I've always loved reading when travelling by train - there's nothing like it. One of my all time favourites has to be travelling down the coast of Italy while piling through Sea and Sardinia.
Just about any train ride is made so much better by a good book and the chance to gaze out of the window, the imaginary landscape hovering behind the one in front of your eyes. How wonderful it would be to have a library on a train. What a great place to browse - on the longer journeys of course. Imagine the London to Edinburgh journey with a good selection of books at hand, do you think it could ever happen?
Or if we all get hooked on audible.com and end up owning the latest trendy gizmo, the iPhone, we could download our favourite reads on the move. Sweeping through the countryside, we could find a book that fits our journey perfectly and doze in the cosy warmth of train and story.
But it's even better when it happens unexpectedly. Once, when I was reading Great Expectations for the first time, I was on an early-morning train from Kent to London Bridge. As we pulled into the city I had my head burrowed in Pip's arrival in London. It's a wonderful feeling when what you are reading matches the scenery by chance. So what are your favourite train reads? Timetable details not required ...
