The Marches : Border walks with my father
Stewart, Rory2016
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His father Brian taught Rory Stewart how to walk, and walked with him on journeys from Iran to Malaysia. Now they have chosen to do their final walk together along 'the Marches' - the frontier that divides their two countries, Scotland and England. Brian, a 90-year-old former colonial official and intelligence officer, arrives in Newcastle from Scotland dressed in tartan and carrying a draft of his new book 'You Know More Chinese Than You Think'. Rory comes from his home in the Lake District, carrying a Punjabi fighting stick which he used when walking across Afghanistan. On their 600-mile, 30-day journey - with Rory on foot, and his father 'ambushing' him by car - the pair relive Scottish dances, reflect on Burmese honey-bears, and on the loss of human presence in the British landscape.
Main title:
The Marches : Border walks with my father / Rory Stewart.
Author:
Stewart, Rory, author
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2016.
Collation:
351 pages : illustration (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Illustrations on lining papers.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780224097680 (hbk)
Dewey class:
914.137048612941.37914.137914.146914.13704
LC class:
DA880.B72
Local class:
941.37914.137
Language:
English
Subject:
Stewart, Rory -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)Stewart, Brian, 1922- -- Travel -- Scottish Borders (England and Scotland)Borderlands -- England -- HistoryBorderlands -- Scotland -- HistoryScottish Borders (England and Scotland) -- Description and travelTravel and TourismScotland -- Travel -- Borders
BRN:
574607
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