Archive for Christopher Somerville
Never Eat Shredded Wheat
Friday, August 27th, 2010
The best-selling walks author and regular walk columnist revels in the variety of Britain’s place names and landscapes in his writing…
Tags: Christopher Somerville, navigation, outdoor skills
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Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
G is for Green Man – that enigmatic carved face sprouting leaves and fruit from its nostrils…
Tags: Christopher Somerville, humour, legends & fables, opinion
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Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking: F
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
F is for Flora and Fauna – my favourite outdoor twins.
Tags: biodiversity, Christopher Somerville, history, humour
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Somerville’s Travels
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
You’ll find Somerville’s versatile hand behind some of the best walks writing – but free from the constraints of a brief you realise he is far more than just a great walks writer…
Tags: Christopher Somerville, Somerville's Travels
Posted in Books & Maps, Gear, Walk Spring 2010 | No Comments »
Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking: E
Friday, February 12th, 2010
E is for Elephant – including one who asserted his right to roam…
Tags: Christopher Somerville, history, humour, right of way
Posted in Blogs, Walk Spring 2010 | 1 Comment »
Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking: D
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
D is Drovers – the hardy men who once travelled the green roads of our land…
Tags: Christopher Somerville, history
Posted in Blogs, Walk Winter 2009 | 1 Comment »
Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking: C
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
C is for Company Curmudgeon Man
Tags: Christopher Somerville, humour, opinion
Posted in Blogs, Walk Autumn 2009 | 1 Comment »
Book reviews: Summer 2009
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Check out our round-up of the latest and the best summer books, as reviewed by our experts…
Tags: Christopher Somerville, mountaineering, The Broads, Wilderness
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Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking: B
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
B is for Binoculars
Tags: Christopher Somerville, humour, opinion
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Christopher Somerville’s A-Z of walking: A
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
A is for Anger – that healthy and yet thoroughly scary emotion. At least, we are told it is healthy. Let off steam at your workmates, exhorts the industrial psychologist. Go on, it’s good to clear the air. Scream and shout at your partner, advises the relationship counsellor. No holds barred if you really love each other, and the sex will be great when you make up. Howl and rant at farmers who obstruct footpaths, says… Hold on – says who? Only a precipitate fool, I have just come to realise.
The path I was following was overgrown, for sure. In fact the starve-acre Gloucestershire farm it crossed could not have looked more neglected. Everywhere there were signs of hardship and hopelessness – thistly fields, limping sheep, collapsing sheds. If times are tough in the mainstream banks and high streets, they are tougher still out in the agricultural backwaters. But still… this farmer obviously hated walkers. Why else would he have let his hedge smother the gap where the stile should have been? And here he came, a grim-looking chap with a sour expression.
Tags: blockage, Christopher Somerville, farmer, humour, opinion, path, walking
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