tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163262427506902735.post1430043049976458845..comments2023-10-11T06:48:27.560-04:00Comments on The Dewey Divas and the Dudes: Take the Slow Train. . .Saffron Beckwithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763807836046460614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163262427506902735.post-74087274502305520652010-09-21T09:00:58.805-04:002010-09-21T09:00:58.805-04:00I'll look forward to the sequel!I'll look forward to the sequel!Maylinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567123729180785372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163262427506902735.post-61887318707077257622010-09-21T03:59:15.927-04:002010-09-21T03:59:15.927-04:00I'm the book's author, and I was delighted...I'm the book's author, and I was delighted to find your comments, serendipitously, on the web. In truth, I didn't have North American readers in mind when I wrote the book. But how nice to find it has some appeal! I am just on the last stage of another odyssey around Britain for the companion volume 'On the Slow Train Again', to be published by Random House in April 2011michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163262427506902735.post-48687340441288532072010-05-23T10:01:51.344-04:002010-05-23T10:01:51.344-04:00Yes, the bits that are quoted in the book sound lo...Yes, the bits that are quoted in the book sound lots of fun. I will have to get my hands on a recording.Maylinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567123729180785372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163262427506902735.post-49000864052026351582010-05-23T09:55:27.377-04:002010-05-23T09:55:27.377-04:00I love that Flanders and Swann song. The way they ...I love that Flanders and Swann song. The way they enjoy the language of those funny old so-English placenames:<br /><br />"On the main line and the goods siding, the grass grows high/ At Dog Dyke, Tumby Woodside, and Troublehouse Halt/ The sleepers sleep at Audlem and Ambergate/ No passenger waits on Chittening platform or Cheslyn Hay..."Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278161038981079553noreply@blogger.com