The Wrong Way Round: Being the (mis)adventures of Sgt. Pepsi and Miss Mavis Ming on board NB Hekla (græna þröngt báturinn). Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The Wrong Way Round: Being the (mis)adventures of Sgt. Pepsi and Miss Mavis Ming on board NB Hekla (græna þröngt báturinn)

In the beginning there was the Plan. And like all good plans it was thoroughly researched and meticulously, erm, planned, and with various alternative back-up plans in place.Then The Plan meets The Canal - eventually you come to realise that plans mean nothing! They pale into insignificance and wither away like an ethereal dream. Plans and "Living the Dream" on a narrowboat are polar opposites, the Ying and Yang of existence. You encounter Canal Time - that special dimension where the Spanish phrase Mañana would be appropriate, except Canal Time does not countenance such a sense of urgency!Take the title of this book, for example. How to describe the circumstances where a canal journey of 149 miles and 51 locks in around 2 weeks, actually took four months, 650 miles (including a tidal river) and 441 locks. (oh, and losing 2 waist sizes in the process)?An essential read for anyone who is contemplating buying and living on a narrowboat - to learn how *not* to do it.Stop Press: - I have just had a serious telling off!Book cover design and artwork by the lovely Lesley Pearson