DH and I are contemplating a narrow boat holiday next year, maybe just a long weekend then it's not a disaster if we don't like it, but definitely not more than a week. Has anyone got any experience and could recommend a good location/hire company?
We're both interested in history so happy to travel through towns with an industrial heritage but I'd like to see a bit of countryside too. We live in the North so I'm thinking somewhere in the North of England or the Midlands would be best. I don't mind doing a few locks - we've taken our sailing boat up to Scotland and then through the Caledonian Canal in the past so we've had some experience, and locks are after all an important feature of canals - but I don't fancy doing any massive flights as we're not as young as we once were!
If anyone has done this type of holiday and has any advice or recommendations I'd be very grateful.