The Enlightenment of Travel

Around 30 years ago, I read Paul Theroux's "The Old Patagonian Express" while on a train journey down to Somerset, and subsequently read most of Theroux's travel books.
They are part of a large library of travel literature.

A few months ago, I entered a ballot for a chance to see Paul Theroux lecture at the Royal Geographical Society on the subject of travel...

This morning, I heard that I was successful....

Looking forward to seeing one of the first travel writers that I ever read...

Also today, started work on a session I'm presenting at Leeds University in a few weeks time on my life as a geographer and the influence of travel writers and other authors. Going to mean revisiting quite a few people like Theroux....

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