I Ordinarily, I wouldn’t touch a canal boat vacation with a rod. I’ve always assumed that narrowboating is for the narrow-minded – those who like to limit their breaks to endless stretches of standing water.
The pandemic has brought us all to see the holidays in a new light. Perhaps our family really needed time in our own bladder now, with minimal contact with other people, at a forced slower pace. Also, I had recently searched for “self-catering cottages in Cornwall” and found that it would be almost cheaper to buy a second home than to rent a last minute for a week. I knew it was time to take full advantage of the British waterways.
So with First Mate Laura, Cabin Boy Ned, ten, and deckhand Martha,
