Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places: 500 Essential Journeys Paperback - 2012
by Christopher Somerville
"Informative and poetic." -Financial Times Britain and Ireland are full of wonderful wild places: storm-battered headlands, hidden waterfalls, tumbledown cottages, haunted ruins, forgotten woods, rusting sea-forts. Travel writer and avid walker Christopher Somerville has spent the last twenty-five years traversing the wilderness of Britain and Ireland, traveling through fields and green lanes, forests, mountains, and lonely coasts. Here he presents his five hundred favorite untamed places-each one a natural treasure. Whether you're a serious hiker or an armchair traveler, this is the book for you.
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"Informative and poetic."
-Financial Times
Britain and Ireland are full of wonderful wild places: storm- battered headlands, hidden waterfalls, tumbledown cottages, haunted ruins, forgotten woods, rusting sea-forts. Travel writer and avid walker Christopher Somerville has spent the last twenty-five years traversing the wilderness of Britain and Ireland, traveling through fields and green lanes, forests, mountains, and lonely coasts. Here he presents his five hundred favorite untamed places-each one a natural treasure. Whether you're a serious hiker or an armchair traveler, this is the book for you.
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- Title Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places: 500 Essential Journeys
- Author Christopher Somerville
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group
- Publication date 2012-02-28
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780141029221 / 0141029226
- Weight 2.6 lbs (1.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 6.7 x 1.7 in (21.08 x 17.02 x 4.32 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Category Travel - Foreign
- Dewey Decimal Code 914.1
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