Both of these are iconic images of British sea-side culture and landscape, although geographically distant from one another. cover depicts The Jolly Fisherman of Skegness, skipping with the Seven Sisters in the background. The Road to Little Dribbling is a humorous travel memoir by American author Bill Bryson that explores the municipalities, landscape, and culture of Great Britain. He dubs this the "Bryson Line" and uses it as a rough basis for the route he travels in the book, concentrating mainly on places that he did not visit in Notes from a Small Island. In the opening chapters he notes that the straight line distance from Bognor Regis on the south coast to Cape Wrath in Scotland is the longest straight line one can travel in the UK without crossing any part of the sea. As the title suggests, the volume is humourous, highlighting odd encounters with locals and B&B owners and yobs who pee in public but appear versed in history. Twenty years after the publication of Notes From a Small Island, Bryson makes another journey around Great Britain to see what has changed. The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island is a humorous travel book by American author Bill Bryson, first published in 2015.
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