Barging Round Britain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Barging Round Britain write by John Sergeant. This book was released on 2015-02-12. Barging Round Britain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Barging Round Britain by David Bartley is a beautifully-illustrated guide to a unique and fascinating part of our history: the canal network. Explore the people and places that have forged this national treasure, from the birth of the Industrial Revolution to the leisure explosion on our waterways today. Fully-illustrated with maps and photographs, the book will trace canal routes across the UK, from the Georgian grandeur of Bath to the dramatic splendour of the Scottish Highlands. This is the official tie-in to the ITV series, coming to prime-time TV in January 2015. David Bartley's Barging Round Britain includes a foreword and chapter introductions by the presenter of the TV series, John Sergeant.
Britain's Best Canal Journeys
Britain's Best Canal Journeys - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Britain's Best Canal Journeys write by John Sergeant. This book was released on 2015-02-03. Britain's Best Canal Journeys available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today there are more craft on our canals than even during their industrial heyday. Thanks to the pleasures of boating, our canals are vibrant and thriving once again. Yet this would have astounded the people who built them and lived hard lives to keep the boats and their cargo moving. In Barging Round BritainJohn Sergeant sets out both to explore eight of the best trips among our more than three thousand miles of canals and to tell the fascinating story of their origins and workings. Opening up a too-often neglected world right on our doorstep, he seeks out pleasures and sights while stopping to examine the part the canals and their extraordinary builders played in our industrial heritage - from Josiah Wedgwood's need to safely transport his fragile bone china, to engineer James Brindley's visionary solutions to complications of geology and landscape. Exploring the history of British inland navigation through eight of the most celebrated waterways - including the Caledonia, Grand Union and the Trent and Mersey Canals - travelled by John Sergeant in the ITV series Barging Round Britain, this book will delight seasoned boaters and encourage those dreaming of their first canal holiday to dip their toes in the water. It is the book for anyone with a passion for Britain and its waterways. 'There is something very British in the way we cherish the canals. It takes us back to a time when the pace of life was slower. . .'
Britain's Canals
Britain's Canals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Britain's Canals write by Nick Corble. This book was released on 2010-10-15. Britain's Canals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An accessible introduction to Britain's Canals and why they are so important today as a leisure pursuit.
Britain's Industrial Revolution in 100 Objects
Britain's Industrial Revolution in 100 Objects - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Britain's Industrial Revolution in 100 Objects write by John Broom. This book was released on 2023-02-22. Britain's Industrial Revolution in 100 Objects available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The period of Britain’s Industrial Revolution was perhaps the most transformative era in the nation’s history. Between about 1750 and 1914, life and work, home and school, church and community changed irreversibly for Britain’s rapidly expanding population. Lives were transformed, some for the better, but many endured abysmal domestic and workplace conditions. Eventually improvements were made to Britain’s social fabric which led to the prospect of richer and more fulfilled lives for working men, women and even children. Focusing on 100 objects that either directly influenced, or arose from, these changes, John Broom offers a distinctive insight into this fascinating age. With plentiful illustrations and suggestions for visits to hundreds of places of historical interest, this book makes an ideal companion for a journey into Britain’s industrial past.
The Voyages of the Princess Matilda
The Voyages of the Princess Matilda - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Voyages of the Princess Matilda write by Shane Spall. This book was released on 2012. The Voyages of the Princess Matilda available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Tim and I both understood we had done something really stupid. We had underestimated the danger involved in going out to sea. We had no radio, compass, life raft or flares. In other words, we were a couple of idiots.' This is the story of Shane and Timothy Spall and their Dutch barge The Princess Matilda. After a summer on the Thames they head out to sea with only a road atlas and a vast amount of ignorance - and it is absolutely terrifying! On their travels, memories are triggered of childhood trips to the seaside, but also of more recent times. A decade before, Tim had been diagnosed with acute leukaemia and was given only days to live. Shocked at how life can pass you by they decided that when, and if, Tim got better, they would buy a boat. As Tim and Shane explore the coast from the Medway to Cornwall, eventually they start to wonder, could they make it out of England altogether? Could Matilda make it to ... Wales?! Taking over five years, The Voyages of The Princess Matilda is a minor epic,charting a very personal, moving and uplifting story of an everyday couple's adventure around their much loved homeland.
