Around Britain by canal

This is the story of a 1,000 mile-long trip around England by canal.

At times the journey took the author out into the beautiful countryside, and elsewhere the canal crept round the edge of old industrial towns.

It is a journey that proved full of surprises, delights and rich variety, as the book clearly demonstrates.

The book illustrates the great contrasts between travelling on the wide tidal waters of the River Trent and being overtaken by sea-going cargo ships, to meandering along the sinuous curves of the Oxford Canal.