Narrow Dog to Carcassonne - Two Foolish People, One Odd Dog, an English Canal Boat...and the Adventure of a Lifetime (Paperback)

""We could bore ourselves to death, drink ourselves to death, or have a bit of an adventure..." "It was absurd. It was foolhardy. And it was glorious. When they retired, Terry Darlington and his somewhat saner wife Monica--together with their dog, a whippet named Jim--chucked their earthbound life and set out in an utterly unseaworthy sixty-foot canal narrowboat across the notoriously treacherous English Channel and down to the South of France.
Aboard the "Phyllis May, " you'll dive through six-foot waves in the Channel and be swept down the terrible Rhone. You'll meet the French nobody meets--poets, captains, scholars, madmen; they all want to know the couple on the painted boat and their narrow dog. You'll visit the France nobody knows--the backwaters of Flanders, the canals beneath Paris, and the forbidden routes to the wine-dark Mediterranean Sea. Aliens, trolls, gongoozlers, killer fish, and the walking dead all stand between our two-person, one-whippet crew and their goal: the ancient, many-towered city of Carcassonne.
A tale of travel, travail, dubious wine, a balky pump, and a boat built for only a few feet of water, this exuberantly inventive and hugely entertaining odyssey of the spirit, senses, and heart will enchant lovers of France, England, and all that lies between.

General

Imprint:	Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2008
First published:	March 2008
Authors:	Terry Darlington
Dimensions:	208 x 131 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-385-34208-7
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	0-385-34208-X
Barcode:	9780385342087

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