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In this light-hearted coming-of-age tale Craig Weldon, confused and direction less except for his love of the hills, wanders Scotland, Wales and England having fun outdoors. This is a lively account of hill-walking in all weathers and up and down every possible terrain, braving Welsh farmers, Knoydart rain, the terrors of the Cuillin, and the real ales of Yorkshire. From Sutherland in the Far North to the rolling downs of Gloucestershire, Craig and his friends search out their Weekend Fix. For hill walkers this is an easy guide to the hills, informative and amusing. If you've never been on a hill in your life this book will make you think again about the landscape around you, and the challenges to courage, determination and the human spirit to be found only a few miles from home, wherever you live in Britain.
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Craig Weldon was born in 1974 in Glasgow. He has been a student, an engineer, a submersible pilot, a songwriter and failed music studio owner, an itinerant temp worker, a technical editor, and a public servant - but the one steady thread has been his love of the hills and his hill-walking companions. Introduced by Hamish Brown.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a terrific book of relatively short, mostly humorous, sometimes touching outdoor pieces. At the same time they fit together neatly into a story about getting through youth and into adulthood. The author begins his walking life, and indeed his life, in Scotland but early work experience takes him to Birmingham and from there he ranges about England and Wales.
A friend wrote to me, 'I found myself nodding in agreement all the way through [the view from Rois Bheinn, his mood on Gulvain, his search for the summit of my local Marilyn, Hutton Roof Crags]. Some superbly sensitive descriptive writing - I was quite taken by surprise on page 178 - peppered with laugh out loud moments [Billinge Hill]. So for me, the best hill read since Richard Askwith's Feet in the Clouds and before that Hamish Brown's classic books.
Hamish Brown has given the book a tremendous introduction and, I agree with James (above), this is a book that can sit beside his own with its head held high. It is divided into seven parts, including 'Furth of Scotland' and (for the first time in a hillwalking book) 'The Marilyns'. Each short piece is headed with the name of the hill, a pronunciation guide (where required), elevation and OS reference, and a description such as 'the compleationist'. Each section also has a hand drawn map and these bring their own special charm.
Similar books from the same publisher are At The Edge: Walking the Atlantic Coast of Ireland and Scotland (Non-Fiction), Between Weathers: Travels in 21st Century Shetland (Non-Fiction), Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue (Non-Fiction)
A friend wrote to me, 'I found myself nodding in agreement all the way through [the view from Rois Bheinn, his mood on Gulvain, his search for the summit of my local Marilyn, Hutton Roof Crags]. Some superbly sensitive descriptive writing - I was quite taken by surprise on page 178 - peppered with laugh out loud moments [Billinge Hill]. So for me, the best hill read since Richard Askwith's Feet in the Clouds and before that Hamish Brown's classic books.
Hamish Brown has given the book a tremendous introduction and, I agree with James (above), this is a book that can sit beside his own with its head held high. It is divided into seven parts, including 'Furth of Scotland' and (for the first time in a hillwalking book) 'The Marilyns'. Each short piece is headed with the name of the hill, a pronunciation guide (where required), elevation and OS reference, and a description such as 'the compleationist'. Each section also has a hand drawn map and these bring their own special charm.
Similar books from the same publisher are At The Edge: Walking the Atlantic Coast of Ireland and Scotland (Non-Fiction), Between Weathers: Travels in 21st Century Shetland (Non-Fiction), Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue (Non-Fiction)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
John Muir Trust Journal 2010 - reviewed by Caroline Standring
"It was a long wet slog and, on the summit ridge, a wet, battered crawl thanks to the wind and stinging, ferocious rain . . . what was I doing wasting my time climbing some random hill, miles from anywhere, in appalling weather?"
There may be many of you who have asked yourself this same question. But how many of you also have a favourite OS map, have slept in freezing car parks to be closer to the hill or driven with your head sticking out of the window because the windscreen has frozen over in the remote parts of Scotland? Someone who has done all these things and more is Craig Weldon, with this book providing an entertaining account of his life told through various adventures in the hills.
Well written and full of humour, the book is separated into different periods in the author's life from university days to his mid-thirties, with each chapter split into one to two pages per walk. Although a book to be enjoyed by anyone, it is probably best appreciated by those who share the author's love of hill walking, particularly those who understand the feeling of escape that comes from leaving it all behind - if only for a weekend `fix'.
"It was a long wet slog and, on the summit ridge, a wet, battered crawl thanks to the wind and stinging, ferocious rain . . . what was I doing wasting my time climbing some random hill, miles from anywhere, in appalling weather?"
There may be many of you who have asked yourself this same question. But how many of you also have a favourite OS map, have slept in freezing car parks to be closer to the hill or driven with your head sticking out of the window because the windscreen has frozen over in the remote parts of Scotland? Someone who has done all these things and more is Craig Weldon, with this book providing an entertaining account of his life told through various adventures in the hills.
Well written and full of humour, the book is separated into different periods in the author's life from university days to his mid-thirties, with each chapter split into one to two pages per walk. Although a book to be enjoyed by anyone, it is probably best appreciated by those who share the author's love of hill walking, particularly those who understand the feeling of escape that comes from leaving it all behind - if only for a weekend `fix'.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It could be written by almost any Munrobagger as the experiences Craig describes will be familiar to all, but Craig writes with feeling and humour. The dull hills, the unexpectedly beautiful days, the hills that bite back, the snow, bogs, wind, rain, sun, the strange occurrences, they're all here.
Captures the sense of hillwalking and makes me want to get out there.
Captures the sense of hillwalking and makes me want to get out there.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The Weekend Fix
This is a cracking read and well worth purchasing. The author's love for the hills and comradeship with the interesting characters described in the book shines through. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Wildman
An inspiratational and informative guide
The author has clearly racked up a lot of hill days and this book draws on all these experiences to capture the realities of hill walking from perfect sunny days with views and... Read more
Published 10 months ago by JimmyB
Dull and inconsequential
As a keen hillbagger of all kinds I thought I had to read this. Unfortunately it is nothing more than a collection of brief accounts of bagging a random selection of hills. Read more
Published 14 months ago by M. Richardson
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