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The Water Road: An Odyssey by Narrowboat Through England's Waterways
by: Paul Gogarty

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623
EAN: 9781861056559
ISBN: 1861056559
Label: Robson Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Robson Books Ltd
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 364
Publication Date: May 29, 2003
Publisher: Robson Books Ltd
Studio: Robson Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 14379

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- An excellent read
So good I read it twice. Contrary to the previous reviewer's opinion on the 'present tense' style of writing, I find that it works extremely well with this book and serves to carry the reader along on the journey with Paul. I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone interested in the canla system, narrowboats or travel in general.

Rating:

- Excellent read, enjoyable and very hard to put down.
My title says it all. I agree with the last review and would suggest you don't even read the one before. I have travelled a lot myself and felt very comfortable with the style of this book. I think that is a fairly good example that it works. A great armchair substitute if you ask me. I'll bet you fancy a canal boat holiday after reading this one, we shall see?

Rating:

- Potentially great, could have done with a tough editor.
This book could have been one of the waterways classics. He showed an excellent ability to research and prepare and – more importantly – the knack to have interesting things happen to him that reflected the broad experience of the modern waterways user. From being stoned in 'bandit country' (the Wigan Flight) to meeting up with old boating and canal folk on his route, he recorded it well and with flair.

However, one big flaw ruined it for me: he wrote it entirely in the modish 'present tense' of modern magazine interviews. I believe he is a magazine travel writer, so perhaps he can’t shake off a habit.

For example: "...my stomach grumbles and I pull into the skinniest of fish and chip shops in the nearby village ... Read More:

Rating:

- The meaning of (p)leasure
Whilst we all run around complaining of no free time to do the things we want to do, there is no time to stop and work out if there is a better way. Paul Gogarty has found the time to write a great work by slowing down, and where better on the canals of England where 4 miles an hour speed limits prevail.

If this had been published in the 70s, reading it today you would assume that it's not like that any more. And you'd be wrong. The canals of Britain are reviving slowly but surely and this book sends a very positive message of this revival.

Gogarty has captured the spirit of the waterways, and the people who inhabit them, whilst somehow managing to portray the slowed-down life to be led. The best travel books are those that ... Read More:

Rating:

- The Water Road an Odysey by Narrowboat through England's Wat
This is a highly evocative book which proves irresistible reading, especially if you find canals themselves just as irresistible. Gogarty is a natural with a penchant for descriptive phrases which leave little to the imagination. It's one of the best books I have read in a long time.

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