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Ramble on

Hardcover • 2012 • English

Ramble on

By Sinclair McKay

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About the book

A history of walking and our relationship with the British countryside. On the afternoon of Sunday April 24, 1932, a group of approximately five hundred men and women set out for the summit of Kinder Scout, the highest point in Derbyshire's Peak District. They were not here to take in the fresh air and breathtaking vistas: they were here to make a stand. Kinder Scout, like almost every other site of natural beauty in Britain at that time, was privately owned and fiercely guarded. This wild, open...Show more

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ISBN

9780007428649

Publisher

Fourth Estate Ltd

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Ramble on

Format

Hardcover

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