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Where The Wild Winds Are: Walking Europe's Winds From The Pennines To
Provence By Nick Hunt (Hardback, 2017)
SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDA Financial Times Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the YearA Daily Telegraph Book of the Year'Travel writing in excelsis' -Jan Morris author of Venice'A thrilling and gorgeous tale packed with meteorological wonder' -Amy Liptrot author of The OutrunNick Hunt sets off on an unlikely quest to follow four of Europe's winds across the continentHis wind-walks begin on Cross Fell the highest point of the Pennines as he chases the roaring Helm - the only named wind in Britain In southern Europe he follows the Bora - a bitter northerly that blows from Trieste through Slovenia and down the Croatian coast His hunt for the 'snow-eating' Foehn becomes a meandering journey of exhilaration and despair through the Alpine valleys of
Switzerland and his final walk traces an ancient pilgrims' path in the south of France on the trail of the Mistral - the 'wind of madness' which animated and tormented Vincent Van GoghThese are journeys into wild wind but also into wild landscapes and the people who inhabit them - a cast of meteorologists storm chasers mountain men eccentric wind enthusiasts sailors and shepherds Soon Nick finds himself borne along by the very forces he is pursuing through rain blizzards howling gales and back through time itself For where the wild winds are there are also myths and legends history and hearsay science and superstition - and occasionally remote mountain cabins packed with pickles cured meats and homemade alcoholWhere the Wild Winds Are is a beautiful unconventional travelogue that makes the
invisible visible
Switzerland and his final walk traces an ancient pilgrims' path in the south of France on the trail of the Mistral - the 'wind of madness' which animated and tormented Vincent Van GoghThese are journeys into wild wind but also into wild landscapes and the people who inhabit them - a cast of meteorologists storm chasers mountain men eccentric wind enthusiasts sailors and shepherds Soon Nick finds himself borne along by the very forces he is pursuing through rain blizzards howling gales and back through time itself For where the wild winds are there are also myths and legends history and hearsay science and superstition - and occasionally remote mountain cabins packed with pickles cured meats and homemade alcoholWhere the Wild Winds Are is a beautiful unconventional travelogue that makes the
invisible visible
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