{"product_id":"the-festival-town-cheltenham","title":"The Festival Town: Local Secrets, Regency Rules \u0026amp; Honest Stories from Cheltenham","description":"\u003cp\u003eMy neighbour is seventy-seven, born in Charlton Kings, and she's never once gone to the Literature Festival at a weekend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe goes on a Tuesday morning, when the gardens are half empty and the marquees smell of wet canvas and coffee and you can still get a seat at the good talks an hour before they start. I thought that was fussiness for about a year. It isn't. It's the single most useful thing anybody has told me about living here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other thing she told me took longer to sink in. Most of the Festival is free, and almost nobody realises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's the sort of thing this book is made of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople who grew up here, or left and still think about it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who moved here from London or Bristol and is still working the town out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFestival visitors who want the week from a local angle rather than a programme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople thinking about moving, who want an area guide that doesn't pretend everywhere is Montpellier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full-length illustrated book, written as a story rather than a listings page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOctober from the inside: ten days of the Festival, the free half, and why the weekdays are the local secret\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRace week handled properly, including how to have a good day without a badge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Regency bits worth stopping for, and the ones that are only famous\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeckhampton, the Devil's Chimney and Cleeve Hill, with the timing that makes them worth it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe chippy argument, argued properly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn honest area-by-area chapter for movers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree updates for life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/cart\/58033214882174:1\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#223a2e;color:#f3e2ca;padding:16px 34px;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\"\u003eGet the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/cheltenham-inside.jpg?v=1789456953\" alt=\"What is inside the Cheltenham book\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Chapter Five\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can spend an entire afternoon in Montpellier Gardens in the second week of October and not spend anything at all, and it will still be one of the better afternoons of your year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/cheltenham-spread.jpg?v=1789456953\" alt=\"A real page from inside the book\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat this isn't\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot a tourist listings guide and not an estate agent's brochure. The town has parts that never see a penny of festival money, and the book says so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/cheltenham-updates.jpg?v=1789456952\" alt=\"Free updates for life\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstant download. Read it on a phone, a tablet or printed out. If it's not what you hoped for, email us and we'll refund you, no argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/cart\/58033214882174:1\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#223a2e;color:#f3e2ca;padding:16px 34px;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\"\u003eGet the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots \u0026amp; Routes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58033214882174,"sku":"CHE-FT-01","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0942\/8218\/7134\/files\/cheltenham-cover.jpg?v=1789456953","url":"https:\/\/rootsand-routes.com\/products\/the-festival-town-cheltenham","provider":"Roots \u0026 Routes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}