450th Birthday This year marks 450 years since the birth of the Bard and 50 years since the reopening of the Stratford Canal. It’s picturesque six-hour cruise to Stratfordupon-Avon from Wootton Wawen, near Henley in Arden in Warwickshire, central England. Boaters can moor up in Stratford canal basin, close to the Swan Theatre and the town’s shops, restaurants and, museums. Prices from Wootton Wawen startat£465 for short break (three or four nights) on four berth boats, weekly hire from £660.
The tron Bridge atthe UNESCO Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire, Acanalin Uanfrynach, Wales The Falkirk Wheels the worlds first and ‘only rotating boatlit, Ponteysyiite Aqueduct crosses the River Dee at the dizzy height of
Drifters Scotland’s Lowland Canals Boaters can travel to the iconic Falkirk Wheel (the world’s first and only rotating boat lift) in central Scotland, and on to the Union Canal, reaching Edinburgh in day and half leaving from Falkirk. Visitor moorings are available at Edinburgh Quay, just five-minute walk from the buzzing shopping haven of Princes Street, with easy access to the city’s many attractions.
Prices startat£825 for short break, £1,255 for week
‘The Stream in the Sky’ Te Llangollen Canal’s incredible World Heritage Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in north Wales stands at over 38 metres high above the Dee Valley and there’s not even hand rail on the south side of the aqueduct to obscure the stunning views ofthe valley below. Travel to the pretty towns of Llangollen and Ellesmere, taking in the Ellesmere Lakes (also known as the Shropshire Lake District) and Chirk, with its 90-year-old Castle. Prices start at £465 for short break on boat for four, weekly hire from £660 maar
Celebrate the Cheshire Ring Travel around the Cheshire cruising ringin north-west England on the Trent Mersey Canal, The ci cuit includes sections of six canals, passing through Manchester city centre and rural Cheshire, with picturesque views of the Peak District and Cheshire Plain. It takes week to complete, tackling 92 locks, travelling 156 kilometres in around 55, hours. Weekly hire on boat for four from Anderton starts at £695,
Anderton Lit wonderful toVictorianonument ingenuity Rowing on th River Ouse, York
Hepworth Museum in Wakefield Travelling gently along the leafy Calder Hebble Navigation from Sowerby Bridge in west Yorkshire, northern England, it takes 12 hours to reach Wakefield, with moorings right outside the Hepworth Museum, This gallery explores the work of major contemporary artists in one of Britain’s largest purpose-built galleries outside London. Prices startat £435 for short break (three or four nights) on boat for four, weekly hire from £670.
Source: MUHIBAH, the Royal Brunei Airlines in-flight magazine, 2014 Mar-Apr, pages 33-34. Text recovered from the scanned page by OCR and lightly corrected; spelling may differ from the printed edition.
