Under the Dragon -- Rory MacLean (Burma)

The Snow Leopard -- Peter Matthiessen (Himalayas)

The Road to Oxiana -- Robert Byron (Persia/Afghanistan)

I did my PhD on travel writing. My all-time fave is Heine's Reisebilder (Travel Pictures).

William Dalrymple’s books on India are fascinating.

I like Bill Bryson.

William Dalrymple - From the Holy Mountain

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/william-dalrymple/from-the-holy-mountain/

Patricia Storace - Dinner with Persephone (a Sorcha recommendation)

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/
97/12/07/reviews/20252.html

My old favourite - Jan Morris’ Europe, an Intimate Journey.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/aug/12/feat
uresreviews.guardianreview5

I once saw Bruce Chatwin in a supermarket. He was wearing a bottle-green velvet smoking jacket.

Ted Simon round the world on a Triumph Tiger- Jupiter's Travels:

https://web.archive.org/web/20110713125239/http://
www.jupitalia.com/bike.html

#7

Asda?

Waitrose, Cirencester.

Yes, I thought it would be something like that - rather than Neasden Kwiksave.

Patrick Leigh-Fermor.

I was thinking of composing a post that Neasden Kwiksave was more Leigh-Fermor's patch.

Ah yes, Leigh-Fermor with his string of letters of introduction. Twat.

He was never hyphenated though.

I read one called I think Blue Lines or Blue Highway about a guy going round the US on the old roads. Had a big influence at the time.

Steinbeck’s Travels With Charly

Read a lot of Theroux, and liked them without really liking him. Patagonia Express in particular.

Three Men In A Boat is best though

Angry White Pajamas by Robert Twigger.

And I can’t bear Bruce Chatwin

https://www.ft.com/content/258694fe-db6e-11e8-b173-ebef6ab1374a

Google: How comedy conquered the world of travel writing

Jonathan Raban is tremendous, especially about Anerica.

Old Glory is my favourite, which is about a journey down the Mississippi.