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Tom Chesshyre has been writing travel stories for UK national newspapers for over15 years. After reading politics at Bristol University and completing a journalism diploma from City University, he had stints at the Cambridge Evening News, Sporting Life and Sky Sports. During this period he won the Independent's young sports writer of the year competition and was runner-up in the Financial Times young business writer awards. His first travel piece was about England's cricket fans in Barbados for the Daily Telegraph. He freelanced for the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, wrote a column for Conde Nast Traveller, and contributed to the Express, the Guardian, and the Independent, before working on the travel desk of the Times. He has assisted with t ...more

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	Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys 3.77 avg rating — 470 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Source to Sea 3.90 avg rating — 352 ratings — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides 4.12 avg rating — 287 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost in the Lakes: Notes from a 379-Mile Walk in the Lake District 3.92 avg rating — 279 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Trains to Venice: A Love Letter to Europe 3.88 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from the Fast Trains: Around Europe at 186mph 3.57 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tourist in the Arab Spring 3.68 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Hull and Back: On Holiday in Unsung Britain 3.58 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Trains to Istanbul: ...And Back: A 4,570-Mile Adventure on 55 Rides 3.91 avg rating — 107 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gatecrashing Paradise: Misadventure in the Real Maldives 3.80 avg rating — 90 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“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

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“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

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“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

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