It remains fairly sedate, Mr Hogg is a refined and fairly polite old gent, and for me this book is best described as a harmless and somewhat quaint description of the authors three walks over a year. Garry Hogg shares his thoughts as willingly as his interactions - of which there are many, in regularly requesting a glass of milk or a bed for the night from remote farmhouses and cottages more often than village pubs.įor me this book was never going to threaten five or even four stars. Secondly up the Penninies from Skipton to the Scottish Border, and lastly on England's south-west Limestone Ridge, from the Dorset coast to the Cotswolds. He shares in this book three journeys undertaken over the course of a year.įirstly, along Offa's Dyke from Chepstow to Prestatyn, zig-zagging the Welsh / English border. Garry Hogg, a broadcaster and (obviously) a walking enthusiast. Book 3 Explorers Afloat by Garry Hogg 3.00 3 Ratings published 1940 1 edition Want to Read Rate it: Book 1 Explorers Awheel by Garry Hogg 3.
The author advises that for the second edition, photographs were posed, as initially he travelled alone and therefore was unable to be present in his pictures! There are also a series of hard to read maps -very small and printed in negative - eg black background white text/linework. Explorers Series by Garry Hogg Explorers Series 3 primary works 3 total works The adventures of a group of school age children in 1930s Britain. My copy is a second edition, published 1948, with a number of accompanying black and white photographs. more The Nearly Men Video Games Podcast The Nearly Men Leisure 5. Join Colin Little, Paul Kozinski and Garry Hogg-Simmons - just three casual gamers discussing all things in the world of video games. Not really in my wheelhouse - a book about walking in Britain, but it is a Travel book Club publication, which I typically enjoy and therefore collect. 122 episodes The Nearly Men, playing games and kicking backsides.
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