Argy-Bargy

Hunter Davies has done lots of daft things in his long-legged life, but buying an ancient barge as an octogenarian possibly ranks as the maddest of all. The barge is a whopper, 30 metres long, a Dutch Barge, built in 1899, once used for carrying grain along the canals of Holland and Belgium. It has long been converted into a modern and comfortable living space, but still has the original wheel hou...