Simon J

Try Norbury Wharf LTD we have Motor homes for hire and we might even have the odd boat that we can rent to you, and we are based in Staffordshire!

You do not need a bow thruster and if you haven't got one you will learn how to manoeuvre the boat, BUT it is a nice thing to have as long as you use it for its intended purpose. I have had boats with and without but they are very useful item when reversing and manoeuvring in close quarters in the wind, and or by your self.

Without a shadow of a doubt it needs to be the Shropshire union canal, as it has about 15 pubs along its entire length but it has 7 pubs within a 17 mile lock free section from Market Drayton to Wheaton Aston, you can hire from NorburyWharfLTD, country wide cruisers or Napton narrow boats