by rogerfarnworth
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Holiday Reading. ...
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by David Benton
Look like 2 interesting books , thanks Roger.
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by rogerfarnworth
Some further suggestions for holiday reading .....
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/09/09/hol...ding-again
Two more books which are worth taking with you on holiday:
Chris Arnot; Small Island by Little Train; ISBN 978-0-7495-7849-7.
Tom Chesshyre; Slow Trains to Venice; ISBN 978-1-78783-299-2.
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/09/09/hol...ding-again
Two more books which are worth taking with you on holiday:
Chris Arnot; Small Island by Little Train; ISBN 978-0-7495-7849-7.
Tom Chesshyre; Slow Trains to Venice; ISBN 978-1-78783-299-2.
by rogerfarnworth
Recently, I have read another book by Michael Williams - "On the Slow Train." It was written a decade or so ago. It is an excellent, entertaining, gentle read bought cheaply secondhand with chapters of just the right length to read at the end of the day!
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/10/29/me ... her-routes
http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/10/29/me ... her-routes
So, those of us who feel a nostalgic affinity for the heady, halcyon days when there was a branch-line to almost anywhere outside of major towns and cities, are back in vogue! We are, perhaps fortunate that not all of those wonderful old lines have disappeared. Writing around a decade ago, Michael Williams takes us on twelve ‘slow train’ journeys scattered across the UK in his book, ‘On the Slow Train’.