` Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need
- a homely home & simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth
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A comic masterpiece that has never been out of print since it was first published in 1889, Jerome K. Jerome`s Three Men in a Boat

Includes:: an introduction & notes by Jeremy Lewis in Penguin Classics. Martyrs to hypochondria & general seediness, J. & his friends George & Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a `T`. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather forecasts & tins of pineapple chunks
- not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.`s small fox-terrier Montmorency. Three Men in a Boat was an instant success when it appeared in 1889, &, with its benign escapism, authorial discursions & wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian `clerking classes`, it hilariously captured the spirit of its age. In his introduction, Jeremy Lewis examines Jerome K. Jerome`s life & times, & the changing world of Victorian England he depicts
- from the rise of a new mass-culture of tabloids & bestselling novels to crazes for daytripping & bicycling. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) was born in Walstall, Staffordshire, & educated at Marylebone Grammar School. He left school at fourteen to become a railway clerk, the first in a long line of jobs that included actor, teacher & journalist. His first book, On Stage & Off, a collection of humorous pieces about the theatre, was published in 1885, & was followed the year after with the more commercially-successful The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow; but it was with Three Men in a Boat (1889) that Jerome achieved lasting fame. He later went on to become one of the founders of the humorous magazine, The Idler, & continued to write articles & plays. If you enjoyed Three Men in a Boat, you might like Stella Gibbons`s Cold Comfort Farm, also available in Penguin Classics.



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What could be more relaxing than a refreshing holiday on the river with your two best friends & faithful canine companion, Montmorency? However, as J. discovers, there is more to life on the waves than meets the eye
- including navigational challenges, culinary disasters, & heroic battles with swans, kettles & tins of pineapple. Jerome K. Jerome`s delightful novel has kept readers smiling for years & his prose has found a perfect partner in Vic Reeves`s glorious & witty illustrations. ILLUSTRATED WITH THIRTY ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY COMEDIAN & ARTIST VIC REEVES
- EXCLUSIVE TO VINTAGE CLASSICS

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After planning the entire trip on the back of a beer mat, buying a 1958 decommissioned milk float on e Bay & charging its tired batteries, the team set off from Lowestoft to Land's End. On the way, they discovered that their float needed to charge for eight hours for every two hours it spent on the road. Relying on the milk of human kindness, they were at the mercy of strangers every night, sometimes even using other people's cookers just to keep the show on the road. En route, they were treated to tea & rock cakes by the Vice President of the WI, succeeded in blacking out a Cornish campsite whilst charging their float (now dubbed The Mighty One), stayed with the monks at Buckfast Abbey, where they undertook a vow of silence &, drove five hundred miles to Tintagel, the birth place of King Arthur, only to find it had closed -- all in the name of discovering lost Engl&. You may be thinking: why on earth don't these men drive a car like normal people? But this is no ordinary journey. This is an eccentric odyssey through the English countryside. Three Men in a Float is about all things English & the pleasure to be had if you are prepared to slow down, get out of your car & go off the beaten track. ...

The West Highland Way is Scotland`s first official Long Distance Route & runs near 100 miles from Milngavie to Fort William. It was nicknamed the ` Way Way` by a trio from Fife who set off to walk it in the year of the Millennium. This is not a guidebook but an account of their experiences, the highs & lows which any challenge presents of their marvellous, surprising, amusing & weird memories. They met many hundreds of people along the way but, naturally, those they recall were the more eccentric. Although the trio never managed another bigger trip together they realize how lucky, & wise, they had been to grab the chance when it came. There is remarkably pleasant rural walking at the start to reach the Highlands at Loch Lomond, fine woodland on its banks & later, the contrast of lonely, empty miles across Rannoch Moor, the Devil`s Staircase & the great pass of the Lairig Mor to finish. Encounters with other people are an important part of Long Distance Routes. Anyone who has walked the Way Way (or is planning to do so) will enjoy this story, bringing back plenty of similar memories of people & places, adventures & misadventures. The illustrations too give a wonderful idea of the rich variety of country traversed & well capture the atmosphere of this walk through Scotland`s fine landscapes. ...

Now you can go incognito, look older than your years, or simply become more hip with the three stylish mustaches & soul patch in this kit. Styles featured include the Cop-stache, the Western, & Fu Manchu along with one soul patch, all self-adhesive. Kit also comes with a st&-up ”valet” to store your facial hair when not in use, a mini mustache comb, & the 32-page Field Guide to Mustaches. Go from boyish to manly in moments! ...

3 X Cesar Aira combines three short novels by the cult Argentinian writer in one beautifully designed box set. Irreverent, playful, provocative & prolific, Argentinian author Cesar Aira has written over seventy books & has been acknowledged internationally to be one of the most original & provocative authors in world literature. Collected here are three of his novellas, to be published for the very first time in the UK. In Ghosts, an immigrant worker`s family are squatting on the haunted construction site of a luxury condominium building. All of the workmen & their families see the ghosts which float around the place, but one teenage girl`s interest in them becomes so intense that her mother realizes her life is in the balance. An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter tells of a point in the life of German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas, when he visits Latin America to paint its spectacular landscapes. There, a strange episode interrupts his trip & irreversibly marks him for life. & in The Literary Conference, a young translator called Cesar Aira travels to a literary conference, intent on world domination... Praise for Cesar Aira: ” Once you`ve started reading Aira, you don`t want to stop”. (Roberto Bolano). ” Aira is firmly in the tradition of Jorge Luis Borges & W. G. Sebald”. (Los Angeles Times). Cesar Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949, & has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. One of the most prolific writers in Argentina, Aira has published more than seventy books. ...

This new title is the second in an enhanced series of Paul Hannon`s walking guides. A range of enhancements see two previous titles merge to cover a broader, logically grouped area. This volume merges the Three Peaks & Howgill Fells areas, which already meet in Dentdale, virtually all within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The new series is far more visually appealing with the use of colour throughout & a more modern house style. The best of the walks from the original series are gathered together to provide 25 glorious outings. A collection of over 50 colour photographs depict features & landscapes along the routes, while concise route descriptions are complemented by a wealth of background information. ...

Ronald Turnbull’s Cicerone guide to Three Peaks, Ten Tors is a practical book exploring long-distance & challenge walks in the UK, providing tips & advice on tools, techniques, routes & reminiscences from the author’s own walks. For aspiring or novice long-distance walkers, the guide is valuable in providing tips on how to minimise the ‘suffering’ of walking, staying safe, raising money for charity & reflections on the highs & lows of long-distance routes. Turnbull intersperses sound advice with wry recollections of his experience of the National Three Peaks challenge & other such routes across the British Isles. The guide is organised into sections detailing 15 long-distance & challenge walking routes across the UK including National Three Peaks, Yorkshire Three Peaks, Lancashire Three Peaks, Three Peaks of Somerset, Ten ors (Dartmoor), Lyke Wake Walk, Derwent Watershed, Across Wales, Lairig Ghru, Fifty walks from your front door, Welsh 3000s, Lakes 3000s, Cumbria’s Old Country Tops, Cairngorm 4000s, Mourne’s Seven Sevens & Tranters’ Walk in Lochaber. Each Chapter begins with Information boxes detailing the hills involved, distance, ascent, terrain, a suggested target time & how long the standard strong walker should take to walk the route. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by colour diagrams mapping the route in addition to colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of each region. ...

This Three Rivers 4 Person Picnic Basket by Navigate

Includes:: 4 plastic wine glasses, 4 ceramic plates,

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