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    One Man and a Narrowboat: Slowing Down Time on England's Waterways

    By Steve Haywood

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    About this ebook

    If I’d really been serious about getting to grips with my mid-life crisis, then I’d have been better opting for a course of therapy than going off travelling. Or if I had to travel, I’d have been better opting for somewhere warm with a beach…'

    In an attempt to get to grips with a BIG birthday, Steve sets out from Oxford to explore what makes the English… well, so English. His quirky humour is inspired by Tom Rolt, who took to the canals on a similar journey immortalised in the book Narrow Boat, kick-starting the revival of Britain’s waterways. Prepare for a generous helping of mayhem, mishaps and the staple of every English summer: torrential rain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale Publishers Ltd
    Release dateApr 6, 2009
    ISBN9780857653260
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    One Man and a Narrowboat: Slowing Down Time on England's Waterways
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    Steve Haywood

    Steve Haywood is a writer, journalist and filmmaker, and the author of five previous waterways books. He's been a devoted inland waterways narrowboater for fifty years and has written a monthly column for the magazine Canal Boat for more than ten years. He is author of Tales from the Tillerman (Adlard Coles).

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    • 4/5
      I would probably read Haywood again if offered the book for free, but he is one of the least interesting writers about the canals that I have come across.
    • 5/5
      This was a surprisingly entertaining and interesting book. The author leaves London for a long stay on the canals, and makes his travels (and his staying put) a very good read. In between you learn a lot about Tom Rolt, Robert Aickman, Elisabeth Jane Howard, and the IWA
    • 3/5
      Plus a bit of a star. I didn't warm to the author on starting but by the end I realised I didn't have to. Nor do you need to be passionate about canals to enjoy it. It's a good blend of canal journey and history, and the personal histories of Tom Roke and Robert Aickman who turned around the fortunes of canals.