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B+B on a Boat!

Coming to the FAB festival?

How about B+B on a narrowboat?

The boats will be moored at Middlewich Narrowboats yard for the duration of the festival and would be your base for the weekend.

B+B on a narrowboat

£40 per night

or

£100 for the three nights of the festival Friday, Sat, Sun. 

MIDDLEWICH FOLK AND BOAT FESTIVAL 2013

14^TH 15^TH 16 JUNE

Middlewich Narrowboats is sponsoring this FAB event for 2013.

Each year the festival attracts the most colourful array of boats to the town which swells by up to 15 thousand people as they come to listen to the music and events of the Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival.

http://www.midfest.org.uk/

We will soon announce the line up of bands to play here at the Middlewich Narrowboats boatyard Live on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Open mike every afternoon with free beer for performers!

New to Boat Hire

If you’re new to hire boating you will need someone to show you the ropes. Learning to skipper a narrowboat is really easy but all of the important safety points need to be covered.

This is Michael (left) he’s extremely popular with the customers and explains everything the hirer needs to know to have a great time.

We’ve been out researching.

The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is the ideal destination for a relaxed weeks cruising.

The aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, is 1,007 ft (307 m) long, 11 ft (3.4 m) wide and 5.25 ft (1.60 m) deep. It consists of a cast iron trough supported 126 ft (38 m) above the river on iron arched ribs carried on nineteen hollow masonry piers (pillars). Each span is 53 ft (16 m) wide.

It is a UNESCO world heritage site.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1303

There is a visitor centre, a boat yard shop and a couple of pubs at the Llangollen end but we found a little gem at the easterly end. Barely signposted thanks to local council regulations, you should navigate your boat or walk across the aqueduct to the winding hole after the bridge you will find your self in the little village of Froncysyllte.  Above the canal, with a great view of the aqueduct is the Fron Tea Room and Gardens.  A stunning period property serving pots of speciality teas and coffees to the sounds of Glen Miller and other big bands of the period.

Why not stop for traditional afternoon tea or perhaps a dish of Cawl a Welsh lamb Broth.