Tom Chesshyre > Quotes

“You wouldn’t buy roughed up pairs of underpants or socks with designer holes in them. Would you shell out your hard-earned cash for a new car with designer scratches along the side? Or dented bumpers? Perhaps a windscreen crack and a few ripped seats? What is it about jeans that makes us want to look like down-and-outs?”
― Tom Chesshyre, Tales from the Fast Trains: Around Europe at 186mph

“There's a peculiar porcelain bathtub in a field; almost as though it has been placed there for Salvador Dali to come and capture.”
― Tom Chesshyre, To Hull and Back: On Holiday in Unsung Britain

“it is not the more intelligent who survive: it's the people who adapt.”
― Tom Chesshyre, Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys