Author(s): Steve Haywood

Sailing

Austerity might be getting everyone else down, but Steve is waving his worries goodbye on another of his light-hearted trips around the picturesque English waterways. This time it s a bit different, though he s not just cruising with his cat, Kit, but with his long-suffering wife, Em, who s given up work and wants her share of easy living, too. They ve rented out their home and there s no going back now as they cruise from the historic River Thames, through the Midlands, and westward into the hills of Wales, meeting a familiar cast of eccentrics and oddballs along the way, and experiencing one of the hottest summers of recent years. But how, after life in a four-bedroom house, do they manage to survive together squeezed into a space the size of a shed?"