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"What it is to be young, to load a donkey with all one's belongings. The last whim of exquisite youth." --Frasers Magazine - first edition 1895
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"Bursting with life to this day"
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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What a lovely idea,
By Martin Jones (Surrey, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (Paperback)
What a good idea. A well-written travel guide inside a decent bit of reading. Robert Louis Stevenson was a fellow Scot and a favourite author of mine since I first read Treasure Island as a boy. I found several editions of this and other travel stories online and in the library. But this edition comes with a travel guide to all the places mentioned in the story. So I dropped heavy hints and the birthday present edition arrived here two days ago. I have only been dipping into it so far, so have not read the full thing. But the opening chapter by Stevenson is well-written and the begining of a good yarn. I've checked out one or two of Lawrence Phillips's reviews of B&Bs and inns on the route and must have put on three pounds just salivating over some of the meals he has sampled. A lovely idea and really sensible when it comes to choosing holiday reading. Don't have to choose between a practical guidebook and a bit of self-indulgence. I've been recommending it to everyone.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Living in the past is wonderful,
By Happy Rabbit "Tim" (Barnet, Herts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (Paperback)
What a brilliant idea this is. A guidebook and great literature in one paperback sounds perfect. This year, my family will be walking the Stevenson trail (and hopefully hiring a donkey too) in the Cevennes. We shall probably not manage all of the journey, but we plan to drive down to the Lozere, park up at an hotel and spend a few days sampling some of the scenery from the original Robert Louis Stevenson story. Having picked up a brand new copy of this version of the book which has almost 100 pages of restaurant, hotel and campsite reviews, we intend to spend almost as much time around the dinner table as we should do working off the calories walking the hills and valleys. Finding this book was a happy coincidence, as we have always wanted to do the "Donkey Walk" as the kids have called it since we first played the audio book in the car, and I already have a collection of Laurence Phillips's French guide books to Paris and Lille other cities. We've not yet had a dud meal in France using his Bradt guides, so fully anticipate a satisfying holiday. Great food for the grown ups, donkey for the kids and a healthy walk for the guildty conscience.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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An entertaining modern guide to an appealing classic journey,
By Andrew (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (Paperback)
Stevenson's light-hearted yet serious account of a difficult 12-day walk across the Cevennes hills is surely one of the loveliest pieces of travel writing ever written. The present-day travel writer Laurence Phillips reprints Stevenson's original in full, and then adds a second section absolutely bubbling with his delightful, infectiously enthusiastic personal view of the Cevennes and the journeys to be made across them - with or without a donkey, and on foot or by car. As well as describing what Stevenson's route is like today, he veers off with numerous tempting 'diversions, digressions and detours.' In addition, his practical advice and invaluable recommendations of decent village brasseries, restaurants, and overnight lodgings clearly all come from authentic personal experience.
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