📗 Libro en inglés SHITTY BREAKS

Adios Paris Hello Wolverhampton Not everything that glitters is gold which is why Ben Aitken gave London the cold shoulder and went to Preston instead Hailing from Portsmouth Ben knew from experience that unfashionable places could be quietly brilliant So over the course of a year the author of A Chip Shop in Poznan and The Gran Tour visited twelve of the least popular spots in the UK and Ireland for a city break The motivation wasn t to take the mickey or stick the boot in but to seek out the good stuff to uncover the gems to have a nice time By doing so he hoped to demonstrate that anywhere like anyone can be interesting and nourishing and enjoyable if approached in the right fashion Ben went skiing in Sunderland to the football in Wrexham and fell in love with Dunfermline He kissed an alpaca in Bradford suffered jellied eels in Chelmsford and had more craic in Limerick than was wise The upshot is a celebration of the underdog a hymn to the wrong direction and evidence that there s no such thing as a shitty break What s more by spreading its affection beyond the usual suspects which are often overdone and overpriced Shitty Breaks promotes a less expensive and more sustainable brand of travel By ghosting Bath and giving Lisbon the boo