A weekend away

MESSING ABOUT ON A NARROW BOAT TRIP DOWN THE WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL

Words: IONA BOWER

They say if you’re rushing, you’re doing narrow boating all wrong. There’s no slower way to live than tilling a boat, being overtaken by dog walkers. You’d struggle to find any part of Britain’s 2,200 miles of canals that isn’t pretty scenic, but here in the heart of England it’s all pretty blooming bucolic and very Great Canal Journeys. You start out in Britain’s industrial heartland and by the time you’re gliding past farms and canalside pubs, you can practically hear Prunella Scales uncorking a bottle of wine for Timothy West. We planned to go from Worcester Marina to Stoke Prior and back over three nights, staying the first and last nights in the marina, but as virgin narrow boaters we took it steady and, in the spirit of slow, decided…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2019

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