Rough Diamond - Notes from a Big Island
Two million Britons visit the UK’s largest Island every year, but few seem to have much of a clue about where it is, or even what language the natives speak.
Other regular enquiries to the Isle of Wight Tourist board include:
What’s the currency and will they accept English money? What side of the road do they drive on? Will I need a passport?
To clear up the confusion, travel writer and humorist George East has come up with Rough Diamond, a book about the history, places, people and sometimes quirky aspects of the Isle of Wight.
After eating, drinking and writing their way around France for many years, George and his wife Donella bought a home on the Isle of Wight to be closer to their family on the mainland.
Rough Diamond follows George as he spends a year visiting every town and village (and most of the pubs) on the Island while trying to discover what makes it such a closed book to so many Britons.
About the author
Former private detective, radio and TV presenter and the world’s only professional bed-tester, George East admits responsibility for more than thirty books
Rough Diamond is available at Amazon.co.uk or to order at most book retailers