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'Marvellous. Cornish is the ideal companion on the road: interested in everything, learned, acute, and a splendid story-teller' Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast
''A rallying cry to reclaim lost routes and preserve this precious resource for future generations'' Walk Magazine
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Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into - and connect - communities across England and Wales. More than just a practical way for us to walk, ride and cycle, they are an inheritance from our past, revealing how our ancestors interacted with and shaped their surroundings. From Iron Age footsteps to Anglo-Saxon mercenary trails, through Railway Age tracks and Home Army defences, our land reveals a hidden history of us.
But thousands of miles are still missing from our maps, and they will be lost forever unless they are urgently reclaimed. Fighting for these paths' survival through his work with the Ramblers Association, Jack Cornish has spent years walking and recording these forgotten routes - those that have been lost, those that have been saved and those which remain hidden in plain sight.
The Lost Paths is a history of the people who have used, and in some cases created, these walkways:
The drovers who herded their sheep and cattle to marketThe wanderers who travelled between workhouses, seeking shelter and subsistenceThe miners who ventured deep underground along the Cornish coastThe wartime heroes who built up Britain's defensive infrastructure
This incredible 'ordinary' history of the land beneath our feet reminds us just how precious these paths are, and have been, to the human story of this island. This is a celebration of an ancient network and a rallying cry to reclaim what has been lost and preserve it for future generations.
'Marvellous. Cornish is the ideal companion on the road: interested in everything, learned, acute, and a splendid story-teller' Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast
''A rallying cry to reclaim lost routes and preserve this precious resource for future generations'' Walk Magazine
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Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into - and connect - communities across England and Wales. More than just a practical way for us to walk, ride and cycle, they are an inheritance from our past, revealing how our ancestors interacted with and shaped their surroundings. From Iron Age footsteps to Anglo-Saxon mercenary trails, through Railway Age tracks and Home Army defences, our land reveals a hidden history of us.
But thousands of miles are still missing from our maps, and they will be lost forever unless they are urgently reclaimed. Fighting for these paths' survival through his work with the Ramblers Association, Jack Cornish has spent years walking and recording these forgotten routes - those that have been lost, those that have been saved and those which remain hidden in plain sight.
The Lost Paths is a history of the people who have used, and in some cases created, these walkways:
The drovers who herded their sheep and cattle to marketThe wanderers who travelled between workhouses, seeking shelter and subsistenceThe miners who ventured deep underground along the Cornish coastThe wartime heroes who built up Britain's defensive infrastructure
This incredible 'ordinary' history of the land beneath our feet reminds us just how precious these paths are, and have been, to the human story of this island. This is a celebration of an ancient network and a rallying cry to reclaim what has been lost and preserve it for future generations.
Jack Cornish is head of paths at the Ramblers Association, Britain's largest walking charity. In 2017, he walked across the country from Land's End to John O'Groats, and he has dedicated the last seven years of his life to walking and recording the forgotten routes of England and Wales. He is ten years into an attempt to walk every street in London, where he lives.
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| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 400 |
| Inhalt: | Gebunden |
| ISBN-13: | 9781405951289 |
| ISBN-10: | 1405951281 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Cornish, Jack |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Maße: | 222 x 142 x 39 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Jack Cornish |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.04.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,506 kg |
Jack Cornish is head of paths at the Ramblers Association, Britain's largest walking charity. In 2017, he walked across the country from Land's End to John O'Groats, and he has dedicated the last seven years of his life to walking and recording the forgotten routes of England and Wales. He is ten years into an attempt to walk every street in London, where he lives.
Twitter [...]
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 400 |
| Inhalt: | Gebunden |
| ISBN-13: | 9781405951289 |
| ISBN-10: | 1405951281 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Cornish, Jack |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Maße: | 222 x 142 x 39 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Jack Cornish |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.04.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,506 kg |
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