101 Wonders of the Waterways: A guide to the sights and secrets of Britain's canals and rivers
Autor Steve Haywood, Moira Haynesen Limba Engleză Paperback – feb 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472991775
ISBN-10: 147299177X
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: Filled with beautiful colour photography
Dimensiuni: 163 x 234 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.72 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Adlard Coles
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 147299177X
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: Filled with beautiful colour photography
Dimensiuni: 163 x 234 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.72 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Adlard Coles
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Not your typical straight travel guide to Britain's canals - it's witty and has character and personality to it, and there are stories and history to absorb the reader.
Notă biografică
Steve Haywood is a writer, journalist and filmmaker, and the author of five previous waterways books. He's been a devoted inland waterways narrowboater for fifty years and has written a monthly column for the magazine Canal Boat for more than ten years. He is author of Tales from the Tillerman (Adlard Coles). Moira Haynes is a trained journalist who has worked in local and regional newspapers. She has spent several years as a liveaboard cruising the length and breadth of our canals and navigable rivers.
Cuprins
Introduction and Dedication Some BasicsThe Inland Waterways Association Locks Distance and Mile Posts 1. The MidlandsBancroft Basin, Stratford-upon-Avon Barrel-roofed Lock Cottages, South Stratford Canal The Birmingham Canal Navigations BCN Challenge Braunston Charity Dock The Chesterfield Canal Cosgrove to Grafton Regis, Grand Union CanalCromford Mills and the Cromford CanalFotheringhayFoxton Locks and Inclined PlaneThe Great Northern BasinThe Harecastle TunnelsHatton LocksLichfield Canal AqueductNapton and the Oxford SummitRoyal Ordnance Depot, WeedonShardlowStoke Bruerne and Blisworth TunnelStourport-on-SevernSouth Stratford Split BridgesTixall WideToll Islands, BirminghamArts and CraftsRoses and CastlesTowpath Art2. The NorthThe Anderton Boat Lift and The River WeaverThe Barton Swing AqueductBingley Five Rise LocksBugsworth BasinBurnley EmbankmentChesterEllesmere PortGargraveGlasson Dock and BasinHebden Bridge and the Rochdale SummitHest BankThe Liverpool LinkNaburn LockThe Ribble LinkThe Rochdale 9SaltaireThe Springs BranchStandedge TunnelWardle CanalWigan PierWorsley DelphCanal CuriositiesRoving BridgesTow Rope GroovesHobbit Houses3. The SouthBlow-up Bridge (Macclesfield Bridge), Regent's CanalCamden LockLittle VeniceThe Thames TunnelMaritime GreenwichThe Thames BarrierThree Mills IslandThe Royal Gunpowder MillsThe River Thames between Goring and WindsorSwan-uppingThe Wey NavigationPort Meadow and OxfordCropredy FestivalSouthern Oxford and Llangollen Lift BridgesTooley's BoatyardTravelling PlayersMikron TheatreTim and Pru4. The EastThe BroadsThe Cambridge BacksDenver SluiceElyThe Glory Hole, LincolnReed CuttersWicken FenTributaries of the Great OuseThe WashWaterways WildlifeWater VolesWater Birds5. Wales and the WestBridge-keepers' Cottages, Gloucester & Sharpness Canal Bristol Floating HarbourCaen Hill Lock FlightThe Ellesmere Lake DistrictGloucester DocksPontcysyllte AqueductPulteney Bridge, BathHorseshoe FallsIronbridgeThe Rennie AqueductsSapperton Tunnel and the Cotswold CanalsThe Severn BoreWhixall MossWoodseaves CuttingA Water Way of LifeWaterways PubsTraditional Boatman's Cabin6. ScotlandCaledonian CanalCrinan CanalThe Falkirk WheelThe KelpiesNeptune's StaircaseIndexAcknowledgements
Recenzii
A very useful book to have aboard.