Author and illustrator Sherin Aminossehe moved from Iran to England as a child, training as an architect. She is now the Ministry of Defence’s first Director of Infrastructure. She has been drawing since she could hold a pencil, and recently published the book The Road Untravelled, a Covid lockdown project for charity, wherein she took requests for drawings of longed-for destinations from London to Nepal, providing imaginary escape when no one could travel.

• Foreword introduction JOURNEY 1 The First JourneyShildon to Stockton JOURNEY 2 The TranspennineHull to Liverpool JOURNEY 3 East-end HolidayFenchurch Street to Southend JOURNEY 4 Royal RailwaysWolferton to Liverpool Street JOURNEY 5 Going WestPaddington to St Ives JOURNEY 6 WalesBarmouth to Paddington JOURNEY 7 North WalesHolyhead to Euston JOURNEY 8 Midlands to the Welsh BordersMarylebone to HerefordJOURNEY 9 Along the London, Midland & Scottish RailwayEuston to Carlisle JOURNEY 10 Heading North: ScotlandPitlochry to Glenfinnan JOURNEY 11 Midlands to the North-eastNewcastle to St Pancras JOURNEY 12 Seaside TravelsLondon Victoria to London Bridge JOURNEY 13 From Suburban Lines to Coastal TracksWaterloo to Swanage JOURNEY 14 The Limestone Route King’s Cross to Lincoln Coming Home Index Acknowledgements About the author

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