Somervilles infectious enthusiasm and wry humour infuse his journey from the Isle of Lewis to southern England revealing our rich geological history with vibrant local and natural history ObserverA meticulous exploration of the ground beneath our feet. Glorious Katharine NorburyA remarkable achievement Tom ChesshyreHis writing is utterly enticing Country Walking...............................................................................................................................................The influence Britains geology has had on our daily lives is profound. While we may be unaware of it every aspect of our history has been affected by events that happened ten thousand a million or a thousand million years ago.In Walking the Bones of Britain Christopher Somerville takes a journey of a thousand miles beginning in the far north at the threebillionyearold rocks of the Isle of Lewis formed when the world was still molten and travelling southeastwards to the furthest corner of Essex where new land is being formed. Crossing bogs scaling peaks and skirting quarry pits he unearths the stories bound up in the layers of rock beneath our feet and examines how they have influenced everything from how we farm to how we build our houses from the Industrial Revolution to the current climate crisis.Told with characteristic humour and insight this gripping exploration of the British landscape and its remarkable history cannot fail to change the way you see the world beyond your door.Somerville is a walkers writer Nicholas Crane