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`Good reading for anyone interested in our waterways and who likes a good tale.'
--Towpath Talk, August 2010
His quietly humorous style makes these books a joy to read
--Towpath Talk, February 2011
--Towpath Talk, August 2010
His quietly humorous style makes these books a joy to read
--Towpath Talk, February 2011
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'quietly humorous account... through secret hidden worlds he succeeds in evoking and capturing on the journey'
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another humorous outing by Steve Haywood who ventures north this time in his trusty narrow boat, `Justice'. A road trip from Banbury to Yorkshire and back would take little time, even in Steve's old Triumph. However with various delays and the tribulations of shallow canals, rusty locks and scary tunnels it becomes an odyssey consuming most of a summer. Steve's style is self-deprecating and dry. He is clearly an expert in the field but is never too esoteric or supercilious in his narrative. Quite the opposite in fact. Reading the book you come to understand locks, lock-keys and dog-soiled towpaths like an old boatman. Not all the action is on the water. He describes a visit to an award winning Yorkshire pie shop in detail, with the local housewives observing that `Oo `e likes `is pies' as he gets carried away with his purchase. The trip becomes as much a search for himself as much as for the northern canals. He competes in a one boat race with himself to get to a certain bridge before impending repairs there close the canal. He becomes obsessed with acquiring a canine companion after an encounter with a canal dwelling couple and their dog. Steve also visits lots of towpath pubs. Does he end up with a dog? Does he get to the bridge on time? And does he get through all those pies without a coronary? Well I'll leave it up to you to find out, rest-assured it's a compelling and enjoyable read.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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What a great read! This is a hilariously funny follow-up to Steve Haywood's earlier canal journey in "Fruit Flies Like a Banana...".
He has managed to capture that sense of "where do I belong?" that so many of us East Midlanders experience. As a Nottingham man, I can even forgive him coming from Leicester because he kept me smiling for 300 odd pages.
What I particularly like is the way he captures the singlemindedness of the lone adventurer as he lovingly describes the narrow world of canal life without ever losing the priorities of his sickly Mother and his partner Em.
Just read it.
Mind you, I bet you will never eat a cornetto with the same enthusiasm again.
He has managed to capture that sense of "where do I belong?" that so many of us East Midlanders experience. As a Nottingham man, I can even forgive him coming from Leicester because he kept me smiling for 300 odd pages.
What I particularly like is the way he captures the singlemindedness of the lone adventurer as he lovingly describes the narrow world of canal life without ever losing the priorities of his sickly Mother and his partner Em.
Just read it.
Mind you, I bet you will never eat a cornetto with the same enthusiasm again.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved this book, and you dont really need to be "au fait" with narrowboats and canals to enjoy it. It was very funny and as a midlander living in the south, I can see where he is coming from :-). Steve is a very amusing writer, this is the seond book that I have read from him, and it doesn't disappoint.
Well recommended read.
Well recommended read.
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Four & a half stars.
I would have given an extra half star if it was possible. If you're looking for a fast action with shooting, sex & death by page 16, you're in the wrong book. Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. S. CLEGG
Depressing
As a newcomer to canal boating I was hoping that this book would provide me with further useful practical insights into the enjoyment of using the canals. What a disappointment. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mackem
Only for the Narrowboat-minded
Reading other reviews leaves me in a curmudgeonly minority. Well, so be it. I found Steve Haywood's determinedly humorous approach wearing and often not very funny. Read more
Published 18 months ago by G. M. Sinstadt
very,very,good
funny,witty,informative,well worth a read.Puts a different view on idilic iiving on a boat.
Published on 10 Dec 2009 by D. Redmond
Pathos laden perfection
I loved this book,it's that rare type of book where you have to give yourself over to it to be truly rewarded, a long,lingering look back to youth, to better times,it yearns, it... Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2009 by Mr. A. M. Jones
one man and his boat
Very good read, funny and informative. The only criticism i have is the "Author's note". does this means most of this account is in the writers mind. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2009 by Mr. M. B. Bates
Locks, old fox and beer barrels.
It's a very good read. When Steve gets around the Manchester area I thought some of the writing was brilliant. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2009 by Mr. R. Edwards
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Much more than a book about canals
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