Alan Forbes Book Signing at Oxted Spoons – Saturday 10th August 1-4pm
Ever wondered what it would be like to visit every single Wetherspoons in Britain?! Local couple, Alan and Agnes Forbes have done just that… AND written two books about it! The pair have visited 901 of the chain’s venues over eight years (although around 100 have sadly closed in the meantime) and Alan and Agnes will be at Wetherspoons signing their book on Saturday 10th August 1-4pm, so you can go and ask them all about it!
The Books cover Alan and Agnes’s travels around the UK beyond, documenting their love of travel and “collecting” experiences – in Alan’s case, Airports, Wetherspoons pubs and National Walking Trails!
Alan, who worked for Dan Air for many years has began a 40+ year obsession with visiting airports. And combined this with visiting football grounds. When he met his wife, Agnes, also in the travel industry, she suggested trying to visit as many Wetherspoons pubs as they could and the pair now travel full time, collecting airports, pubs, walking trails and football grounds together, as well as lots of other experiences along the way.
Alan’s first Book, “But I Digress”, covered much of their travels and its sequel, “Let me Finish” was published earlier this year.
“I have always been obsessed with collecting things,” said Alan. “But working for Dan Air gave me the opportunity to collect experiences, places and airports. However, it’s not just international travel that’s important. There are so many wonderful places to go in our own beautiful country and walking the National Walking Trails, and visiting Wetherspoons is a brilliant way of getting to do that.
Wetherspoons pubs are hugely underrated. Despite their consistent offer in terms of food and drink, their buildings are all completely unique.
“The architecture is the main interest for us,” says Alan. “Some of the pubs are former theatres, an opera house, baths, hotels, banks, indoor markets, stations and lots of other types of buildings. They’re amazing and our quest to visit them all has taken us to places we would never have gone to otherwise, and we’ve gone to great lengths to see some of them!”
Come and meet Alan and Agnes on Saturday 10th August 1-4pm at The Oxted Inn. Hear their stories, buy a book in advance via Amazon or buy one on the day. All proceeds of book sales from the day will go to Young Lives vs Cancer.
Find out more about them on their website: https://aatravels.info.
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