Watersteps Round Europe: Greece to England by Barge

by Bill Cooper, Laurel Cooper

This is the story of the journey undertaken by Bill and Laurel Cooper on their converted Dutch barge, "Hosanna", around the Greek Islands. Needing a replacement engine they hurried back to England to refit, meeting all kinds of difficulties, delights and disasters on the way. This book follows their eventful 2300 mile voyage home via the Ionian Isles, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, through the waterways of France, across the English Channel and up the North Sea to Great Yarmouth. The book gives an insight into the manners, customs and frustrations of those whose paths the Coopers crossed on their troublesome journey home.

176 pages, Paperback

First published June 28, 1996

Reviews

[Kelly Watts]

After sailing across open oceans, I thought it might be fun to cruise Europe one day in a canal boat. There are few books on the subject and I was happy to find this one. Bill and Laurel Cooper give a good glimpse into what it takes to cruise the canals of Europe, but the journal-like narrative was a bit slow in parts (saying that, we too had many engine problems on our boat so maybe narrative is dry because the subject is?). It was interesting to witness the cultural differences and boat difficulties they encountered while traveling from the Med, across Europe and finally across the English Channel to England.

[Bonitagirl]

This is an interesting travel book...a married couple living on a barge and floating around Europe.