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We ask for photos from customers and have been inundated. Wonderful to see the amazing canals from your point of view

We ask for photos from customers and have been inundated. Wonderful to see the amazing canals from your point of view
Spent four nights on Molly May another great boat, 3rd hire by us, thanks again brilliant staff, met some great people on our travels needless to say one or two on Kates Boats as well x
We’d just spent an hour with John from the boatyard learning how to handle our hired narrowboat and, crucially, the locks. When he asked “Do you feel ready to go off on your own?” we confidently dismissed him. However, when he added: “Where are you going?” and I replied cheerfully “Banbury”, he smiled a wry…
A very well equipped boat with very friendly staff. We did the full Warwickshire ring it was hard but we loved it. We were lucky with the weather. I would advise going for a berth bigger than your party as it can get a bit cramped if the weather is bad and your all inside….
Floating along England’s picturesque canals has intoxicating appeal for Tom Adair. Floating along canals can be exhilarating, relaxing and good therapy. EVER tried to walk on water? My kids used to think I could. So where were they now to lead the applause? There was only my wife to ooh and aah as I stood…
Philip Pullman’s latest missal, La Belle Sauvage, once again features the boat-dwelling Gyptians. Rough and honourable, they emerge from the waterways of Brytain to help the heroine Lyra, before disappearing back to their watery world, one that runs through Lyra’s, but is separate and different from it. After a long weekend on the canals in the…
Woke at 7am to a beautiful sunny morning with just a trace of mist over the canal burning off in the sunshine. Got underway by 8:15 – did our first ever staircase lock at Bascote Wharf – (a bit of a muddle, but quickly sorted with help from a more experienced crew). Over a very…