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The Scafells: A Grand Tour

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About the Book

Within the book's covers lies the life story of England's highest mountain range - the Scafells in the English Lake District. The story of the mountains and our human engagement with them over centuries is told, not as a chronology, but during a long walking tour where points of interest prompt commentary and storytelling. After centuries of relative obscurity comes the gradual discovery of the Scafells by curious and adventurous outsiders, assisted by their often-bemused local hosts. Famous literary figures of the past, such as the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth's sister, Dorothy, recount their epic stories of fell walking and climbing. The mountains become appreciated and loved, sparking concern about the protection of their natural beauty. National newspapers report on controversy when big beasts in the English establishment spectacularly lock horns over the protection of the Scafells and their landscape setting. The surveyors of the Ordnance Survey labour in often trying conditions to map the whole range and measure the heights, establishing Scafell Pike as the highest mountain of them all. From new research never published before comes the bizarre story of how the mountain belatedly acquired its own name. Interwoven with these and other stories, the tour passes through the long history of sheep farming in the Scafells and the environmental legacy it has left us today, and sees first-hand the challenges the large number of visitors bring for the future of this iconic mountain area. A story for both boots-on and armchair readers that looks beyond the scenic beauty alone.

Table of Contents:
1. Introducing the tour. 2. Approach to Wasdale Head. 3. Wasdale Head to Sty Head, 3a Wasdale's Visitor Experience, 3b Making the Scafells Landscape. 4. Sty Head to Sca Fell, 4a Scafell Crag and the Pioneer Climbers, 4b The Discovery of England's Highest Point. 5. Sca Fell to Scafell Pike, 5a Broad Stand and the Mad Poet, 5b The Early Summiteers. 6. Scafell Pike to Great End, 6a Challenge Scafells! 6b The Accidental Naming of Scafell Pike, 6c The Purchase of the Scafells. 7. Great End to Moasdale, 7a Monks and Herdwicks, 7b A Quarrel about Trees, 7c The Scafells for All? 8. The Scafells Panorama

About the Author :
The author has been climbing and walking in the Scafells mountain range for 35 years. He has detailed knowledge of history of the Scafells and present-day management issues and is a past member of the Lake District National Park Partnership which advises on the national park's management. In 2020 the author was the winner of the Landscape and Tradition category in the annual Lakeland Book of the Year Awards.

Review :
Bill Birkett, one of England's foremost mountain writers and photographers, says "This book is not a quick read. The Scafells - A Grand Tour has been well researched and is highly informative. Indeed the extent and depth of information portrayed is quite astonishing. There is material here that, to my knowledge, has never appeared in the public domain before. For those that love the Lakeland Fells and want to learn more about the Scafells, in addition to the simple fact that they constitute England's highest mountain group, this is a remarkable book."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781399941266
  • Publisher: Lakeland Views Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Lakeland Views Publishing
  • Height: 210 mm
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1399941267
  • Publisher Date: 28 Jun 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Sub Title: A Grand Tour


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