On Sun, 2 Sep 2007 18:34:25 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:

This is the boat of preference for the locals when traveling the canals of
the UK............narrowboats:

http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/...phtml?id=66988

http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/...phtml?id=66665

Interesting looking but not my style. ;-)

The English canals are so narrow that you don't have much choice. The
boats are literally built to fit the locks. You do get to cruise by
some really quaint olde villages along the way. It's a very laid back
vacation from what I hear, eating and drinking your way through the
English countryside.