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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> I am writing this amidst the remains of deep snows which have brought chaos to our region. Drifts in excess of three feet have paralysed Exmoor and are a timely reminder of how harsh this particular English upland can be. In our modern world we are accustomed to our daily life being relatively unchallenging in terms of the environment we face every day. Today we must journey further afield to encounter Nature’s savage beauty. This book however reminds us all that in the past landscapes like Exmoor presented formidable challenges to those who lived and worked in them. Spectacular weather events were undoubtedly a rarity but Exmoor has thin soils high rainfall and still suffers from poor communications – all of these factors combine to make farming or even just living on Exmoor a harsh and uncomfortable experience. (LL)