Never Eat Shredded Wheat

A lighthearted guide to the geography of Britain from "Daily Telegraph" journalist and bestselling author of "Coast," Christopher SomervilleBognor Regis, Aberystwyth, Glasgowcan you place them on a map? Most people can't these days. What kind of countrysidewould 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, orGPS and other "A-to-Z and nothing in between" devices that make us lazywe are becoming the best traveled and least well orientatedgenerations 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 bringsthese islands vividly to lifegeography which we have forgotten, or never even knew."