And Did Those Feet: Walking Through 2000 Years of British and Irish History
by Charlie Connelly
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The landscape of the British Isles is filled with history, much of which we miss as it flashes past the car window. Do we even realise that we're following the same path as the Tolpuddle Martyrs, or that we're driving past the exact spot where King Harold was killed, shot through the eye with an arrow? As a lover of both history and the British countryside, Charlie Connelly decided to rectify this, and set out on a series of walks that recreate famous historical journeys. En route he retells show more the story of the original trip while discovering who and what now inhabit these iconic routes. Walking in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Charlie journeys alongside Boudicca's ghost in Norfolk, relives Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight to Skye disguised as Flora MacDonald's maid and takes the same 32-mile round trip as the starving Louisburgh famine walkers. He suffers broken toes, becomes trapped in the Scottish Parliament and encounters dead poets and a surprisingly high number of mad old women in woolly hats. Told with Charlie's customary charm and wit, And Did Those Feet will reveal the historical secrets hidden in the much-loved coastal, country and urban landscapes of Britain. show lessTags
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Another amusing, anecdotal travelogue - this time of various walking routes in the UK - peppered with history, folklore and blisters. However, it didn't seem to hang together as well as "Attention All Shipping".
Spotted on Jo and Betties profiles and I like the sound of it.
The book is humourous and a quick read, although I did find his moaning about the weather annoying. If you are going to go walking around Britain in October don't start moaning when it starts raining.
i would also point out that Burke and Hare never robbed graves, the first body they sold died of natural causes the rest they murdered.
The book is humourous and a quick read, although I did find his moaning about the weather annoying. If you are going to go walking around Britain in October don't start moaning when it starts raining.
i would also point out that Burke and Hare never robbed graves, the first body they sold died of natural causes the rest they murdered.
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Common Knowledge
- Important places
- Ireland
- Important events
- Irish Potato Famine
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- Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 914.10486 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Europe British Isles, UK, Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland subdivisions and modified standard subdivisions Travel; guidebooks 1837- Victoria & Windsors 2000-
- LCC
- DA925 .C625 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain Ireland History Antiquities. Social life and customs. Ethnography
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