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My canal boat journey to find the last slivers of untouched England

Over the coming weeks and months, Paul Miles will be following in the wake of narrowboating pioneer L.T.C. Rolt, retracing a journey he made – and wrote about – more than 80 years ago and reflecting ...
Publishers Weekly

Narrow Dog to Carcassonne: Two Foolish People, One Odd Dog, an English Canal Boat... and the Adventure of a Lifetime

As husband-and-wife pensioners, Brits Terry and Monica Darlington sail their barge down the English canal system, along the Thames, past London, to Paris on the Seine and down the Rhône to Carcassonne ...
The New York Times

On England’s Canals, Boaters Embrace the Peace and Pace of a Floating Life

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 ...
The Sun

I went on a family narrow boat holiday that explores the UK countryside – with pub stops along the way

Despite it being August, it never felt busy or loud, and we were often one of only a few boats on the waterway WHAT is it about boats that’s so irresistible? Not giant, lumbering cruise liners or the ...
Travel + Leisure

I Explored Upstate New York on a Canal Boat — and It Was the Perfect Way to Slow Down

On a narrow-boat journey down New York’s Erie Canal, one writer finds a waterway steeped in history — one that offers a welcome escape from modern-day worries. "The Erie Canal used to be all about ...