![Our boat on Llangollen canal](DocImage000000006-300x201.jpg)
Canal Boats are a great way of seeing the English countryside at a very leisurely pace as you wind your way through farms and villages. The boats are set up with all the conveniences you need and are easy to handle.
Frances and I have had 2 experiences of two weeks each time, hiring narrowboats. The first was in July 2002, and was on the very popular Llangollen Canal hiring a boat from Whitchurch, and a later hire on the Warwickshire Ring picking our boat up at Rugby, in May 2008. I am sure there will be another time before too long.
![The swans take a free ride up the lock.](DocImage000000001-300x200.jpg)
An over night stop.
Useful web sights- www.canaljunction.com
http://www.oxfordshire-narrowboats.co.uk/our-boats/
![The Warwickshire Ring 2008](England-08-031-300x225.jpg)
![The Locks](England-08-015-300x225.jpg)
![Not as bad as it looks](England-08-035-300x225.jpg)
![Through the center of Birmington](England-08-069-300x225.jpg)
![Its been a hard Day. No canal pub today!](England-08-120-300x225.jpg)