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    Travel writing

    in Book Search and Reading Recommendations

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    So you like to travel then?

     

    I like to travel whenever I get the chance. Which isn't very often at the moment. I also like reading about people's adventures whilst on whatever journey they decide to embark on. Especially the physical feats such as long distance walking/cycling/rowing.

     

    I seem to add their stories to a mental list with the hope of one day doing similar.

    Travel writing

    in Book Search and Reading Recommendations

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    That is some great recommendations. I have just finished reading mark wallingtons 'boogie up the river'. Not bad but not as good as his '500 mile walkies'.

     

    Most of your recommendations are either on my library reservation list or on order from amazon. I look forward to a winter of reading them all.

    Travel writing

    in Book Search and Reading Recommendations

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    Hi Mr. Lifeboat

    Not sure if you have any interest in Ameican travel writing (although a Walk in the Woods definitely fits that category) .

    Bill Bryson's funniest I've ever read is The Lost Continent which is a trip around our country. I think it might be his first book,but don't quote me on that. Then he has one called Neither Here Nor There which was a travel book throughout several countries that he went through ...

     

    There were ones popular here many years ago, but I think they are still available. I know they are ,used,because I found one awhile back .

    A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins . A boy who graduates college and doesnt quite know what he wants to do next,so he takes a "road trip",although on foot .The first book starts in NY, I believe is where he lived,then wanders down through the southern states .

    His second was a part 2,so to speak,from Louisiana to California . Both VERY interesting .Not funny, though . He stayed with people all along his trip,so he told all about the kindness of strangers . Something much safer back in the 70's than now .

     

    Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon,I believe he is a Native American who drives all over the back roads of America, meeting people along the way . I just bought another if his,which is a trip down the Mississippi River down to the gulf ,called River Horse .

     

    I have several more on my travel shelf if you wanna hear any more . I think some are from here, but others are in other countries. I love reading travel books,since I rarely go any further than the next town over ,5 miles away .

     

    I have read all of Brysons books and they never fail to make me laugh rather loudly in public places. I would be interested to hear of any books you might want to recommend. They don't just have to be from UK.

     

    I am starting to get through some of the other folks recommendations and I can add all of them to my library list.

    Fluorescent waves

    in General Chat

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    Sounds like you are talking about phosphorescence, a faint blue-green light emitted from the sea at night, either as a continuous glow or a series of tiny flashes. This light is produced by the bioluminescence of living organisms ranging from bacteria to the many species of plankton, including phytoplankton, especially dinoflagellates. On moonless nights in late summer, flashes of light in the surf breaking on sandy beaches are often produced by the appropriately named dinoflagellate Noctiluca. Bioluminescence is produced by a chemical reaction and serves a wide range of functions. Deep in the ocean where there is little or no daylight, almost every species has some light-producing capability. The wavelength of the blue-green light emitted is the same as the residual daylight that penetrates to the greatest depths in the ocean.

     

    Not my own words. Copied from encyclopedia.com. I live on the coast in the UK and see it here from time to time.

    Travel writing

    in Book Search and Reading Recommendations

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    I have recently been working my way through a few travel books and I am finding that I am really enjoying them. Turning to the Internet for inspiration I have so far been unable to find anything new to tempt me in. That is I hope until now when I chance apon this forum.

     

    What I have been enjoying so far is travel accounts form mostly around the UK with one exception. They have all captivated me from very early on with either the authers wit or by creating a nostalgic sense of pride for the country I live in and making me want to head out and travel to all the same places.

     

    So far my favourites have been 500 mile walkies by Mark Wallington, Notes from a small island by Bill Bryson also A walk in the woods by the same author, Attention all shipping by Charlie Connelly and Adrift in Caledonia: Boat-hitching for the Unenlightened by Nick Thorpe.

     

    If anyone has any recommendations for what I could read next then I would be most thankful.

     

    I have just started Penguins Stopped Play: Eleven Village Cricketers Take on the World by Harry Thompson and I can already see this is going to be another good read. So add this to my list above.

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