Narrow Dog to Carcassonne Book

Terry and Monica Darlington are intrepid pensioners who made the surprising decision to sail their canal narrowboat Phillis May sixteen hundred miles across France and down to the Mediterranean accompanied only by their whippet Jim. They took advise from nautical experts who told them they would lose their boat and their lives (and indeed their whippet Jim). "Narrow Dog to Carcassonne" is a true story of high adventure in France England Belgium and out at sea as experienced by two innocents and a reluctant dog. On board the Phillis May you share in a very different way of life. You go rabbiting in Oxfordshire tie up among the bankers in the City of London live among history in Flanders drift through Champagne throw a rope around the Eiffel Tower struggle with hostile life forms in Burgundy float down the Saone from vineyard to vineyard get swept along by the terrible Rhone from Lyon to Avignon dip your toes in the Mediterranean and sail across inland seas among the flamingos of the Camargue. Breakdowns floods accidents hangovers vandals dicks trolls aliens gongoozlers killer fish and the walking dead stand between our intrepid crew and their goal - many-to

Narrow Dog To Carcassonne : Paperback : Transworld Publishers Ltd : 9780553816693 : : 27 Jun 2006 : When they retired, Terry and Monica Darlington decided to sail their canal narrow boat across the Channel and down to the Mediterranean, together with their whippet Jim. They took advice from experts, who said they would die, together with their whippet Jim. Aliens, vandals, and the walking dead all stand between three innocents and their goal.