{"product_id":"tales-from-the-tillerman","title":"Tales From The Tillerman","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Haywood imprints his inimitable humour on his descriptions of the people and places he meets along the way.’\u003cbr\u003e BBC\u003ci\u003e Countryfile\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘He conjures up a picture of a different world, filled with interesting and eccentric people. A cross-section of the best of middle England, in fact.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Haywood has been cruising the inland waterways for fifty years, and has amassed a following of readers keen to hear about his travelling tales on Britain’s beautiful canals and rivers. His previously published books – \u003ci\u003eNarrowboat Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Man and a Narrowboat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eToo Narrow to Swing a Cat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNarrowboat Nomads \u003c\/i\u003e– have all been hugely enjoyed by those with a desire for a narrowboat narrative told in Steve’s witty, charming style.         \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales from the Tillerman\u003c\/i\u003e is Steve’s tribute to Britain’s canals, rivers and countryside and a celebration of Britishness in all its eccentric glory. Unlike Steve’s previous titles, which have each focussed on one particular journey that Steve has taken, \u003ci\u003eTales from the Tillerman \u003c\/i\u003eis casting the net wider and drawing from his full fifty years of experience, recounting the many hair-raising escapades he’s had up and down the country and reflecting on how the country and the cruising landscape has changed in those fifty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnecdotes and light-hearted rants aplenty, mixed with some tall tales and a smattering of the nostalgic, in \u003ci\u003eTales from the Tillerman\u003c\/i\u003e you’ll be thoroughly entertained as a middle-aged man (oh, go on then, an old one) reflects on his long love affair with boats and waterways, contemplating their importance to his life and how they’ve changed it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57340550676862,"sku":"NW9781472977007","price":11.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472977007.jpg?v=1778698814","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/tales-from-the-tillerman","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}