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John Seymour "Voyage into England"


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John Seymour died in 2004 aged 90.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seymour_(author)

 

Voyage into England, in that same cover, was one of the very first canal books I read, along with LTC Rolt's Narrow Boat. My parents had copies of both - I think they came with the cruiser they bought in the late 60s. Two different styles of boat travelogue from a time when there were few leisure boaters, and even fewer writing about it.

The passage of Runcorn Locks which Seymour describes is believed to have been the last through passage, happening a short while after the canal was officially closed.

 

Seymour was primarily an author, not a boater, and I suspect half the purpose of the trip was to write a book about it.

 

He later became much better known for his work on self-sufficiency.

 

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39 minutes ago, Mad Harold said:

There are copies still available secondhand.A site called Biblio has three at the moment.

No doubt other secondhand book sites will have copies too.

 abebooks.co.uk has quite a few copies

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According to Wikipedia he died in 2004. All round Good Bloke and into self sufficiency and good stuff. I've never read the book you mention but he knew his stuff so I guess its pretty good. Could do with more like him.

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3 hours ago, MrsM said:

Gosh, looks like my £1 spend in the charity shop was a bargain!

 

That would have been true whatever you bought there!

50 minutes ago, Bee said:

According to Wikipedia he died in 2004. All round Good Bloke and into self sufficiency and good stuff. I've never read the book you mention but he knew his stuff so I guess its pretty good. Could do with more like him.

 

I'm sure you don't mean that the way I read it at first ....

 

I'll get me coat.

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52 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said:

 

That would have been true whatever you bought there!

 

I'm sure you don't mean that the way I read it at first ....

 

I'll get me coat.

 

It would certainly be advantageous to the planet, the planets population is way too high for sustainability - any volunteers ?

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