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Copyright © Hugh Thomson, 2017
Cover photographs: Jasper Winn
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First published by Preface Publishing in 2017
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ISBN 9781848094697
All images in the photo sections are courtesy of the author with the following exceptions;
here (Seagull Rising I) © Jason Gathorne-Hardy
here (Bowderdale Valley) © Jasper Winn
here (Amanda and Clive Owen) © Amanda and Clive Owen
here (Hugo Hildyard) © Florencia Clifford
here (Steampunks and Goths) © Bryan Ledgard
here (‘Still talking after 200 miles’) © Jasper Winn
Map by John Gilkes