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Jim Perrin

Jim Perrin has been described as Britain’s finest outdoor writer. Among his books are River Map (Goner Press), Travel with the Flea and Mirrors in the Cliffs.

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Before the Great War, the author’s grandfather mapped the route from the Welsh mountains to industrial Salford. More than thirty years later, his own escape from the mean streets of post-war Manchester to the Pennine hills begins the process of walking into that past experience and its still relevant truths.

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