On Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:15:24 -0000, Eliz Hanebury <elizhgene@gmail.com> wrote: > I am jealous - a town of Books sounds just right for me too <G> Eliz, there are around 20 antiquarian and second-hand bookshops in Hay-on-Wye. If you put Hay-on-Wye into Google, you will find more information about 'The Town of Books'. There is a wikepedia page about Hay, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay-on-Wye More than 20 years ago, I bought a late-Victorian novel there called The Strange Adventures of a House-Boat (5th edn 1889) by William Black. The novel, itself, is a bit heavy going, but there are interesting descriptions of a journey along the the Kennet & Avon Canal, which passes through Wiltshire. There are also descriptions, in the novel, of other inland waterways, including the Severn and the Thames. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com