JCB rides at Diggerland, museums devoted entirely to barometers or lawnmowers and the hidden attraction of the Porteath Bee Centre or Mother Shipton's Dripping Well.
John McCarthy is joined by writers Joel Morris and David McKie to discuss the tourist potential of the UK home towns and find out why some people prefer to holiday at home. Pat Duggleby lives in York and last Christmas rented a penthouse flat in the city for a week long holiday. Susanna Beves used to holiday in a caravan in her back garden. Christina Gladwin went a step further when she stayed at home for her vacation.
Presented by John McCarthy
Photo: JCB ride at Diggerland
This week's guests:
Joel Morris is joint creator and writer of the Framley Examiner- a spoof online newspaper and co-author of Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out a compendium of Britain 's lesser known tourist attractions.
Bollocks to Alton Towers : Uncommonly British Days Out Jason Hazeley, Robin Halstead, Joel Morris, Alex Morris Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0141021209
The "Framley Examiner" Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd ISBN: 0718145798
David McKie is former Deputy Editor and now columnist for the Guardian. He made a series of trips on regular local bus services to places as varied and far afield as Uttlesford and Ollerton, Dornoch and St Endellion, Sleaford and Slaidburn and collected them in a volume called Great British Bus Journeys:Travels Through Unfamous Places .
Great British Bus Journeys:Travels Through Unfamous Places Publisher: Atlantic Books ISBN: 1843541327
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