UK Holidays - Taking a Line for a Walk: 1100 Miles on Foot, Le Havre to Rome

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 914.04561 EAN: 9781851494705 ISBN: 1851494707 Label: Chris Lambert Manufacturer: Chris Lambert Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: 2006-07-07 Publisher: Chris Lambert Studio: Chris Lambert
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Editorial Reviews: Chirs Lambert decided to walk solo across Europe from Le Havre, France to Rome, Italy. He drew a blue line across a map of Europe and seventy one walking days and 1,100 miles later, with a small rucksack he arrived in the Eternal City. A sketchbook and pencils were his journey long companions.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: taking a line for a walk: 1100 miles on foot, le havre to rome Comment: Having read a couple of other travel sketch books, I had great anticipation for the arrival of Taking a Line for a Walk. I am very disappointed in the tiny format. The sketches are sweet, but I really would like to read the handwritten remarks. Customer Rating: Summary: Enjoying the walk down the line Comment: This delightful little hardback book gave me ideas to enhance my travel sketching techniques. Chris uses a variety of approaches with his handful of sketching implements. I was particularly attracted to his work as he reached Italy in his travels. I carried this wee book on a recent sketching holiday to Turkey for inspiration, and even sought out a fine brown pen in the back streets of Istanbul to trial the effect which pleased me - especially when drawing old buildings or ruins. It is worth taking the time to decipher Chris' squiggles, as you walk with him through the sights, sounds and smells of the streets and countryside, experiencing what he feels. I read it from cover to cover. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys quick travel sketching or who wants a flavour of France, Switzerland and Italy. Customer Rating: Summary: A long long line Comment: As a collector of small hand drawn or hand written journals, I was happy to add this one to my bookshelf. It is a fascinating account of an elderly man's walk (with only a knapsack) from Le Havre to Rome. That fact alone I found awesome!! He records his days with keen perception and charming drawings, and the writing--what I could read of it--is quite interesting. His drawings are charming and quite wonderful. My main complaint is that it is rather difficult to read what he wrote, and his journey was so interesting, I felt cheated when I couldn't make it out....hence the three stars. But it is unique among the flurry of little books like this which have been published in the last five years. An evening with a book like this, with its quirky little handwritten comments and completely individual drawings, is an enjoyable antidote to the rigid world of computers, instant copies, and fax machines. More Reviews