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29-07-2019, 04:38 PM
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Anyone found a book?

I have just been for a walk with Chloe across the fields and tied to a gatepost was a book in a plastic cover by Bill Bryson with a note saying ''A free book for you''.
I thought at first it was some kind of joke

Further inspection revealed it had been placed there by someone belonging to 'Book Crossing.com'...

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I left the book for someone else to find , it looks a nice idea though.

I wondered if anyone else had found one .
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29-07-2019, 04:50 PM
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Earlier this year there was 'book crossing' day here - they were left on park benches, low walls, outside cafe tables - all over the place. It is a lovely idea.
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
Earlier this year there was 'book crossing' day here - they were left on park benches, low walls, outside cafe tables - all over the place. It is a lovely idea.
ST I hade never heard of it and a field full of sheep in the Worcestershire countryside seems an odd place to leave a book.
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29-07-2019, 04:53 PM
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Re: Anyone found a book?

Originally Posted by Meg ->
I have just been for a walk with Chloe across the fields and tied to a gatepost was a book in a plastic cover by Bill Bryson with a note saying ''A free book for you''.
I thought at first it was some kind of joke

Further inspection revealed it had been placed there by someone belonging to 'Book Crossing.com'...


I left the book for someone else to find , it looks a nice idea though.

I wondered if anyone else had found one .
What a nice idea!
We normally give ours to a charity.
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29-07-2019, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Meg ->
ST I hade never heard of it and in a field full of sheep in the Worcestershire countryside seems an odd place to leave a book.
I always knew sheep were more intelligent than they are given credit for!
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29-07-2019, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby ->
I always knew sheep were more intelligent than they are given credit for!
Yes, and while I was untying the book to look at it 'the friendly sheep' who must have been bottle fed came up behind me and butted me in the backside causing me to drop the book in the nettles I had to kick it out with my feet (the book not the sheep ) .
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29-07-2019, 05:17 PM
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Not heard of that before but it sounds like a nice idea. I have seen a few old phone boxes with free books in. Mind you, anything left around here will probably end up being thrown in the river or ripped to pieces by the 'bouncy' teenagers.
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Re: Anyone found a book?

Originally Posted by Meg ->
Yes, and while I was untying the book to look at it 'the friendly sheep' who must have been bottle fed came up behind me and butted me in the backside causing me to drop the book in the nettles I had to kick it out with my feet (the book not the sheep ) .
I don't mean to laugh but...

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29-07-2019, 07:42 PM
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Heard of this idea, but I've never found one. We have a redundant bus shelter in the village and this has become a hub for charity collections of shoes, etc., books and magazines for free and CD's and DVD's all for the taking. Also has local history info on the wall and a very large noticeboard.
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29-07-2019, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Longdogs ->
Not heard of that before but it sounds like a nice idea. I have seen a few old phone boxes with free books in. Mind you, anything left around here will probably end up being thrown in the river or ripped to pieces by the 'bouncy' teenagers.
Originally Posted by Sweetsue ->
Heard of this idea, but I've never found one. We have a redundant bus shelter in the village and this has become a hub for charity collections of shoes, etc., books and magazines for free and CD's and DVD's all for the taking. Also has local history info on the wall and a very large noticeboard.
I have seen a few old phoneboxes in the area that have become book exchanges , they seem to have survived the vandals.

That's a good idea for the bus shelter Sue there are sheep in ours.
 
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