Narrowboat Nomads

Author : Steve Haywood
Publisher : Summersdale
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781783726110

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Narrowboat Nomads by Steve Haywood Pdf

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.

Author : Tony Jones
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781399404440

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The Narrowboat Guide 2nd edition by Tony Jones Pdf

A fully revised and expanded edition of the only resource you'll need for choosing, owning and maintaining a narrowboat. The UK has over 2000 miles of navigable canals and rivers which are home to an estimated 35,000 licensed boats. Although canal boats can look much the same to the novice, there are some very important differences to be aware of. If you're new to boating you have some important choices to make. This comprehensive book examines the options available to different types of boaters. From those who choose to live aboard their boats and constant cruisers to fair-weather cruisers, hire boating and share boat syndicates – each will need a different type of boat if they are to fully enjoy their time afloat. Packed with case studies and advice from real boaters with years of experience to share, this second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout and includes new information on liveaboard costs and considerations, eco-friendly boating options, shared ownership and tax-free boat building, as well as: - The cost of boating - Choosing the ideal boat for your boating profile - Buying a boat and the legalities of purchase - Choosing suitable internal fittings and features - Heating, lighting, toilets and hot water options - Boat electrics and solar power - Finding a mooring - Boating health and safety - Locks, swing-bridges and the boating 'highway code' - Boat maintenance - Boating etiquette and best practice

Author : Steve Haywood
Publisher : Summersdale
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857653253

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Narrowboat Dreams by Steve Haywood Pdf

Steve Haywood escaped the routine of his life in London for a voyage of discovery along England’s inland waterways, travelling by traditional narrowboat. With irrepressible humour he describes the history of the canals, the characters he meets along the way, and the magic that makes England’s waterways so appealing.

Author : Steve Haywood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781472977014

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Tales from the Tillerman by Steve Haywood Pdf

'Haywood imprints his inimitable humour on his descriptions of the people and places he meets along the way.' – BBC Countryfile magazine 'He conjures up a picture of a different world, filled with interesting and eccentric people. A cross-section of the best of middle England, in fact.' – The Oxford Times Steve Haywood has been cruising the inland waterways for fifty years, and has amassed a following of readers keen to hear about his travelling tales on Britain's beautiful canals and rivers. His previously published books – Narrowboat Dreams, One Man and a Narrowboat, Too Narrow to Swing a Cat and Narrowboat Nomads – have all been hugely enjoyed by those with a desire for a narrowboat narrative told in Steve's witty, charming style. Tales from the Tillerman is Steve's next title and is both his tribute to Britain's canals, rivers and countryside and a celebration of Britishness in all its eccentric glory. Unlike Steve's previous titles, which have each focussed on one particular journey that Steve has taken, Tales from the Tillerman is casting the net wider and drawing from his full fifty years of experience, recounting the many hair-raising escapades he's had up and down the country and reflecting on how the country and the cruising landscape has changed in those fifty years. Anecdotes and light-hearted rants aplenty, mixed with some tall tales and a smattering of the nostalgic, in Tales from the Tillerman you'll be thoroughly entertained as a middle-aged man (oh, go on then, an old one) reflects on his long love affair with boats and waterways, contemplating their importance to his life and how they've changed it.

Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Boat living
ISBN : OCLC:1325125349

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Narrow Boat by L. T. C. Rolt Pdf

Author : David Edward Sopher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1236 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : UCAL:C2927110

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The Sea Nomads by David Edward Sopher Pdf

Author : David E. Sopher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : IND:39000003719742

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The Sea Nomads by David E. Sopher Pdf

Author : National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015018608417

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Nomads of the World by National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division Pdf

Distinguished scholars write of the lives and customs of eight groups- Lohars of India, etc. who wander over long distances in search of food and water for their families and animals.

Author : Julian Dutton
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780750997584

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Water Gypsies by Julian Dutton Pdf

For centuries, living afloat on Britain's waterways has been a rich part of the fabric of our social history, from the fisherfolk of ancient Britain to the bohemian houseboat dwellers of the 1950s and beyond. Whether they have chosen to leave the land behind and take to the water or been driven there by necessity, the history of the houseboat is a unique and fascinating seam of British history. In Water Gypsies, Julian Dutton – who was born and grew up on a houseboat – traces the evolution of boat-dwelling, from an industrial phenomenon in the heyday of the canals to the rise of life afloat as an alternative lifestyle in postwar Britain. Drawing on personal accounts and with a beautiful collection of illustrations, Water Gypsies is both a vivid narrative of a unique way of life and a valuable addition to social history.

Author : Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt,Denys J. Watkins-Pitchford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Midlands (England)
ISBN : OCLC:833671406

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Narrow Boat by Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt,Denys J. Watkins-Pitchford Pdf

Author : James Oliver Curwood
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783734030284

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Nomads of the North by James Oliver Curwood Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Nomads of the North by James Oliver Curwood

Author : Steve Haywood
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857653253

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Narrowboat Dreams by Steve Haywood Pdf

Steve Haywood escaped the routine of his life in London for a voyage of discovery along England’s inland waterways, travelling by traditional narrowboat. With irrepressible humour he describes the history of the canals, the characters he meets along the way, and the magic that makes England’s waterways so appealing.

Author : Ben Bowles
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781805394952

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Boaters of London by Ben Bowles Pdf

London and the Southeast of England is home to an alternative community of people called 'boaters': individuals and families who live on narrowboats, cruisers and barges, along a network of canals and rivers. Many of these people move from place to place every two weeks due to mooring rules and form itinerant communities in the heart of some of the UK’s most built-up and expensive urban spaces. Boaters of London is an ethnography that delves into the process of becoming a boater, adopting an alternative lifestyle on the water and the political impact that this travelling population has on the state.

Author : L. T. C. Rolt
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1991-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0749305665

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Narrowboat by L. T. C. Rolt Pdf

Author : Marie Browne
Publisher : Accent Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781783755196

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Narrow Escape by Marie Browne Pdf

“Oh, you live on a boat? That must be really cold in the winter...” Or, “Oh, you live on a boat? It must be great being so close to nature...” Or, “Oh, you live on a boat? It must be fantastic to be able to go wherever you like, whenever you like...” Narrow Escape sets out to dispel these commonly held public myths. From how to avoid assassination by ninja stealth ducklings, through definitive proof that kittens are aliens and the best way to sleep at forty-five degrees, to the importance of having the right boating equipment; (a child’s plastic sledge and a never ending supply of cotton wool balls). This month by month account of one family’s liveaboard year takes a firmly tongue in cheek look at what it takes to enjoy the ‘idyllic’ lifestyle.