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Charging Around : Exploring the Edges of England by Electric Car, Paperback / softback Book

Charging Around : Exploring the Edges of England by Electric Car Paperback / softback

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Having crossed a continent by train and sailed around the world by container ship, Clive Wilkinson has always had a penchant for slow travel.

As his eightieth birthday approaches, he and his wife Joan set out on a new expedition: to tour the edges of England by electric car.

How hard could that be?Given the parlous state of the country's charge-point infrastructure back in 2018, the answer turns out to be 'very'.

In a 1,900-mile odyssey through fading seaside towns, rainswept hilltop passes and England's only desert, each day's driving for these unlikely pioneers is overshadowed by a cloud of apprehension.

Will they make it to the next charge point? Will it be in working order? Will someone else be using it?You could only undertake such a trip with a calm temperament and robust sense of humour.

Fortunately Clive has both. With a relentless curiosity for history, geography and, above all, people, he and Joan explore the reality of life on England's periphery - the 'left behind' areas that, by voting for Brexit, changed the course of British history - making new friends with every mile.

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