id love to own one and just sod off down the canal with the greyhounds..one day maybe

that prog on BBC

'the boat that guy built'

was great

You'd never look back Pirate....honestly....tis a whole new world! 

SLIM !!! Did you see the one on Come Dine with Me?

That boat was truly epic - and i will buy you one wen i win the lottery

Never been on one, Ferny, but I'd love to do it.

I went to type "nice photo of you in your avi", but you've changed it already.

The one I cruise along on is a work in progress....but it doesn't detract from the shear beauty of moving along at a pace that one can beat on foot  

I Love It! 

It can be Baz...but the beauty is that they move so slow one can just step ashore at will 

Ha....Cut me hair...maybe not as bold as I thought 

I thought it looked great.

You'd better....I am your fave menopausal lady after all 

Aww thanks Yogi 

You know i adore you

Ditto mon ami 

http://www.channel4.com/progra...-with-me/4od#3242479

Try this SLIM

Might give that a go....have a few at the marina that might like to take part....might even video it!

You changed it back.

we used to have canal boat holidays, ive  travelled most rivers and canals by narrowboat. did you know birmingham  has more canals  than venice.

The last time we went to England on holiday we did 4 days in a narrowboat: my and my non-dog-loving husband, my sis and her husband, their two dogs, and my parents.  It was a bit cozy, but we had a blast! And we only broke it once.

I did JB....they have some very beautiful ones to boot too.....I'd like to see all canal routes open & ready to use for anyone......not likely I know
My vision would be to have a pub/restaurant situated on a lock..... 

Respect to you Lori....I've had a few hairy moments...but at 4mph one can even take the stress in a stride 

Respect to you Lori....I've had a few hairy moments...but at 4mph one can even take the stress in a stride 

That's so true!! But some people get kinda snippy about the locks, don't they?

tis a whole new world out there 

Originally Posted by slimfern:

Respect to you Lori....I've had a few hairy moments...but at 4mph one can even take the stress in a stride 

That's so true!! But some people get kinda snippy about the locks, don't they?

Only if they allow themselves....I love the locks!

We broke down a while back & hand to hand pull the boat back through several locks.....most folk were real helpful.....as in life there are always those that think otherwise...I tend to ignore those folk 

Great pictures!

My sis wants to live on one of those.

Tis our destination 

We hope to have two...one for us...one for folk to use as a bus type style transport....albeit slower...to travel from one stop to another! 

Originally Posted by slimfern:

Respect to you Lori....I've had a few hairy moments...but at 4mph one can even take the stress in a stride 

That's so true!! But some people get kinda snippy about the locks, don't they?

my mum was following one of those 'line maps' that show all the locks and bridges as we  navigated  along the grand union,  and instead of taking the direct route w e took the other route only to be confronted by the foxton flight of locks...she'd turned two pages at once and  we only had 2 days to get back.... but we made it...

Wow! Was it stressful trying to get back so quickly and moving so slowly, jb?

It's magic! Something about barges/ narrowboats that just chill you right out . There was a brilliant community project in Glasgow that operated a barge for community groups on the forth and clyde canal - the youth project I worked at used to book a couple of weeks every summer and take groups of teenagers away for a week at a time, and it was great. All these "difficult, disruptive" kids were total pussycats the whole time they were there .

Highlights were shooting star spotting just outside Bishopbriggs  and haunting the posh  restaurant barge at Kirkie ( they got a hold of the facepaints and zombied up and squished up at the windows as we passed the posh boat ) 

yes it was  but my mum did'nt do stress, lol, so all was well..

we picked the boat up at ashby de la zuche?  or some thing like that , so it was'nt  as far away as it could have been.

That sounds like a perfect holiday, Slinki! 

We finished up at Acton Bridge, so I suppose we must have started there, as well. I have no memory of where that is....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acton_Bridge

Tis near Liverpool Lori 

Sounds like great fun....

I just know that what the week has thrown at me...that the instant I step foot on the boat...Whoooosh! it all disappears! 

We also pass this place.....
 

So...do you guys own one, then, slim?

Love narrowboats, had many a good school trip up and down the Grand Union.

I always wanted to have our family holiday on a narrowboat, but it is so expensive. It was always cheaper to hire a Spanish villa, with flight, pool and car, than to hire a narrowboat in this country. And there was never that uncertainty about the weather either.

My flat mate does....we try to get out on it at every opportunity 

I hear you Rexi.....they charge £800 per week for the hire boats from the marina we use! 

Spent most of my childhood weekends on one, my dad had a 8 berth canal cruiser there's nothing like it....