Britain On Your Own: A Guide For Single Mature Travelers, Signed Copy

"This little island, Shakespeare's 'precious stone set in the silver sea,' would fit into less than two-thirds of California, but despite its small size, British towns and villages are suprisingly diverse. There are golden stone cottages in Cotswold villages so mellow that they suggest a life of ease-of tweed and cashmere-while not far away are gray stone hamlets hunkered at the foot of Welsh mountains, where, not long ago, the slate that roofed Britain was laboriously quarried. Nearby are the bustling market towns of Shropshire with their half-timbered black-and-white buildings. In old Cornish fishing villages the sun glints off houses of granite, and farther north along the coast, cottages where Somerset fishermen once lived are still wrapped in whitewashed cob under thatch....You can still find hardscrabble areas where, earlier in this century, Scottish crofters lived in small stone cots roofed with heather and farmed tiny, mere subsistence, patches of land. In the Southeast, the "Garden of England," houses might be made of brick and timber, hung with clay tiles, or faced with mortar embedded with black cut flint that glistens in the rain."

Dorothy Maroncelli shows you many of these lovely villages and towns, takes you on walks where you will discover centuries-old treasures, find a favorite pub, and meet the British people. She gives meticulous details on the three steps she recommends for a truly carefree trip-design your own trip, go off-season, and travel light. You'll learn how to choose a place-a "hub"-where you can unpack, settle in for a few days, and have a temporary home. By staying in one place for a while you will get to know people in town and you'll be free to spend your time taking leisurely day-trips to interesting places by bus and train.

Synopsis- Britain on Your Own, an award-winning book, is a guide to creative travel showing seniors how to design a carefree trip to fit their own special interests. Those who might be intimidated by the thought of traveling independently will find their unease turned to enthusiasm with this enjoyable way of casually wandering through Great Britain.

Dorothy Maroncelli's love of Britain shines through in her storytelling and in her word painting of her journeys. She is a travel writer, retired travel agent, and an award-winning Certified Travel Counselor (CTC). Herself a senior, she has traveled on her own since 1985 when her husband died and she decided that sitting at home was not for her. She has vacationed in Great Britain for fifteen years and has perfected this method of easy solo travel.