Canal Holidays Make The Cut
November 19, 2009Sarah Lee looks at a different kind of holiday, enjoying the British countryside aboard a traditional canal boat
Palm-fringed beaches, magnificent mountains and impressive countryside vistas often come to mind when you think of a timeshare holiday. But timeshare breaks are as varied as the destinations in which you’ll find
the resorts.
One of the many types of holiday accommodation available to owners when exchanging their timeshare is a canal boat holiday from one of many destinations across the UK.
Canal boats provide a therapeutic and scenic holiday as well as a wonderful family experience.
The boats are fully equipped and after some quick instruction even the most inexperienced boatsman would be ready to navigate the country’s waterways in a canal boat. You can enjoy a leisurely trip taking in the tranquillity and beauty of the surrounding landscape.
The UK’s canal system, known as the cut, is something of a work of art. Some stretches dating back to the Romans who constructed them as irrigation channels and to connect rivers. However most of the canals were built during the 18th and early 19th centuries, a by-product of the Industrial Revolution. As manufacturers’ need for economic and reliable ways to transport goods and commodities grew, so did the canal system. At the height of the canals’ use there were 4,000 miles of them stretching across the country – from the industrial north, through the pottery towns of the Midlands and down to London and the south.
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