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Narrowboat Life: Discover Life Afloat on the Inland Waterways

‘A colourful and comprehensive guide to life on the waterways. Practical, pretty and accessible, it’s charmingly designed while providing excellent advice.’
BBC Countryfile Magazine

Full-time life on a narrowboat is a novelty for so many of us, and is endlessly fascinating. How do people downsize their lives and belongings into what looks like a large, crayon-coloured floating toy-box? Narrowboat Life answers all the questions we’ve wanted to ask about the ins and outs of liveaboard life on the inland waterways.

The book is filled with beautiful, enthralling photography of the waterways themselves, the narrowboats that occupy them and, most importantly, every nook and cranny of their insides. Should you become seduced, the author gives solid hands-on advice about how to make a narrowboat (or widebeam, cruiser or small Dutch barge) your home.

Accompanying these absorbing images, the playful and always informative text satisfies our curiosity to know, among other things:

· How do you fit all of your stuff into such a restricted space?
· How much does a narrowboat cost?
· How do you hold down a job if you’re always on the move?
· Does s/he (the cat, dog, parrot) live on the boat as well?
· Is it cold in the winter?

This revised edition of Narrowboat Life features new and expanded sections on ecological living on the waterways – recycling, upcycling and living green – and the costs of living aboard in cities and countryside versus living on-land, as well as new ‘step-aboard’ profiles of more beautiful boats.

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The Narrowboat Guide 2nd edition: A complete guide to choosing, owning and maintaining a narrowboat

A fully revised and expanded edition of the only resource you’ll need for choosing, owning and maintaining a narrowboat.

The UK has over 2000 miles of navigable canals and rivers which are home to an estimated 35,000 licensed boats. Although canal boats can look much the same to the novice, there are some very important differences to be aware of. If you’re new to boating you have some important choices to make.

This comprehensive book examines the options available to different types of boaters. From those who choose to live aboard their boats and constant cruisers to fair-weather cruisers, hire boating and share boat syndicates – each will need a different type of boat if they are to fully enjoy their time afloat. Packed with case studies and advice from real boaters with years of experience to share, this second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout and includes new information on liveaboard costs and considerations, eco-friendly boating options, shared ownership and tax-free boat building, as well as:

– The cost of boating
– Choosing the ideal boat for your boating profile
– Buying a boat and the legalities of purchase
– Choosing suitable internal fittings and features
– Heating, lighting, toilets and hot water options
– Boat electrics and solar power
– Finding a mooring
– Boating health and safety
– Locks, swing-bridges and the boating ‘highway code’
– Boat maintenance
– Boating etiquette and best practice

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Narrrowboating for Novices: Everything you need to know for a successful holiday on the UK canal network – Second Edition, updated and enlarged

John and Annie Henshaw took their first narrowboat holiday in 2002 and in Narrowboating for Novices they’ve shared all the knowledge they’ve acquired over the years – and which they wish they’d had when they were just beginning! Invaluable for both the complete newcomer and those with limited experience of narrowboating, Narrowboating for Novices is a combination of guide book and instruction manual, which will help you to:

choose which canal to explore (they’re not all the same!)
find the best maps and guides
discover interesting places to visit near the canal
pack everything that’s necessary for the trip (and leave out things that aren’t)
become confident in steering the boat, turning it around & mooring it
negotiate bends, bridges & tunnels
work locks efficiently, confidently & safely

In Narrowboating for Novices you will find:

An instruction-manual section, written in a clear, readable and often humorous way, explaining everything you need to know in order to have an enjoyable and safe narrowboat holiday and including anecdotes of the authors’ own experiences on the canals.
Descriptions of thirty nine canals, their course, locks and tunnels, and their ease or difficulty of navigation
Descriptions of places of note that can be seen from each canal (such as interesting buildings, sculptures and unusual locks, bridges and aqueducts)
Descriptions of interesting places to visit – including historic houses, heritage railways, nature reserves, wildlife centres, museums, ancient churches, theme parks and much more – each with address, website and an estimate of how long it will take to walk there from the canal
Fifty four sketch maps which show the courses of the canals, together with the locations of notable flights of locks, aqueducts, tunnels and places to visit.

If you’re new to narrowboating or have limited experience of the canals, this is the book for you.