Sammy held out two muddy gold coins and the excited roadmen guessed at once that they were Roman. But where had this silent ragged old man found them? Dumping their shovels and pickaxes, they began to search the wood, convinced that a hoard of treasure was somewhere nearby...
Silence is Golden, one of fourteen short stories from Road to Paradise
Fourteen engaging tales of ordinary Cumbrians set in the old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness.
And eleven others. Short-listed and commended in the Lakeland Book of the Year awards.
Silence is Golden, one of fourteen short stories from Road to Paradise
Fourteen engaging tales of ordinary Cumbrians set in the old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness.
- THE Cumbrian road workers who believe they have stumbled on treasure beyond their wildest dreams.
- A TITANIC struggle by a gang of Lakeland shipbuilders set on launching a two-masted schooner into a woefully shallow river.
- THE Furness farmer with a wayward goose and his crafty way of dealing with two thieves.
And eleven others. Short-listed and commended in the Lakeland Book of the Year awards.
