The canal system in the UK is also fascinating now. Not much freight traffic but a large number of pleasure canal boats. I've been on a couple of holidays on th

The canal system in the UK is also fascinating now. Not much freight traffic but a large number of pleasure canal boats. I've been on a couple of holidays on these and it is a great way to see some nature. Also fascinating to manoeuvre the boats, especially when you don't have bow thrusters, and virtually no steering in reverse. They are long and thin, and turn around their centres rather than 'following the front wheels' like a car. And some of the canals are only a few feet (or less) wider than the boats. The canal network is also widely used by walkers since the vast majority of canals have tow paths and riverside pubs.