A whimsical look at modern-day life on Britain's waterways. Ensuring a long and happy retirement by starting it good and early, Ian Birks travels the British waterways with his wife Allison aboard their narrowboat home "Nobby." Bandit the belligerent Springer spaniel completes the crew. Readers of the monthly Canal Boat and Canals & Rivers magazines will be familiar with the light-hearted musings of the author whose columns have appeared in the magazines.