In this hilarious and heart-warming collection of essays, the bestselling author reflects on a life spent exploring the British countryside on foot.
From the splendor of the Pennines and the Lake District to the drama of the Dorset coast; from the canals of the Midlands to wildest Scotland, this book is an attempt to explain a passion for walking and the delights it can bring.
Culled from Stuart Maconie's monthly column in Country Walking, it's full of the beautiful places, magical moments and wonderful characters he has encountered on his travels. It discusses such intrepid adventures as taking on the famous "Wainwright" fells of the Lake District, walking Hadrian's Wall with colleague Mark Radcliffe, and why the most important things to carry in a rucksack are a transistor radio and a small bottle of red wine.
Praise for Stuart Maconie
"Maconie makes a jovial, self-deprecating narrator. Sharp and funny." - The Guardian
"He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell." - The Observer
"Stuart Maconie is the best thing to come out of Wigan since the A58 to Bolton." -Peter Kay
"An heir to Alan Bennett... stirring and rather wonderful." - The Sunday Times

Stuart Maconie is an English radio DJ and television presenter, writer, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music, where he hosts an afternoon show five times a week. In his career as a writer and journalist he has written for Q, Word Magazine, Elle, The Times, The Guardian, the Evening Standard, Daily Express, Select, Mojo, Country Walking, Deluxe, and was an assistant editor for the NME. He has written several books, including Cider With Roadies, Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North, Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England, and, most recently, Never Mind the Quantocks. He lives in Birmingham, UK.