Sep 08, 2004 — There's new talk about old roads in Vermont. Local officials in Chester called a meeting last week to discuss efforts to find and protect old rights of way. Some of them go back hundreds of years. The new maps have surprised some landowners who had no idea there might be an old byway running through their property. News of the effort to preserve these so-called ancient roads brought to mind a story from commentator Tim Brookes. He lives on a dirt road himself, and regularly does his part to keep more obscure roadways alive - by using them.  Go to full article

May 28, 2004 — Commentator Tim Brookes' installments of the "Driveway Diaries" have come to an end on our website, but he has a final chapter for listeners: "The Revenge of the Driveway", in which the driveway eats the pond.  Go to full article

May 09, 2002 — Commentator Tim Brookes on dirt roads--one of the reasons he lives in Vermont.  Go to full article

Mar 29, 2002 — Tim Brookes is a radio commentator and a teacher--and a successful travel writer. His latest book, A Hell of a Place to Lose a Cow, is a funny and insightful account...  Go to full article

Jan 23, 2002 — Commentator Tim Brookes on problem driveways in the winter--if it isn't snow, it's the ice.  Go to full article

Jan 03, 2001 — Commentator Tim Brookes tells the tale of a late 19th century "free love" commune near Lake Champlain.  Go to full article