Losing the Plot: Adventures in Surviving A New Allotment

by David Clensy

An ideal gift for the allotment holder in your life. Writer David Clensy tries his hand at allotmenteering with disastrous effect. Follow his hilarious trials and tribulations in this light-hearted book, which acts as the perfect beginner's guide on how not to keep your allotment. Packed with fascinating facts, if you're new to allotments, be sure to learn from David's mistakes.

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142 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 3, 2024

About the author

David Clensy has written a number of non-fiction and fiction books, including Island Life: A History of Looe Island (2006), The Mole of Edge Hill (2006), Walking The Wolds Way (2007), As Wide As All The World (2021) and Walking the White Horses (2023).

In February 2024 he released his debut novel, Prayer in Time of War.

In July 2023 he won the Frome Festival Short Story Competition Local Prize. His short stories have also been long-listed in the Cranked Anvil Short Story Prize 2022 and short-listed in the Wells Festival of Literature Short Story Competition 2022.

In July 2024, he signed a five-book deal with historical fiction specialist Sapere Books to deliver a series of World War II naval thrillers. The first of the series, For Those In Peril, will be published in August 2025.

www.davidclensy.com