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Here's 6 of the best for reading this summer!

1923 by Ned Boulting *LMFF Number 1!

Ned Boulting’s Tour de France commentary is an institution for fans of the race and when Covid disrupted his annual gig, like many of us, he was vulnerable to any distraction from lockdown madness. In his case that came in the form of a two minute reel of Pathé news footage covering his beloved race at some point around one hundred years ago. On a tip-off he picked it up at an auction. He had no idea what he was buying, and certainly not where it would take him... read more at LoveReading

Finding Your Feet by Rhiane Fatinikun

Finding Your Feet is the Why? How? And Where? of Rhiane Fatinikun’s journey to fulfilment, and her gift to people like her who have been marginalised and othered by the world of adventure. As a middle-aged white man quite active in this space I qualify for what Rhiane at one point termed the ‘Beige Pants Brigade’ and here I am sat in them reading her book. It’s an inspiring story. What started out as a shout out to other Black women to meet for a walk, became a movement which drew thousands of followers, mainstream media coverage and led to the creation of a Community Interest Company, Black Girls Hike ... read more at LoveReading

The Heart of the Woods by Wyl Menmuir

The opening chapter of The Heart of the Woods follows a father, son and grandson as they plant woodland on the border between Wales and England. The middle member of that family group is Wyl Menmuir who poignantly writes about their efforts to restore what was once there, and that which has so shaped our lives, our culture, our tools and even the ornaments in our homes. He describes how the ancient wildwood which covered so much of these islands is almost entirely gone, replaced by a patchwork of fields bordered by stone and hedgerow, but there are still woods and forests which are being nurtured as we desperately attempt to reverse the devastation we wreaked upon the landscape ... read more at LoveReading

The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Alistair Moffat

Anyone who has climbed Scotland’s highest peak, Ben Nevis, will have come across a ruin at the top of it. This old weather station is where Alistair Moffat chooses to begin this enormous journey through the geographical and cultural history of Scotland. It’s an appropriate spot, since climate has been such a defining factor in the shaping of this land. No where else in Great Britain has glacial activity so influenced the future, carving out great lochs and valleys, providing grand natural partitions between settlements in which clans grew and saints and outlaws roamed ... read more at LoveReading

Save Me from the Waves by Jessica Hepburn

Jessica Hepburn's claim to be the only person to run the London Marathon, swim the English Channel, climb Everest and listen to the entire back catalogue of Desert Island Discs is incredible - especially when you consider there are over 3000 episodes. No doubt those other things are also difficult but 3000!.. that's a listening feat of 24,000 pieces of music which isn't that far off the number of vertical feet that Everest amounts to ... read more at LoveReading

Vagabond by Mark Eveleigh

A travel book in which someone walks the length of Spain is something of a niche within a niche within a niche. Mark Eveleigh’s colourful and eventful 1200km trip from Gibraltar in the south to Galicia in the north is a worn shoe-in for the travel section, but inside that genre it has a place in walking books, and from there it is nudging up against literature for the adventure market. Vagabond earns a place on all these shelves, but it does beg the question, How many people will read this in planning to walk the length of Spain? The answer of course is not many, but walking in Spain is hugely popular ... read more at LoveReading

Enjoy your summer and enjoy your summer reading!

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