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Sto caricando le informazioni... Along the Divide: Walking the Wild Spine of Scotlanddi Chris Townsend
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Townsend embarks on a 700-mile walk along the spine of Scotland, the line of high ground where fallen rain runs either west to the Atlantic or east to the North Sea. Walking before the Independence Referendum of 2014, and writing after the EU Referendum of 2016, he reflects on nature and history, conservation, rewilding, land use and literature, and change in a time of limitless potential for both better and worse. He writes regularly for TGO Magazine and has written 22 books on the outdoors, including the award winning The Backpacker's Handbook; Crossing Arizona; the story of an 800 mile walk along the Arizona Trail; Walking the Yukon, the story of 1000 mile walk through the Yukon Territory. His recent publications with Sandstone feature two long-distance walks he undertook in the USA, Grizzly Bears and Razor Clams, about the PNT, and Rattlesnakes and Bald Eagles, about the PCT. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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A watershed, a divide, between two worlds.
This backbone of the country that follows the line of hills that the water drops away either to the Atlantic or the North Sea is about 700 miles long. It is a tough walk too, crossing moorlands, bogs through forests and or course over the top of mountains at an average height of 450m. At certain points of the route, the line between the two directions of travel that the water goes can be less than 50m or be vast distances apart in the flatter parts of the country.
A trickle begins, running gently downhill, eventually to reach the ocean
This is the first of Townsend's books that I have read and it is not going to be the last. This thoroughly enjoyable travel book about him walking through Scotland is written at the same gentle pace that he walked at. For him, the adventure is the journey, not the finish and over his route, he has some adventures, gets soaked several times, avoids being blown off a hill, watches the sunset on a perfect evening from his tarp. He has quite a philosophical outlook, reminisces about past walks and contemplates both the independence referendum in Scotland and rues the Brexit vote. We learn about the places that he passes, touching on the history and the wildlife that he sees, but not in an overbearing way. It also has some of the best maps that I have seen in a travel book, the route is clear and unambiguous as it wiggles it'sits across the landscape. ( )