UPLAND: A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME AND THE HILLS (PB)

The relationship of people with hills and mountains has always been complex, rich and varied, encompassing awe, fear, longing and wonder. From the South Downs to the Scottish Highlands, this lyrical book considers those who have been (up) there before, including Neolithic axe-makers, mass trespassers, shepherds, quarrymen, botanists, poets and pioneering cragsmen and women. At the same time, the author is alert to a flash of bright moss in a bog, the swoop of an eagle above a skyline, a winter sun sinking into a sea of cloud.