I loved "Notes from a Small Island" and this sequel doesn't disappoint. Lots of fun especially for people who love Britain.
A quote:
"Very few things are more reliably astounding than the British when they are enjoying themselves, and I say that with cautious admiration. They have the ability to get deep and lasting pleasure out of practically nothing at all. Give them them a form of transport that was becoming obsolete in the time of Clement Attlee and they will flock to it. Did you know, Britain has 108 steam railways-that is surely 106 more than any country needs-run by 18,500 volunteers?...
And steam trains are only a small part of the Diversions No One Else Would Want. Britain also has a Water Tower Appreciation Society, a Society for Clay Pipe Research, a Pillbox Study Group, A Ghost
Sign Society (which finds faded advertisements painted on the sides of buildings) and a Roundabout Appreciation Society."
