'WE COULD BORE OURSELVES TO DEATH, DRINK OURSELVES TO DEATH, OR HAVE A BIT OF AN ADVENTURE...' When they retired Terry and Monica Darlington decided to sail their canal narrowboat across the Channel and down to the Mediterranean, together with their whippet Jim. They took advice from experts, who said they would die, together with their whippet Jim. On the Phyllis May you dive through six-foot waves in the Channel, are swept down the terrible Rh???ne, and fight for your life in a storm among the flamingos of the ...
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'WE COULD BORE OURSELVES TO DEATH, DRINK OURSELVES TO DEATH, OR HAVE A BIT OF AN ADVENTURE...' When they retired Terry and Monica Darlington decided to sail their canal narrowboat across the Channel and down to the Mediterranean, together with their whippet Jim. They took advice from experts, who said they would die, together with their whippet Jim. On the Phyllis May you dive through six-foot waves in the Channel, are swept down the terrible Rh???ne, and fight for your life in a storm among the flamingos of the Camargue. You meet the French nobody meets - poets, captains, historians, drunks, bargees, men with guns, scholars, madmen - they all want to know the people on the painted boat and their narrow dog. You visit the France nobody knows - the backwaters of Flanders, the canals beneath Paris, the heavenly Yonne, the lost Burgundy Canal, the islands of the Sa???ne, and the forbidden ways to the Mediterranean. Aliens, dicks, trolls, vandals, gongoozlers, killer fish and the walking dead all stand between our three innocents and their goal - many-towered Carcassonne.
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A retired couple and their whippet Jim pack up their narrowboat in Wales, head down to London, across the English Channel, through Belgium and France to the Mediterranean (just a bit) and Carcassonne, a route that no narrowboat was ever intended to take, and probably none other ever has or will. It is more than just an interesting travelogue; there is some interesting creative writing and a smattering of poetry. I don't think I would care to make the trip, but I'm glad to have gone along by way of the book. Some knowledge of British canals and narrowboats (now easily obtained by way of YouTube) adds to the experience.
Graham S
May 10, 2012
Not for everyone!
Having read this book and thoroughly enjoyed it I felt sure my brother in France would like it just as much, especially as he is coming to the UK for a canal holiday in June so I sent him a copy. I was wrong! Terry Darlington's sense of humour did not appeal to him. It just goes to show you can't please all the people all of the time!
Meanwhile, I am re-reading my copy and enjoying it just as much as I did last time. I can't wait to read Terry's new book that is due out any time now.
