This is just the sort of experience that Keswick Boat House

has on offer. As its website describes: “Situated on the waters edge of Derwent Water this most unusal holiday home provides an exciting and rare opportunity to stay in a unique boat-house. The property was built in the 18th century and was formerly the ferryman’s house serving the islands of Derwent Water. The boat house still retains much of its original character with exposed stone walls, low beams and vaulted ceiling, and period furniture. With a gallery bedroom and delightful balcony it boasts magnificent views across the lake”.

The article makes further suggestions such as Canute Cottages near Chichester in West Sussex and the Scandinavian Style River Lark Lodge in Isleham in Cambridgeshire.

My personal favourite suggested in the article is LochBay Boathouse on the Isle of Skye in Scotland:

“Lochbay Boathouse is a unique seaside house. It sits on the shore of Lochbay, on the Waternish peninsula, a few miles from Dunvegan, in the north-west of Skye. Built in the early 19th Century with thick walls of local stone, it was originally the boathouse for the Waternish Estate. [It] combines modern comfort with the character of an unmistakably old building.

The views from the house are simply stunning: south eastwards to the picturesque fishing village of Stein, south westwards across Loch Bay, and north westwards towards the sea, with the islands of Isay and Mingay in the foreground and the distant mountains of North Uist beyond.”

I can’t wait to get my feet wet.