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Very entertaining reading - Timothy West Brilliant raconteur and accomplished wordsmith. Amusing, informative and honest. Forget all the shiny, sanitised travelogues and fat, fluffy guide books; this is the real deal - Sailing Today It's a cracking read and you'll have trouble putting it down - Canal Boat Magazine Entertaining prose and lively style - Living France John Liley is one of England's canal experts. A nice relaxed style and lots of wry observations on people, France and bureaucracy - G.C.Barrow Strong character depiction and a wealth of incidents bring this book to life. Well worth reading - H. Davie
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"Keeping Afloat" is a light-hearted tale of John Liley's exploits on the canals of France. John was working for a boating magazine when he was overcome with a dream of owning and operating a hotel-barge in France. Now, thirty years on, he tells of his often hilarious misadventures in the early days of setting up a business that would keep afloat. Characters such as The Whizzer, Mighty Min and Monsieur Bertrand would be unbelievable if they were not true. Barge enthusiasts and landlubbers alike will laugh with and at John's exploits.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
How this man and his business partners pulled this venture off is still a mystery to me - but they did it. They encountered a huge number of setbacks that would have seen most off - me certainly - but they stuck it out and won through.
Very well written account of the enterprise, well worth a read. This is one of those "can't put it down' books.
Steve Foley
Very well written account of the enterprise, well worth a read. This is one of those "can't put it down' books.
Steve Foley
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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John Liley is one of England's canal experts and to older readers they will remember his earlier writings on canals in Britain and Europe. He regularly still writes a column in Waterways World magazine. This book is of interest to anyone who is thinking of setting up a tourism related business, as well as anyone who loves canals and waterways or rural France. It's well written with a nice relaxed style and lots of wry observations on people, France and beauracracy. I'd buy a copy to take on holiday with you this summer.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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It can be embarrassing finding oneself laughing out load in a public place - that is just what happened when I was reading this book. It is a delightful tale of the adventure of running a hotel barge on the canals of Burgandy. Be prepared for hilarious characters and French bureaucracy at its best!
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It's OK
An interesting book in parts, but not as funny and entertaining as the comments on the rear cover make out. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mike Heritage
Keeping Afloat
Not well written and too long ago to be relevent. Three ways to capsize a boat is a much better though very different story.
Published 20 months ago by Mr. Philip A. Rigby
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I'm a sucker for books on canals and boating. This one goes behind the scenes and describes, always affectionately and sometimes hilariously, the problems and pitfalls of... Read more
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