Description
Britain is blessed with varied upland country: the rolling Malverns, vertiginous Snowdonia, the romantic peaks of the Lake District and the sub-Arctic tundra of the Cairngorms. Drawing on a lifetime of walking and climbing across Britain – and following an arc from the gentle Downs of southern England to the wild peaks of Scotland’s far north – Ian Crofton combines personal experiences with a keen curiosity about the history of mountain landscapes, the people who lived, worked, suffered and died in them, and those who have wandered through them.
The relationship of people with hills and mountains has been complex, rich and varied - from awe and wonder to fear and loathing, from spiritual longing to peaceful acceptance. As he explores our high places, Ian Crofton conjures up those who have been there before: Neolithic axe-makers, mass trespassers, shepherds, quarrymen, botanists, poets and pioneering cragsmen and women among them. At the same time, he is ever attuned to the present moment - a flash of bright moss in a bog, the swoop of an eagle above a skyline, a winter sun sinking into a sea of cloud.
'fascinating and lyrical exploration of what the hills mean to those who have lived and worked among them, to those who walk and climb among them today' Stephen Venables
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