Lucky Dip: Joe Willis and Swaledale, Monday 23 September

This week's Lucky Dip into What's On Richmond has pulled out an event which is very close to our hearts. It's a talk by well-known local journalist Joe Willis (once of the Northern Echo, now of Richmondshire Today) about his recently published book, Swaledale: An insider's guide.

​By an extraordinary coincidence (ahem) the book is published by ourselves (Richmond Information Centre) and has been a best-seller both in our Market Hall pod and in local shops, as well as through our online bookshop.

Joe will talk about the creative process involved in writing the book, which takes the reader on a journey from Richmond to Ravenseat, at the very top of Swaledale. En route, Joe talks with the shepherds and farmers, the artists and gardeners, the High Court Judge and the bootmaker, the innkeepers, cave-rescuers, singers and brass band players who are just some of the fascinating people who live and work in these wild northern Dales.

The talk is at The Station in Richmond at 11:00 on Monday 23 September. Adult tickets are £8 at booksandboots.org or at the door. If you can't get to the talk, you can still pick up a copy of the wonderful book for £5.99 from our pod or (with P&P) at richmondinfo.net/books.

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