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Diogenes Apr 2019 8:15am, 25 Apr 2019 36,139 posts	0 Diogenes To redress the balance, some travel writers I have read (using the term loosely to cover anyone who has written about journeys) Paddy Leigh Fermor Jan Morris Mark Wallington Pete McCarthy PJ O'Rourke Benedict Allen Tony Hawks David Rieff (who I only learnt today was the son of Susan Sontag) FFyona Campbell
McGoohan Apr 2019 8:18am, 25 Apr 2019 39,296 posts	0 McGoohan Is Ffyona Campbell the walking donkey woman? (Who it turned out cheated quite a lot on her round the world walk)
Diogenes Apr 2019 8:20am, 25 Apr 2019 36,141 posts	0 Diogenes She cheated once during the US leg, but as she was in quite a poor state of mental health at the time following a toxic relationship break-up and an abortion, I forgive her.
Wriggling Snake Apr 2019 8:25am, 25 Apr 2019 22,243 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Tim Moore is my favourite, I like the sound of some of these, PLF were a manufactured band though.
Diogenes Apr 2019 8:27am, 25 Apr 2019 36,145 posts	0 Diogenes Jonathan Raban and Tim Parks also come to mind, as does Paul Theroux. Tim Moore is the pecked by ducks bloke, isn't he?
Sharkie Apr 2019 8:27am, 25 Apr 2019 14,724 posts	0 Sharkie Geoff Dyer (ish)
McGoohan Apr 2019 8:28am, 25 Apr 2019 39,298 posts	0 McGoohan Oh really? I remember that very wrong then. I thought there was a thing about her and her donkey in a van for a lot of the way through Africa. Then I've done her a disservice. I'd forgotten about Tim Moore - read and enjoyed quite a few of his.
McGoohan Apr 2019 8:28am, 25 Apr 2019 39,299 posts	0 McGoohan And I've got at least one Geoff Dyer on the TBR pile.... sigh Too many books.
Diogenes Apr 2019 8:29am, 25 Apr 2019 36,146 posts	0 Diogenes I can't recall a donkey, and a lady in a van makes me think of Alan Bennett. I'm not saying what a woman with a donkey makes me think of.
Wriggling Snake Apr 2019 8:30am, 25 Apr 2019 22,244 posts	0 Wriggling Snake French Revolutions, Spanish Steps (way ahead of the curve there), Iron Curtain....Monopoly was good, ummm there was a Grand Tour one as welll

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

Some of the most discussed books include:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
(mind-bending mystery with halls and statues)
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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (geriatric murder mystery from Britain's tallest comedic brainbox)
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
(Memoir of a homeless couple walking the SWCP)
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Milkman by Anna Burns
(Superlative prize-winning fiction)
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The Player Of Games by Iain M. Banks (Sci-Fi)
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (weird steampunk)
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