The Gran Tour: Travels with my Elders

'A tale of gloriously
eccentric British pensioners. Aitken rivals Alan Bennett in the ear he
has for an eavesdropped remark ... boy, can he write.' Daily Mail, Book of the Week

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED A CHIP SHOP IN POZNAŃ.

One millennial, six bus trips, one big generation gap.

When
Ben Aitken learnt that his gran had enjoyed a four-night holiday
including four three-course dinners, four cooked breakfasts, four games
of bingo, a pair of excursions, sixteen pints of lager and luxury return
coach travel, all for a hundred pounds, he thought, that's the life,
and signed himself up. Six times over.

Good value aside, what
Ben was really after was the company of his elders - those with more
chapters under their belt, with the wisdom granted by experience, the
candour gifted by time, and the hard-earned ability to live each day
like it's nearly their last.

A series of bus holidays ensued -
from Scarborough to St Ives, Killarney to Lake Como - during which Ben
attempts to shake off his thirty-something blues by getting old as soon
as possible.