"A fascinating portrait of an England that existed a generation or two ago, an England just that bit cleaner and quieter, with hedgerows that bit more exuberant, in a world where a car-journey up the country something almost unimaginable since motorways were invented - summed up for me by the rest stop, not at a motorway service area (what's one of those!) but at the Lupin Tea Rooms. Slice of Swiss Roll, anyone?" - Kay Green, publisher
