{"product_id":"9781803999623","title":"A Ramble Through the History of Walking","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Bill Laws\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSocial \u0026amp; cultural history | The countryside, country life | History of sport | Walking, hiking, trekking\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e June 2025 by The History Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 94 Illustrations, black and white \u003cbr\u003e198mm x 129mm | 0g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The great affair is to move: to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite underfoot,' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson. This book celebrates the history of walking for leisure and pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's no shortage of the famous, and the not so famous, exponents of a good, long walk: Dr Johnson and his faithful Boswell on their Hebridean jaunt; John Taylor, whose Penniless Pilgrimage, a record of his 1618 journey from London to Edinburgh, provided the first account of a walking tour; and Samuel Coleridge who conceived his epic tale of the Ancient Mariner on a ramble through Devon. The author also includes the stories of key inventions: the cagoule, the Thermos flask, the rucksack, Gore-Tex and the walking pole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFully illustrated throughout, A Ramble Through the History of Walking tells the engaging history of one of man's favourite pastimes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55203297198455,"sku":"9781803999623","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781803999623.jpg?v=1747051915","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781803999623","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}