Reed Hotel Boats



		Your Floating Hotel on the Canals and Rivers of the UK *Our cruises for 2010.*

Cruises 11 to 15.

11 - The Soar Canals. A 'One Centre cruise' Market Harborough to Leicester and back. Saturday 5th June to Saturday 12th June. 7 nights for £665 per berth. Join us at Market Harbough. Stop to explore the staricase locks at Foxton. Then use a forgotten quiet rural canal to take us down into the centre of Leicester and back. At times the reeds hide the banks and seem to meet above the boats! A mixture of a market town and the city of Leicester joined by a canal which seems lost in a time wrap, parts of which are a site of special scientific interest. Saturday night at Market Harborough; Sunday Saddlington; Monday Kilby; Tuesday Leicester; Wednesday Kilby; Thursday Saddlington; Friday Market Harborough.
Highlights. > A long canal tunnel. > Exploring the staircase locks and site of the inclined plane at Foxton. > Broad locks set out in the country. > Mooring right in the centre of Leicester at the Castle Gardens. > Travel on the River Soar as well as its canal.



11A-Short Break Sat. 5th June to Tues. 8th June 3 nights for £345. Join us in Market Harborough for dinner on the Saturday, travel down to Leicester, leave us when we moor up in the centre of Leicester at Tuesday teatime in a taxi back to Market Harborough. 11B-Short Break -Tues. 8th June to Sat 12th June 4 nights for £435. Join the boats in Leicester in time for dinner on the Tuesday. Cruise with us back up to Market Harborough. Leaving the boats after Breakfast on the Saturday. (If you wish to use car parking at Market Harborough we will provide a taxi to pick you up on Tuesday. . Return to the list of all our cruises.
12 - Locks & Tunnels. Market Harborough to Warwick. Saturday 12th June to Saturday 19th June. 7 nights for £665 per berth. A sample of almost everything. The staircase locks, not only the famous flights at Foxton with the remains of the inclined plane, but also the narrow staircase at Watfoird and the broad one at Bascotte. The forgotten canal arm with its single narrow lock which takes us up to Welford. The flights of broad locks and the single broad locks hidden amongst the trees. The canal centre of Braunston. Three of the longest tunnels on the canal system. An ideal cruise for newcomers to the canals or for those who know what to expect! Saturday night at Market Harborough; Sunday Foxton; Monday Welford; Tuesday Crick; Wednesday Braunston; Thursday Long Itchington; Friday Warwick.
Highlights. > Three of the longest canal tunnels in the UK. > Chance to explore the canal centre of Braunston > The Broad locks of the Grand Union. > The Broad staircase locks at Bascotte. > The Narrow staircase locks at Watford and Foxton. > Two Aqueducts. > Days of peaceful rural canal.



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13 - Half a Dozen Tunnels- Nearly one hundred locks. Warwick to Worcester. Unfortunately this cruise is now fully booked. Saturday 19th June to Saturday 26th June. 7 nights for £665 per berth. (£630) From the ancient town of Warwick, to the cathedral city of Worcester through the English countryside. Nearly one hundred locks mainly in three tremendous flights, but plenty spread out over the days to keep you fascinated. Tunnels of all sizes and shapes, broad with a separate tunnel for the horse, short and long. brick lined and rock cut, complete with a ghost! Explore the English countryside slowly so you do not miss any. Saturday night at Warwick; Sunday Lapworth; Monday Hockley Heath; Tuesday Tardebigge; Wednesday Stoke Wharf; Thursday Offerton; Friday Worcester.
Highlights. > Three major flights of locks, Hatton, Lapworth and Tardebigge. > A chance to explore the old canal wharfs at Tardebigge. > Three lift bridges. > Six tunnels. Including one of the longest in the UK. > An unique Guillotine Lock. > Plenty to see at both start and ending points.



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14 - The River Severn. A 'One Centre cruise' Worcester to Gloucester. Saturday 26th June to Saturday 3rd July. 7 nights for £665 per berth. Explore the full navigable length of this River and wander around its towns. The Severn has its own charm. On this cruise you have the chance to explore the full navigable length. You join us at Worcester and cruise up river to Stourport before going down river to Gloucester. At Gloucester we will also explore much of the Sharpness Ship canal before returning back to Worcester. During the cruise we will moor for the night in a range of waterside towns and cities: Stouport,Upton and Tewkesbry for one night. Worcester and Gloucester for two nights. Saturday night at Worcester; Sunday Stourport; Monday Upton; Tuesday Gloucester; Wednesday Gloucester; Thursday Tewkesbury; Friday Worcester.
Highlights > Worcester is a fascinating place in which to start and finish.. > Evenings in Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Stourport and Upton, > The commercial navigation of the River Severn. > Gloucester Historic docks and the new Quays shopping outlet. > See different ways of working narrow boats including long lining. > A rare chance to cruise on the Sharpness Ship Canal.



14A-Short Break Sat. 26th June to Tues. 29th June 3 nights for £345. Join us in Worcester for dinner on the Saturday, travel down to Gloucester via Stourport, leave us when we moor up in the centre of Gloucester at Tuesday teatime in a taxi back to Worcester. 14B-Short Break -Tues. 29th June to Sat 3rd July 4 nights for £435. Join the boats in Gloucester in time for dinner on the Tuesday. Cruise with us back up to Worcester after a trip down the Sharpness canal first. Leaving the boats after Breakfast on the Saturday. (If you wish to use car parking at Worcester we will provide a taxi to pick you up on Tuesday.) Return to the list of all our cruises.
15 - River Cruising. Worcester to Stratford. Saturday 3rd July to Saturday 10th July. 7 nights for £665 per berth. Now 10% off this cruise only pay £600. "There is nothing so nice as messing about on the river" Especially when there is an expert crew to handle the boats! Two days on the River Severn and the full length of the River Avon from Tewkesbury up to Stratford. Contrast the mighty Severn with the Avon whose head waters we only just fit on! A chance also to stroll around the towns and cities of the rivers when the 'visitors' have left. Saturday night at Worcester; Sunday Gloucester; Monday Tewkesbury; Tuesday Evesham; Wednesday Pershore; Thursday Bidford; Friday Stratford.
Highlights > Tremendous places to start and finish in. > Evenings in Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Pershore and Evesham, > Gloucester Historic docks. > The commercial navigation of the River Severn. > The restored delightful river Avon. >Mooring in the centre of Stratford upon Avon.