Try free for 30 days
-
Walking the Great North Line
- From Stonehenge to Lindisfarne to Discover the Mysteries of Our Ancient Past
- Narrated by: Robert Twigger
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $26.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Publisher's Summary
Robert Twigger, poet and travel author, was in search of a new way up England when he stumbled across the Great North Line. From Christchurch on the South Coast to Old Sarum to Stonehenge, to Avebury, to Notgrove barrow, to Meon Hill in the midlands, to Thor's Cave, to Arbor Low stone circle, to Mam Tor, to Ilkley in Yorkshire and its three stone circles and the Swastika Stone, to several forts and camps in Northumberland to Lindisfarne (plus about 30 more sites en route). A single dead-straight line following one degree, 50 west up Britain. No other north-south straight line goes through so many ancient sites of such significance.
Was it just a suggestive coincidence, or were they built intentionally? Twigger walks the line, which takes him through Birmingham, Halifax and Consett as well as Salisbury Plain, the Peak district and the Yorkshire moors. With a planning schedule that focused more on reading about shamanism and beat poetry than hardening his feet up, he sets off ever hopeful. He wild-camps along the way, living like a homeless bum, with a heart that starts stifled but ends up soaring with the beauty of life. He sleeps in a prehistoric cave, falls into a river, crosses a 'suicide viaduct' and gets told off by a farmer's wife for trespassing; but in this simple life, he finds woven gold. He walks with others and he walks alone, ever alert to the incongruities of the edgelands he is journeying through.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
What listeners say about Walking the Great North Line
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- alison irving
- 30-06-2023
Loved it
I listened to this on my dog walks and loved it. The right blend of walking scenery, observant comments and thought-provoking ideas.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!