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1 online resource (358 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Part One -- Bumping into Places; Teacher's Thief; The Dinghy and the Dreamer; Departure and Dismay; Sails and Stained Glass; Rapids and Repairs; Steam Trains and Smooth Sailing; High Tide to Bristol; Wi' a Hundred Locks an' A' an' A'; Death and the Dreaming Spires; Return to Reading; Capsize and Colleges; London and the Law; Part Two -- Caution to the Winds; Dooms and Delays; Tide on the Thames; Of Shallows and Shipwreck; Cake and Carpentry; Dashing to Dover; Crossing to Calais |
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Dead Dogs and Englishmen ... Et in Arcadia Ego; Farewell to France; A Jollyboat in Germany; Contrary Currents and Kindness; The Kaiser's Canal; Pigeons and Palaces; Into the East; Proud Hearts and Empty Pockets; Bad Times in Bulgaria; The Wings of the Morning; About the Author |
| Summary |
In 1998 Sandy Mackinnon set off from his home in England in a Mirror dinghy on what was supposed to be a one-week jaunt down the Severn river, only to find himself, one year later, sailing out onto the Black Sea. Simply by rowing and sailing in an open dinghy less than eleven feet in length, he crossed the English Channel, cruised across three thousand miles of rivers, canals and open sea, and through eleven countries, including war-torn Yugoslavia at a time of crisis. This book highlights his adventures during this unlikely journey, such as getting arrested by the River Police as he was being |
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Print version record |
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Mackinnon, A. J. (Alexander James), 1963-
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Mackinnon, A. J. (Alexander James), 1963- fast |
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Jack de Crow (Dinghy)
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Jack de Crow (Dinghy) fast |
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Sailing -- English Channel
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Sailing -- Europe
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Sailing -- Black Sea
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Voyages and travels.
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journeys.
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Sailing
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Voyages and travels
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Atlantic Ocean -- English Channel
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Black Sea
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781574093438 |
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1574093436 |
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