When I move to UK, I want to live here

Well that could be right on my doorstep... we have a 70 ft 4 berth narrow boat moored on the canal... ...I can be at the Boat in 10 minutes..


Actually we have thousands of miles of canals in this country and about as many narrowboats...... our boat is in a little more picturesque area than in the picture , but generally the canals all look pretty similar.. many have pubs with picturesque gardens close to the moorings or marinas...
 
hollydolly said:
Well that could be right on my doorstep... we have a 70 ft 4 berth narrow boat moored on the canal... ...I can be at the Boat in 10 minutes..
Actually we have thousands of miles of canals in this country and about as many narrowboats...... our boat is in a little more picturesque area than in the picture , but generally the canals all look pretty similar.. many have pubs with picturesque gardens close to the moorings or marinas...
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Yes. Actually, I have better pics of the canal boats. Some of my favorite hikes in the UK are along the canals. Those boats are like RV's in the US, but to me, far more interesting because they are on the water, in pretty areas (mostly), instead of in mass campgrounds. I've peeked into a few of them (when I could do so discreetly).
 

I have hundreds of pictures of the boats... as well as pictures of my own...

We spend a lot of time in the summer down at various canals, walking along the towpath and having lunch at riverside pubs in various parts of the south of England..

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here's a picture of ours...
 
hollydolly said:
Thank you Tommy.. :D
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Yours is lovely, I like having the flowering plants on top. Every time I see one I think of Hyacinth, LOL, I can't help it!

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MY SON has a narrow boat and its lovely 'just for pleasure 'they are truly lovely inside 'all what u need and more .with log burners if needed … great fun and to retire in !
 
toffee said:
MY SON has a narrow boat and its lovely 'just for pleasure 'they are truly lovely inside 'all what u need and more .with log burners if needed … great fun and to retire in !
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My husband bought ours way back in the 80's..it take s a lot to maintain, and every few years it has to be lifted out of the water and has it's bottom scraped and tarred, and of course the constant painting to keep it watertight.. and looking nice .. all very expensive. We've stopped taking it up the river now, because the Locks have just become too much hard work, there's no electric locks around here as there are in some parts of the country
 
hollydolly said:
..... We've stopped taking it up the river now, because the Locks have just become too much hard work, there's no electric locks around here as there are in some parts of the country
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You need to bring back lock keepers! Create jobs, make it easy for boaters, all good.................
 


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