The Hidden Places of Dorset, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight Book

I get the distinct impression Bennett doesn't much like women. The book is peppered with vitriolic references to women's body shapes and I was astonished when I came across one mention of a "rather nice woman", my astonishment was that he'd said something positive about a woman. It's meant to be a fun read and for the most part it was but Bennett's no H.V. Morton and this book should be retitled "In search of a pub". I'm deliberately not giving it a star rating, it's a very blokey book full of pub conversations and deliberate references to things most English folk ( Antique Roadshow folk) don't talk about, yet somehow I doubt many men would bother to read it. There are two reasons I am glad I read it , it reminded me I have Betjeman's biography on my TBR pile and it prompted me to find Laurie Lee's As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning in my local op-shop.