Andrew Bibby is a writer and journalist whose journalism has appeared in the British narional press and whose previous books on landscape issues, travel and the outdoors include Backbone of England: Landscape and Life on the Pennine Watershed, and Back Roads through Middle England. A member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, he says his aim is to celebrate the beauty of the British countryside by interpreting why it looks the way it does.

• 1.Edinburgh Castle   Making a start2.Pentland Hills   The right to wander 3.Nether Stewarton   Drovers4. Eshiels Wood   Communitywoodlands5. MinchMoor   Commercial forestry6. Bowhill   Landownership7. Carterhaugh   TamLin8.Selkirk   Rivers, floods9.Melrose   Waiting for the train10.Eildon Hills   The dark side of history11. Dere Street   Warand strife12. On the Cheviots   Nationalparks13. Redesdale   Uplandfarming14. Hadrian’s Wall   Boundaries15. Blanchland   Grousemoors16. Edmundbyers   Watercatchment17. Westgate   Quarryingand mining18. Swinhope Head   Peat19. Low Force   Long distance walking20. Deepdale   Nature21.Catterick Bridge   The lands we shareNotesand sourcesAcknowledgementsTherouteIndex

"This superby researched and executed book. Highly recommended" - Outdoor Focus"This is a delightful book, a very personal, yet also very universal walk through the beautiful lands of the Scottish Borders, Northumberland and the North Pennines…  Andrew brings the landscape alive"  -North-East Bylines"Meditates on a wide range of timely issues facing the countryside, from access rights and community ownership to land reform and greenwashing. Bibby's writing is rich and evocative... a compelling read" - Viewpoint (Campaign for Nat Parks)"Comprehensively researched... very readable and informative" -Pentland Post

Andrew Bibby is a writer and journalist whose journalism has appeared in the British narional press and whose previous books on landscape issues, travel and the outdoors include Backbone of England: Landscape and Life on the Pennine Watershed, and Back Roads through Middle England. A member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, he says his aim is to celebrate the beauty of the British countryside by interpreting why it looks the way it does.

• 1.Edinburgh Castle   Making a start2.Pentland Hills   The right to wander 3.Nether Stewarton   Drovers4. Eshiels Wood   Communitywoodlands5. MinchMoor   Commercial forestry6. Bowhill   Landownership7. Carterhaugh   TamLin8.Selkirk   Rivers, floods9.Melrose   Waiting for the train10.Eildon Hills   The dark side of history11. Dere Street   Warand strife12. On the Cheviots   Nationalparks13. Redesdale   Uplandfarming14. Hadrian’s Wall   Boundaries15. Blanchland   Grousemoors16. Edmundbyers   Watercatchment17. Westgate   Quarryingand mining18. Swinhope Head   Peat19. Low Force   Long distance walking20. Deepdale   Nature21.Catterick Bridge   The lands we shareNotesand sourcesAcknowledgementsTherouteIndex

"This superby researched and executed book. Highly recommended" - Outdoor Focus"This is a delightful book, a very personal, yet also very universal walk through the beautiful lands of the Scottish Borders, Northumberland and the North Pennines…  Andrew brings the landscape alive"  -North-East Bylines"Meditates on a wide range of timely issues facing the countryside, from access rights and community ownership to land reform and greenwashing. Bibby's writing is rich and evocative... a compelling read" - Viewpoint (Campaign for Nat Parks)"Comprehensively researched... very readable and informative" -Pentland Post

Andrew Bibby is a writer and journalist whose journalism has appeared in the British narional press and whose previous books on landscape issues, travel and the outdoors include Backbone of England: Landscape and Life on the Pennine Watershed, and Back Roads through Middle England. A member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, he says his aim is to celebrate the beauty of the British countryside by interpreting why it looks the way it does.

• 1.Edinburgh Castle   Making a start2.Pentland Hills   The right to wander 3.Nether Stewarton   Drovers4. Eshiels Wood   Communitywoodlands5. MinchMoor   Commercial forestry6. Bowhill   Landownership7. Carterhaugh   TamLin8.Selkirk   Rivers, floods9.Melrose   Waiting for the train10.Eildon Hills   The dark side of history11. Dere Street   Warand strife12. On the Cheviots   Nationalparks13. Redesdale   Uplandfarming14. Hadrian’s Wall   Boundaries15. Blanchland   Grousemoors16. Edmundbyers   Watercatchment17. Westgate   Quarryingand mining18. Swinhope Head   Peat19. Low Force   Long distance walking20. Deepdale   Nature21.Catterick Bridge   The lands we shareNotesand sourcesAcknowledgementsTherouteIndex

"This superby researched and executed book. Highly recommended" - Outdoor Focus"This is a delightful book, a very personal, yet also very universal walk through the beautiful lands of the Scottish Borders, Northumberland and the North Pennines…  Andrew brings the landscape alive"  -North-East Bylines"Meditates on a wide range of timely issues facing the countryside, from access rights and community ownership to land reform and greenwashing. Bibby's writing is rich and evocative... a compelling read" - Viewpoint (Campaign for Nat Parks)"Comprehensively researched... very readable and informative" -Pentland Post