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The English get lots of rain so next time it falls, take one of these walks!
Rain: Four Walks in English Weather
What you need to know before your trail
Whenever rain falls, our countryside changes. Fields, farms, hills and hedgerows appear altered, the wildlife behaves differently, and over time the terrain itself is transformed.
In Rain, Melissa Harrison explores our relationship with the weather as she follows the course of four rain showers, in four seasons, across Wicken Fen, Shropshire, the Darent Valley and Dartmoor.
Blending these expeditions with reading, research, memory and imagination, she reveals how rain is not just an essential element of the world around us, but a key part of our own identity too.
Travel Guide
The English Rain
Four walks and four seasons; Wicken Fen ( Winter), Shropshire (Spring), The Darent Valley (Summer) and Dartmoor (Autumn)
Incase you need a little more of the wet stuff, at the end of the book there is a section of “100 words concerning rain” and a list of weather terms to learn and enjoy
Each of these walks is designed to showcase each of the areas in many ways – taking time to look at the flora and fauna along the way as well as snippets of history. How the rain affects all of that is perhaps the most intriguing of all.
Something we think nothing of, unless it’s to moan at it and wish it would stop creates some beautiful scenes around the UK.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Rain: Four Walks in English Weather
Author/Guide: Melissa Harrison Destination: Cambridgeshire, Shropshire, Kent, Dartmoor
Departure Time: When it rains…
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