I've long thought a really good book to publish would be a guide to pubs and restaurants that are just off Britain's main motorway junctions, for those who can't stand motorway service stations with their £4 chesse and pickle sandwiches or £7 Burger King meals.
Maybe the establishments concerned, like say the King's Arms in Easton-in-Gordano (barely half a mile away from just such a service station, perfect for those looking for a halfway stop between Manchester and Exeter), would even pay to be in a such a directory, I thought, with a glowing reference and a nice photo.
In the Oxfam bookshop in Preston at the weekend I found precisely the publication I'd long thought would be my original money-spinner. It covered every main juction off the M1 to M6 inclusive (I guess no-one thinks they need to hop off the M25 for a meal, although by all accounts it can take hours to circumnavigate the thing at certain times).
It was only published in 2004, and was now on sale second-hand for £1.99. I assume it wasn't exactly the massive bestseller I'd hoped "my" idea would become.
Maybe the establishments concerned, like say the King's Arms in Easton-in-Gordano (barely half a mile away from just such a service station, perfect for those looking for a halfway stop between Manchester and Exeter), would even pay to be in a such a directory, I thought, with a glowing reference and a nice photo.
In the Oxfam bookshop in Preston at the weekend I found precisely the publication I'd long thought would be my original money-spinner. It covered every main juction off the M1 to M6 inclusive (I guess no-one thinks they need to hop off the M25 for a meal, although by all accounts it can take hours to circumnavigate the thing at certain times).
It was only published in 2004, and was now on sale second-hand for £1.99. I assume it wasn't exactly the massive bestseller I'd hoped "my" idea would become.
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