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The Lost Paths Jack Cornish

The Lost Paths By Jack Cornish

The Lost Paths by Jack Cornish


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The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk From Here To There by Jack Cornish

Discover the rich history of Britain's millennia-old network of pathways, and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again . . .

Marvellous. Cornish is the ideal companion on the road: interested in everything, learned, acute, and a splendid story-teller Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast

'A rallying cry to reclaim lost routes and preserve this precious resource for future generations' Walk Magazine

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Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into and connect communities across England and Wales. More than just a practical way for us to walk, ride and cycle, they are an inheritance from our past, revealing how our ancestors interacted with and shaped their surroundings. From Iron Age footsteps to Anglo-Saxon mercenary trails, through Railway Age tracks and Home Army defences, our land reveals a hidden history of us.

But thousands of miles are still missing from our maps, and they will be lost forever unless they are urgently reclaimed. Fighting for these paths survival through his work with the Ramblers Association, Jack Cornish has spent years walking and recording these forgotten routes those that have been lost, those that have been saved and those which remain hidden in plain sight.

The Lost Paths is a history of the people who have used, and in some cases created, these walkways:

  • The drovers who herded their sheep and cattle to market
  • The wanderers who travelled between workhouses, seeking shelter and subsistence
  • The miners who ventured deep underground along the Cornish coast
  • The wartime heroes who built up Britains defensive infrastructure


This incredible ordinary history of the land beneath our feet reminds us just how precious these paths are, and have been, to the human story of this island. This is a celebration of an ancient network and a rallying cry to reclaim what has been lost and preserve it for future generations.

The Lost Paths Reviews

Marvellous. Cornish is the ideal companion on the road: interested in everything, learned, acute, and a splendid story-teller * Charles Foster, author ofBeing a Beast *
A rallying cry to reclaim lost routes and preserve this precious resource for future generations * Walk Magazine *
A celebration of an ancient network and a rallying cry to reclaim what has been lost and preserve it for future generations. * The Best of UK *

About Jack Cornish

Jack Cornish is head of paths at the Ramblers Association, Britains largest walking charity. In 2017, he walked across the country from Lands End to John OGroats, and he has dedicated the last seven years of his life to walking and recording the forgotten routes of England and Wales. He is ten years into an attempt to walk every street in London, where he lives.

Twitter @cornish_jack

Additional information

GOR013731178
9781405951289
1405951281
The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk From Here To There by Jack Cornish
Used - Like New
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
2024-04-11
400
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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