More Great Railway Journeys

by Benedict Allen

This book accompanies the BBC TV series. Seven intrepid individuals set out on entertaining & unusual railway expeditions. Alexei Sayle travels from Aleppo to Aqaba; Benedict Allen from Mombasa to the Mountains of the Moon; Victoria Wood from Crewe to Crewe via Scotland; Chris Bonington, across Halifax to Vancouver; Buck Henry from the Andes to Patagonia in Argentina; Rachael Heaton-Armstrong & Ben Okri from London to Arkadia; & Henry Louis Gates, Jr., from Great Zimbabwe to Kalimatinde. All the travelers bring an original & often witty eye to their experiences. The photos capture the spirit & the mood of these memorable journeys.

Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

Benedict Colin Allen is a British writer, traveller and adventurer known for his technique of immersion among indigenous peoples from whom he acquires skills for hazardous journeys through unfamiliar terrain. In 2010, Allen was elected a Trustee of the Royal Geographical Society. He has recorded six TV series for the BBC, either alone or with partial or total use of camera crews, and has published ten books, including the Faber Book of Exploration, which he edited.[1]