 hi all
Bedders you talked me into and out of Zen and the Art of...... I think it may end up as book I should really read like a brief history of time, but may never will , as I my reading list now outstrips my budget,
I'm about half way thru under the skin and it's beautifully written and disturbing at the same time, just up to the bit were the vodsels have escaped ans they are looking for them. I really can't tell where this book is going as yet.
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An old one. Always a Little Further.Alastair Borthwick.
Another old one.The Winding Trail.Roger Smith."Forward by John Hillaby"
A new one. The Gentle Art of Tramping.Stephen Graham.
Cheers.
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 If you like the outdoors, Scotland, poetry, wild camping or value honesty, whisky and friendship you won't want to miss "At the Loch of the Green Corrie" by Andrew Greig. "At The Loch of the Green Corrie is a hard book to categorise. In the same way that his 2006 book Preferred Lies was ostensibly about golf, but was more about his recovery from a life-threatening brain illness, it is not really about fishing. It's part-memoir, part-outdoors book, part collection of essays. Painfully honest, beautifully written, it is a writer's way of processing the world. "
I've just read that. Worth reading.
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 I'm about half way thru under the skin and it's beautifully written and disturbing at the same time, just up to the bit were the vodsels have escaped ans they are looking for them. I really can't tell where this book is going as yet. Stick with it Phil, the fact that you are talking about vodsels shows you are being slowly drawn into the strange (and yes disturbing) world. 
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Have you finished it Phil? Would you recommend it?
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 Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees; Roger Deakin. here Love and War in the Appenines; Eric Newby. here The Hills areStuffed with Swedish Girls. here
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 Has anyone here read "Feet in the Clouds" by Richard Asquith? It's basically about him being drawn into the world of fell running and his (mis)adventures along the way to finally completing the Bob Graham round. It also touches on some of the legendary characters involved, and a bit of the history of the sport. I've read it about four times now, it's great; especially if you like a bit of a run yerself!
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 > "Feet in the Clouds" by Richard Asquith?
Cracking book!
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Thanks for all the recommendations all, just waiting for the Muriel Gray Munro book to be delivered from amazon, re under the skin yes I ve finished it and would recommend it due to its shear unusalness, I was a bit disappointed with the ending though as it seemed to be building up to something possibly even a second book and it came to a very abrupt end
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> "Feet in the Clouds" by Richard Asquith? Cracking book! Thirded
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 Agreed too, splendid read.
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