{"product_id":"9780008733469","title":"Wild Peaks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA journey through Britain's first National Park on its 75th anniversary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a spring day in 1932, 400 disgruntled ramblers embarked on a 'mass trespass' of Kinder Scout, a plateau in the Peak District in northern England. Their aim? To establish a right to roam across the rugged landscape, against the wishes of wealthy landowners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hikers were seeking respite from the smoky industrial centres of Manchester and Sheffield - and eventually they got what they wanted. In 1951, the Peak District was established as Britain's first national park. Home to striking dragon-back ridges of rock, vast expanses of peat, farms and villages, cloughs and caverns, the Peak is much more than the 'howling wilderness' described by Daniel Defoe three centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the 75th anniversary of the park's creation looming, how has this dramatic landscape fared since? Celebrated travel writer Tom Chesshyre hit the trails on a 363-mile ramble to find out - and to celebrate this symbolic home of hiking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWild Peaks\u003c\/em\u003e follows winding paths, pausing at old inns and mountain huts, and along the way meeting a rich cast of landowners, farmers, historians, mountaineers, publicans, rangers, right-to-roamers, homeless travellers, mountain rescue members, mystics, dreamers and fellow hikers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon your cagoule, grab a compass, and join Tom as he explores how the land has changed, and how we have too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chesshyre, Tom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57533159506294,"sku":"9780008733469","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/9780008733469.jpg?v=1774251711","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008733469","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}