A tribute to Britain's canals, rivers and countryside, and a
celebration of Britishness in all its eccentric glory, Tales from the
Tillerman recounts Steve's escapades up and down the country, and his
life-long love affair with boats and the waterways.
Haywood imprints his inimitable humour on his descriptions of the people
and places he meets along the way.--BBC Countryfile magazine
Steve Haywood has been cruising the inland waterways for fifty years,
and has amassed a following of readers keen to hear about his travelling
tales on Britain's beautiful canals and rivers. His previously published
books - Narrowboat Dreams, One Man and a Narrowboat, Too Narrow to
Swing a Cat and Narrowboat Nomads - have all been hugely enjoyed by
those with a desire for a narrowboat narrative told in Steve's witty,
charming style.
Tales from the Tillerman is Steve's next title and is both his tribute
to Britain's canals, rivers and countryside and a celebration of
Britishness in all its eccentric glory. Unlike Steve's previous titles,
which have each focussed on one particular journey that Steve has taken,
Tales from the Tillerman is casting the net wider and drawing from his
full fifty years of experience, recounting the many hair-raising
escapades he's had up and down the country and reflecting on how the
country and the cruising landscape has changed in those fifty years.
Anecdotes and light-hearted rants aplenty, mixed with some tall tales
and a smattering of the nostalgic, in Tales from the Tillerman you'll
be thoroughly entertained as a middle-aged man (oh, go on then, an old
one) reflects on his long love affair with boats and waterways,
contemplating their importance to his life and how they've changed it.
