Silt Road - The Story of a Lost River

At the foot of a chalk hill a stream rises in a silent copse, and is soon lost under the car parks and streets of the town its waters once gave life to. Captivated by the fate of this forgotten stream Charles Rangeley-Wilson sets out one winter's day to uncover its story. Distilled into the timeless passage of the river's flow, buried under the pavements that cover meadow, marsh and hill he finds dreamers and visionaries, a chronicle of paradises lost or never found, men who shaped the land and its history.

About the author

Charles Rangeley-Wilson is an award-winning writer. He is a passionate conservationist, founder of the Wild Trout Trust and the Norfolk Rivers Trust and advisor to WWF on English chalk streams. He is the author of two books of travel and fishing writing, Somewhere Else and The Accidental Angler, which was also televised by the BBC, and Silt Road: The Story of a Lost River. His other work for the BBC includes the critically acclaimed film Fish! A Japanese Obsession. He lives in Norfolk with his wife and two children.

Summary

At the foot of a chalk hill a stream rises in a silent copse, and is soon lost under the car parks and streets of the town its waters once gave life to.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Rangeley Wilson, Charles Rangeley-Wilson, Rangeley-Wilson Charles
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.04.2014
• EAN: 9780099554660
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955466-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, NATURE / Regional, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Wilderness, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Nature and the natural world: general interest