Travelling Light
Journeys Among Special People and Places
$31.54
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2018
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349142333 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349142335 |
| Author: | Alastair Sawday |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 223g |
| Dimensions: | 131mm x 200mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
After a lifetime exploring and enjoying the world, Alastair Sawday is a man who wears his wisdom as lightly as he travels, bringing people and places delightfully to life, with timely political and philosophical insights - Jonathon Porritt
Thoughtful and informative, this book is also funny and entertaining as it rises to a crescendo of enthusiasm and hope towards the end. I couldn’t put it down - Country LifeThis 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 generation typically “enjoys”, featuring meandering tours by cycle and foot, and lazy meals eaten at farmhouse kitchen tables … His affection, excitement and anxiety for our planet are delivered in a fresh, unpretentious style that will make you want to crank up the old 2CV and barrel off across the Channel - The TimesIt is hard to resist Sawday’s charm … it’s frankly blissful to follow in his wake - GuardianAbout The Author
Alastair Sawday
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 this that inspired him to publish his first travel guide, French Bed & Breakfast, after discovering various ‘special’ B&Bs and the extraordinary people that run them.
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