Adrift - A Secret Life of London's Waterways

p >Journeying along London''s waterways on a canal boat called i>Pike/i>, Helen Babbs puts down roots for two weeks at a time before moving on. From Walthamstow Marsh in the east to Uxbridge in the west, she explores the landscape in all its guises: marshland, wasteland, city centre and suburb./p>p >From deep winter to late autumn, Babbs explores the people, politics, history and wildlife of the canals and rivers, to reveal an intimate and unusual portrait of London - and of life./p>

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' Adrift is an engaging introduction to living on a narrow boat, held together with atmospheric descriptions of reconnecting with life's simple pleasures ... It is at its best when capturing the transition from a life on land to a life on board, as well as mapping the evolving relationship between urban building developments and the canal's ecology.' Times Literary Supplement

Product details

• Authors: Helen Babbs, Babbs Helen
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2016
• EAN: 9781848319202
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-920-2
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; London, Greater London, TRAVEL / General, Travel writing, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Ships and boats: general interest, Narrowboats & canals, Biography & Memoir