Pen and Sword Books: Around Britain by Canal

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Around Britain by Canal (Kindle)

1,000 Miles of Waterways

By Anthony Burton
Imprint: Pen & Sword Transport
File Size: 79.7 MB (.mobi)
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9781473893245
eBook Released: 15th August 2018

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This is the story of a thousand 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 meadnering along the sinuous curves of the Oxford Canal. The Leeds & Liverpool Canal brought magnificent moorland scenery and the drama of the great five-lock staircase at Bingley. London was seen from two very different perspectives. Travelling past the elegant houses of Little Venice and Regents Park and then turning back along the Thames to float past the Houses of Parliament. The author finds as much pleasure in the hidden corners of Birmingham as in the rural beauties of Shropshire.

The book has become regarded as a classic of canal travel, and is reissued with previously unpublished colour photographs taken by Phillip Lloyd, who shared the trip with the author.

Extract from book as featured by
Waterways World, 1st March 2019

A rewarding account of the canal network in the twilight phase after commercial use had largely ended, but before the full sweep of restoration had begun.
Railway & Canal Historical Society

Well worth a read, and inspiration for a trip despite the unchanging regular restrictions caused by water shortages of today and back in the 1970s.
Towpath Talk, January 2019 - reviewed by Colin Wareing

As featured in 'reading corner'
BRITAIN, January 2018

For readers looking to update their copy of Back Door Britain, or hoping to understand pleasure-boating when it was still a fairly obscure pursuit, you won't be disappointed with this very nearly presented hardback.
Waterways World, December 2018 – reviewed by James Francis Fox

The volume is well-written; the author a raconteur of some ability and the result is a delightful ‘wander’ along largely-neglected paths.
Keith Rimmer, NZ Crown Mines

A lovely travel book.
Four Shires magazine, November 2018

It remains a good read about canal travel at the time and may well inspire current day travellers to explore Britain's waterways, which is no bad thing.
Best of British, October 2018 – reviewed by David Brown

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BBC Radio Gloucestershire, 26th September 2018 - with presenter Dominic Cotter

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BBC Radio Nottingham, 17th September 2018 - with presenter Alan Clifford

About Anthony Burton

Anthony Burton has been a professional writer and broadcaster for over forty years, during which time he has largely concentrated on the history of industry and transport. His books include The Canal Builders, recently reprinted in its fifth edition, and The Railway Builders. He has written a biography of the great steam pioneer Richard Trevithick and is currently writing the story of railway engineer Joseph Locke. He has worked as writer and presenter on a number of TV programmes for all main channels, including documentaries on the National Railway Museum, the Great Western Railway, the locomotive trials at Rainhill and the Great Dorset Steam Fair.

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