Journeying along London's waterways on a canal boat called Pike, Helen Babbs puts down roots for two weeks at a time before moving on. From Walthamstow Marsh in the east to Uxbridge in the west, she explores the landscape in all its guises: marshland, wasteland, city centre and suburb.
From deep winter to late autumn, Babbs explores the people, politics, history and wildlife of the canals and rivers, to reveal an intimate and unusual portrait of London - and of life.
A secret life of London's waterways. Blending nature writing, social observation and memoir, this takes the reader on a tour of the people, politics, history and wildlife of London's canals and rivers.
'Waterways writing at its finest: the breathtaking, boat-eulogising
Adrift.'
