Endangered Species: The Bart and the Bounder's Countryside Year - Hardcover

Michael Daunt; Richard Heygate

9780719569562: Endangered Species: The Bart and the Bounder's Countryside Year

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719569567 ISBN 13: 9780719569562

Publisher: John Murray, 2007

A love of landscape and countryside lies at the very heart of British life, yet most of us have long lost touch with our rural roots. In this heart-warming and affectionate celebration of the countryside, cousins Sir Richard Heygate (the Bart) and Mike Daunt (the Bounder), countrymen themselves, travel the length and breadth of the British Isles chronicling the stories of an endangered species - the gamekeepers, farmers, fishermen, poachers, rogues and vagabonds who share their passion for this fast-disappearing way of life.

Along the way, the Bart and the Bounder eat hedgehog with the Romany, tickle a trout, meet the White Witch of Cornwall, go rat-catching in Yorkshire, wildfowling in Norfolk, boar-hunting in Sussex and celebrate an uproarious Christmas in Ireland. They also sample a good many pints of ale and tell many tall tales in the course of giving triumphant voice to a largely unheard, forgotten, yet still-vibrant community.

Eccentric, affectionate, humorous and touching in turn, Endangered Species stands as a glorious record of our country traditions.

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Review:

'The duo record their colourful encounterss with numerous horny-handed sons of toil - poachers, rat-catchers, gillies, game-keepers, spud-pickers, fishermen - and present readers with glimpses of a vanishing but still vibrant rural community ... Certainly no Hovis-ad version of the countryside' --Daily Mail

'The Bart and Bounder's sincerity, integrity and love for the countryside and its laws are always evident. And informative. ... This book is huge fun, written with vivacity and peopled by characters whom politicians and political correctness would rather airbrush out of modern life. I'd recommend this as an ideal gift for the cantankerous, the inquisitive and the open-minded - teetotallers and vegetarians excepted.' --Daily Express

Book Description:

Eccentric, affectionate, humorous and touching in turn, Endangered Species stands as a glorious record of our country traditions.

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