Mr Isbister's Marvellous Ride

<p><strong>It was the bane and the beauty of being a traveller he supposed. To meet to love and to leave.</strong></p><p></p><p>It's 1922 and Mr Roderick Throckmorton Isbister is an earnest unassuming fellow whose life in a house of privilege in the quiet English countryside is mundane and unfulfilling. Since coming to Sowerby Grange some twenty-five years earlier as a reluctant groom to his wife Alice's equally reluctant bride things had fallen rather short of his expectations although not for a lack of interests. And his are an eclectic mix: art fungi amphibians.</p><p></p><p>His wife has never understood his fascination with art or the woodland world so to avoid her disapproval Mr Isbister indulges his pursuits surreptitiously. The chance to transform his unhappy existence comes about after he makes an inebriated purchase of a 1917 Trusty Triumph motorcycle from a dubious character with multiple guises.</p><p></p><p>The bike and the discovery of his wife's tryst with an old flame are the catalyst for Mr's decision to go adventuring. He's accompanied on a whim by his resourceful and enigmatic housemaid Eliza riding along in the sidecar but when he finds an anonymous note tucked into his haversack warning him of her suspect past our protagonist finds himself questioning his choices struggling with his failings and navigating the rocky road of friendship. </p><p></p><p>Endearing big-hearted humourous Mr Isbister's Marvellous Ride is a delightful voyage of self-discover and storytelling at its best. </p>