According to Tony, few things are as exciting as seeing your name on the front of a book.

Tony’s first book The Liveaboard Guide was published by Bloomsbury in 2012 when living aboard a narrowboat was just beginning to become popular. Ten years later over 10,000 people call a narrowboat their home, opting for a peaceful, slow pace of life on the UK’s inland waterways.

Then, in 2015 Bloomsbury asked Tony if he’d like to write another book about narrowboats and, a year later, The Narrowboat Guide was published.

The Liveaboard Guide proved so popular that the second edition was published in 2019.

Tony and Vickie work from a small office aboard their 61ft narrowboat The Watchman.

The view from their office window is always lovely.