About Britain A Journey of Seventy Years and 1,345 Miles

The book is structured around the thirteen original itineraries, taking in all corners of the UK: from Oban to Caernarvon to Canterbury. Revisiting these places a lifetime (70 years) after the original 'sensible explorers' provides a chance to ask what has changed and what remains the same - what now grows in the hedgerows along our British roads and which industries dominate the towns along the way? Which places have fared better during the last century, and which have fared worse?
Sustainability, industry, travel, nature, motoring - all of these things are considered as we follow the Festival of Britain's original routes. The book also contains a Prologue, 'About Britain 1951-2021' and Epilogue, 'Heading Home', providing a delightfully written and wonderfully retro look at our own culture and heritage, packaged to recall the guides as they first appeared.