{"product_id":"narrowboat-life-discover-life-afloat-inland-waterways","title":"Narrowboat Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A colourful and comprehensive guide to life on the waterways. Practical, pretty and accessible, it's charmingly designed while providing excellent advice.'\u003cbr\u003e– BBC Countryfile Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull-time life on a narrowboat is a novelty for so many of us, and is endlessly fascinating. How do people downsize their lives and belongings into what looks like a large, crayon-coloured floating toy-box? \u003cem\u003eNarrowboat Life\u003c\/em\u003e answers all the questions we've wanted to ask about the ins and outs of liveaboard life on the inland waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is filled with beautiful, enthralling photography of the waterways themselves, the narrowboats that occupy them and, most importantly, every nook and cranny of their insides. Should you become seduced, the author gives solid hands-on advice about how to make a narrowboat (or widebeam, cruiser or small Dutch barge) your home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanying these absorbing images, the playful and always informative text satisfies our curiosity to know, among other things:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do you fit all of your stuff into such a restricted space?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow much does a narrowboat cost?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow do you hold down a job if you're always on the move?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDoes s\/he (the cat, dog, parrot) live on the boat as well?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs it cold in the winter?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis revised edition of \u003cem\u003eNarrowboat Life\u003c\/em\u003e features new and expanded sections on ecological living on the waterways – recycling, upcycling and living green – and the costs of living aboard in cities and countryside versus living on-land, as well as new 'step-aboard' profiles of more beautiful boats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim Batty is a photographer, graphic designer and writer who has lived aboard a narrowboat as a continuous cruiser for over five years. He has written for \u003cem\u003eCanal Boat\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and LeCool's \u003cem\u003eA Weird and Wonderful Guide to London\u003c\/em\u003e, amongst other publications, and had his photography featured in numerous travel guides, magazines, books and newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 What's it like... living on a narrowboat?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 How safe is it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 Is it cold in the winter?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStep aboard... A recycled, repurposed narrowboat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 How much did you pay for your narrowboat?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e5 How green is living on a boat really?\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen Tips: A greener galley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen Tips: Rudimentary to radical recycling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreen Tips: Eco Energy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStep aboard... A narrowboat designed for escape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 Did you paint it yourself?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 Does he (the cat, dog, parrot) live on the boat?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStep aboard... A well-read ark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 How much does it cost to live on a narrowboat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStep aboard... 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