Andrew Beard

Hiking Obsession (eBook, PDF)

Preparing For and Tackling Land's End to John o'Groats When You're Old Enough To Know Better

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

What makes a sensible, mature, slippers-by-the-fire sort of chap turn suddenly into a hiking junkie? Why would anyone want to switch from doing moderate, two-mile pub walks to trekking an arduous 289 miles along the South West Coast Path? The Hiking Obsession takes you on an alarming journey, from your comfort zone to the trials and tribulations of long-distance walking, from the seed of a flawed idea to the execution of a meticulous but seriously flawed plan. See what happens when it all goes pear-shaped for Tony, from leaky boots to lost hankies, from a broken cross-trainer to sleeping rough in a church. Will he overcome his obsession or slip seamlessly into life as a hobo?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Andrews UK
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785389948
• Artikelnr.: 65968424

Autorenporträt

Born in Derby in 1953, Andrew has been a hiker for fifty years. Now living in Dorset, he's swapped the soft limestone contours of the Peak District for the chalk ridges of Purbeck as his primary stomping ground. Approaching retirement as an ICT trainer, he's conceived the entirely mad notion that he wants to walk 1,260 miles from Land's End to John o'Groats. In preparing for the challenge, however, he's discovered that long distance walks are not as straightforward as weekend rambles. With two failed attempts at the Pennine Way sitting squidgily under his belt alongside middle-age spread, he's determined to learn from past mistakes and become a hardy backpacker with real path-cred. He invites you to join him on his arduous, sometimes painful learning curve.