This was the third time as a family we had hired a narrow boat, the first time was on the Norfolk Broads, second was on the Llangollen Canal, this time was the Oxford canal.
Hiring our boat ‘Exeter’ from College Cruisers was an easy experience, done through the website with a few follow up emails. The boat is a 65’ cruiser stern narrow boat, we went for the two double room setup, there are a couple of other setups unto one that sleeps 10.
Exeter is well appointed and because there was only 4 of us we were able to leave the dining table up as well as leave the TV seating area, it must be noted that the TV reception along the canal was non-existent apart from when we were close to Oxford, not that this is a problem as we weren’t there to watch the TV.
The middle bedroom is permanently made up but the front cabin needs to be made up each night, bearing this in mind the front cabin (ours) had a very comfortable bed.
We had a great week cruising on the Oxford, a very pretty canal with locks, sections of river and plenty of bank side interest.
I would happily recommend College Cruisers.