{"product_id":"plymouth","title":"Plymouth By Heart — The eBook","description":"\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eso you found your way here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003emaybe you saw the post. maybe someone shared it. maybe you've been thinking about Plymouth for a while and something just clicked when you read it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eeither way, you're here. and that's not an accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"bg-quiet h-px border-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eI'm not going to do the whole \"buy my book\" thing because honestly that's not what this is. this is me telling you that I spent the best part of a year walking this city with my phone in my hand writing notes at six in the morning, on drizzly Sundays, on random Tuesday afternoons when I took a wrong turn and ended up somewhere that genuinely stopped me in my tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eall of it is in here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003ethe things that took me two years to find. the things I wish someone had told me when I pulled up on that wet January morning off Lipson Road thinking I'd made the biggest mistake of my life. the stuff that isn't on TripAdvisor, isn't on the Visit Plymouth website, isn't in any listicle written by someone who came down for a weekend and left Sunday afternoon thinking they'd seen it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003ethey hadn't seen a thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"bg-quiet h-px border-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlymouth By Heart\u003c\/strong\u003e is for you if you're thinking about moving here and you want the honest version from someone who actually did it, not the estate agent version, not the council tourism version, the real one\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eit's for you if you're visiting and you want to actually see Plymouth rather than just walk the Hoe, take a photo of the Mayflower steps, and wonder what the fuss is about\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eit's for you if you've just moved here and you're still in that phase where you're not quite sure yet, still finding your feet, still waiting for it to click\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eand it's for you if you've lived here for years, love the place, but have never quite been able to explain to anyone from back home exactly why you stayed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"bg-quiet h-px border-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003einside you'll find the Barbican that the tourists never reach. the back lanes off New Street and Southside Street that have been quietly brilliant for four centuries and have absolutely no interest in telling anyone about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eyou'll find Tinside Lido, Art Deco, Grade II listed, seawater, Drake's Island right there in front of you, and somehow most of the country has never heard of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eyou'll find the exact time to be on the Hoe if you want it to yourself. the specific morning light that'll make you stop walking and just stand there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eyou'll find Burrator Reservoir on Dartmoor, forty minutes from your front door, black water, tors in the mist, the kind of silence that doesn't happen to people who live in cities, and I tell you exactly when to go so the car park is empty and it feels like the whole moor belongs to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eyou'll find Devil's Point at the hour the light goes gold. the gin distillery on the Barbican and the bit of history they'll tell you in there that changes how you see the whole city. the Elizabethan House on New Street that's been standing since before the Blitz took most of this place and is barely mentioned anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eyou'll find the pub with no Instagram. Plymouth people already know the one. Gary behind the bar will absolutely judge you and somehow that's exactly the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eand you'll find the spot where you can see everything. the city, the Sound, Dartmoor, all at once. I tell you exactly where to stand. most visitors never find it. plenty of people who've lived here for years haven't looked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"bg-quiet h-px border-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eand then there's the thing I found on the walk I nearly didn't do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003ewet Sunday. Netflix was right there. I almost didn't bother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eI'm not writing it here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003ebut every single person who's read that part has messaged me about it. without exception. every one of them said the same thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"bg-quiet h-px border-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eand here's the bit I genuinely love about this. there's no waiting around. no postage. no \"allow 5 to 7 working days.\" you buy it right now and it's on your phone in about two minutes flat. reading it on the train, in the garden, on your lunch break, wherever you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eit works on everything. your iPhone, your iPad, your Kindle, your Android, your laptop, your tablet. if it's got a screen it'll work. you don't need a special app, you don't need to do anything complicated. it's a proper ebook, clean and easy to read, and it goes straight to you the second you check out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003eless than a tenner. instant. readable on whatever you've got in your hand right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003efor everything this city has been quietly sitting on for years, just waiting for someone to actually look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"bg-quiet h-px border-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003ePlymouth didn't shout about itself when I arrived. it just waited. and when I finally stopped rushing and started paying attention, it showed me everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:align-top\"\u003ethis book is what it showed me.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots \u0026 Routes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57612534514046,"sku":null,"price":9.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/ChatGPTImageJun26_2026_02_48_06PM.png?v=1782460220","url":"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/products\/plymouth","provider":"Roots \u0026 Routes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}