After narrow-boat cruising five times on the canals of England and Wales, my husband Joe and I decided we were perhaps too old to do it again. Then came new friends Rick and Mary Day, who heard about ...
More people are calling England’s canals — and the narrow boats used to navigate them — home as remote work options in the pandemic’s wake make a mobile lifestyle more possible. By Megan Specia LITTLE ...
It’s Alice’s Day in Oxford, England. A winged griffin is playing a ukulele on Broad Street, awaiting the arrival of the Red Queen. At the nearby Bodleian Library, a caterpillar dispenses nutritional ...
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Slow and Steady Wins the Holiday: Why England’s Canal Boats Are the Ultimate Antidote to Modern Life
On a recent trip to the UK, we decided to break up our land-based holiday with a unique adventure exploring the quintessentially English countryside on a longboat. Our destination of choice? Wiltshire ...
It’s the highlight of the trip. The Josiah White II gets towed by mules in the Lehigh Canal at Hugh Moore Park in Easton and winds up at Lock 47. Passengers in the historic canal boat enter the lock, ...
A feat of Victorian engineering which influenced the modern world is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Known as the Cathedral of the Canals, the Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire allows boats and barges ...
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