ASIN: B012X3U89E
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Pages: 386
Timothy Spall, who first become famous in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet but later starred in countless movies and TV shows including Harry Potter, has taken on a new challenge. A trip from London to Wales on a Dutch barge, The Princess Matilda. In this book, his wife, Shane Spall recounts their adventurous, funny and often terrifying journey. A few years previously, Tim had been diagnosed with leukaemia and doctors weren’t sure he would live. Now the Spalls are determined to make the most of all life has to offer and set out to explore the coast of their beautiful homeland.As inexperienced mariners they struggle at first, but are soon helped on their way by harbourmasters, coastguards and fellow sailors. From an idyllic summer spent on a Cornish river to terrifying times on the open sea, they never give up on their dream: to take Matilda all the way to Wales.‘Funny, delightful and scary … I ...
