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Victorias s..l..o..w.. progress through the English Counties
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Wow! Now that's what I call a plan! I hope you enjoy your trip.
Happy reading, Have you thought how long it will take, I'm counting in years with this for myself. Hope you have packet plenty of sandwiches and a large flask for your trip.
And got strong shoes, and a few spare pairs!
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Had to go look, June 2014 and only 19 books in.
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I've just this moment completed this challenge which I see I started on October 11th,2020-what a journey!!!✅
well done, are you moving on to Wales or scotland?
Tania wrote: "well done, are you moving on to Wales or scotland?"Many thanks,Tania-I haven't yet decided-I'm going to catch my breath,first!
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Books mentioned in this topic
Ivanhoe (other topics)Cuddy (other topics)
Anna of the Five Towns (other topics)
Death at the Auction (other topics)
Where Shall We Run To?: A Memoir (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Walter Scott (other topics)Benjamin Myers (other topics)
Arnold Bennett (other topics)
Alan Garner (other topics)
Sally Thomas (other topics)
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Expecting to go at a very leisurely pace!
1 County Left-as of 19/7/24
41/41 Completed on 27/8/2024✅ ENGLAND
1. Bedfordshire (Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Biggleswade, Sandy)
The Midnight LibrarybyMatt Haig
✔ (23/10/21)★★★★★
2. Berkshire (Reading, Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Windsor, Wokingham, Abingdon)
Elizabeth of York: The Last White RosebyAlison Weir
✔ (19/5/22)★★★★★
3. Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury, Milton Keynes, Slough, Buckingham, High Wycombe)
The Return of the SoldierbyRebecca West
✔ (25/6/21)★★★★★
4. Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Wisbech, Ely, March, Whittlesey, Chatteris, Linton)
When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi (This fine doctor studied for a time at Cambridge University)
✔ (6/1/22)★★★★★
5. Cheshire (Chester, Stockport, Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Crewe)
Where Shall We Run To?: A MemoirbyAlan Garner
✔19/4/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
6. Cornwall (Bodmin, Truro, Camborne, Redruth, St. Austell, Falmouth, Penzance, Newquay)
Rebeccaby Daphne du Maurier
✔ (20/8/22)★★★★★
7. Cumberland (Carlisle, Whitehaven, Workington, Penrith, Keswick, Brampton)
The Tenant of Wildfell HallbyAnne Brontë
✔ (28/8/22)★★★★★
8. Derbyshire (Derby, Chesterfield, Glossop, Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Swadlincote, Buxton, Matlock, Ashbourne)
A Parcel of Patternsby Jill Paton Walsh
✔11/12/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
9. Devon (Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Paignton, Barnstaple, Tiverton, Newton Abbot, Tavistock)
Tarka the OtterbyHenry Williamson
✔6/7/21 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
10. Dorset (Dorchester, Poole, Weymouth, Sherborne, Wimborne Minster, Shaftesbury)
The Children of the New Forestby Frederick Marryat
✔22/1/21 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
11. Durham (Durham, Sunderland, Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Gateshead, Washington)
CuddybyBenjamin Myers✔ (27/8/21)★★★★★
12. Essex (Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford, Southend, Colchester, Harlow, Brentwood, West Ham)
The Snow GoosebyPaul Gallico
✔ (3/5/21)★★★★★
13. Gloucestershire (Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury)
Hornblower and the Atropos by C.S. Forester (travelling on the Thames and Severn Canal in Gloucestershire)
✔ (17/9/21)★★★★★
14. Hampshire (Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Basingstoke, Newport)
CharlottebyHelen Moffett
✔ (24/8/21)★★★★
15. Herefordshire (Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard, Kington)
Random Questby John Wyndham
✔ (7/8/22)★★★★★
16. Hertfordshire (Hertford, Watford, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hatfield)
Elizabeth by David Starkey
(Elizabeth spent a significant part of her childhood in Hatfield House,Hertfordshire.)
✔ (13/9/21)★★★★
17. Huntingdonshire (Huntingdon, St. Ives, St. Neots, Ramsey, Yaxley)
The Children of Green Knoweby Lucy M. Boston
✔15/9/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
18. Kent (Maidstone, Canterbury, Bromley, Rochester, Margate, Folkestone, Dover, Greenwich)
The Mystery of Edwin Droodby Charles Dickens (set in Rochester)
✔ (6/9/21)★★★★★
19. Lancashire (Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Bolton, Warrington, Barrow-in-Furness)
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
✔19/7/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
20. Leicestershire (Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Coalville, Lutterworth)
King Richard IIIbyWilliam Shakespeare
✔16/9/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
21. Lincolnshire (Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Boston, Grantham, Stamford, Skegness, Louth)Death at the Auction
✔22/10/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
22. Middlesex (City of London, Harrow, Enfield, Staines, Ealing, Potters Bar, Westminster )
My Name Escapes Me: The Diary of a Retiring Actorby Alec Guinness
✔16/12/20 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
23. Norfolk (Norwich, Great Yarmouth, King's Lynn, Dereham, Cromer, Hunstanton)
Richeldis of WalsinghambySally Thomas
✔19/7/24★ ★ ★ ★ ★
24. Northamptonshire (Northampton, Peterborough, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough)
Mary Queen of Scotsby Antonia Fraser
✔27/4/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
25. Northumberland (Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
To the Island of Tides: A Journey to LindisfarnebyAlistair Moffat
✔23/6/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
26. Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell)
Nottinghamshire (Nottingham, Mansfield, Worksop, Newark, Retford, Southwell)
IvanhoebyWalter Scott
✔ 17/8/23★ ★ ★ ★
27. Oxfordshire (Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Bicester, Henley-on-Thames, Carterton, Thame)
The Unquiet BonesbyMelvin R. Starr
✔(3/5/22)★★★★★
28. Rutland (Oakham, Uppingham. Cottesmore)
Set In StonebyRobert Goddard
✔21/8/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
29. Shropshire (Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry, Bridgnorth, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Ludlow)
Catherine, Called Birdyby Karen Cushman
✔27/9/21 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
30. Somerset (Taunton, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Bridgwater, Wells, Glastonbury)
Christmas at the Crescentby Veronica Henry
✔22/11/21 ★ ★ ★ ★
31. Staffordshire (Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Cannock, Lichfield)
Anna of the Five TownsbyArnold Bennett
✔30/5/24★ ★ ★ ★ ★32. Suffolk (Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Sudbury, Haverhill, Bungay)
The Dig: A Novel Based on True Eventsby John Preston
✔2/8/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
33. Surrey (Guildford, Croydon, Woking, Sutton, Kingston-on-Thames, Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Brixton)
Athelstan: The Making of England by Tom Holland
✔21/10/20 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
34. Sussex (Chichester, Brighton, Worthing, Crawley, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Horsham)
Blessings in Disguise by Alec Guinness
✔16/12/20 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
35. Warwickshire (Warwick, Birmingham, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon)
An Eagle in the Snowby Michael Morpurgo
✔7/2/20 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
36. Westmorland (Appleby, Kendal, Windermere, Ambleside, Kirkby Lonsdale)
The Tale of Pigling BlandbyBeatrix Potter
✔19/9/20 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
37. Wiltshire (Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Warminster)
Bring Up The Bodies / The Mirror and The Light by Hilary Mantel
✔30/6/21 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
38. Worcestershire (Worcester, Dudley, Kidderminster, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Malvern, Evesham)
Royal Escape: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable historical adventurebyGeorgette Heyer
✔24/9/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
39. Yorkshire
a) North Riding (Northallerton, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Whitby)
Dracula by Bram Stoker
✔27/9/21 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★byDavid Mitchell
b) East Riding (Beverley, Hull, Bridlington, Driffield, Hornsea, Filey)
Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
byC.J. Sansom
✔13/9/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
c) West Riding (Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Halifax, Harrogate)
Richard IIbyWilliam Shakespeare
(Richard II died in Pontefract Castle.W,Yorks}
✔4/2/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Both photographs taken by me in Christchurch,Dorset.