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05 April 2008
NARROW BOAT
Sandi Toksvig meets Terry and Monica Darlington, a couple who shipped their narrow boat to the United States and sailed with their dog Jim, the whippet, down the Intra Coastal Waterway to the Gulf of Mexico. The 1,100 mile journey was the first time a narrow boat had sailed in the US. Swapping rusty bicycle wheels and old umbrellas for alligators and tornados made for a very eventful trip.
SICILY
After a thirty three year gap Food writer Matthew Fort returned to Sicily travelling on a scooter called Monica. He shares anecdotes from his trip and describes some of its culinary delights.
Presented by Sandi Toksvig
Photo: Narrow boat 'Phyllis May' in Florida (©/courtesy of Trevor and Monica Darlington)
This week’s guests:
Terry and Monica Darlington regularly sail the waterways on their traditional English narrow boat, the Phyllis May. For their first foreign trip they sailed across the Channel all the way to Carcassonne in France. Their five year old whippet Jim hates boating but is part of every adventure.
In the latest one couple and dog sailed from Portsmouth, Virginia to Fort Myers in Florida, having previously shipped the Phyllis May to the USA. Terry wrote about the pleasures and dangers of this recent trip in their book Narrow Dog to Indian River.
Narrow Dog to Indian River
Publisher: Bantam Press
ISBN-10: 0593056914
ISBN-13: 978-0593056912
Narrow Dog to Carcassonne
Publisher: Bantam Books Ltd
ISBN-10: 0553816691
ISBN-13: 978-0553816693
Matthew Fortis the Food and Drink Editor at the Guardian. He is also a food writer and currently one of the Judges in the BBC series Great British Menu judge.
In 1973, aged twenty six Matthew Fort and his brother first visited Sicily; the island made a lasting impression. Matthew returned three decades later and has just published an account of his adventures in a new book entitled: Sweet Honey, Bitter lemons – Travels in Sicily on a Vespa
Sweet Honey, Bitter lemons – Travels in Sicily on a Vespa
Publisher: Ebury Press
ISBN-10: 0091910803
ISBN-13: 978-0091910808The BBC cannot be held responsible for
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