Lost Sounds

’… Alan has successfully produced an authoritative and seminal work of unparalleled depth. … This book must rate alongside Douglas Hague and Rosemary Christie … as a core work of reference and required reading by everyone remotely interested in coastal aids to navigation. It cannot be recommended too highly’. LAMP ‘A labour of love, recommended reading in general for all romantics who, like me, regret that on fog-bound days Pendeen foghorn, or any other for that matter, will never be heard mooing or booming again, and in particular for lighthouse engineering buffs, Alan Renton’s unique Lost Sounds …’ Western Morning News ‘It is thoroughly researched, profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings, and well-written. … there is considerable local appeal in the form of the cluster of fog warnings guarding the treacherous waters around Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’. The West Briton ‘Lost Sounds is a book for lighthouse and lightvessel enthusiasts or those curious about how such seamarks have been built and operated over the past couple of centuries. … also contains much historical information about the construction and operation of many of our lighthouses and lightvessels.’ The Nautical Magazine