{"id":1959,"date":"2017-10-10T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T16:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2017-10-10T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T16:41:08","slug":"crt-promoting-canals-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/narrowboatingforbeginners.com\/wordpress\/crt-promoting-canals-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"CRT promoting canals for beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canalrivertrust.org.uk\/refresh\/media\/original\/21283.jpg?resize=800%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monmouthshire &amp; Brecon Canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I received a request to mention a Canal &amp; River Trust promotion: <a href=\"https:\/\/canalrivertrust.org.uk\/enjoy-the-waterways\/boating\/boat-trips-and-holidays\/information-for-new-boaters\/holidays-for-first-time-boaters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holidays for first-time boaters<\/a>. The story at the CRT website lists eight waterway journeys and I think they\u2019re very good choices: the Monmouthshire &amp; Brecon Canal in Wales; the Ashby Canal; Birmingham, with too many canals to list separately; the Llangollen; the Caldon Canal through the Peak District; Bath and the Kennet &amp; Avon Canal; and the North Oxford Canal.<\/p>\n<p>My husband and I and our friends have done two of these canals\u2014the Llangollen and Kennet &amp; Avon\u2014and I\u2019m busy writing about my bike trip along the canals of the Midlands. And I\u2019ve either recommended to others or am planning to travel the Monmouthshire &amp; Brecon, the Ashby and the Oxford. The Ashby would be quite fun as it passes Bosworth Field.<\/p>\n<p>Our next boat trip will be next fall when we travel the Monmouthshire &amp; Brecon Canal, which is perfect for beginners at about 30 miles long and only six locks and with a number of hire locations along its length. The pictures other boaters have sent me of the canal look beautiful; and as an added bonus, the canal was also visited this June by Timothy West and Prunella Scales of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/great-canal-journeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Canal Journeys<\/a><\/em>, the Channel 4 series that follows these veteran actors on the canals of the British Isles and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received a request to mention a Canal &amp; River Trust promotion: Holidays for first-time boaters. 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