Hitching a Ride on a Narrow boat
I have hitch hiked in India, Spain, the United States and Australia, but there is something about hitching in your home country that can be oddly intimidating. I needed to get to Bristol from Manchester and was even thinking about car leasing because I am so fed up with the high price of trains in England. When I was visiting a mate in Ellesmere Port, I was completely inspired by a trip to The National Waterways Museum. It was amazing, they have a dock with live characters talking to people about life on a narrow boat. That’s it, I thought, I will try to hitch a ride on a narrow boat. The first step for anybody considering a trip through the British Waterways is to get a map and get completely inspired. The canals were originally built to help transport coal around England, many have fallen into disrepair and are not navigable, but there is an extensive network that could clearly get me to Bristol. From Ellesmere Port the Shropshire Union Canal would take me to Birmingham and then from Birmingham I could get onto the River Severn. I had a good old chat with the folks at the museum and they suggested paying a visit to some of the companies that rent canal boats. I made some leaflets, and sure enough, a family in need of some extra help navigating the locks got in touch. I had a great trip down to Brum and from there was able to get another lift the rest of the way.
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