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Travelling Light: Journeys Among Special People and Places
Nicola Crosse (Ed.)
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Description for Travelling Light: Journeys Among Special People and Places
Hardback. A funny and heart-felt travel memoir, perfect for readers of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Colin Thubron. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
A charming and beautifully written account of the pleasures of slow travel - for readers of Patrick Leigh Fermor, Colin Thubron and Eric Newby. 'Lawrence Sterne once suggested that we travel for one of just three reasons: imbecility of mind, infirmity of body or inevitable necessity. One might add to Sterne's little list: envy, curiosity - or just too much bloody rain at home. Escape, in other words.' Campaigner, publisher and wanderer Alastair Sawday has spent his life travelling. En route he has unearthed a multitude of stories - stories of people ploughing ... Read more
A charming and beautifully written account of the pleasures of slow travel - for readers of Patrick Leigh Fermor, Colin Thubron and Eric Newby. 'Lawrence Sterne once suggested that we travel for one of just three reasons: imbecility of mind, infirmity of body or inevitable necessity. One might add to Sterne's little list: envy, curiosity - or just too much bloody rain at home. Escape, in other words.' Campaigner, publisher and wanderer Alastair Sawday has spent his life travelling. En route he has unearthed a multitude of stories - stories of people ploughing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408708521
SKU
V9781408708521
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Nicola Crosse (Ed.)
A pioneer in the environmental world, Alastair Sawday has had a remarkably miscellaneous and varied career, which has taken him to the most far-flung corners of the globe: he headed up a VSO programme in Papua New Guinea, ran a disaster relief team for Oxfam in Turkey, and has run a small travel company, conducting walking tours throughout Europe.It was ... Read more
Reviews for Travelling Light: Journeys Among Special People and Places
It is hard to resist Sawday's charm . . . it's frankly blissful to follow in his wake
Alexandra Harris
Guardian
This sun-drenched memoir brings together half a century of travellers' tales, from Wales to Greece via France, Italy and Sawday's home town of Bristol. It evokes and promotes a slower sort of journey than the Easyjet ... Read more
Alexandra Harris
Guardian
This sun-drenched memoir brings together half a century of travellers' tales, from Wales to Greece via France, Italy and Sawday's home town of Bristol. It evokes and promotes a slower sort of journey than the Easyjet ... Read more