Travels With Macy

A funny, charming account of well-known vet Bruce Fogle's journey through his homeland with his dog Macy

Evocative and funny...Bruce speaks powerfully about the challenges to the health of animals and the environment

Inspired by John Steinbeck's journey across America with his poodle Charlie...the book is a delightful tale of a transatlantic adventure which will leave you with an urgent desire to hug any dogs you encounter

Fogle writes with a joyful ease and takes the reader right into the heart of the experience

Bruce Fogle is the resident vet on Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show and has written columns for the Telegraph amongst many others. He and Macy, a Golden Retriever, are looking forward to embarking on her first bookshop tour!

After a thirty-year career as a high profile vet, columnist, presenter and author Bruce Fogle - the UK's bestselling cat &amp; dog writer - decided to leave urban Britain and take a journey with his dog Macy. Travelling in the footsteps of the great American novelist John Steinbeck, who published Travels with Charley - his standard poodle - in the '60s, Fogle set off in search of the North America of his childhood. Would he, after all this time, be able to work out whether home meant the UK or America? Would he find the welcoming, peaceful backwaters of his youth unchanged? 
 
Together with Macy, Fogle retraced Steinbeck's steps through the length of North America, meeting people, cadging meals, and indulging in some of the world's best dog-walking territory. What Bruce found in a changing America surprised and delighted him. What Macy found (thousands of miles of unspoilt wilderness) made her very happy. And hungry. An entertaining and evocative journey in the company of a very, very happy dog.

Bruce Fogle

Fascinating and quirky ... an entertaining read

One Man and his Dog Journey into the Heart of Europe

In this, their second adventure together, Bruce Fogle and his faithful dog, Macy, (with a compact motorhome), journey into the little known heart of Europe. Travelling through the Netherlands, northern Germany, Scandinavia, and the Baltics, then down the eastern rim of Poland to Slovakia and Slovenia, Fogle uncovers revelations about his ancestry as well as discovering the real central Europe. 
 
With Macy stoically at his side, Bruce Fogle can savour the landscape in a way he couldn't alone. Macy introduces him to an eclectic mix of rural folk and local animals as well as other travellers. Together Macy and Bruce walk for miles through peaceful woods and empty shores, taking time off from the frenetic bustle of urban life to appreciate the unspoilt beauty of landscapes still frozen in the aspic of time. 
 
The perfect travelling companion, A Dog Abroad is an enchanting read.

Bruce Fogle

Praise for A Dog Abroad

Fascinating and quirky ... an entertaining read

Mr Fogle is the perfect guide

Fogle writes with joyful ease

Fascinating and quirky ... an entertaining read

Mr Fogle is the perfect guide

Fogle writes with joyful ease

Fascinating and quirky ... an entertaining read

Mr Fogle is the perfect guide

Fogle writes with joyful ease

Books by Bruce Fogle

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