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Informationen zum Autor Tom Chesshyre is the author of thirteen travel books. He has travelled more than 40,000 miles around the world for his train books, which have included Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides and Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys . His book writing has also taken him across North Africa after the Arab Spring, round the "dark side" of the Maldives on cargo ships, along the length of the River Thames, around the Lake District on a long hike, and on a journey through "unsung Britain" (for To Hull and Back ). He worked on the travel desk of The Times for 21 years and is now freelance, contributing to the Daily Mail , The Mail on Sunday and The New European magazines. He lives in London. Klappentext From Penrith to Ullswater, via Keswick, Cockermouth, Coniston, Grasmere and Windermere, plus many places in between, Tom Chesshyre puts on his walking boots and sets forth along the trails, drawn onwards by the dramatic scenery. This is the Lake District seen from its walking paths - with just a backpack, an open mind... and a spring in the step. Zusammenfassung From Penrith to Ullswater, via Keswick, Cockermouth, Coniston, Grasmere and Windermere, plus many places in between, Tom Chesshyre puts on his walking boots and sets forth along the trails, drawn onwards by the dramatic scenery. This is the Lake District seen from its walking paths - with just a backpack, an open mind... and a spring in the step.
