Andrew Bibby walks the Pennines along the route of the watershed that separates the water flowing westwards to the Irish Sea & the Atlantic from the water heading towards the North Sea. Ranging from Kinder Scout in Derbyshire as far as Hadrians Wall in Northumberland Backbone of England is partly a travel book partly a celebration of a fine stretch of countryside but primarily a journey to discover more about the landscape in this part of Engl&. Andrew Bibby reveals the factors which make the Pennine landscape as it is exploring what has happened in the past & particularly what is going on up in these hills today.