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The Wild Rover: A Blistering Journey Along Britain's Footpaths

By Mike Parker

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins UK
Year
2011
ISBN
0007372663, 0007413238, 9780007372669, 9780007413232
LCC
GV199.44.G7 P37 2011
Google Books ID
_2SxgKka3L8C
Open Library ID
OL25230424M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
911 kB (932701 bytes)
Pages
366\0
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, is back with a brilliant, intelligent, and witty exploration of a glorious and passionate British subject—footpaths and our rights of way. Mike discovers how these paths have become part of the UK's cultural landscape and why, at the tender age of 44, he suddenly finds himself at a crossroads. Provocative, funny, and personal, this book celebrates Britain’s unique and extraordinary network of footpaths. It examines their surprisingly turbulent history, from the Enclosures Acts of the eighteenth century to the 1932 Mass Trespass on Kinder Scout in Derbyshire, and from the hard–won post–war establishment of great National Trails to the dramatic latter day battles by the likes of Nicholas van Hoogstraten and Madonna to keep ramblers off their land.

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