A lighthearted guide to the geography of Britain from Daily Telegraph journalist and bestselling author of Coast, Christopher Somerville
Bognor Regis, Aberystwyth, Glasgowcan you place them on a map? Most people can't these days. What kind of countryside would you pass through on your way to the Cairngorms, or the
Fens, or Northumberland? What's north of the Pennines? And what's it like when you get there? Most folk wouldn't have a clue. Increasing numbers of us don't have a basic geographical notion
of these British islands. Blame it on a decline in formal geography teaching, or GPS and other "A-to-Z and nothing in between" devices that make us lazywe are becoming the best
traveled and least well orientated generations ever seen. Now Christopher Somerville, bestselling author of Coast and many other books of UK exploration, presents the basics of
what belongs where, which counties border one another, and what lies beyond the Watford Gap. He reminds us of the watery bits, the lumpy bits, and the flat bits, gets to grips with the
smaller islands surrounding Britainand much more. Never Eat Shredded Wheat is a reminder of all the fascinating British geography once learned at schoolgeography that
brings these islands vividly to lifegeography which we have forgotten, or never even knew.
