Walking the Bones of Britain - A 3 Billion Year Journey from the Outer Hebrides to the Thames Estuary

-Somerville-s infectious enthusiasm and wry humour infuse his journey from the Isle of Lewis to southern England, revealing our rich geological history with vibrant local and natural history- Observer

-A meticulous exploration of the ground beneath our feet. Glorious- Katharine Norbury

-A remarkable achievement- Tom Chesshyre

-His writing is utterly enticing- Country Walking
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The influence Britain-s geology has had on our daily lives is profound. While we may be unaware of it, every aspect of our history has been affected by events that happened ten thousand, a million, or a thousand million years ago.

In Walking the Bones of Britain, Christopher Somerville takes a journey of a thousand miles, beginning in the far north, at the three-billion-year-old rocks of the Isle