Lost in the Lakes : Notes from a 379-Mile Hike Around the Lake District

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Lost in the Lakes : Notes from a 379-Mile Hike Around the Lake DistrictJoin travel writer Tom Chesshyre for a Lakeland adventure like no other. Explore towering mountains, wide open valleys and magnificent lakes stopping off at a cosy inn or two along the way on a 379 mile hike around the Lake District From Penrith and back, via Keswick, Cockermouth, Coniston, Grasmere and Windermere, plus many places in between, Tom Chesshyre puts on his walking boots and sets forth in a "big wobbly circle" around the Lakes, drawn

But what is it about wild environments that creates such powerful effects

centuries-long history of how people and birds have shaped one another

and nature writing with a political edge

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400-acre hill farm in the rugged

Utterly relevant to our times

Ireland and Wales

He evokes a country shaped by its habitats

clear waters of a secret lake

belonging and extinction

traditional verse

it is a celebration of biodiversity and the hidden dramas that shape our planet