the UK now plays an underappreciated role in the country's culture.
In the 19th Century, however, the waterways had a vital role in the Industrial Revolution and impacted the wealth and the way-of-life.
But now the…
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Sep 09, 2015 |
| Tags: canal hire, barge hire uk, way upstream review