Walking the Border
A Journey Between Scotland and England
Nonfiction, Sports, Walking, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel, History, British
| Author: | Ian Crofton | ISBN: | 9780857908018 |
| Publisher: | Birlinn | Publication: | October 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Birlinn | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ian Crofton |
| ISBN: | 9780857908018 |
| Publisher: | Birlinn |
| Publication: | October 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Birlinn |
| Language: | English |
In this book Ian Crofton makes a journey on foot from Gretna Green in the southwest to Berwick in the northeast, following as close as possible the Anglo-Scottish Border as it has been fixed since the union of the crowns in 1603. Much of the line of the Border runs through a wild, overwhelmingly unvisited no man's land - the sort of trackless waste perfect for keeping two belligerent peoples apart? During the course of his journey Ian Crofton considers a number of questions how 'natural' are borderlines? Sometimes they follow physical barriers, sometimes an arbitrary line on a map, the compromise made by some committee of distant diplomats.
In this book Ian Crofton makes a journey on foot from Gretna Green in the southwest to Berwick in the northeast, following as close as possible the Anglo-Scottish Border as it has been fixed since the union of the crowns in 1603. Much of the line of the Border runs through a wild, overwhelmingly unvisited no man's land - the sort of trackless waste perfect for keeping two belligerent peoples apart? During the course of his journey Ian Crofton considers a number of questions how 'natural' are borderlines? Sometimes they follow physical barriers, sometimes an arbitrary line on a map, the compromise made by some committee of distant diplomats.
