CRUISE WITH A DIFFERENCE:WHAT A UK CANAL/NARROWBOAT HOLIDAY IS LIKE ON A 4-DAY VOYAGE FROM WORCESTER
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- With conventional cruises currently on hold, I wanted to try a canal holiday on a narrowboat as an alternative and I can tell you, it did not disappoint. We did a 4-day loop from the UK city of Worcester and it really did turn into a cruise with a difference. It can and will never be like a traditional cruise, but it was active, fun adventure from start to finish. We walked miles along the towpath, we opened and closed locks galore, we visited a stately home called Hanbury Hall and we found the best pub ever in Hanbury which served a bargain £13 ($17) dollar per person all-you-can-eat delicious carvery dinner. And the scenery was stunning. Watch to see what a narrowboat holiday on a canal is really like!
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www.drifters.co.uk/
canalrivertrust.org.uk/
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Phwoar! Beautiful introduction, boat looks nice, too 🌹
Great vid! I like the music, the cozy boat, the good-looking gal running everything, the production, the family ordeal... Nicely done!
TYSM!
That is a great idea Jo, looks like a lot of fun and something a bit different
Exactly! Such a refreshing change.
thank you for the trip. Most def one of the things on my bucket list.
So pleased you enjoyed it! I'm planning my next boating holiday as I write...watch this space!
We can always count on you to do something a bit different. I am loving this vlog!
Thank you so much Aimee! x ps I was going to name my youngest daughter Aimee!!
Oh I missed it so. Cruising with a narrowboat its so awesome. Next year I hope we can try it again. You have it well done Jo.
I REALLY hope that you - and I - can do it next year too! Thank you so much for watching and Happy New Year.
Beautiful. Thanks for the trip❤
you're very welcome!
A pleasant film. Thanks for sharing, and have subscribed 👌
Thank you so much! x
There are definitely some splendid views.
I know - I'm already planning my next canal trip!
I went on many canal cruises with my parents, brothers and cousins in the 70s and 80s. They force you to take life in the slow lane, which these days is not so easy even on holiday.
The longest narrowboat we had was 72 feet, which I think is the limit as that is the inside measurement of the locks. However you can get anything from about 40 feet upwards, and the shorter boats are easier to handle with a smaller crew. I recommend at least two active adults, one to drive and one to work the locks. Kids can help work the locks too, but some are heavy. They can also have a go at driving, under adult supervision.
I miss the canals, I've lived in the US for the last 10 years. No canals here on the west coast.
I know. It was fabulous to slow down. At first my eldest daughter was saying "what are we doing today" but then she realized that just sailing slowly by was fun in itself - including walking the towpath and working the locks. It can be as active or inactive a holiday as you like. One thing's for sure - it was so fabulous that I'll definitely be doing it again...maybe a wider boat next time on wider canals, like the Norfolk Broads in the UK...wishing you a lovely weekend.
wonderful boat trip, thank you sharing very nice video,
You're very welcome - so pleased you enjoyed itX
Beautiful boat and beautiful mother
Enjoyed that thanks
TYSM X
How interesting 😊
Absolutely awesome ! .. Please keep up the good work :o)
Wonderful video 💕
Thank you so much! It really was an idyllic slow travel holiday...
I grew up living above a pub with a jetty on the Stratford-Upon -Avon canal. Quite a lot of our summer food business was the boats.
I'm not surprised - boaters love a good waterside pub! Stratford-Upon-Avon would be a lovely place to go boating...
A very nice boat with a very lovely lady on board
Looks relaxing 👌
Ha, it was relaxing, but it was also physical work at times! Which was actually nice, because I'm not good at literally doing nothing!!
It’s known as “the fastest way of slowing down”.
You have some lovely cans love (. Y .)
You noticed that your comment was the only one that didn't get the "love" icon from the uploader, and yet it got the most likes! LOL!
I have never seen a narrowboat with three bedrooms! Plus not just one but two bathrooms! That looks like it was an amazing trip.
Next time we hop across the pond my kids already know we are going to rent a narrow boat. In fact, when they ask what I am doing and I tell them I am watching a narrowboat video, they just roll their eyes, LOL!
Lol indeed. You will have an amazing time!!!
ps - and it's amazing how much they can squeeze onto a narrowboat!
Thanks for the wonderful video. A canal tour on a narrowboat is now on my bucket list.
So pleased you like the video as well as the look of a holiday on a narrowboat!
Gosh I’m jealous. I’d love to spend about two years traipsing incircles reading one Dickens novel after another!
Yes, there is a HUGE appeal about living the slow life. What you suggest does sound heavenly!!
Great holidays for families, all helping out and none having time to stare at phones! :)
Exactly!!! They were soooo busy with the locks - no time to cry: "I'm bored!"
1,53 phone looking 2,37
Happy Traveling from Alabama!
And happy travelling to you. I've just come back from a cruise which had people from Alabama on it!!! They were happy traveling too!!
I live in Worcester and the one canal from Droitwich to salwarpe and on to the river severn has only reopened in the last ten years or so. The canal fell into disuse many years ago, and the Droitwich Canal trust started renovations when i was a child. Just before it was completed they even dug the main road out from Worcester to Kidderminster, as the canal hed been filled in many years before and the dual carriageway road now goes over the canal on a brand new bridge!
I know, it's amazing. I was aware that this was a pretty new (ten years is still pretty new!) section of the canal and what made it possible to do a ring/circuit from Worcester. It's fabulous that they're resurrecting these waterways - they're such a lovely, tranquil place to be.
@@gowithjo1 Its only "new" in the regard to it being reopened. In Victorian times Droitwich was the centre of salt production, and the town made a fortune from salt. The canal from Droitwich to the river Severn was dug to transport the salt cargo from Droitwich to down the river. The new bridge was a massive undertaking as the main road had just been built over the, by then, filled in section of canal. The reopening of it has formed a nice circle thats not too long, just right for a few days narrowboat cruising.
@@roberttill3787 They did a really great job with reopening it - it's such a shame they closed it in the first place!! And yes, it's a lovely, short-break circle - perfect in fact! I've been looking for similar 'circles' across the country, but there aren't many of them it seems!!
@@gowithjo1 It closed with the arrival of economic road transport, and as salt was about all that came from Droitwich, it was abandoned. Strange fact about UK canals is that there is more traffic on canals than there ever was since they were dug, but its totally leisure transport using it. A trivial fact incidentally, did you know there are more canals in Birmingham that there are in Venice? (i presume by distance of the waterways)
@@roberttill3787 Robert, you are an amazing font of information! I can't believe there are more canals in B'ham than in Venice, though I should, because I sailed down an awful lot of them!!!
You should see the boats at Oakums make... Beautiful
Where do I find those?
ALL MINE 😙
omg your dinNer looks delicious I’d love to go on a narrow boat we don’t have canals in new zealand
I know - that dinner was really special as well because it was the first meal out we'd had for AGES after the first lockdown. And it was quite a meal!! If there are no canals in New Zealand you'll just have to come to the UK to have some fun on an narrow boat. Something to aim for...
My God. I'm not one of your children yet I am in pain. Well done. Stop typing YIKES
Hey Jo, love your spirit and adventure. Good on you! Did you have a wild swimming dip on this boat trip? P x
No, not on this trip - the canal wasn't recommended for swimming as I remember!! The River Severn might be swimmable but I didn't have time to do it! x
🇧🇷 🇧🇷 Lindo 😍😍
Nice ☺️
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So pleased you liked it!
Thank you very much for this great video. I am now going to have a narrowboat holiday rather than a holiday cottage.
I don't think you'll regret it - it's so different, original and memorable and makes a lovely change! Enjoy...
I would die for this sort of lifestyle. Tell any of your kids they are welcome to come to my suburban American lifestyle to life for a while so they appreciate what they have
I think/hope/believe my kids appreciate their lifestyle!
lad enjoying it i see, take his phone and drop it over side 1,53
@Gabriel De Leuw i believe you ... NOT LOL
:request: going to paultons park in southampton.
I'm not a fan of Paultons, sorry!!! I know plenty of people who love it there tho...
Looks amazing. What company was this with?
This boat belonged to www.abcboathire.com/ but I organised it through an umbrella company called www.drifters.co.uk - hope that helps!
Hai
The one thing holiday makers forget is that people actually live on the canal, they drive too fast, too close, and sometimes at high revs,
We are all trying our best to control our boats for sure. It's not easy steering a narrowboat for the first time!
Medieval music and little narrative makes me feel like mum is on a power trip and the kids are being tortured 6:25
You need to try the norfolk broards (richardsons cruisers) iam not affiliated to this company but they are great cant do enough to help
I've got a trip to the broads on the horizon!!! Can't wait...have you been?
@@gowithjo1 hi i cant get enough of the broads the reason i go for richardsons is we were on one of there boats and ripped the whole corner of it they came out to look at it and said it would have to go back to the marina when we got there they gave us another boat without even asking great company cant do enough for you have a great time
Do we need a license, please ?
amazingly, no!
My home city Worcester pity its a dump now
That looks like a lot of fun. How expensive is it to do a trip like that?
Really not too bad - it cost about £900 for the 8-berth boat for four nights - that's about $1160.00 - but you really wouldn't want to be 8 people in the boat as it's very tight. We were 5 and that was about right. If I'd had another kid we could have squeezed in 6 and that would also have been fine.
@@gowithjo1 That’s not bad. I think I’d enjoy a trip like that. I might have to look into doing it at some point.
@@mcearl8073 honestly, it's one of the most unique, memorable trips I've ever done. And my kids will NEVER forget it...are you in the UK?
The canals are the UK sewer system, change my mind.
No, you are wrong. There you go. Job done.
Then don't swim in them! I didn't, but the water looked (and smelled) fine to me...happy New Year
Most boat owners only shit overboard on the rivers, not the canals. Washes away see.
In the Middle Ages , not 2021
1:31 so immature for laughing at this
Hot!
@Jo u steer a boat not drive
gah I know - I've since realised...
@@gowithjo1 lol 😛😛😅😅