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'Queenie'

Reverse layout - so you step off the back deck into the kitchen - and there is a side hatch starboar
The solid fuel stove means year round hire is very comfortable.
Fold away dining table and chairs.
Reclining chairs and a warm fire in the evening.
Good sized bathroom with a shower and plenty of storage space.
Normal sized and very comfortable double bed at the front of the boat.
Looking out onto the front deck.
Queenie has a side hatch.
Cheshire Ring stopover (photo Wilco & Chris).
Queenie is our second boat.
In Dunham photo by @JulesHornbrook
Ye Old Number 3 mooring aboard Queenie photo by Jules Hornbrook.
Sunday morning on Canal Street in Manchester photo by Wilco & Chris
Queenie and the Packet House, Worsley (photo: Ian Jones).
Queenie into a tunnel (photo: Ian Jones).
Queenie on the River Weaver about to enter the Anderton Boat Lift (photo: Ian Jones).

'Gloria'

Step off the back deck into the galley.
Open plan and spacious.
The saloon dinette makes into a double bed.
In front of the Packet House (built 1760) in Worsley.
Solid fuel stove for winter hires.
Lot's of handy storage spaces
Bathroom with shower, sink, toilet and storage areas.
Crusing through Sale photo by Brendan Burke
A great write up for us.
'Gloria' spotted moored up in Sale.
Gloria in Lymm.
A photo from Tony Stanton's holiday.
Fixed double bed at the front of the boat.
Bedroom doors lead onto the front deck.
Houseboat Hire Available
Thanks Laura Hutchinson for this lovely photo and the other interior shots.
Casting off from our mooring at the Bridgewater marina.
Lock 92 in Manchester you pass this as part of the Cheshire Ring.
In Castlefield where you don't have to go through any locks.
Gloria is 57ft/17.37m long.
Moored at Dunham Massey photo by Brendan Burke
'Gloria' On The Bridgewater Canal - Autumn
Always something to watch.

Canal Life

Spring
Our mooring 2012.
Summer
Dessert glasses of summer wine on the back deck.
The Anderton Boat Lift - 3 days from our base at the Bridgewater marina.
At breakfast time on the back deck - our mooring.
Castlefield (Manchester) - nice photo Mary Thompson.
Sculpture on the way towards the Leeds Liverpool canal North West UK.
Nice pic Steven K.
The road bridge taken from the Barton Aqueduct - passing over the Manchester Ship Canal.
Or else!
Plank Lane lift bridge...you get to stop the traffic.
Winter
Disney swan!
We supply maps and information about routes.
When it's not frozen.
In the sky near M28 1YB
Winter
On the way to Manchester city centre
From the side hatch on Queenie
Crossing the Manchester Ship Canal photo by @JulesHornbrook
Old and new in Sale photo by @JulesHornbrook
Photo by Wilco & Chris
Springtime taken by Mary Photogwomanextraordinare Thompson.
In Castlefield at night
The Bridgewater canal in Salford was established in 1761
Queenie passing the Manchester Velodrome (on the Cheshire Ring) Queenie' passes the Velodrome. Photo

Bridgewater Marina/Boothstown Basin - Our Base

Sunset at the Bridgewater marina Boothstown.
Another view from Gloria's mooring on an Autumn morning.
Fresh mint in the Summertime.
Peaceful and relaxing.
If the canal is frozen we can offer static houseboat hire.
Space on the canal bank for picnic's.
That gap between the boats is Gloria's mooring.
The view from our office.
Our base.
Summer neighbours at the marina.
Our mooring for Autumn, static, house boat hire.
The pub is in the background.
Gloria
Static houseboat hire available if the canal freezes over
Free parking at our base.
This is our mooring - bow to bow with the green boat.
Back in 2012 - the year we started.

Holiday Snaps

Peter and John Hope.
Mel and Lorraine stopping by on their tour of Europe.
Mel and Lorraine 100 years ago!
To keep warm in winter time - Lucy.
Joellen in Worsley.
Wilco and Chris on the Cheshire Ring.
The Force is strong with Queenie!
Aboard Gloria.
Day 1 of the Cheshire Ring - Wilco and Chris.
Grace and Ali.
Tim and Simon in the rain and a finger.
Their New Year hire aboard Queenie - Debbie and Paul.
What can you see Steven?
Breakfast aboard Gloria - Laura and Dave.
Chris or Wilco's feet on the Cheshire Ring.
Frank aboard Gloria.
Jackie Wells on a pre-wedding honeymoon hire in February 2017.
Anne, Queenie, Cheshire Ring, July 2017.
Brendan and Coral photo by Lilli
Lilli, Coral and Brendan
Emily in 2016
Anne and Torgeir Summer 2018
Lili, Coral and Brendan coming in to land.
Amay With His Souvenir Bag - Thanks to a business grant we received from Est 1761 & Heritage Lottery
Saskia Aboard Queenie On The Cheshire Ring
Hester in Lymm Village next to Sooty, Sweep and Soo's House

The Cheshire Ring by Saskia and Aarjen (a gallery in progress)

On the way into Manchester
Entering Castlefield
About to start the Cheshire Ring
'Treasures from the weedhatch'.
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