Reviews
This may be over- ambitious – I seem to find it hard to keep up with my posts just about the walking that I am doing. But I do find from time to time that I am reading something, or looking at someone’s blog or website or have come across something else media- related to walking and hiking and generally moving around the world on foot that I would like to comment on. The idea of reviews here is not to sing someone’s praise but to offer what I hope will be at least an interesting opinion, at best a critique of the subject. I hope to not just do this on my own but sometimes to have such comment contributed by others who have a better knowledge of a subject or who have an interesting point of view.
“Where my Feet Fall” by Duncan Minshull – a review. Part 2
A piece by piece review of the last 9 pieces of "Where my Feet Fall" - an anthology of 20 essays about walking by leading writers compiled by Duncan Minshull Publisher: Harper Collins £18.99 . Hardback. (also available as an ebook and Audio book...
“Where my Feet Fall” by Duncan Minshull – a review. Part 1
An essay by essay review of “Where my Feet Fall” by Duncan Minshull published March 2022 by William Collins
Thinking on My Feet by Kate Humble – a review
I must start with a confession. I am prejudiced against Kate Humble. I am not sure why exactly. I think it's all those pictures of her smiling. She's forever smiling, like the late Beth Chatto, (though Chatto's fixed smile was more like a grimace)....
Jack Wolfskin Westfjord Vest (jacket to you and me) – a review
WARNING - THIS POST CONTAINS IMAGES WHICH SOME VIEWERS MIGHT FIND UPSETTING (most of these pics were taken by Anne) Fleece. I love it. Come winter, from morning to night, I am seldom to be found without one. These are from Marks and Sparks. I need...
A tribute to Nigel Buxton
My uncle, Nigel Buxton, died on November 30th last year aged 91. Nigel was a journalist and travel writer, working for the Sunday Telegraph newspaper between 1961 and 1989 - for much of that time as the editor of its travel section. Here...
Wales at the Water’s Edge – a review (Gomer 2012)
Writer: Jon Gower Photographer: Jeremy Moore Publisher: Gomer Press £19.99 Hardback: 160 pages This book was published in 2012 to coincide with the formal opening of the Wales Coast Path and is described on the cover as “a visual and verbal...
The Wales Coast Path: A Practical Guide for Walkers
Authors: Christopher Goddard and Katherine Evans Published by St David's Press in March 2014 ISBN 978-1902719-344 Paperback:208 pages Size: 130mm x 228mm Weight: 400 grammes (about 1 lb) Price: £14.99 ..................... The Wales Coast Path...
Review of “The Welsh Coast” a book of photography by Peter Watson
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Published 2010 ISBN 9780711231115 Hardback : 113 pages Price: £16.99 Signed copies can be obtained directly from the photographer at his website. I am grateful to him for allowing me to use his images for this post. I...
A review of “The Old Ways” by Robert Macfarlane
Published by Hamish Hamilton ISBN 978-0-241-14381-0 Paperback edition here at Amazon for £6.99! (the pics are just for pretty) Robert Macfarlane is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge with a post of Senior Lecturer in Post-WWII...
“Walking Home” by Simon Armitage – an account of walking the Pennine Way
Published: 2012 by Faber and Faber Hardback and paperback editions Paperback cover price: £8.99 In June 1980 ,sandwiched in my photograph album between a bicycle ride by the Thames with friends from Hackney Community Housing and my dancing at the...
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