Wild people

Wild people

Nan Shepherd revolutionised nature writing with The Living Mountain. This is her story

One of the greatest books about Scottish mountains lay in a drawer for 30 years. Charlotte Peacock profiles author Nan Shepherd and her enduring passion for the Cairngorms
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Bristol, London and Brighton: Kendal Mountain Festival goes on Tour

Enjoy an evening of adventure with award-winning films and first-hand accounts from some of the UK’s most intrepid explorers. Kendal Mountain Festival on Tour gets underway this weekend in Bristol, followed by events London and Brighton.
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Young adventurer off on 5,000-mile UK challenge

Follow 21-year-old Alex Staniforth as he prepares to climb the equivalent of Mount Everest 13 times, on a journey that will take him to the UK's highest points
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Walking in the footsteps of Mary Anning

The West Dorset shorelines that inspired the famous geologist Mary Anning still makes the ideal hunting ground for fossil-loving beachcombers.
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Millican Dalton fact file

One of the most prominent English adventurers, Millican Dalton gave up his nine-to-five office existence to answer the call of the wild. Here is our essential guide to the man behind the legend. 

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Wild people: Grey Owl, Native American trapper-turned conservationist

He was a Native American trapper-turned-conservationist, who helped to save the beaver from extinction. Or was he? Roly Smith tracks down the unlikely true story of Archibald Belaney

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'Human swan' takes to the air to join Bewick's swan migration

British conservationist and adventurer Sacha Dench took to the skies on a motorised paraglider, as she began her epic 4,500 mile journey from Russian to the UK to track the migration of endangered Bewick’s swans.
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Wild people: writer Hope Bourne

A love of freedom and wilderness inspired Hope Bourne to fend for herself in a remote valley on Exmoor. There, she scraped a living by writing about life on the rugged moorlands 

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Britain’s forgotten naturalist: Cyril Diver

On Countryfile Ellie Harrison visited the Studland peninsula in Dorset to report on an innovative citizen science project that repeats the ecological survey work of a 1930s conservation pioneer. 
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Roger Deakin: writer and wild swimmer

Handsome, witty and freedom-loving, Roger Deakin was the first great champion of wild swimming – and one of the best nature writers of his generation. Ten years after Roger’s death, Patrick Barkham celebrates his rich and unconventional life.

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Wild People: Lucy Walker, Victorian mountain climber

Leaving behind a quiet life of croquet and cream teas, Lucy Walker became one of Britain’s finest early mountain climbers. Clare Roche tells her extraordinary story.

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Interview: Award-winning farmer Joan Bomford

The 83-year-old beef farmer and winner of Countryfile's Farming Hero 2015 discusses ploughing with steam engines, Dutch elm trees and the importance of get-up-and-go.
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Confessions of a Munro-bagger: Comedian Ed Byrne

Comedian Ed Byrne loves Scotland's highest hills - a passion that has its ups and downs...

 

 
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