Narrow Dog to Carcassonne

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Narrow Dog to Carcassonne is a humorous travel memoir recounting Terry Darlington’s adventurous canal-boat journey from England to southern France with his wife and whippet.

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Narrow Dog to Carcassonne canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
humorous book
travel memoir
author Terry Darlington
basedOn author’s real-life journey
boatName Phyllis May
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts British canal system
French inland waterways
featuresAnimal whippet
featuresVehicle narrowboat
genre humor
memoir
travel literature
hasCompanionWork Narrow Dog to Indian River
Narrow Dog to Wigan Pier
hasIllustrations no prominent illustrations
hasSequel Narrow Dog to Indian River
Narrow Dog to Wigan Pier
journeyFrom Stone, Staffordshire, England
journeyTo Carcassonne, France
language English
literaryStyle anecdotal
conversational
mainCharacter Jim the whippet
Monica Darlington
Terry Darlington
mediaType hardback
paperback
print
narrativePerspective first person
notableFor account of crossing the English Channel in a narrowboat
humorous depiction of canal boating
placeOfCanalCrossing English Channel
publicationYear 2004
publisher Bantam Press
setting British canals
England
France
French canals
subject canal travel
life aboard a narrowboat
retirement adventure
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodOfJourney early 2000s
tone comic
light-hearted

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Terry Darlington notableWork Narrow Dog to Carcassonne
Narrow Dog to Indian River follows Narrow Dog to Carcassonne
Narrow Dog to Wigan Pier follows Narrow Dog to Carcassonne
Narrow Dog to Wigan Pier hasSequelRelationTo Narrow Dog to Carcassonne
Narrow Dog travel memoirs notableWork Narrow Dog to Carcassonne