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A review by halfmanhalfbook
Too Narrow to Swing a Cat: Going Nowhere in Particular on the English Waterways by Steve Haywood
3.0
Haywood is a well know character in the narrow boat and canal scene, and i picked this up as I am trying to read the entire Summersdale travel book collection.
This was written over a summer when he decides that he want to spend a summer visiting all the canal and boat festivals going on and catching up with old friends and making new ones. He spends several months on his boat, and this time has company in the form of a black and white cat, as well as regular visits from his long suffering partner Em. He manages to make it to most festivals, though he does try to do it the hardest way possible, by damaging his ankle; not helpful when hobbling around by locks.
I liked the writing style, it made me chuckle a few times, and whilst he has things that he get annoyed about, it doesn't detract from the book. His passion for all things canal, and the English countryside are evident, and he is right when he says there is still a lot to do to preserve the nice manor houses and the not quite so nice industrial heritage for our future.
This was written over a summer when he decides that he want to spend a summer visiting all the canal and boat festivals going on and catching up with old friends and making new ones. He spends several months on his boat, and this time has company in the form of a black and white cat, as well as regular visits from his long suffering partner Em. He manages to make it to most festivals, though he does try to do it the hardest way possible, by damaging his ankle; not helpful when hobbling around by locks.
I liked the writing style, it made me chuckle a few times, and whilst he has things that he get annoyed about, it doesn't detract from the book. His passion for all things canal, and the English countryside are evident, and he is right when he says there is still a lot to do to preserve the nice manor houses and the not quite so nice industrial heritage for our future.