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A Tourist in the Arab Spring by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel | Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature)
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, war reporters rushed to publish accounts of the uprising. Tom Chesshyre took a different approach - he jumped on a plane and became the first to return to the region as a tourist. The result is the fascinating, street-level tale of a lay traveller's journey through l ...Show more
From Source to Sea: Notes from a 215-Mile Walk Along the River Thames by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel
Over the years, authors, artists and amblers aplenty have felt the pull of the Thames, and now travel writer Tom Chesshyre is following in their footsteps. He's walking the length of the river from the Cotswolds to the North Sea - a winding journey of over two hundred miles. Join him for an illuminatin ...Show more
From Source to Sea - Notes from a 215-Mile Walk along the River Thames by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel
Over the years, authors, artists and amblers aplenty have felt the pull of the Thames, and now Tom Chesshyre is following in their footsteps. He's walking the length of the river from the Cotswolds to the North Sea--a winding journey of over 200 miles. Join him for an illuminating stroll past meadows, c ...Show more
Gatecrashing Paradise: Adventures in the Maldives by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel
To many the Maldives not only symbolises "paradise", but is paradise. It's the dream destination: turquoise waters, white sands, palm trees, cocktails. Eyeing the drizzle through his office window one lunchtime, Tom Chesshyre impulsively bought a plane ticket. He had no hotel bookings, a long break from ...Show more
Lost in the Lakes by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel
LAKELAND BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - THE BILL ROLLINSON PRIZE FOR LANDSCAPE & TRADITION RUNNER UPJoin travel writer Tom Chesshyre for a Lakeland adventure like no other. Explore towering mountains, wide-open valleys and magnificent lakes - stopping off at a cosy inn or two along the way - on a 379-mile ...Show more
Park Life - Around the World in 50 Parks by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel
If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it's that people love parks As horizons shrank, we took stock. At first, a sense of panic set in: nowhere to go, nothing to do... Then we all went to the park, and we realized something: we need greenery - we crave it. Whether we're in Colombia or Korea, America ...Show more
Slow Trains Around Spain - A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel
Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines... there is no better way to see Spain than by train. Tom Chesshyre hits the tracks to take in the country through ...Show more
Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel
Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines... there is no better way to see Spain than by train. Rail enthusiast Tom Chesshyre, author of Slow Trains to ...Show more
Slow Trains to Istanbul: ...And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel
"Tom Chesshyre is the consummate traveller, who makes you want to experience all his adventures and mishaps for yourself." - Christian Wolmar, author of British Rail: The Making and Breaking of Our Trains From London via Paris, Naples, Nuremberg, the Swiss Alps, Budapest, Athens and into the furthest c ...Show more
Slow Trains to Venice: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Across Europe by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Travel
Do you love trains? Do you love adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice. Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by rail worker strikes), through Belgium, the Nether ...Show more
Tales from the Fast Trains: Around Europe at 186mph by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Biography
Tired of airport security queues, delays and all those extra taxes and charges, Tom Chesshyre embarks on a series of high-speed adventures across the Continent on its fast trains instead. From shiny London St Pancras, Tom travels to places that wouldn't feature on a standard holiday wish-list, and disco ...Show more
Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys by Tom Chesshyre
Category: Biography
Experience the world by train Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing the world through train travel - on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every type of ride, from steam locomotives to bullet trains, meeting a cast of memorable charac ...Show more