Let your troubles float away: Skipper your own boat and chart a course on the canals, rivers and lakes of Britain where peace of mind and social distancing come as standard
Self-catering holidays in the UK are booking out fast so this might be the year to consider hiring a boat
You’ll have your own, ready-made bubble and for first-timers it’s a chance for a gentle adventure
Here is a pick of boating holidays on canals and waterways in the UK, plus ideas elsewhere around Europe
Examples of canal art from Watford Museum s collection The
Watford Observer has teamed up with Watford Museum and its curator Sarah Priestley to take a journey back to the town’s past through items or places of historical significance. The 39th item in our history of Watford in 50 objects is a reminder of the vital role the Grand Union Canal has played in Watford s history. Sarah said: Over the bank holiday weekend, lots of us will be enjoying Watford’s open spaces including walks along the Grand Union Canal. These beautifully decorative pieces of canal art in our collection hark back to the days when the canals were the motorways of their era. They provided the transport infrastructure for country during the Industrial Revolution enabling goods and coal to be transported before rail and motorised vehicles.
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TWO young Ilkley campaigners arrive at the House of Parliament today, having walked 265 miles from the source of the River Wharfe in Yorkshire all the way to London to raise awareness and funds for clean river campaigns. Along the way, Patrick Godden and Jack Hanson, both 27, have collected hundreds of kilos of litter from river banks and raised thousands of pounds to fund independent testing of their local river - the Wharfe at Ilkley - the first river in Britain to be given bathing water status. It attracts wild swimmers and hundreds of families to paddle, play and swim in summertime but, says Patrick: Like most rivers in the UK, it is heavily polluted, not just with litter but by the raw sewage discharged by treatment plants. As local lads who grew up with the Wharfe as a backdrop to so many good times, when we realised the extent of the problem, we knew we had to get involved.