The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island

It was a bit of a chore to read this one, as other reviews have said it's quite political and he could.es across as a grumpy git. The book is massively skewed towards the London end of the journey with Scotland getting about 4 pages right at the end. I would recommend his other book a Brief History of Almost Everything instead, or even his Australian tour book. Give this one a miss

You can't class a Bryson book as 'Just OK'. If we wrote a review of a trip to the toilet it would have to score 4 stars at very least, that said however... Notes from a Small Island was an awesome book. The Road to Little Dribbling is basically a way to cash in and wring some more out of it's success. It starts with the concept that he will be traveling in a straight line from Bognor Regis to Cape Wrath... he even writes a song about... then spends most of the book wandering along the south coast and round London. When he actually gets down to going north he stops at about 2 places north of Birmingham and appears to miss Scotland out all together. It's like he got carried away with the south and ran out of words or time. It is however a very enjoyable read and if you ignore the concept for the book, well worth reading

Bryson writes with his usual amusing and incisive style, revealing facts and places previously shrouded in history and mystery. Many rang bells in the mind of this 89 Yrs young reader and prompt further investigation with a limited amount of time to read...but that's life !