The Green Road Into The Trees - Hardcover

Thomson, Hugh

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9781848093324: The Green Road Into The Trees

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ISBN 10: 1848093322 ISBN 13: 9781848093324

Publisher: Preface Publishing, 2012

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Green Road Into The Trees
Author: Hugh Thompson
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A journey that casts unexpected light - and humour - on the way we live now.

From the very centre of England - literally, as his village is furthest from the sea - Hugh Thompson travels to its outermost edges, taking a 400 mile journey from coast to coast through the landscapes of ancient England. The Green Road into the Trees is a journey made rich by the characters he meets along the way. And the ways he takes are the old ways, the drover-paths and tracks, the paths and ditches half covered by bramble and tunnelled by alder, beech and oak: the trails that can still be traced by those who know where to look.

Through this be we learn how half-forgotten cultures lie much closer to the surface than we may think. In recent years, archaeologists have uncovered remarkable findings about the Celts, Saxons and Vikings that have often yet to reach the wider public. Travelling along the Icknield Way, Hugh passes the great prehistoric monuments of Maiden Castle, Stonehenge and Avebury, before ending at the Wash near Seahenge.

Publisher: Preface
ISBN: 9781848093324

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Review:

"An immensely enjoyable book: curious, articulate, intellectually playful and savagely candid" (John Gimlette The Spectator)

"He records more than impressions: there are fascinating excursions into neglected areas of British history, and conversations with hippies, travellers and farmers, which makes Mr Thomson’s journey a joy to follow." (Country Life)

"An ideal companion – knowledgeable, but refreshingly unpretentious" (Tom Robbins Financial Times)

"The author travels from the centre of England to its outermost edges, taking in drover paths and old ways, showing how half-forgotten cultures lie much closer to the surface than we may think." (Saga Magazine)

"I would love to walk with Thomson" (John Sutherland Financial Times)

"Gloriously unhurried...This is a book for climbing back into the landscape with and feeling safe and grounded: a perfect antidote to the rushing and anxiety ridden complications of modern life. 5 stars" (BBC Country File magazine)

"He is an illuminating companion, his wide experience of the Inca heartlands a lens through which he deciphers Bronze Age Britain..... Frequently comic, his voice is original and engaging; proof that it is the walker, not the path, that counts." (James Attlee Independent)

"A delightful ramble through 240 miles of countryside and a meditation on the deep history and the legends of England" (Independent on Sunday)

"In previous books travel writer Hugh Thomson had written books about Peru, Mexico and the Himalayas. In The Green Road Into The Trees he turns his attention, and gift for observation and description, to the forgotten landscapes of England and its hidden history and cultures." (Choice Magazine)

"He records more than impressions: there are fascinating excursions into neglected areas of British history, and conversations with hippies, travellers and farmers, which makes Mr Thomson's journey a joy to follow." (Jason Goodwin Country Life)

Book Description:

In the past, award-winning travel writer and explorer Hugh Thomson has written books about Peru, Mexico and the Indian Himalaya. Now he returns to explore the most exotic and foreign country of them all - his own.

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