Upland: A Journey through Time and the Hills

'This is a constantly surprising and fascinating look at not just the mountains but about the people who work, play, live and travel there, through history and in the present day.... this books a was delight throughout' -- Neil Reid * Scottish Mountaineer Magazine * 'Rich in memories and beautifully written, Ian Crofton’s account of a lifetime walking the hills and mountains of Scotland, England and Wales makes for a delightful book' -- Allan Massie * The Scotsman * 'A fascinating and lyrical exploration of what the hills mean to those who have lived and worked among them, and to those who walk and climb among them today . . . A beautifully written celebration of a lifelong passion' -- Stephen Venables 'A wonderfully evocative ode to the high places of Great Britain' -- Ken Lussey * Undiscovered Scotland * 'Ian has a well-honed knack of weaving a literary web linking man and the landscape . . . a tome to engross yourself in whether you are an armchair mountaineer or a tough guy reliving past glories. -- Adrian Trendall * All Things Cuillin * 'this book is written—beautifully—from the stance of a walker and historian' -- Kate Green * Country Life * 'Crofton draws on a lifetime of walking and climbing across Britain and takes us on a unique journey through time and the hills' -- Dawn Geddes * Scots Magazine * 'beautifully crafted and captivating... Crofton proves to be an insightful and genial guide' * Sunday Post * 'Skilfully weaves together personal and family stories, prehistory and history, literature, art, geology, nature and more in a glorious mix of everything the hills have to offer. This rich mix of subjects is wonderful... excellent with much to enjoy and to learn'  -- Chris Townsend * Great Outdoors * 'Informative, evocative … a welcome addition to the nature-writing bookshelf' -- Sarah Lonsdale * Times Literary Supplement * 'Upland draws on a lifetime's hillwalking and climbing, and yet it's so much more than a simple memoir. Mining rich seams of culture and natural history, it ranges far and wide in its exploration of hills as a human experience - mountains not in the abstract, but as places we've lived and worked in, climbed and dreamed about for millennia' -- Dan Bailey * UK Climbing & UK Hillwalking * 'A delightful and unusual book, both personal and impressively wide-ranging in its scholarship … wonderful … elegiac … a very fine book that will stand the test of time' * Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal *