The "Books About Town" event is sponsored by the National Literacy Trust and consists of 50 benches along 4 trails: Bloomsbury (near the Brit Museum), City (around St. Paul's and the Bank of England), Riverside (across the river from the Globe for about half a mile) and Greenwich (in, um, Greenwich). The Greenwich trail is cleverly located outside the range of the Boris Bike system, so you either get to pay some extra fees for keeping the bike too long or walk. Since I was hurting for time**, I opted to bike and then lug it back on the train.
My favorites:
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe:
From London Book Benches 2014 |
A Brief History of Time:
From London Book Benches 2014 |
The Diary of Samuel Pepys:
From London Book Benches 2014 |
Most Disappointing? A tie between The Origin of the Species:
From London Book Benches 2014 |
and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
From London Book Benches 2014 |
And a slideshow with each of the benches
* I also think baseball is not a sport, so shut up about "Americans not understanding cricket". I understand it, but any "sport" that has breaks for tea time is a game.
** Also, I am lazy.