Newbie questions!
Hi, apologies if this has already been covered but couldnt find anything - looking for some reassurance before I ring our hire company and sound like a complete idiot!
We are having our first canal holiday next month and I am currently planning the route along the Grand Union. We want to moor outside pubs so that we can enjoy the evening and not do too much cooking on the boat so evening meal is sorted.
I am confused about the "parking" - is it literally as easy as if there is a spot I can moor there? (I know there are time limits on some that I have seen, we would be less than 24 hours in any spot). I have the interactive map from canal and river trust that I've been referring to the locations tagged as "visitor moorings" - I assume that is where we can stop?!
I am ok with planning the distance etc, I seem to have that down using canalplan.uk
Is there such a thing as a mooring being full? or can you stop before/after the last boat as long as its not too narrow there?
I know this will sound stupid but this is the bt I am struggling with, what should we do in that case, if we cannot stop where we planned?
Thanks!