River Flows In You - the Trip on a Narrowboat (Part 1)
' My houseboat,' Hodgkins said. 'Your what?' I asked. 'Houseboat,' Hodgskin repeated. 'A house built aboard a boat. Or a boat built beneath a house. You live aboard. Nice and practical.' Tove Jansson, The Exploits of Moominpappa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-4wUfZD6oc Catch your dream of a houseboat trip on an English canal - and you'll drop out of time. Yes, I'm back, my friends, but not quite - still walking a little bit above the ripple of water and waves (and fine English Ale). Though a houseboat is not as contemplative as everybody predicts. I didn't write a line, I didn't draw even one picture, I didn't read anything. I just WAS. THERE. In the very moment. (You had to be - otherwise you would bump your head at the beam of the small entrance door, or trip over the kerb of the boat - and the water in the canal was looking not that inviting...) Now I'll give you a super-boat-trip-recipe: You need - up to 10 peop...