Bag a bargain! 25% off 'Wild Peaks' today on an 'Amazon Prime Sale Day'. Celebrate England's 1st national park (75 this year) by buying a copy and then let's hope we celebrate an England win in the World Cup v Ghana this evening! 🏔️🥾🥾🏔️🏔️🏔️⚽️⚽️⚽️ www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Peaks-J...

Wild Peaks: A lively, informative and funny 360-odd mile walk through the Peak District at 75

Wild Peaks: A lively, informative and funny 360-odd mile walk through the Peak District at 75 : Chesshyre, Tom: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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'Wild Peaks: On Foot Through England's First National Park', a bargain for 99p on Kindle today... 364-mile journey, so 0.002p per mile #verygoodvalue on the 75th anniversary of the park Tinyurl.com/5ew3dfd2

‘Wild Peaks: On Foot Through England’s First National Park’ - notes from a 364-mile hike around the Peak District, falling in love with the moorlands & ridges (& only once almost perishing in a frozen tent… most of the time I was in cosy inns) 🥾🥾🥾🏔️🏔️🏔️🍺🍺🍺 Out now!

It’s publication day for WILD PEAKS by @tchesshyre.bsky.social Journey through the Peak District, Britain’s first National Park, on its 75th anniversary with as our correspondent hits the trails on a 360-odd mile ramble to celebrate this symbolic home of hiking.

Thanks Hiking Historian! 🥾🥾🥾🥾

Hiking Historian@hikinghistorian.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Thanks to Harper North for a copy of @tchesshyre.bsky.social 's forthcoming book on the Peak District. I feel Kinder calling me back already...

Lovely book by @tchesshyre.bsky.social, fascinating to see my lal' corner of the world from an off-comers perspective. Highly recommended for anyone considering buying a second home round here also... #BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books #AmReading

‘A curious link between mind and feet’…

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · last yr.

Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.

Only few copies left of Slow Trains Around Britain by @tchesshyre.bsky.social Stanfords Book of the Month in June! Don't miss out! Grab a copy in Store or at this link www.stanfords.co.uk/slow-trains-...

Brilliant to see @tchesshyre.bsky.social's Slow Trains Around Britain reviewed in @thetls.bsky.social last week! www.the-tls.co.uk/world/travel...

On 200th anniversary of 1st public steam railway (Stockton & Darlington), the HS2 fiasco looms large. Back then GB led the world, now an international ‘laughing stock’ (as reported this week). All covered in ‘Slow Trains Around Britain’ (often v slow)! 🚂 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/slow...

Thanks to ‘Biblios’ for this review of ‘Slow Trains Around’… yes I did do a few! 👍🚂🚂🚂🚂

Thanks Stanfords - again - glad it’s shifted a few copies! 👍

Stanfords Travel@stanfordstravel.bsky.social · last yr.

Only few copies left of Slow Trains Around Britain by @tchesshyre.bsky.social Stanfords Book of the Month in June! Don't miss out! Grab a copy in Store or at this link www.stanfords.co.uk/slow-trains-...

‘Absorbing… should be made available to the Secretary of State for Transport’ - Times Literary Supplement review of ‘Slow Trains Around Britain’ #illtakethat #thankyouTLS

With a new sticker on front (released today in paperback) 🚂🚂🚂🚂🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/slow-t…

Thanks Summersdale (and BBC Travel)!

Summersdale@summersdalebooks.bsky.social · last yr.

Delighted to see @tchesshyre.bsky.social interviewed about his 4000 mile train journey around Britain! For more, make sure you get a copy of his brilliant book Slow Trains Around Britain 🚂 www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...

Delighted to see @tchesshyre.bsky.social interviewed about his 4000 mile train journey around Britain! For more, make sure you get a copy of his brilliant book Slow Trains Around Britain 🚂 www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic...

Britain's five best slow train journeys

As England celebrates the 200th anniversary of rail travel, author and train expert Tom Chesshyre reveals his favourite rides across the UK.

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… and now @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Book of the Month!! ‘Slow Trains Around Britain’ By @tchesshyre.bsky.social Looking great in their window last night 🤗📗🚂 @summersdalebooks.bsky.social

Alison Lear@aslear.bsky.social · last yr.

Lovely evening @stanfordstravel.bsky.social for the launch of @tchesshyre.bsky.social brand new book … ‘Slow Trains Around Britain’ I absolutely love Tom’s books, so cannot wait to read this one. Lots of familiar locations too!! 🛤️📖 @summersdalebooks.bsky.social

Lovely evening @stanfordstravel.bsky.social for the launch of @tchesshyre.bsky.social brand new book … ‘Slow Trains Around Britain’ I absolutely love Tom’s books, so cannot wait to read this one. Lots of familiar locations too!! 🛤️📖 @summersdalebooks.bsky.social

It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday, and we all know that books make THE best gifts!! These are perfect!! @stanfordstravel.bsky.social your place 🤗📚📖🎁 @noosarowiwa.bsky.social @wildtwin.bsky.social @herdyshepherd.bsky.social @phoebesmith.bsky.social @tchesshyre.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social

Funny one by Cooper in current Private Eye

Home of Cervantes & briefly Spain’s royal court - with tapas joints galore (annual festival), sculpture galleries & cheap hotels, in Castile de Leon, north of Madrid. Laurie Lee didn’t like it (‘I don’t ever wish to return’), but that was ages ago! #spanishsecret #tapasheaven

The glory of train travel in Europe, watching the world go by your window…

'Slow Trains Around Britain: Notes from a 4,088-Mile Adventure on 143 Rides' is out on May 8. Waterstones is offering 25% off for pre-orders (usually £20) this weekend. Result? Yet another bargain! Please, if you don't mind (I beg), retweet! #PREORDER25 waterstones.com

Paperback of 'Slow Trains to Istanbul... And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides' is out on June 12. Waterstones is offering 25% off for pre-orders (regular price £9.99) this weekend. Result? A bargain. Please, if you don't mind, retweet! Thank you. #PREORDER25

Paperback of 'Slow Trains to Istanbul... And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides' is out on June 12. Waterstones is offering 25% off for pre-orders (regular price £9.99) this weekend. Result? A bargain. Please, if you don't mind, retweet! Thank you. #PREORDER25 #LOVETRAINS

Good news, it seems European Sleeper may have found a train path across France for their planned regular Amsterdam/Brussels<>Barcelona sleeper (I wasn't sure they would). But running it from Amsterdam is in doubt, may have to start from Brussels. nltimes.nl/2025/02/15/a...

Amsterdam departure in doubt for Barcelona night train

Plans for a night train from Amsterdam to Barcelona are now in jeopardy, as scheduling constraints in France could potentially push the service to depart too early for Dutch passengers. While a feasib...

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Good one in Private Eye by K.J. Lamb

Good to see ‘Slow Trains to Istanbul’ hanging in there between ‘Mother State: A Political History of Motherhood’ and ‘Anxiety’ @HSKWaterstones in New Smart Thinking, no less #alwayssmarttotakeafewtrains

Time to…

Top of Brevent cable car at Chamonix #nicespotforlunch