Some of Yorkshire’s greatest will be taking to the tracks on Yorkshire Day, Sunday 1st August.Best-selling author, Mike Pannett, will be conducting a series of book signings to mark the launch of his third non-fiction title, “Not on my patch, lad”.
He’ll be spending the day as a guest of the North Yorkshire Moor Railway together with his literary team, Alan Wilkinson, Ann Pannett and Karen Geary.
Mike will be the guest speaker at a lunchtime reception to be held at Grosmont Station. He will talk about his literary career to date, and will spotlight his third book to be released, which will be followed by book signings.
The reception will bring together 120 guests who are to lunch onboard the railway’s Yorkshire Day Pullman service, together with some of the best local food and drink producers in the County, whose products grace the menus of the railway’s Pullman service week in week out as well as the railway’s tearooms.
At 12.30pm, Mike will then board the train as it steams off towards Pickering. On arrival at Pickering, he will carry out more book signings, before the Yorkshire Day Pullman returns to Grosmont. Copies of his new book will be available for purchase from the station shops along the line.
Commenting on the arrangements, he said: “What better way to mark Yorkshire Day than to take a steam train through the North York Moors. The sights, the sounds, the smells are so evocative. It is fitting for me to be here, given that the Railway – now the most popular heritage steam railway in Britain - is as much a part of the backdrop for my books as are the characters and situations that unfold. I look forward to meeting as many of my readers as I can and to helping make the day a big success.”
“Not on my patch lad” has only just been launched and has already established itself as the best-seller across all 16 branches of Waterstones in Yorkshire. Mike’s previous books, “Now then lad” and “You’re coming with me lad” have featured in the top sellers charts of every high street book store in the country.At a time when the final episode of ITV’s “Heartbeat” is about to hit our screens, there are high hopes that Mike’s work may be translated to the big screen in years to come, to help keep Yorkshire centre stage across the world.
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is just a 30 minute drive from Valley View Farm in Old Byland, so why not stay at one of our 4 star self catering cottages and take a ride on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, a great way to see the North York Moors.
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