The Coast Road by Paul Gogarty

The Coast Road by Paul Gogarty

Winner of the 'Travel Narrative Book of the Year' in 2005 by the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW), The Coast Road presents an idiosyncratic and illuminating snapshot of England and what it is to be English today. In this travelogue, award-winning writer Paul Gogarty travels 3,000 miles in a motorhome, exploring intimate coastal communities and ruminating on the future of the English coast. All points of the compass are covered; after an unsettling benediction at Dover's Eastern Docks he travels to Derek Jarman's Dungeness; to rakish Brighton and Madame Rosina's Bournemouth; the mudflats and Arabian sands of the north-west, where he joins a roomful of George Formbys in Blackpool; the now infamous Morcambe Bay; Billy Butlin's Skegness; and a parachuting vicar. The journey comes full circle in the secret creeks of East Anglia. The Coast Road is a warm-hearted tribute to England's coastline written by a romantic spirit who beautifully captures both the idiosyncrasies of the nation and the euphoria of the open road.

Paul Gogarty is a contributor to the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times, Guardian and Daily Express. He is travel editor at Cosmopolitan (UK) magazine, and from 1992 to 2001 was chief travel writer at the Daily and Sunday Telegraph and for three years a regular presenter on BBC 1's Holiday programme.

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ISBN 13	9781905798094
ISBN 10	1905798091
Titel	The Coast Road
Autor	Paul Gogarty
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	HarperCollins Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-05-04
Seitenanzahl	304
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