Subscribe to Canal Voyagers blog.
The start of the season & another poem from Chris Goldsmith to add to the collection!
Another Cruising season starts
in Newbury, my home town.
Thirty locks upto the...
Chris Goldsmith's poetic take on our cruise from Stoke Bruerne :
Crawling through the tunnel
Bouncing off the wall
Hire boat ahead of us
Had no idea at...
Another poem penned by one of our guests, Mr Chris Goldsmith:
A GRAND (UNION) DAY OUT
First swing bridge is out of action
Needs a nut and bolt to mend
Neil finds one in...
We had some lovely guests on this week, 2 of whom were quite keen bird-spotters and managed to spy 39 species - duly noted below:
Neil & I are engaged!
Apparently, it was supposed to be a birthday surprise (my birthday is next week), but once he had the ring (which he chose, and secretly pinched...
The month of May began with an exciting first for Corinne...
A poem written by our guest, Chris Goldsmith, about our first cruise of the year...
Through the central part of Birmingham
Past Old Turn and Winson Green
Hear the...
A little poem by Chris Goldsmith, one of the guests on our first cruise (Birmingham - Chester)
(To be sung to the tune of a Teddy Bears' Picnic)
If you should travel the cut today there's...
Our guests have a great love of the natural and urban heritage that surrounds our waterways. It's one of the reasons they choose to holiday with us. Sustainable and...
We've made a few changes to the website, notably:
- you can now place a reservation online through our automated Paypal...
Well there is no turning back now, we've had our brochures published, our website is live and we've got our first bookings! There is only one way to go and that's forward. It's very...
Remember when people used the work 'kool' instead of 'cool', what happened to it? Why did it fall out of use? I guess it just wasn't cool anymore (or should I say kool - this is confusing)....
Hello! We are extremely proud to introduce ourselves as the new owner-operators of hotel narrowboats Snipe & Taurus. Our aim is to provide guests with the same excellent service and...
