A barge is a good way to spend life in the slow lane.
Some people live on one without much travel, moving when local rules and regulations demand it.
In the UK, rather than carrying bulk goods, a floating bookstore The Book Barge carries a boatload of books.
What it's about?
"Not, as the name suggests, solely books about barges, which many people tell us is “A Very Great Shame Indeed”. Apologies. Instead, the bookshop comprises a mix of new and secondhand fiction that tries to reflect the very best of contemporary, classic and children’s literature. Books have been carefully selected to offer a quality alternative to high street bestseller lists including, among others, specialist sections exploring topical issues, titular oddities and travel ephemera. Although a bookseller should never admit to judging works on their cover, we are also rather proud pureyors of some dazzling dustjackets and retro paperbacks."
Slowly they go
At heady speeds of 4mph any narrowboat enterprise would struggle to advocate life in the fast lane. Keep it static, add a bookshop and you get the very antithesis of Gordon Gekko’s famous ‘lunch is for wimps’ ethos about corporate time poverty.
Their website gives Kings Place, York Way in London as their latest location. Follow The Book Barge whereabouts via Twitter or Facebook for updates.
A food barge would be a perfect slow food vehicle.
Do you know of any?