Take Advantage Of A Walk In The Park Illustrated By Travis Elborough In Digital Format

Some interesting information provided, wrapped up in a lot of irrelevant background e, g. the bits about Gary Numan, There was little about the South and West parks, which is where I come from, but a lot about London and even USA, too much in fact.

All illustrations werent captioned, which made them seem irrelevant to the text around them, too,
This was a verrrrry extensive history of public parks, concentrating mostly on those in the UK,

Although this was an interesting book with plenty of informative factual points, there felt like far too much historical fluffing for my liking! Too many names, Sir this, Lord that!

The chapter I enjoyed the most concerned Central Park in New York which is based on Birkenhead Park in the Wirral.
It was an interesting back story of how Birkenhead influenced the designer of Central Park,

An ok read but it didn't blow me away in any respect, .