The Water Road: An Odyssey by Narrowboat Through England's Waterways

To escape the noise and trouble of modern life, acclaimed travel writer Paul Gogarty decided to spend four months navigating the maze of canals linking the Thames with the Severn. In this captivating account, Paul discovers a world no less enchanted than Alice's — a secret network as powerful as lay lines. On this journey across the face of England — a hidden garden filled with kingfishers and colorful narrowboats, glorious sunshine, and sleeting rain — he weaves a mesmerizing tale packed with drama, hilarious encounters, and illuminating reflection as he revels in the canal network's second golden age following a century of neglect.

• Author
• Paul Gogarty

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 380

• Publisher
• Robson Books

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781861056559

• Settings
• England

• Genres
• travel

• Release date
• 2003