A tribute to Britain's canals, rivers and countryside, and a celebration of Britishness in all its eccentric glory, Tales from the Tillerman recounts Steve's escapades up and down the country, and his life-long love affair with boats and the waterways. "Haywood imprints his inimitable humour on his descriptions of the people and places he meets along the way."--BBC Countryfile magazine Steve Haywood has been cruising the inland waterways for fifty years, and has amassed a following of readers keen to hear about his travelling tales on Britain's beautiful canals and rivers. His previously published books – Narrowboat Dreams, One Man and a Narrowboat, Too Narrow to Swing a Cat and Narrowboat Nomads – have all been hugely enjoyed by those with a desire for a narrowboat narrative told in Steve's witty, charming style. Tales from the Tillerman is Steve's next title and is both his tribute to Britain's canals, rivers and countryside and a celebration of Britishness in all its eccentric glory. Unlike Steve's previous titles, which have each focussed on one particular journey that Steve has taken, Tales from the Tillerman is casting the net wider and drawing from his full fifty years of experience, recounting the many hair-raising escapades he's had up and down the country and reflecting on how the country and the cruising landscape has changed in those fifty years. Anecdotes and light-hearted rants aplenty, mixed with some tall tales and a smattering of the nostalgic, in Tales from the Tillerman you'll be thoroughly entertained as a middle-aged man (oh, go on then, an old one) reflects on his long love affair with boats and waterways, contemplating their importance to his life and how they've changed it.

向英国的运河、河流和乡村致敬，庆祝英国人的所有古怪的荣耀，《提勒曼的故事》讲述了史蒂夫在全国各地的逃亡经历，以及他对船只和水道的毕生热爱。"海伍德在描述他沿途遇到的人和地方时，印上了他独特的幽默。"--BBC《乡村档案》杂志 史蒂夫-海伍德在内陆水道上巡游了50年，积累了一批热衷于听他讲述英国美丽运河和河流的旅行故事的读者。他以前出版的书--《窄船之梦》、《一个人和一条窄船》、《窄得不能再窄的猫》和《窄船游牧》--都受到了那些渴望以史蒂夫诙谐、迷人的风格讲述窄船故事的人的热烈欢迎。蒂勒曼的故事》是史蒂夫的下一本书，它既是他对英国运河、河流和乡村的致敬，也是对英国人所有古怪的荣耀的庆祝。与史蒂夫以前的书不同的是，这些书都集中在史蒂夫所走过的一个特定的旅程上，而《提尔曼的故事》则把网撒得更大，从他整整五十年的经验中汲取营养，讲述了他在全国各地的许多令人毛骨悚然的冒险经历，并反思了这五十年来这个国家和巡航景观的变化。在《提尔曼的故事》中，你会被一个中年男人（哦，继续，一个老男人）对他与船和水路的长期爱情所吸引，思考它们对他生活的重要性以及它们如何改变了他的生活。