Real Ale Festival 2017 and Narrowboat Hire

Real Ale Festival 2017 and Narrowboat Hire. This years Market Bosworth Rail Ale festival is nearly upon us!  Why not spend the weekend living on-board our luxury narrowboat just a stones throw away from the annual festival based at the Market Bosworth steam train station?

The Midlands Canal Network

About The Midlands! The Midlands Geography The Midlands is an area centrally located within England, part of the UK.  It currently has no designated administrative area , it therefore, lacks any strict definition. However, it is generally considered to include the counties of Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. […]

Pictures

You may be wondering where the pictures of boats are on the website! Fear not, the pictures will be on the website shortly please bear with us.              

Merry Xmas MidlandMallard.

Happy Xmas from us at MidlandMallard.

Living on a Narrowboat

Living on a narrowboat can be a daunting challenge for even the most hardy outdoorsy types but fear not…. Over the past few months I’ve been following the exploits of David Johns, an ex Jounalist who decided to pack it all in and go buy a canal boat to live on. With no real experience […]

Xmas Quackers

Holidays on the ashby canal network

Market Bosworth Steam Train

Canal Boat Holidays on the Ashby Canal in the midlands