Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out (ISBN 0-14-102120-9) is a humorous travel book written by Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, and Joel Morris (the creators of The Framley Examiner), which showcases unusual attractions, left-field museums and one-off days out in the United Kingdom.
The introduction describes the book as "a collection of the underdogs of British tourism... [that] say more about Britain and the British than any number of corkscrew thrill rides or high-tech Interactive Visitor Experiences."
The book was published in hardback by Michael Joseph Ltd (an imprint of the Penguin Group) in 2005. It was also published in paperback by Penguin Books in 2006. The book received favourable reviews from The Times, The Press, and The Daily Telegraph.[1][2][3] A sequel, titled Far From the Sodding Crowd, was published in hardback in 2007. A paperback edition, More Bollocks to Alton Towers, (ISBN 0-14-102785-1) was published in April 2008.
A short documentary, Far From the Sodding Crowd, was made in 2009 and features some of the attractions included in both books, as well as writers Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris.
Contents
[edit]Attractions covered in the book:
- Blackgang Chine [1]
- British Lawnmower Museum [2]
- Peasholm Park Naval Warfare [3]
- Louis Tussaud's House of Wax - No longer open
- Kelvedon Hatch Nuclear Bunker [4]
- Porteath Bee Centre [5]
- Mad Jack's Sugar Loaf [6]
- Keith and Dufftown Railway [7]
- The EastEnders Set
- Pitt Rivers Museum [8]
- Eden Ostrich World [9] - No longer open
- Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music [10] - No longer open
- Shah Jahan Mosque [11]
- The Beckham Trail [12]
- Mother Shipton's Cave and Dripping Well [13]
- Apollo Pavilion [14]
- Hamilton Toy Collection [15]
- Imber [16]
- Cumberland Pencil Museum [17]
- Pack o' Cards Inn [18]
- Diggerland [19]
- Orford Ness [20]
- The Wellcome Collection of Medical History [21]
- Cast Courts, Victoria and Albert Museum [22]
- Tebay Services [23]
- The Williamson Tunnels [24]
- Barometer World [25]
- Portmeirion [26]
- Edinburgh Camera Obscura and World of Illusions [27]
- The Dinosaur Park and Tidal Lake [28]
- House of Marbles [29]
- Dennis Severs' House [30]
- Bletchley Park [31]
- The Workhouse Museum [32]
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch [33]
- South Bridge Vaults [34]
- Gnome Magic [35]
- A La Ronde [36]
- Port Sunlight [37]
- Morpeth Bagpipe Museum [38]
- Bekonscot Model Village [39]
- Avebury [40]
- Christ's House
References
[edit]- ^ Ginny McGrath (9 June 2005). "Bollocks to Alton Towers". The Times.
- ^ "Funny, how time drips away". The York Press. 16 May 2005.
- ^ "Bollocks to Alton Towers by Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris and Joel Morris". The Daily Telegraph. 8 May 2006.
External links
[edit]- Far From the Sodding Crowd (Film) - Film not currently available (as of 30 August 2015)
- Far From the Sodding Crowd (Film) - on Vimeo
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