Bosun11 537 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Stig, this is well worth a watch.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lB7sGFZKNU Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beast 1,884 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Top tip is check your route for locks ... Last thing you want with your gammy shoulder is fukcing about with to many locks locks ... If you want a slow paced holiday seeing somewhere different everyday then its a nice little break ......... shes on about 4 day break may/june time ----never even thought about the fishing Which canal you thinking of going on Stig? we can go local from shardlow,barrow on soar sawley or trent lock ... grantham or newark for 4 days i suppose a canals a canal its finding what there is en route Stig, see you've mentioned Grantham. Not teaching Granny to suck eggs but Grantham canal is unnavigable. If you go to Foxton that is some classic shire hunt country (Fernie) and is a great area. I've got a mate that goes every year and has been on most of the canals throughout the land. If you've anything specific in mind drop me a PM and I'll get some info for you. By the way though I've not done the canal boat bit, there's a fantastic pub at a place called Stoke Bruern in Northants. i know that pub, very nice it is too we spent a couple of days on a narrow boat about 5 years ago, went from linslade to stoke bruerne and back. just let the dog run on the towpath beside the boat a lot of the time, picking up the odd bit of game. stop whenever you fancy it, pubs every few miles and some beautiful countryside. wold love to go again for longer, when i have the money sometime!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacherkev 64 Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 I used to have a cabin cruiser a few years ago and it was great fun and as others have said there's loads of pubs on the river but the best part was you get to see some fantastic wide life as life on the water is so slow ...but the best bit is if you rent a boat that allows dogs you can have some good sport just slowly cruising up to the bank and letting the dog have a chase or two you can moor up for the night where you want in the middle of know where and have a spot of lamping ... Have fun 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Isn't prunella scales and her husband doing a programme due to air next week about travelling around Britain in their narrow boat ........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Stig, this is well worth a watch.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lB7sGFZKNU this is more us bosun ... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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the_stig 6,614 Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 canal300x143.jpg FFS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Will-i-am 33 Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 TRY IF LIKE OUT DOOR LIVE U WILL LOVE IT 4 OF US WENT FROM NUNHEATON PUB EVEREY FEW MILES THE WILD LIVE IS CRATE. I SAW FOXS DEER GRASS SNAGE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Will-i-am 33 Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 [PS] forgot 2 say thought I saw the STIG go past in a speed bout but he was going 2 fast could not be shower Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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