Socially Distanced Holidays
If you are looking for a safe holiday to have with your family and friends (subject to Covid restrictions), maybe a narrowboat holiday would be attractive. Narrowboats…
UK family holidays on the water
Not sure what to do for your holiday this summer? Maybe a narrowboat holiday on the Basingstoke Canal is the answer. A narrowboat holiday combines; your accommodation,…
TV boosts Narrowboat Holidays
TV celebrities have really helped our sector in the past year or two, as this Towpath Talk article explains. Most people have seen Timothy West and Prunella…
Save The Rhino Kayak
Well done to George and Mark who completed a 20 mile kayak on Saturday. The also had to contend with temperatures approaching 30 degrees! Mark is a…
Father & Son Kayak
We were lucky enough to experience the end of a truly marathon kayak by a father and son from the lake district to Odiham which took 15…
2016 here we go!
We have begun getting the rowboats back in the water. They are all refurbished for this year with new woodwork, paint and ropes. The picture shows ‘Kingfisher’,…
Jeep GPA lands at Galleon Marine!
We had a Jeep GPA using our slipway yesterday. These were made in 1942-43 and around 12,000 were made. They are very rare as most have rusted…
Captain Hornblower
The other day I got to thinking about horns on narrowboats and if there was a code of use, after a quick google I found out that…
Brilliant Buddleia Bush!
Happened upon this fantastic Buddleia just on one side of Colt Hill Bridge, each centre flower is around a foot long! and the scent is amazing. If…
What’s In The Weed Hatch?
It is amazing what you find wrapped around a narrowboat propeller, so far this year we have had 2 crayfish nets, a ladies top, a jumper, a…