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.
Posted by Roger Farnworth (Member # 197595) on :
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!
quote: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’.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Rev. Farnsworth, all I can claim to have ridden is the Isle of Wight line. When I did so, on my '79 trip (the one where I set a course right over The Brambles on my Brother in Law's 35ft sloop; notational differences between Her Majesty's and "those in the Colonies'" charts), Ryde to Shanklin, it was in former Underground stock.
Posted by Roger Farnworth (Member # 197595) on :
Yes Gilbert, An interesting line operated by underground stock. Best wishes Roger