At the weekend i headed back up north, to Cheshire again. I haven't been to Winsford for a number of years, to be honest it wasn't high on my list of places to re-visit but i needed to get some up-to-date imagery of the station. I did think of walking to Middlewich but in the end decided not to as it was a little too far away. As Winsford is pretty hilly, i got plenty of exercise!
You can see my Winsford photos here.
I have already seen the proofs of course but it is not until you hold the finished printed book in your hands that you truly feel that the project is over. I received complimentary copies of my second book a couple of days ago. The book is a survey of the railway stations of Warwickshire and took a lot of work to complete last year, including a 5am train from Birmingham in order to get to Polesworth for the one train a day!
It will be available on sale in all good bookshops from next month, though you can buy it online now!
A man tries to find out how his wife died eight years before. What may have seemed an accident now seems to be mixed up in something murkier, with paid off witnesses and big business corruption.
It takes a while to warm up but when it does you are rewarded by a complicated but logical plot.
With my second book now just weeks away from hitting the shelves, focus can turn to book 3. This is also on railway stations, but this time in the West Midlands. My publisher sent me a draft of the cover of the book yesterday. I don't think it will be released until the late Summer or early Autumn but the cover looks pretty good.
At the weekend i went to Warwick, i haven't been to the county town for a couple of years. I have been waiting for the rebuilding works at the railway station to be completed before i went there to update my photography. The works are almost complete (why does everything take so long in this country?) and so i went there, i had another visit to the Warwick Marketplace Museum too. I love a fossil and some ancient (looted) knick knacks me.
You can see my Warwick photos here.
So, this is standard fare for a Salamander book. Aircraft profiles with good information, technical specifications and plenty of photographs and illustrations. As the book was by Bill Gunston then you know it is informative and very well written.
This is an interesting book, covering all types from the famous like the Mustang and Eagle to the obscure. The latter are more fun of course. By now the book is very dated of course but still very enjoyable.