Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Taking a broader view


I find the style of the travelogues that prevails in the weekend papers increasingly irritating. They could, at least, get the factual bits right.

Writing in Guardian Travel on 24/6/18, Genevieve Fox “took the broad-gauge train for all of the three-minutes from St Ives up the track to Carbis Bay.” Really? Isambard would be pleased to hear that his big idea has made a come-back.

St Ives is “…..no different to any other British seaside resort that combines nostalgia and stylish consumerism. I’m thinking of Rock across the water……” Across the water? I wouldn’t try that one in a rowing boat any time soon.


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