bumpygirl

Hi Fred, Thank you. We are picking up our boat on Friday 17th September for 2 weeks holiday, we can't wait. We are going to do a relaxed 2 week circuit of the Cheshire Ring clockwise, so many thanks for the pub recommendations - we will certainly be trying those out. We will be a crew of two so the Rochdale 9 will be interesting but I always did like a challenge. Vee

Too late! Next years holiday is booked and half way through this years holiday we decided that we want our own boat. Sadly we can't afford it for a few years yet but we will. Unless of course we win the lottery

Thanks everyone, your advice did help us (along with a Pearsons guide) to make our mind up. We spent the first week cruising the Llangollen which was not as busy as we expected, and a great introduction to narrowboat holidays. The secfond week we went up through Chester and walked the walls as suggested, and continued all the way to Ellesmere Port where we spent a night in the musuem and had a day trip to Liverpool as well (on the train in case your wondering ). Then we went down to Nantwich for a look around, got a bus to Crewe to see the train museum, which had actually closed for the winter the day before and back to Middlewich the night before we were due to hand our NB back. We had a wonderful time and we are going to be booking next years holiday before the end of October to make sure we get some great discounts from the holiday company. We feel ready to have a go at the Cheshire Ring next year, now we know what we are doing with the boat and the locks. Vee

Thank you all - we are having a serious think about everyone's advice and we definitely won't be doing both! We just have to decide which we will be doing - but we are going to look att he canal plan site as suggested. You are all really helpful -

Thank you all - I did wonder if doing both would be a tall order in just 2 weeks, you have certainly given us something to think about. We are going to look at the various suggestions to see which takes our fancy. I may be back with more questions - you have been warned

After 25 years of saying we would do it, we finally are going on our first narrowboat holiday on 21st September for 2 whole, glorious weeks. We are hiring a boat from Anderson Boats in Middlewich and after much discussion we have decided we would like to do the Cheshire Ring and the Llangollen Canal (going over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct). So I have a bundle of questions: Can we manage both of these in 2 weeks? Which is the best way to go round the Cheshire Ring - clockwise or anticlockwise? Any places along the way we should avoid? Any places you recommend to stop and have a good look around? Pubs and restaurants you would recommend Which canal guide is the best one to buy? I was looking at Pearsons but I am open to suggestions. If you can think of anything else we should know please feel free to say so Thank you!