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I know there's one on a canal barge up arround Staffordshire, but I don't know if that's the one. Theres another, that definitely isn't that one that floats around London, regularly visiting camden lock

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 12:13:23 PM EST
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There's a shot of it here in Market Harborough.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 12:20:19 PM EST
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I'll have to visit and look (it's only 10 minutes by train)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 12:46:05 PM EST
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I think it's moving round.

The Staffordshire one seems to be called the Book Barge.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 02:28:45 PM EST
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Actually, I'd like to anywhere that has a bookshop! I'd even take a library... yes we are in the middle of no-where. But the idea of a floating bookshop is just heavenly.

Our town is considering this idea, which I think is brilliant.

Little Free Library

by ElaineinNM on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 12:21:57 PM EST
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Prolly about anybody on this blog site could just take you into his or her main living room. After stumbling over cats and empty coffee mugs, you could browse for hours...

by asdf on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 02:04:35 PM EST
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Most of my library is on disk now, although I still have some obligatory piles of wood pulp.

I have no emotional attachment to dead trees and I'm finding that disk access is easier to read, easier to manage, and much easier to dust.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 02:32:16 PM EST
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Are you suggesting that there are people here who have books only in their living rooms?

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 03:52:06 PM EST
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Heh. Good point; my bookshelves are well spread around.

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 04:15:02 PM EST
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That would be a "no." I was trying to think of which rooms might be useful for reference, and the answer is "all." Actually I don't think there are any books in our linen closet right at the moment, but that is an anomaly...

by asdf on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 06:17:41 PM EST
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HarmonyVillage's Weblog

I went for a couple of walks at a place called Foxton Locks which has a quite spectacular chain of about 5 or 6 locks that elevate your boat up a large hill affording a beautiful view of farm lands all around at the top. EVen lovelier, there's a pub at the top of the hill and two pubs down below and a general store selling a little bit everything that you might need while floating along. There are also canal boats that sell things like, a floating bookshop!

With photo of same.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 12:22:05 PM EST
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Great name for a town. I'll have to research whether there are canal boats for rent for vacations (pretty sure there are, but my previous research was all for France.) A trip down a canal would make a great mini-meetup.

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

by Wife of Bath (kareninaustin at g mail dot com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 04:17:14 PM EST
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Foxton Locks on ET.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu May 24th, 2012 at 04:53:11 PM EST
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