{"product_id":"9781781257968","title":"Water Ways : A thousand miles along Britain's canals","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Winn, Jasper, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/04\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages, B\u0026amp;W photos throughout,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Profile Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Profile Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Great Britain, Waterways, Travel writing\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781781257968\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"strike\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eFor a hundred and fifty years, between the plod of packhorse trains and the arrival of the railways, canals were the high-tech water machine driving the industrial revolution.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eAmazing feats of engineering, they carried the rural into the city and the urban into the countryside, and changed the lives of everyone. And then, just when their purpose was extinguished by modern transport, they were saved from extinction and repurposed as a 'slow highways' network, a peaceful and countrywide haven from our too-busy age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, there are more boats on the canals than in their Victorian heyday. Writer and slow adventurer Jasper Winn spent a year exploring Britain's waterways on foot and by bike, in a kayak and on narrowboats. Along a thousand miles of 'wet roads and water streets' he discovered a world of wildlife corridors, underground adventures, the hardware of heritage and history, new boating communities, endurance kayak races and remote towpaths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe shared journeys with some of the last working boat people and met the anglers, walkers, boaters, activists, volunteers and eccentrics who have made the waterways their home. In Britain most of us live within five miles of a canal, and reading this book we will see them in an entirely new light.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"otherFormats\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35023072526489,"sku":"9781781257968","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781781257968_8b4253a9-b6f5-4c43-aabb-60a7a3f0ec7a.jpg?v=1601406922","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781781257968","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}