What can you do on a boating holiday?
It all depends on where you want to spend your vacation. If you take a more rural route, you’ll be able to view beautiful landscape and wildlife as you go through rivers and streams. You’ll pass by charming taverns with rustic charm and delicious beer, and you can always take a break to enjoy the sunshine or go fishing. Going a few miles each day, finding the next mooring, and navigating all make you feel like you’re doing something unique. You’ll return comfortable and content, knowing that you’ve spent a week at a slow pace.
If you take a more urban route, you’ll be able to sail your barge along the canals of major industrial cities, experiencing them from a whole new perspective and learning about the industrial legacy that made Britain great!
Before you leave on your trip, the boat company will make sure you’re comfortable and offer you basic but complete instruction on how to drive the boat, do any necessary safety checks, and properly tie off and moor the boat. Some firms provide a video for you to watch before you go on vacation, but rest assured, it’s all quite easy. It is not necessary to have a driver’s licence to operate a boat; in fact, I know numerous non-drivers who are perfectly at ease on board and in command!
Most canals have speed limits, so keep that in mind if you’re intending on covering a lot of miles in a day. You’ll need to leave early in the morning and make sure you’ve planned ahead to arrive at a mooring during daylight hours.
Hoseasons boating vacations are well-known for their diverse selection of boating experiences, as well as their affordable rates.
They offer three different types of boating vacations:
- Cruising on the Norfolk Broads
- Canals and Rivers
- Scotland’s Lochs
Brundall to the west, Beccles and Oulton Broad to the south, Acle in the centre with Hickling and Stalham to the north, and Wroxham and Horning beyond are the five departure locations for Norfolk Broads boating holidays.
Places to visit on the Broads and things to see – historic Norwich is accessible as you sail past the city centre, with moorings near the Cathedral allowing you to spend the day exploring the town. Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth are two seaside destinations. Enjoy some coarse fishing or boating activities along the route.
The Forth & Clyde and Union Canals, Cambridgeshire Waterways, Cheshire Ring, Heart of England Canals, Kennet & Avon, Llangollen Canal, Oxford & South Midlands Canals, River Thames, River Wey, Yorkshire’s Waterways are just a few of the canals and rivers to choose from.
Your Scottish Canal trip may take in the wonderful beauty of Loch Lochy, Loch Oich, and of course the world renowned Loch Ness as it takes you from the foothills of Ben Nevis up to Inverness and the North Sea. Along the route, there’s Aldourie Castle, Urqhart Castle, Fort Augustus, and plenty of decent fishing.