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Sep 22, 2012 12:34PM

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Vic's Big Walk: From SW France to NW England
This is a diary of Vic's walk which he timed to finish in his home town of Blackpool on his 70th birthday. I can only hope when I'm that age I still have enough fire in my belly to be prepared to go balls out to help others the way Vic did. Even when given a coffee or meal along the way, he put what it would have cost into the pot.
I thoroughly enjoyed this diary. The thought of reading a diary may not appeal, but this is a wonderfully idiosyncratic work, with snippets about the walk, about the trials and tribulations faced, about the places he passes through and the people he meets. Great stuff, and I felt at the end that I'd really got to know the author. I'd have paid for the book, never mind helping a charity too.

Wisdom of Our Mothers
And American Blue: Real Stories By Real Cops - proceeds go to National Law Enforcement Memorial, but it's not on Goodreads. Here's the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/American-Blue-R...
I have stories in both of them :)

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Wisdom of Our Mothers: Stories and poems by daughters and sons (other topics)Vic's Big Walk: From SW France to NW England (other topics)