The old ways : a journey on foot
Title:
The old ways : a journey on foot
Author:
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976-
ISBN:
9780141030586
Publication Information:
London : Penguin Books, 2013
Physical Description:
xi, 432 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-407) and index.
Abstract:
Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, the author discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts.
Subject:
| Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- -- Travel -- England |
| Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- -- Travel -- Scotland |
| Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- -- Travel |
| Voyages and travels |
| Trails |
| Walking |
| Natural history |
| Landscapes |
| England -- Description and travel |
| Scotland -- Description and travel |
Summary:
Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, the author discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts.