The Pennines: Backbone of England

Photographer Helen Shaw takes you on a fascinating journey celebrating the Pennines, that magnificent range of hills and moors which make up the backbone of England. The book covers the length of the Pennines, from south to north. It will enhance anyone's pleasure in this sometimes over-looked area by recommending the best viewpoints, walks or longer hikes, beautiful villages, bleak and dramatic hill-tops, caves, astonishing features, tourist attractions and lonely crags, breathtaking waterfalls and countless rivers which run to the west and east of the Pennines watershed. This book will make anyone who lives in or near the Pennines proud of this English range which has so affected the landscape and lives of its residents. And it will entice many tourists to explore this area further. This book will make anyone who lives in or near the Pennines proud of this English range which has so affected the landscape and lives of its residents. And it will entice many tourists to explore this area further. AUTHOR: Photographer and writer Helen Shaw lives and works in the beautiful countryside north of Slaidburn in Lancashire.She's the author of two books, The Forest of Bowland and Land's End to John O'Groats, both of which are illustrated with Helen's stunning photographs. Helen was a semi-finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and the Queen chose one of her local landscapes as her 80th birthday present. A keen walker and outdoor enthusiast, Helen, spent many days and weeks walking the Pennines in all seasons and weathers to produce the images in this book.