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|title=Walking Home
|author=Simon Armitage
|publisher=Faber and Faber
|date=July 2012
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|website=http://www.simonarmitage.com
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|summary=An engaging walk down the Pennine Way, told by a poet with a great command of the English language.
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Poet Simon Armitage decided in 2010 to walk the Pennine Way 'in reverse' - instead of heading to Scotland, he'd start just across the border and walk in the direction of his native Yorkshire. As if doing it this way, with the sun, wind and rain in his face wasn't hard enough, he also challenged himself to do it without a penny to his name, earning cash for the journey by giving poetry readings in pubs, village halls and living rooms. Could he make a 256-mile journey supported only by the kindness of strangers and his own willpower?
This book came to us courtesy of the [http://www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/2012/10/06/100-walking-home-simon-armitage-in-conversation/ Ilkley Literature Festival] where the author is appearing on 6 October 2012.
Another slowly-paced but wonderful travel book is the fabulous account of some of Britain's best railway trips, [[On The Slow Train Again by Michael Williams]]. You might also appreciate [[Four Fields by Tim Dee]]. You'll also enjoy [[Neither Nowt Nor Summat: In search of the meaning of Yorkshire by Ian McMillan]] and [[The Hidden Landscape by Richard Fortey]].
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