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English journey, or, The road to Milton Keynes

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This book is about 158 pages long and reads like a serial in a newspaper--reminds me of Charles Kurult's bus trips across the U.S. except the camera crew travels across the U.K. Bainbridge records the daily trip in a writer's jounal.

The sections are laid out in journal form covering events day by day and many of the cities warrent a separate chapter. Like a motion picture camera, Bainbridge vividly records the detail of what is to be seen -- the view from the bus, the accomodations, the food, the highlights and frustrations. Her trip begins in Southhampton, then goes to these places: Salisbury, Bristol; Cotswolds; Birmingham; Stoke-on-Trent; Mancester, Liverpool, Bradford; Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Stockton-on-Tees; York, Lincoln, and Norwhch; and ends in Milton Keynes.

Baninbridge's trip is a "sort-of" southwest-northeast drive and one you might consider replicating in part if you're thinking of taking a motor trip though England. You'll miss many historic places (London), but you'll get a feel for the diversity of the land and it's people.