Vita Brevis Est

[poliphilo]

My mother gave us an AA touring guide that was my father's present to himself in 1964. It has an entry for every place in the UK where two or three houses are gathered together, with brief notes about the sights to be seen in them. On every left hand facing page are line drawings of a cluster of these sights- churches, Elizabethan houses, market crosses, tombs, follies, oddities. I've been browsing. It's my ambition to go everywhere and see all these things for myself- and I realize I've hardly even started...

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[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Oh, you must upload at least a few sample pages! That sounds like quite the lost gem.

every place in the UK where two or three houses are gathered together

Reminds me of where I popped into the world. ^_^ We didn't really have neighbors, so much as a nearby village that sported its very own post box.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure about "lost gem". The line drawings aren't very good. But it's a useful publication. I wonder if the AA publishes an updated version.