Rose Narrowboats Ltd has a long history in canal holidays, dating back to Derek and Margot Ambrose’s purchase of the boat yard at Stretton Stop from Maid Line Cruisers in 1972. Maid Line, run by Captain Monk, were a famous and pioneering canal holiday hire fleet in the 1960’s and the base at Stretton was their first on a narrow canal. Opened in 1962 this was among the earliest canal holiday hire fleet bases that were instrumental in aiding the rejuvenation of the UK canal network from an antiquated transport system to the amazing leisure resource it is today.