A Hack in the Borders: Along the Offa's Dyke Path (Transaction Large Print Books)

by Dylan Winter (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1992

  $103.47

• Used

  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.75

  This book is an account of the 200-mile trip by one man and two horses through the English/Welsh border country. Buying a pregnant packhorse, setting fire to his tent and getting stuck in a bog are only three of the author's mistakes during the trip. With never-failing humour the author deals with the obstacles and diversions, both human and otherwise, which litter his route. He encounters cheerfully pessimistic Franciscan friars, off-beat archaeologists and sentimental hill farmers on a path that leads to ancient hill forts, gothic Victorian mansions and the occasional public house. The book ties in with the BBC Radio 4 series of the same name.