Steve Haywood told his work he “wouldn’t be in for a bit” and set off on a canal boat from Oxford. One Man and a Narrowboat (Summersdale, £7.99) tells the story of how he got to Bristol several months later, inspired by Tom Rolt, who kick-started Britain’s canal revival in the 1950s.
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