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Narrow Dog to Wigan Pier

By: Terry Darlington
Narrated by: Steve Hodson
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At 75, Terry and Monica Darlington had done everything they could think of doing, including starting a business and becoming athletes and running a literary society. Lately they had become boating adventurers and Terry, a best-selling writer. But in their Midlands canal town in November, life was looking dull and short on surprises. Then their famous canal boat was destroyed by fire. Within a few days they had bought a new one and soon headed north in the Phyllis May 2 - to Liverpool, Lancaster, the Pennines, and Wigan Pier.

Terry recorded the journey, and alongside it the story of his life and his marriage and his dog Jim, with his broken ear like a flat cap, and Monica’s dog Jess, known with heart-breaking reason as the Flying Catastrophe. Funny, affecting and beautifully told, this is a story that brims with incident and excitement, and is full of the famous and fascinating people the Darlingtons have met. And there is sadness too of course - it is the true story of an adventurous life well lived.
©2012 Terry Darlington (P)2012 Isis Publishing Ltd
Adventure Travel Adventure Funny Western Europe
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I love it - enjoyable text and read brilliantly

I think it is criminal that narrow dog to Carcassonne is not available here.

This book fills in the gaps that you need to know as a Darlington fan.

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awful

I loved his last two but really struggled with this so much so I have returned it

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