Millrace Books — Climbing Down

Climbing Down

Graham Wilson, illustrated by Gerry Dale

Travel Book of the Week in The Guardian

Long distance walks in the Scottish, Welsh and English hills — but in manageable chunks. Wilson makes an entertaining companion. Once fit enough for the Bob Graham Round (see Macc & the Art of Long Distance Walking), he’s now the victim of a crumbling hip. So, he breaks the walks into sections and, instead of calling on a shuttle-service of friends with cars, takes to public transport. [Click to read more]

“You get the sense that, after a day on the hill, an evening spent in the company of Graham Wilson over a few pints of decent beer would be one of warmth, considerable erudition, perhaps the occasional mild disagreement and not a little laughter…” Kevin Borman, High

The walks include an Alternative Snowdon Horseshoe, a Scottish Coast to Coast and the Yorkshire Centurion, as well as several Peak District rounds. And a new, gentler activity is proposed for the compulsive list-ticker: island-bagging. [Click to read more]. Wilson’s experiences are recounted in his own inimitable style, with the usual eccentric digressions into topics such as coffin roads and cut-hopping, Munros and mobile phones, solo climbing and slippered pigs.

“It’s the rambling digressions that make Climbing Down such a lovely read. There are very wise asides on such matters as rural public transport, rights of way, the unintended but often deleterious impact of the success of Alfred Wainwright’s books… and the establishment of the women-only Pinnacle Club.” Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian

cover	hardback
dimensions	170x120mm, 160 pp, 8 route drawings
price	£13.95 (list)	£12.50 (website)
ISBN	1 902173 120