Love this, Geoff. The sense of anticipation, the dream realised ... and then the 'travel' to untold shores, broadening the mind, preparing your escape. Was it Laurie Helgoe who said "Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective"? Evocative writing. Barrie
Love this, Geoff. The sense of anticipation, the dream realised ... and then the 'travel' to untold shores, broadening the mind, preparing your escape. Was it Laurie Helgoe who said "Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective"? Evocative writing. Barrie
Love this, Geoff. The sense of anticipation, the dream realised ... and then the 'travel' to untold shores, broadening the mind, preparing your escape. Was it Laurie Helgoe who said "Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective"? Evocative writing. Barrie