"Great British Bus Journeys" travels to Britain's most unfashionable towns (using the least reliable method of transport) and uncovers the nation's secret history. Through the eyes of David McKie, quiet, unassuming streetscapes are transformed into beguiling and eccentric places of interest: from the Forest of Bowland to Bradwell-on-Sea, McKie's tour offers a unique survey of our land, rich with history, legend and personality.
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"'I love this book, I keep dipping into it, and reading bits aloud to my friends, most of whom, alas, haven't been on a bus for years. The loss is theirs, as McKie's highly original publication so brilliantly demonstrates.' Val Hennessy, Daily Mail 'A joyous book.' Tom Fort, Sunday Telegraph 'A copy deserves to be placed in every bus station in the land.' Travis Elborough, Guardian 'Mesmerising... the route's circuitous sweep takes in an unexpected panorama of British life and history... a delightful gallimaufry.' Nick Groom, Independent 'Superbly entertaining... something to delight and surprise us at every turn. Whatever other bus you miss, be sure it is not this one.' Simon Heffer, Country Life"
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David McKie joined the Guardian in 1965. He was deputy editor from 1975 to 1984 and author of the much-loved 'Elsewhere' and 'Smallweed' columns.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Great British Bus Journeys manages a new angle on a much visited theme - travelling around Britain. The buses are fairly incidental but their inclusion provides a realistic and fond introduction to the foibles of that unsung but quite sociable mode of transport. The stories about each 'unfamous place' visited are based on research. That could be tedious, as there are loads of travel books out there repeating the same old stuff. However, even cynical old me found these strange tales fascinating and mostly new.
Well worth a read. He by no means covered the whole country so there's plenty of scope for sequals!
Well worth a read. He by no means covered the whole country so there's plenty of scope for sequals!
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I'm not a train spotter but nevertheless I can't deny that trains (particularly stream trains) do have a certain fascination and charm - as in the BBC's 'Great railways journeys of the world' - a charm which sadly buses just don't posess. Therefore the actual mode of transport that forms the raison d'etre of this book doesn't really add to its appeal. (And that's not to mention the "unfamous places" that are visited on the buses!)
The book is a travelogue of various journeys throughout the UK undertaken completely on buses, with each of the 25 chapters describing a different trip. As well as describing the actual journey the chapters also comment on the history, geography and sociology of the areas/towns visited. These comments are usually quite interesting but I found many a bit dry. I did, however, enjoy the odd reports on social contact on the buses - old people bitching, drunken teenagers on a Glasgow night bus - and would have liked more of those and a bit less history
The book is a travelogue of various journeys throughout the UK undertaken completely on buses, with each of the 25 chapters describing a different trip. As well as describing the actual journey the chapters also comment on the history, geography and sociology of the areas/towns visited. These comments are usually quite interesting but I found many a bit dry. I did, however, enjoy the odd reports on social contact on the buses - old people bitching, drunken teenagers on a Glasgow night bus - and would have liked more of those and a bit less history
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In this travel book, David Mckie takes a series of bus journeys across Britain visiting locations not always on the tourist trail and tracing the history of some obscure historical figures. I enjoyed his descriptions of the places he visited and some of his comic accounts of the people he met and found he made me want to visit a number of places. However, I did find the structure of 25 seperate trips rather repetitve as there was no sense of an overall goal to be accomplished.
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