The View from the Hill

During the enforced idleness of the Covid-19 pandemic, Christopher Somerville revisited the 450 notebooks whose pages contain the accumulated thoughts and experiences of a career spent exploring Britain on foot over four decades. The View from the Hill pulls together the cream of this unique crop, following the cycle of the seasons from a freezing January to a Christmas sunrise. In between are hundreds of walks that take in magnificent flora and fauna, ancient traditions and folklore, and geological peculiarities and wonders �_" all narrated with moving and humorous sensitivity. There�_Ts no need to move from your chair to go walking in Christopher�_Ts company. Just stir up the fire, fill your glass, and let these spirited tales take you out of here and far away.