Narrow Dog to Carcassonne Two Foolish People, One Odd Dog, an English Canal Boat...and the Adventure of a Lifetime
Narrow Dog to Carcassonne Two Foolish People, One Odd Dog, an English Canal Boat...and the Adventure of a Lifetime
- ISBN 13:
9780385342087
- ISBN 10:
038534208X
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 03/25/2008
- Publisher: Delta
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Summary
"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 Monicatogether with their dog, a whippet named Jimchucked 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 thePhyllis May,you'll dive through six-foot waves in the Channel and be swept down the terrible Rhone. You'll meet the French nobody meetspoets, captains, scholars, madmen; they all want to know the couple on the painted boat and their narrow dog. You'll visit the France nobody knowsthe 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.