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Title: Book Recommendations
Post by: archaeoroutes on 18:25:38, 07/04/20

I thought we could have a thread for recommending walking-related books (especially useful at the moment).


I'll kick off with The Ascent of Rum Doodle (https://amzn.to/3aXpCag) - an hilarious spoof Himalayan ascent.
There is actually now a real Mount Run Doodle - named by Antarctic scientists after the titular mountain in this book.
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Post by: richardh1905 on 18:55:33, 07/04/20
I'll see your Rum Doodle and I'll raise you 'Bothy Tales' by John D Burns - a hilarious look at bothies and those that visit them.
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Post by: gunwharfman on 19:55:17, 07/04/20
Robert Louise Stevenson 'Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes' a free download. He also wrote another one, a small boat trip down Belgium canals, sorry can't remember the title.
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Post by: Slowcoach on 20:04:36, 07/04/20
The unexpected journey of Harold Fry.
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Post by: ninthace on 20:42:18, 07/04/20
Bill Bryson - A walk in the woods


Nicholas Crane  - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Nicholas-Crane/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ANicholas+Crane
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Post by: pauldawes on 20:53:35, 07/04/20
The unexpected journey of Harold Fry.


I think UK title is “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Howard Fry” by Rachel Joyce? I agree it’s a wonderful book
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Post by: richardh1905 on 20:57:49, 07/04/20
Bill Bryson - A walk in the woods


Great book. Shame about the film.

Quote
Nicholas Crane  - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Nicholas-Crane/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ANicholas+Crane (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Nicholas-Crane/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ANicholas+Crane)


I've read Clear Waters Rising a couple of times - not entirely to my taste, although must have been an incredible walk.
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Post by: pauldawes on 21:01:42, 07/04/20
Bill Bryson - A walk in the woods




Was that the one where he recounts the tale about the mother who covers her son’s hand with honey so the “cuddly” bear will lick it off?
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Post by: Slowcoach on 21:55:56, 07/04/20

I think UK title is “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Howard Fry” by Rachel Joyce? I agree it’s a wonderful book


You are absolutely right.
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Post by: Islandplodder on 21:57:23, 07/04/20
The first John Burns book, 'the last hillwalker is quite funny too. But my all time favourite is John Hillary's Walking through Britain.
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Post by: Islandplodder on 21:58:42, 07/04/20
That should be John Hillaby. Why do phones always think they know best?
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Post by: Bhod on 22:06:28, 07/04/20
As I walked out one Midsummer's morning - Laurie Lee.  Read it for the first time as a teenager at school for English Lit, have had a copy all through my adult life and still one of my favourite reads.  Have walked part of his journey, always promised myself when I retire I'll do as much of the walk as I can.  Keep meaning to pick up a copy of My Midsummer Morning by Alastair Humphreys, I'll maybe put it on my birthday wishlist :D
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Ridge on 22:24:43, 07/04/20
I'll see your Rum Doodle and I'll raise you 'Bothy Tales' by John D Burns - a hilarious look at bothies and those that visit them.
Love both these books and Walk in the Woods, definitely recommend all three.
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Post by: happyhiker on 23:56:34, 07/04/20
For anyone remotely interested in maps, read "On the Map" by Simon Garfield. Unputdownable!
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: richardh1905 on 09:18:44, 08/04/20
If you really want to get stuck in to something substantial to keep you going during lockdown, I recommend the collections of mountain travel books by HW Tilman and Eric Shipton - books that I keep returning to time and time again.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: ninthace on 09:26:53, 08/04/20
If you really want to get stuck in to something substantial to keep you going during lockdown, I recommend the collections of mountain travel books by HW Tilman and Eric Shipton - books that I keep returning to time and time again.
In a similar vein, and there is some walking content!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shackleton-Endurance-Conquer-Michael-Smith-ebook/dp/B07ZZHY4M5/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=shackleton&qid=1586334345&sr=8-8 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shackleton-Endurance-Conquer-Michael-Smith-ebook/dp/B07ZZHY4M5/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=shackleton&qid=1586334345&sr=8-8)
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Post by: SteamyTea on 09:49:07, 08/04/20
Snowball Earth
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowball-Earth-Gabrielle-Walker/dp/0747568502 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowball-Earth-Gabrielle-Walker/dp/0747568502)


I have a Kindle and put BorrowBox on it.  Can get the local library eBooks now.


Think they have all the Bill Bryson.  I like both the film and the book of Walk in the Woods.
[Slight claim to fame, Bill Bryson took my advert, and cash, when he worked at the Bournemouth Evening Echo]
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Jac on 10:13:22, 08/04/20
The Salt Path - Raynor Winn

Her first book. The second due out at the end of this month
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Post by: Florence Lamb on 11:55:05, 08/04/20
I'm with Mel - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
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Post by: Florence Lamb on 11:55:20, 08/04/20
Jac even!
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Post by: rural roamer on 12:17:08, 08/04/20
I enjoyed Wild by Cheryl Strayed about her walk on the Pacific Crest Trail. The book is much better than the film they made.


Keep meaning to read The Salt Path, will put it on the list.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: SteamyTea on 13:04:11, 08/04/20
The Salt Path - Raynor Winn

Her first book. The second due out at the end of this month
Living a mile from the SWCP, I have never heard anyone refer to it as 'The Path', ever.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: jimbob on 13:19:13, 08/04/20
Living a mile from the SWCP, I have never heard anyone refer to it as 'The Path', ever.
:D You have now ;D
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Post by: watershed on 14:17:15, 08/04/20
The Great Divide : A Walk Through America along the Continental Divide
by Stephen Pern


Walking in the Watershed
by Dave Hewitt
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Post by: sparnel on 15:02:41, 08/04/20
Islandplodder  -  that is one of my all time favourite books. I've read lots of times
and its the book that changed my life! I decided to do the walk and have never regretted it. (I'm referring to Journey Through Britain by John Hillaby). His Journey Through Europe was good too but didn't much like his final book, Journey Through Love.
Currently reading House of Spies, factual account of the security services from WW1
onwards.

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Post by: Islandplodder on 19:18:01, 08/04/20
I read it when I was 21 and promised myself I would do the walk. Then there was work, family and kids and I didn't get round to it. I reread it about every 5 years, and am hoping I haven't left it too late.   I'll have to do it soon, I make plans when the winter weather traps me inside! Maybe start at the Lizard and take in Dunnet head.
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Post by: Rigel on 19:31:21, 08/04/20
Book Four The Southern Fells ~ A. Wainwright


The Book of The Bivvy - Ronald Turnbull


The Villain The Life of Don Whillans


I-spy Dinosaurs.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Rigel on 19:50:49, 08/04/20
As I walked out one Midsummer's morning - Laurie Lee.  Read it for the first time as a teenager at school for English Lit, have had a copy all through my adult life and still one of my favourite reads.


I, too have read this book. My only gripe with Lee, his writing makes him comes across very much the wet lettuce, almost limp-wristed at times.  As a schoolboy, our English Lit teacher had us read Bukowski and Hemingway.


Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Jac on 09:26:58, 09/04/20
Finding this thread a tad frustrating. All these superb books to read - but unless I invest heavily in amazon no chance to read them at the moment as I've not delved into on line books(yet)
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: SteamyTea on 11:50:31, 09/04/20
Finding this thread a tad frustrating. All these superb books to read - but unless I invest heavily in amazon no chance to read them at the moment as I've not delved into on line books(yet)
Try the library.
You can get an amazing amount of books online for free.


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Post by: Dyffryn Ardudwy on 13:17:08, 09/04/20
Just started Reinhold Messners superb book, "The Crystal Horizon" about his solo climb up Mt Everest.
Its been a few years since ive read it, and with lots of spare time on my hands, i thought i would revist its pages.

A great read, and it still impresses me, to think he climbed the mountain totally alone, with his girlfriend waiting patiently at basecamp.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Marsden Moor on 17:56:23, 09/04/20
 The Salt Path by Raynor Winn


Me too, not usually my sort of read but really enjoyed it
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Post by: Pitboot on 19:14:16, 09/04/20
Not a recommendation but I have a book on Kindle and it will be free to download as an e book over this weekend, it's for kids 10 - 16 ish. I would love to make it free while the lockdown exists but am constrained by Amazon rules.
The title is "Howerton", author Bob Pitt.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: SteamyTea on 19:20:10, 09/04/20
Not a recommendation but I have a book on Kindle and it will be free to download as an e book over this weekend, it's for kids 10 - 16 ish. I would love to make it free while the lockdown exists but am constrained by Amazon rules.
The title is "Howerton", author Bob Pitt.
Excellent.  Not my age range, way too advanced.
A couple of friends of mine are authors, one had a good deal from a publishing house, the other self publishes.  I suggested Amazon to her the other day, is it easy to do, do you have to get it approved?
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Pitboot on 19:26:15, 09/04/20
Very easy to do, it goes through a short approval process. All advice and guidance is on the site. I'm no Oxford don and found it fun, if not rewarding.

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Post by: archaeoroutes on 19:50:17, 09/04/20
Very, very easy to get the books up. And so are most of the other retailers (Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google, etc.) Apple make it a bit harder (by trying to enforce you have to have one of their devices to upload it) but still easily doable.

The hard bit is getting anyone to buy it!
I make a few hundred pounds on fallow months, mostly from my novels, but this can rise to £1500-2000 if I'm working on the promotion. Compared to other authors I know, that's peanuts.
I hang on to my marginal claim to kudos of having been the 5th best-selling science-fiction author in the world (according to Amazon). It was a for a few hours!
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: SteamyTea on 20:08:20, 09/04/20
Very, very easy to get the books up. And so are most of the other retailers (Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google, etc.) Apple make it a bit harder (by trying to enforce you have to have one of their devices to upload it) but still easily doable.

The hard bit is getting anyone to buy it!
I make a few hundred pounds on fallow months, mostly from my novels, but this can rise to £1500-2000 if I'm working on the promotion. Compared to other authors I know, that's peanuts.
I hang on to my marginal claim to kudos of having been the 5th best-selling science-fiction author in the world (according to Amazon). It was a for a few hours!
Who were the other four.
I shall have a word with my friend again, to her a few hundred is a lot of cash.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: SteamyTea on 20:10:02, 09/04/20
Very easy to do, it goes through a short approval process. All advice and guidance is on the site. I'm no Oxford don and found it fun, if not rewarding.
Tahnks, she is an Oxford graduate, and a Cambridge graduate.  Some people are just greedy when it comes to education, but she did pay cash for both of them as she is foreign.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: archaeoroutes on 09:40:28, 10/04/20
Who were the other four.
I shall have a word with my friend again, to her a few hundred is a lot of cash.
No idea, who they were. And I have to stress how fleeting it was!
There's a huge amount to getting it right. Good cover is an easy one to sort. Get reviews, lots of reviews, and with Amazon's T&C.  Write more. Build up good relationships with other authors - loads of us know how lucky we were with established authors helping us at the start and pay back how we can. Lots of other things. But the biggest is - be lucky.



Tahnks, she is an Oxford graduate, and a Cambridge graduate.  Some people are just greedy when it comes to education, but she did pay cash for both of them as she is foreign.
I'm only Cambridge (BA, MSci, MA) but my partner's both (BA Cantab, DPhil Oxon).
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: archaeoroutes on 09:43:23, 10/04/20
I would love to make it free while the lockdown exists but am constrained by Amazon rules.
I guess you are in KDP Select and using your free days? How long left on your term?
Once you can get out of it, you can publish wide, set price to free on other channels then get Amazon to price match. Sorry if that's teaching you to suck eggs.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Apache on 18:40:35, 10/04/20
Unfortunately out of print but I highly rate One Man and His Bog by Barry Pilton as a very funny read.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&an=&tn=one+man+and+his+bog&kn=&isbn= (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&an=&tn=one+man+and+his+bog&kn=&isbn=)
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Post by: Ridge on 19:00:20, 10/04/20
I have a copy which I re-read every few years, must get it down again.
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Post by: Owen on 14:26:38, 11/04/20
Quite old now and hard to find,

"The man who walked through time". The story of walking through the Grand Canyon.
"The Thousand mile summer". A walk through California before the Pacific crest trail had been thought about.
Both by Colin Fletcher. 

"Cape to Cape" by John Sutcliffe. A walk from Cape Cornwall to Cape Wrath by a 70 year old.

As has already been mentioned the mountain travel and sailing books of H.W. Tilman and the books of Eric Shipton.

"An Arctic Odyssey", Richard Sale and Tony Oliver.

"Mountain days and Bothy nights" and the follow on "A view from the ridge". Both by Dave Brown and Ian Mitchell. 
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Post by: SteamyTea on 15:14:37, 11/04/20
"Touching the Void" by Joe Simpson would be an interesting choice in the Andes.
Keep it to hand, or not.
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Post by: Owen on 15:18:11, 11/04/20
"Touching the Void" by Joe Simpson would be an interesting choice in the Andes.
Keep it to hand, or not.

I was in the Cordillera Blanca 80km north of them when that happened.
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Post by: Jac on 09:08:39, 12/04/20
Unfortunately out of print but I highly rate One Man and His Bog by Barry Pilton as a very funny read.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&an=&tn=one+man+and+his+bog&kn=&isbn= (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-home-_-Results&an=&tn=one+man+and+his+bog&kn=&isbn=)

On my shelf somewhere - will locate and revisit :)
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Post by: Ridge on 09:23:56, 12/04/20
On my shelf somewhere - will locate and revisit :)
If enough of us have a copy we should read it at the same time.
What happens at a book club? In my head it is a group of women getting together to drink prosecco and compare the inadequacies of their men but I suppose reading may have some slight connection to it too.
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Post by: Jac on 11:20:46, 12/04/20
If enough of us have a copy we should read it at the same time.
What happens at a book club? In my head it is a group of women getting together to drink prosecco and compare the inadequacies of their men but I suppose reading may have some slight connection to it too.

I can assure you that a ladies book club is a gathering of highly intellectual, discerning and knowledgeable women enjoying in depth discussion and strong well informed opinions on the book currently under review in which prosecco has no part.



No doubt why I've never been invited to join one
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Rigel on 19:04:34, 12/04/20
If there was book club that was specifically for the reading of Tim Dorsey novels, I'd happily join. I'd likely even find myself as the founder of the aforementioned book club.  And I highly doubt that prosecco would be the drink of choice in the book club, save for when  there's nothing else left to drink.


I'm presently reading Tim Dorsey's  Hurricane Punch
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: ninthace on 19:25:17, 12/04/20
I thought he played the jazz trombone.  I remember getting sentimental over it.  ;)
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Post by: Bigfoot_Mike on 19:38:42, 12/04/20
I will happily read many types of book, both factual and fiction. However, I cannot fathom why I would want to get together with a group of other people and discuss the book, even if alcohol was involved. This probably goes back to my least favourite subject at school - English Literature. I just couldn’t see the point of it as a subject. At the time I read between 50 and 100 books per year, but resented being asked to write meaningless essays about them. Even worse was Shakespeare. Why would any sane human want to read a play in olde English? Enforced visits to the theatre to see the plays made it worse. I have read and enjoyed Dickens, Hardy and Solzhenitsyn, but just couldn’t get into Shakespeare. Worst of all in this class was poetry. Why make teenaged kids read and write about poetry, unless it is being used as a form of torture?


So, to me, a book club seems like a waste of good drinking or reading time. Am I a Phiilistine?
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Post by: ninthace on 19:47:34, 12/04/20
I felt the same way Philis.  Probably why I ended up doing sciency things in the 6th form.  I enjoy watching Shakespeare's plays now but I still would not sit down and read one.
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Post by: Rigel on 19:49:36, 12/04/20
I thought he played the jazz trombone.  I remember getting sentimental over it.  ;)


Two Tim Dorsey's, who would have believed  it? lol.  I'm still trying to get my head around there being two 'Ronaldos'


Admittedly, at least one of them is now affectionately and more commonly know as 'Fat' Ronaldo. Which probably serves as a sharp reminder, if you're commonly known by a single name only, somebody is likely  to get pushed out of the limelight! If you're a doppleganger, not so much.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Rigel on 19:59:06, 12/04/20

So, to me, a book club seems like a waste of good drinking or reading time. Am I a Phiilistine?


No, you're not a philistine.  But if you had ever read Tim Dorsey books, you'd get the joke about a group of like-minded people coming together to read his books. It would be like a book reading club whereby Nurse Ratched presided, and all hell broke loose. 
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Post by: Dovegirl on 20:36:35, 12/04/20
I will happily read many types of book, both factual and fiction. However, I cannot fathom why I would want to get together with a group of other people and discuss the book, even if alcohol was involved.
I would no more want to join a book club than I would a walking group!   :)

This probably goes back to my least favourite subject at school - English Literature. I just couldn’t see the point of it as a subject. At the time I read between 50 and 100 books per year, but resented being asked to write meaningless essays about them. Even worse was Shakespeare. Why would any sane human want to read a play in olde English? Enforced visits to the theatre to see the plays made it worse. I have read and enjoyed Dickens, Hardy and Solzhenitsyn, but just couldn’t get into Shakespeare. Worst of all in this class was poetry. Why make teenaged kids read and write about poetry, unless it is being used as a form of torture?
I studied English Literature at degree level, so I read a lot of Shakespeare and actually enjoyed it!    :)   Loved poetry   

But those books now just sit on my shelves.  Other interests have taken over.




Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Ridge on 08:30:07, 13/04/20
Even worse was Shakespeare. Why would any sane human want to read a play in olde English? Enforced visits to the theatre to see the plays made it worse.
I had the real advantage of not being made to read any Shakespeare as our school were trialling a new Olevel syllabus. I felt that this was a gap in my education and in my late teens decided that before I went to college I should read some. It was not easy but I wanted to do it so stuck with it and now like it. Young people reading Shakespeare plays is like getting them to read an accurate description of a rugby match without ever having seen a match or knowing what the rules are.
Some things you just have to work at to appreciate. I know nothing about whisky, if you offer me one I'll drink it but give me the cheap stuff I just don't get why some people will wax lyrical about one and not another.
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Post by: Bhod on 09:54:19, 13/04/20
When I was still living in London I took my parents to see a production of The Tempest at Regent's Park open air theatre, at the interval I asked my dad what he thought, his reply "very good apart from the fu$£!ng torturous language"  :) and this from someone who loves opera....
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: ninthace on 09:59:29, 13/04/20
I saw an NSC production of The Tempest  last year.  Whatever Shakespeare was smoking when he wrote that - I want some.  Definitely not the easiest play.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Ridge on 10:05:40, 13/04/20
As with everything some operas/plays, and also some productions of them, are better than others.

Opera is definitely something that can grow on you over time, though so can varrucas.
I appreciate opera more now than I once did but I wouldn't pay for a ticket.
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Post by: Ridge on 10:30:38, 13/04/20
I saw an NSC production of The Tempest  last year.
I give up ninthace, put me out of my misery. I can't think of a theatre company whose initials are NSC that did the Tempest last year.
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Post by: ninthace on 11:47:23, 13/04/20
I give up ninthace, put me out of my misery. I can't think of a theatre company whose initials are NSC that did the Tempest last year.
You are right, it felt like last year,  Mrs N says it was before that and it was the RSC, I beg their pardon.  Simon Russell Beale was in it.  This one https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/nov/18/the-tempest-review-simon-russell-beale-rsc (https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/nov/18/the-tempest-review-simon-russell-beale-rsc)  When you get to my degree of venerability, all the years feel the same.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Ridge on 11:52:31, 13/04/20
Thanks, it was just niggling me that I couldn't place it.
Some Shakespeare performances can feel like they drag from 1 year in to the next.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Bhod on 12:16:27, 13/04/20
NSC - New Shakespeare Company, that takes me back a few years, enjoyed several of their productions at Regent's Park, I particularly remember seeing Sheridan Smith perform the roles of Hermia (Midsummer night's dream) and  Bianca (Taming of the Shrew) for the NSC, also if memory serves correct remember Christopher Biggins being in the same production of Taming. 
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: ninthace on 12:18:53, 13/04/20
NSC - New Shakespeare Company, that takes me back a few years, enjoyed several of their productions at Regent's Park, I particularly remember seeing Sheridan Smith perform the roles of Hermia (Midsummer night's dream) and  Bianca (Taming of the Shrew) for the NSC, also if memory serves correct remember Christopher Biggins being in the same production of Taming.
Now I do like the Taming of the Shrew - more my level.  Call me a Philistine but the liked the Burton/Taylor version
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Ridge on 12:29:15, 13/04/20
NSC - New Shakespeare Company, that takes me back a few years, enjoyed several of their productions at Regent's Park
They changes their name a few years ago to drop the Shakespeare bit, which some people didn't approve of, they are now Regents Park Theatre. They also stopped producing Midsummer Nights Dream every year which at one time would have been like shooting the ravens at the Tower of London.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Bhod on 12:39:04, 13/04/20
Now I do like the Taming of the Shrew - more my level.  Call me a Philistine but the liked the Burton/Taylor version
I too like the Taming of the Shrew and have been fortunate enough to see many performances of it over the years.  I think my favourite live performance though had to be at the Leeds Playhouse,  Nicola McAuliffe played Katherina and Brian Protheroe - Petruchio. 
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Ridge on 12:57:38, 13/04/20
Bringing together 2 strands of this thread, one of my favourite times in the theatre was Verdi's Macbeth
http://www.planethugill.com/2017/07/rethinking-early-verdi-gripping-1847.html (http://www.planethugill.com/2017/07/rethinking-early-verdi-gripping-1847.html)
Stephen Gadd and Kate Ladner as Mr & Mrs M.
The moment I realised that the witches were doing the dance from Byonce's All The Single Ladies was a particular highlight.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Rigel on 23:13:57, 13/04/20
For me, it's Shakespeare's Henry V. Brian Blessed's ultimatum was something else. And his attempts  at Mt. Everest without oxygen were commendable.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKHihAPr2Rc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKHihAPr2Rc)



Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Vincent82 on 12:35:29, 23/04/20
Has anyone read McFarlane? I've just started but it looks good.


By other authors, I'd recommend Wild, and The Living Mountain.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: April on 18:47:25, 23/04/20
I can assure you that a ladies book club is a gathering of highly intellectual, discerning and knowledgeable women enjoying in depth discussion and strong well informed opinions on the book currently under review in which prosecco has no part.



No doubt why I've never been invited to join one

 ;D There are some out there that include both  :D
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: ninthace on 18:52:26, 23/04/20
And for the romantically inclined or those who have a "thing" for big hills, know what I mean big, nudge, nudge, say no more, phwoar - look at the contours on that.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1574337.The_Man_Who_Married_a_Mountain (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1574337.The_Man_Who_Married_a_Mountain)
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: richardh1905 on 18:53:46, 23/04/20
Just finished Mountain Days and Bothy Nights.


About to start Bothy Tales.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Ridge on 18:55:29, 23/04/20
As anyone read McFarlane? I've just started but it looks good.
I have read some of his stuff but don't warm to them. People buy them for me but I wouldn't spend my own money.


Just finished Mountain Days and Bothy Nights.
About to start Bothy Tales.
Love those, I think I got them on your recommendation Richard.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: rural roamer on 22:06:35, 23/04/20
;D There are some out there that include both  :D
I wonder how you know that April!
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: rural roamer on 18:37:49, 28/04/20
After all the recommendations on here I bought The Salt Path when I saw it in Tescos last week. Really enjoying it. :) Thanks
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Owen on 19:14:00, 28/04/20
Not sure whether it's been mentioned already and can't be bothered to read back and check, but.


No picnic on Mount Kenya, by Felice Benuzzi. The story of two prisoners of war in Kenya who  were in a camp in Nanyuki below My Kenya. Being climbers they found the mountain irresistible. So, they escaped and went to try and climb it. What followed is a fantastic adventure.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: watershed on 20:08:43, 28/04/20
Thanks Owen.
I have read most of the books mentioned in this thread but not that one.
I looked it up and it seems a fascinating story.
I will order it tonight.

Cheers
:)
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Ridge on 21:40:50, 28/04/20
No picnic on Mount Kenya, by Felice Benuzzi. The story of two prisoners of war in Kenya who  were in a camp in Nanyuki below My Kenya. Being climbers they found the mountain irresistible. So, they escaped and went to try and climb it. What followed is a fantastic adventure.
Brilliant, brilliant book. I read it and then bought copies to give as gifts.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: billy5WM on 11:09:54, 30/04/20
I've been recently reading The Man Who Hated Mars. But it's all about fantasy / fiction. If you like such categories - then highly recommend.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: richardh1905 on 07:55:11, 23/05/20
Not sure whether it's been mentioned already and can't be bothered to read back and check, but.


No picnic on Mount Kenya, by Felice Benuzzi. The story of two prisoners of war in Kenya who  were in a camp in Nanyuki below My Kenya. Being climbers they found the mountain irresistible. So, they escaped and went to try and climb it. What followed is a fantastic adventure.


Looks like a good recommendation. I've read Tilman's account of his adventures on Mount Kenya.



Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: richardh1905 on 07:56:02, 23/05/20
I'm re-reading 'Fatal Passage' - a biography of John Rae, all about his exploits in the far north of Canada, and discoverer of the last section of the North West passage. An extraordinary man.
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Dyffryn Ardudwy on 18:50:24, 23/05/20
Richard Gilberts 200 Challenge Walks in Britain & Ireland.

224 pages of inspirational ideas, for your next adventure in the BIG OUTDOORS
Title: Re: Book Recommendations
Post by: Doddy on 10:48:47, 30/05/20
The Story of the British isles in a 100 places by Neil Oliver. Details 100 sites and their important contribution to history.