Follow The Spring North - Land's End to John O'Groats

About the Book

This book is written from the pages of the diary kept by the author on her walk, the diary being written every night or perhaps the next day while all the experiences were fresh in her mind. You can read it and "live the walk" as you do so. Following the spring north meant enjoying the sight of each new spring flower and sight or sound of birds as the journey continued northward through ever changing landscape. Although a stress fracture to the neck of the femur delayed the completion of the walk until the following spring, this did not seem to break the continuous nature of the journey; "It's still there - Keep smiling!" kept her looking forward to the next stage of the walk. She met some delightful people on the walk, enjoyed the company of some good friends for parts of it and enjoyed the "bliss of solitude" for much of it, appreciating being alone in wild places but not lonely. Having walked and enjoyed the scenery from the south of Cornwall to the north of Scotland, she was sorry to finish.

About the Author

Born at East Budleigh, Devon but lived most of her life in Lancashire and Cheshire. A keen walker who discovered backpacking, with her family, in 1979 and has enjoyed it increasingly since then. She was asked to write the Family Backpacking section of The Family Outdoor Book, published by Arcady Books in 1984. Although the family have grown up and left home, she enjoys backpacking on her own or with friends in the Backpackers Club and since 1994 has been editor of the Club magazine "Backpack." An interest in birds, wild flowers and wild country combines well with backpacking.