The Wild Hunt

[Tarnegol]

I have just passed on my copies to my grandson (just two, but he'll grow into them!) They live a short drive from Alderly Edge, where I have wanted to visit since reading the books. I hope I shall be able to go there with him one day. I never managed to persuade my parents to take me (too far from Salisbury), so I hope to have more success with the younger generations!

[FierceKitty]

Living in Salisbury sounds pretty good already!

[Tarnegol]

Yeah, but the grass is always greener...

[FierceKitty]

Mmmm, having been a bit of a nomad in my day, I'm always a bit homesick for some place or other. Except China; don't miss the place at all.

[v_lazy_dragon]

I hope I shall be able to go there with him one day.

A trip to Alderly Edge was my 30th birthday present from my parents (when I was young it was too far - albeit from Somerset rather Salisbury). I ended up spending 11 months living fairly close to it before moving to Canada, and it was a favorite spot for walks.

Alderly Edge itself is actually fairly small and you can happily see all the 'book sites' in an hour or two at most (and that included me nerding out and peering around in great detail). A few, like Golden Stone, need a double take as it's nothing like what I had imagined. We also roved about a bit, looking at other book locations, and that took up the rest of the day. Worth trying to correlate the book maps to the OS maps in advance though!

[v_lazy_dragon]

I couldn't bring myself to read the third in case it was a disappointment.

I summoned the courage and read the 3rd book last year. It's... different. A lot more ambiguous regarding the mystical. It's definitely a sequel, in as much as it's shaped by the events of the first two books, but much of the story has a very different tone. I didn't hate it, and it didn't effect my enjoyment of the others, but where as I read/listen to the audiobook of the others every couple of years I doubt this will be aired as regularly