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Travelling a thousand miles and across three billion years, Christopher Somerville, author of The January Man and Ships of Heaven, sets out to discover how the land beneath our feet shapes our past, our present and our future.These isles are blessed with a vast variety of landscapes - from marshes to slate mountains, chalk downs to volcanic islands. We are bedded, moulded and shaped by the most diverse geology in the world. Underneath our feet...

During the enforced idleness of the Covid-19 pandemic, Christopher Somerville revisited the 450 notebooks whose pages contain the accumulated thoughts and experiences of a career spent exploring Britain on foot over four decades.

Travelling a thousand miles and across three billion years, Christopher Somerville (walking correspondent of The Times and author of Coast, The January Man and Ships of Heaven) sets out to interrogate the land beneath our feet, and how it has affected every aspect of human history from farming to house construction, the Industrial Revolution to the current climate crisis.In his thousand-mile journey, Somerville follows the story of Britain's u...

A new collection of walks from one of Britain's best-known walking journalists and currently Walking Correspondent for The Times.

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In this powerful and moving narrative, Christopher Somerville skilfully links personal testimonies to present an epic which embraces comedy and tragedy, pride and degradation, close comradeship and stark racial prejudice, devotion to the benign Mother Country and a burning desire to see the back of her. Many of the veterans had never previously talked of their experiences, even to close loved ones. They cover such topics as attitudes to Britai...

Somerville is one of our finest gazetteers of the British countryside. He brings his formidable knowledge to bear on his personal quest to explore the cathedrals in this entrancing book'The SpectatorChristopher Somerville, author of the acclaimed The January Man, pictured cathedrals as great unmoving bastions of tradition. But as he journeys among Britian's favourites, old and new, he discovers buildings and communities that have been in const...

The National Geographic Traveler guidebooks are in tune with the growing trend toward experiential travel. Each book provides inspiring photography, insider tips, and expert advice for a more authentic, enriching experience of the destination. These books serve a readership of active, discerning travelers, and supply information, historical context, and cultural interpretation not available online.History and culture based tourism is experienc...

Christopher Somerville is the walking correspondent of The Times. He is one of Britain¿s most respected and prolific travel writers, with forty-two books, hundreds of newspaper articles and many TV and radio appearances to his name.He lives in Bristol.

Christopher Somerville is the walking correspondent of The Times. He is one of Britain¿s most respected and prolific travel writers, with forty-two books, hundreds of newspaper articles and many TV and radio appearances to his name.He lives in Bristol.

Christopher Somerville selects and presents his top 200 routes from his popular "Times" column 'A Good Walk'. Each route features instructions on how to get there, information on distance and difficulty, and guidance on the best accommodation, food and pubs.

From "The Times" walking columnist, comes a detailed and lyrical journal of his year walking the British Isles whilst exploring the nature of his relationship with his father. Inspired by a song, "The January Man" by Dave Goulder, it takes the reader from the River Severn to the lambing pastures of Nidderdale.

A collection of poems that take readers on an adventure through Britain and Ireland, and on across the wider world.

On every page, you'll find in-depth information on Ireland's rich history and culture, along with helpful hints on how to get around and how best to visit each site. Illustrated with 170 beautiful color photographs and two dozen maps, the guide also showcases several three-dimensional drawings that detail the intricate architectural features of Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin and the myriad plants found in the Burren heath. Insider tips from Nationa...

4th edition. With 150 photos and 30 detailed, full colour maps.

Includes 200 walks from the popular "Times" column 'A good walk'. The author has covered the length of Britain with more than 25 years of writing and broadcasting about country walks.

500 journeys taking in storm-battered headlines, hidden waterfalls, ruined and haunted chapels deep in forgotten woods and much, much more. This paperback edition retains the full colour imagery throughout. 'Turn to Christopher Somerville's gloriously idiosyncratic guide, and imagine yourself altogether elsewhere' "Sunday Times

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Somerville's account of his 300 mile walk from the East of Crete to the extreme West, the Monastery of the Golden Step. He tackled 4 mountain ranges, high slopes and numerous gorges, speaking only basic Greek and trying to follow a poorly way-marked path.

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