True love has no man…
“Goin’ down by Avalon with Puddleglum the Marshwiggle an’ the Belfast City Council’s Parks and Leisure Committee…”
At last, Avalon can be found on an Ordnance Survey Map. It appears to be located in a suburban park in East Belfast. In fact, as I type, I could walk there in 10 minutes. I’ll pass on the Afterword’s ‘hello’ to King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Guinevere, Merlin, Sir Galahad, ‘Justin’ and all the rest of the guys. I fully expect to find a short fat man in a Blues Brothers outfit in a paroxysm of transcendence, “playin’ R&B with the fauns and the satyrs, eatin’ pies with Reepicheep an’ Aslan, Mahalia Jackson comin’ through the ether, Bix Beiderbecke and Georgie Best crossin’ the bridge, take me back, take me back, take me way back…” etc etc etc
It’s Too Late to Stop Now, volumes 2,3, etc.
Heads up, VanFans; I’ve just noticed that the dodgers are now taking pre-orders. Four discs worth of Vansome Splendiferousness. Delivery on June 10th apparently. £55 quid at the mo’, which is pretty steep, but then I’m a sucker for this one, so the dogs are going hungry to pay for it.