Narrow Dog to Wigan Pier
- Author Terry Darlington
- Narrator Steve Hodson
- Publisher Transworld
- Run Time 9 hours and 27 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography: general, Travel writing.
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What to expect
At seventy-five, Terry and Monica Darlington had done everything they could think of doing, including starting a business and becoming athletes and running a literary society.Lately they had become boating adventurers and Terry a bestselling writer.
But in their Midlands canal town in November, life was looking dull and short on surprises.
Then their famous canal boat was destroyed by fire. Within a few days they had bought a new one and soon headed north in the Phyllis May 2 – to Liverpool, Lancaster, the Pennines and Wigan Pier. Terry recorded the journey, and alongside it the story of his life and his marriage and his dog Jim, with his broken ear like a flat cap, and Monica’s dog Jess, known with heartbreaking reason as the Flying Catastrophe.
Funny, affecting and beautifully told, this is a story that brims with incident and excitement, and is full of the famous and fascinating people the Darlingtons have met. And there is sadness too of course – it is the true story of an adventurous life well lived.
Critics Review
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Big-hearted, ribald and rambunctious fun
SAGA magazine -
Big-hearted, ribald and rambunctious fun
Saga Magazine -
full of humour…I wholeheartedly recommend this gentle tale of two pensioners and their adventures as it’s great fun.
SOUTH WALES ARGUS
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