A unique lifestyle is thriving on and along the waterways The UK's canal network spreads the length on breadth of England, Scotland and Wales. Canals go into and out of towns and cities, skirt medieval villages and meander through industrial estates and historic buildings of great heritage. Along the way one finds a wide range of stunning rural lan...

 There were those who were alert to the joys of Britain's canals as early as the mid-19 Century. It was however, some one hundred years later that taking a canal narrowboat holiday really began to take off. Since then, the popularity of canal boating in England, Wales and Scotland has soared, particularly during the warmer months of late sprin...

 The Hampshire cathedral city of Winchester seeps history wherever one walks – and looks. And no wonder. An Iron Age trading centre, the city that is now Winchester came to great prominence during the Roman occupation of Britain. By the 9th Century Winchester was the capital of Wessex and ruled by King Alfred the Great who declared it the unif...

Fonab Castle Hotel & Spa, also known as Port-na-Craig House, is a Scots Baronial property located above Loch Faskally on the edge of the bustling small town of Pitlochry. Built in 1892 as a family residence and now a five-star hotel and spa it offers rooms in the original castle or in a newer built lodge and two on-site restaurants. The nearby ...

Murrayshall is a four-star country house hotel in 365 acres of rural Perthshire Dating back to the mid-17th Century, Murrayshall is a grand century stately home hotel in rural Perthshire. It offers guests 40 rooms and suites, fine dining, a spa, 27-holes of parkland golf and a wide range of active pursuits Murrayshall also a short distance from Sco...

Kinloch Lodge is an historic country house hotel with tremendous character on the Scottish Isle of Skye. It sits in splendid isolation on the shores of the serene Loch na Dal with dramatic views of the Cuillin mountain range in the distance. The Isle of Skye itself is found just off the west coast of Scotland and is the largest of the islands known...