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Lost in the Lakes: Notes from a 379-Mile Hike Around the Lake District

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I feel as though I have more knowledge now about the different places that I didn't know and have also added a few places to my list for when we go back.

Yes, I find a lot of books about hikes where the author imposes her/him-self too much on proceedings, telling us how wonderfully they romped here, how drizzly the weather was there, and what they saw with their flawless bird-spotting eyes. The author had an annoying way of seemingly poking fun at some the locals, mainly people who he met in passing. Calendar arrived safely in plastic-free packaging - which I've not seen before with a calendar, so kudos for that.Together they sum up a region whose problems are many, but whose enchantments are still unmatched for walkers in these islands.

LoveReading has teamed up with Summersdale Publishers to give our readers a chance to win signed copies of Lost in the Lakes by Tom Chesshyre, Moderate Becoming Good Later by Toby and Katie Carr and The Race of Truth by Leigh Timmis. In his amiable and relaxed company we climb the fells and skirt the lakes; just as engagingly, we meet a carnival of characters whose personalities and opinions are the real focus of Chesshyre’s tale. mile - that's 904,271 steps over 32 days - odyssey, during which he finds himself falling in love all over again with this remote wilderness. Other entries told of knees-ups with songs being sung into the early hours beside the glowing grate. This is the Lake District for the casual rambler seen from its walking paths – with a backpack on, an open mind… and a spring in the step.From Penrith to Ullswater, via Keswick, Cockermouth, Coniston, Grasmere and Windermere, plus many places in between, Tom Chesshyre puts on his walking boots and sets forth along the trails, drawn onwards by the dramatic scenery that attracts more than 19 million visitors each year. A new vision of the Lakes as a capsule history of the kingdom as a whole, with its ambivalent approach to 'nature' (worshipful but predatory), its rapacious extraction of resources, its many migrations and, inevitably, class. The folk at Summersdale Publishers kindly sent us a copy of Lost in the Lakes, a new travel book by Tom Chesshyre which they thought might entertain us, and it did. Tom takes us on a journey to The Lake District and shows us all the beautiful and magnificent hikes you can do. WalkLakes recognises that hill walking, or walking in the mountains, is an activity with a danger of personal injury or death.

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