Tom Chesshyre
Travel writer. Latest book: ‘Slow Trains Around Britain: Notes from a 4,088-Mile Adventure on 143 Rides’ — shorturl.at/7xBJL
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- ‘A curious link between mind and feet’…
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- On 200th anniversary of 1st public steam railway (Stockton & Darlington), the HS2 fiasco looms large. Back then GB led the world, now an international ‘laughing stock’ (as reported this week). All covered in ‘Slow Trains Around Britain’ (often v slow)! 🚂 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/slow...
- Thanks to ‘Biblios’ for this review of ‘Slow Trains Around’… yes I did do a few! 👍🚂🚂🚂🚂
- Thanks Stanfords - again - glad it’s shifted a few copies! 👍
- ‘Absorbing… should be made available to the Secretary of State for Transport’ - Times Literary Supplement review of ‘Slow Trains Around Britain’ #illtakethat #thankyouTLS
- With a new sticker on front (released today in paperback) 🚂🚂🚂🚂🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/slow-t…
- Thanks Summersdale (and BBC Travel)!
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- Funny one by Cooper in current Private Eye
- Home of Cervantes & briefly Spain’s royal court - with tapas joints galore (annual festival), sculpture galleries & cheap hotels, in Castile de Leon, north of Madrid. Laurie Lee didn’t like it (‘I don’t ever wish to return’), but that was ages ago! #spanishsecret #tapasheaven
- The glory of train travel in Europe, watching the world go by your window…
- 'Slow Trains Around Britain: Notes from a 4,088-Mile Adventure on 143 Rides' is out on May 8. Waterstones is offering 25% off for pre-orders (usually £20) this weekend. Result? Yet another bargain! Please, if you don't mind (I beg), retweet! #PREORDER25 waterstones.com
- Paperback of 'Slow Trains to Istanbul... And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides' is out on June 12. Waterstones is offering 25% off for pre-orders (regular price £9.99) this weekend. Result? A bargain. Please, if you don't mind, retweet! Thank you. #PREORDER25
- Paperback of 'Slow Trains to Istanbul... And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides' is out on June 12. Waterstones is offering 25% off for pre-orders (regular price £9.99) this weekend. Result? A bargain. Please, if you don't mind, retweet! Thank you. #PREORDER25 #LOVETRAINS
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