kayles27

Yes it was narrowest point as opposed to any kind of overland route - thanks to everyone for your comments, bit by bit things are becoming clearer, it's a learning curve but a fun one! Forums like this are incredibly valuable, I appreciate learning from all of your experience, so thanks.

That's good to know, thank you! Actually the map is making more sense to me today than yesterday haha - too many hours spent in front of the laptop searching through websites, articles and vlogs etc I think! Thank you

Thanks for the advice - definitely no thoughts to stray outside of the canal network! Wasn't sure if there was a way through avoiding points ABC on the map (that exceeds 7 foot), appreciate your input thanks Thanks for the advice Thank you, the advice is much appreciated

Hi, i'm hoping someone can help me please - I understand that navigating the system on a wide beam is relatively easy in and around london and in the north west but I would very much like to be able to travel between the two. Does anyone have any info or could possibly point me in the right direction to find out what the narrowest point would be between london and manchester, so I can determine whether I can even consider anything wider than a narrowboat? I have tried to look on the waterways world website but I couldn't quite make sense of it? Any help would be appreciated - thanks in advance!