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    Narrowboat Nomads: Living the Dream on the English Waterways

    By Steve Haywood

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    ‘We were aware of a dreamlike quality to our trip. There was something far-fetched about it, something out of this world.’

    Austerity might be getting everyone else down, but Steve is waving his worries goodbye on another of his light-hearted trips around the picturesque English waterways.

    This time it’s a bit different, though. This time he’s not just cruising with his cat, Kit, but with his long-suffering wife, Em, who’s given up work and wants her share of easy living too. They’ve rented out their home for the ups and downs of a life afloat, and there’s no going back now as they cruise from the historic River Thames, through the Midlands and westward into the hills of Wales, meeting a familiar cast of eccentrics and oddballs along the way, and experiencing one of the hottest summers of recent years.

    But how, after life in a four-bedroom house, do they manage to survive together squeezed into a space the size of a potting shed? Other books pretend to tell you about life afloat – this one shows you what it’s really like.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummersdale Publishers Ltd
    Release dateJul 9, 2015
    ISBN9781783726110
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    Narrowboat Nomads: Living the Dream on the English 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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      Steve has a great turn of phrase and a healthily cynical view of the world. I enjoyed every page and the opportunity for a few hours to live vicariously on a narrowboat. Looking forwards to reading his other books.