Richard Guise: 8 books

Richard Guise follows a unique 450-mile route across England on foot and on his trusty bike Tetley. His guide is the wiggly line that divides rivers flowing west from those flowing east, a choice that takes him over rolling downlands, along windy ridges, through remote villages, across ancient battlefields,...

The world I first knew was small and orderly. And so was I. So begins 'Lead Us Not Into Trent Station', Richard Guise's popular memoir of childhood in a Derbyshire town of the 1950s and '60s. Mr Handlebar in the Market Place, sneezing thurifer's at St Laurence's church, 'Mad Ron' at...

Midges like damp areas, low sunlight, no wind and dark clothes (to land on, not to wear). So your best bet for a midge-free, summer Highland holiday is to don a white robe and take a packet of porridge to, say, Ethiopia at midday.' Like many middle-aged baby-boomers, Richard Guise yearned to...

"The 6-kilometre ride from the cape to Cadaqués is a classic for enthusiasts of the wild and windy. The thin, grey thread of tarmac seems a feeble and marginal intrusion into this savage landscape of rock, cliff and scrub." Sixteen years after first moving to Catalonia, Richard Guise...

Contains over 150 original limericks. Includes a detailed guide on how to write a good limerick -- advice apparently ignored by the author. What they said... “Brilliant!”  Doggerel Today “Appalling!”  Journal of Contemporary British Verse “Evidently...

The Derbyshire villages of Draycott and Church Wilne have dozed quietly beside the left bank of the Derwent for more than a thousand years, barely registering a mention even in the history of the area. But have things really been as quiet as that? What about the case of the dodgy 18th-century...

Si dice Catalogna e subito si pensa a Barcellona, alle sue spiagge, a Gaudí e alla movida. Ma la Catalogna è molto più di questo. Per scoprire i lati nascosti di questa terra insieme frenetica e selvaggia, Richard Guise, in sella alla bicicletta Benny, ha percorso quattrocento chilometri di vie...

It is increasingly important to define what constitutes the unique character of our neighbourhoods, in order to identify what we value and should protect, to pinpoint areas for improvement and places which could be enhanced through sensitive change. But how do we define ‘character’ or a ‘sense...