Picking a stretch of the river

A short tour of the five stretches, what scenery each holds and which landings on each suit a calm evening or a livelier one.

Canal cuts and the boat’s own decks

The Lock Country holds brick locks, painted narrowboats and a viaduct over a gorge, and its deck-pass landing is Keeper’s Lock Gates. The Steamer Reach is the paddle-steamer itself, from the willow mooring to the wheelhouse, with The Willow Mooring open on a deck pass.

Harbours and the far north

The Harbour Mouth is mostly calm water: blue fishing boats, island cottages and rock pools. The Northern Sound is the deepest stretch, with three high-volatility landings among its kelp forest, midnight ferry and floatplane cove.

The warm shallows at journey’s end

The last stretch has seven landings, four of them low volatility, from a bulb-strung beach shack to rope bridges over a lagoon. Driftwood Shack Lights is its deck-pass landing.