Alex Morris

An alternative tour of Britain from the people who brought you The Framley Examiner.

Forget theme parks. Forget the giants of the museum and gallery world. Get yourself out to some of the quirkier attractions the UK has to offer.

Apart from the ones that closed in the 17 years since this book was published.

I'd visited 9 of the 42 places in this book. I've got another four added to my list of places to go out of my way to visit, and some that I might visit if ever in their neck of the woods.

Bollocks to Alton Towers is a sort of alternative travel guide to places in UK. Most books of this sort direct you to the famous tourist spots (like the amusement park, Alton Towers, in the title), this quirky little book recommends day trips to all kinds of obscure places which also guarantee a dose of fun. Here's a pub built like a pack of cards in Devon, the David Beckham trail in North London, a village on Salisbury Plain abandoned during the war when the army wanted to test weapons, the show more Cumberland pencil museum ... and much much more. The pieces by Robin Halstead, Jason Hazely, Alex Morris and Joel Morris are amusing and informative and I'd love to follow up some of these unusual day-trips next time I go back to dear old Blighty. (I'm getting homesick!!) show less

I really liked the book it was not the best written tome I have ever read, however the reveiwers really made you want to go and see the simple and interesting places of interest. I still can't talk my partner into going to the pencil museum!!!

This books gives some great ideas for unconventional days out. It's funny in the process and makes these places seem magical.

I will be visiting some of them soon.