Westering Footways and Folkways from Norfolk to the Welsh Coast

From Great Yarmouth to Aberystwyth, Westering is a coast-to-coast journey crossing the Fens, Leicester, the Black Country and central Wales. It connects landscape, place and memory to evoke a narrative unravelling the deep topography, and following a westerly route that runs against the grain of the land, its geology, culture and historical bedrock. With the industrial Midlands sandwiched between bucolic landscapes in East Anglia and Wales, here we explore places too often overlooked. Along the way we encounter deserted medieval villages, battlefield sites, the ghosts of Roman soldiers, valleys drowned for reservoirs, ancient forests, John Clare's beloved fields, and the urban edgelands. Notions of home and belonging, landscapes of loss and absence, birds and the resilience of nature, the psychology of walking, and the psychogeography of liminal places all frame the story.

ISBN:	9781913393069
Publisher:	Saraband
Imprint:	Saraband
Published date:	29 Apr 2021
DEWEY:	914.2
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	304
Weight:	228g
Height:	129mm
Width:	196mm
Spine width:	35mm

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