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If you are looking for a relaxing holiday with plenty of time to appreciate the unspoilt countryside and to be up close and personal with wildlife this summer, then you should consider a boat holiday. As you glide along at just 4 mph you can leave the rush hour behind and with a new view aroud every corner there is plenty to keep you entertained.

The nature and wildlife is quite literally on your doorstep, so you can see nature’s secrets from close by and you can enjoy direct access to some bird and nature reserves, too.

You are never far from a pubs or restaurants, you simply just moor up and step ashore for drink or a meal. A tempting choice of waterside hostelries is just waiting to be discovered.

And, of course, you are never far from somewhere to go shopping or sightseeing – simply stop and you are there! Within a short walk of the heart of villages, towns and even cities. Enjoy shops, museums, castles, cathedrals, night life…..and more.

As with all the best holidays you can go as far as you want, when you want and stop when you want – it’s your choice. On your holiday afloat there are no timetables or routines to tell you what to do.

If that sounds like your enticing, then have a look at some great boat holidays at boatholidaysuk.com. Here you will find a great choice of boating holidays on some of the UK’s great waterways from the Norfolk Broads and the canal network to Scotland’s lochs including:

• Cambridgeshire Waterways
• Cheshire Ring
• Forth & Clyde Canals
• Heart of England Canals
• Kennet & Avon Canals
• Llangollen Canal
• Oxford and Grand Union Canal
• River Thames and Wey
• Yorkshire Waterways
• Scottish Lochs

You will find a variety of craft available from the traditional canal longboats to cruisers.

During these cold winter days what thought is morewarming than a summer cruising along the banks of the UK’ s waterways.