{"product_id":"9780008733469","title":"Wild Peaks : A Journey on Foot Through England’s First National Park","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Chesshyre, Tom\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDerbyshire \u0026amp; Peak District\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 March 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperNorth) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 320 pages, 20 col plates (8pp)\u003cbr\u003e240 x 159 | 560g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA journey through Britain’s first National Park on its 75th anniversary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  On a spring day in 1932, 400 disgruntled ramblers embarked on a 'mass trespass' of Kinder Scout, a plateau in the Peak District in northern England. Their aim? To establish a right to roam across the rugged landscape, against the wishes of wealthy landowners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The hikers were seeking respite from the smoky industrial centres of Manchester and Sheffield – and eventually they got what they wanted. In 1951, the Peak District was established as Britain’s first national park. Home to striking dragon-back ridges of rock, vast expanses of peat, farms and villages, cloughs and caverns, the Peak is much more than the 'howling wilderness' described by Daniel Defoe three centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With the 75th anniversary of the park’s creation looming, how has this dramatic landscape fared since? Celebrated travel writer Tom Chesshyre hit the trails on a 363-mile ramble to find out – and to celebrate this symbolic home of hiking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Wild Peaks follows winding paths, pausing at old inns and mountain huts, and along the way meeting a rich cast of landowners, farmers, historians, mountaineers, publicans, rangers, right-to-roamers, homeless travellers, mountain rescue members, mystics, dreamers and fellow hikers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Don your cagoule, grab a compass, and join Tom as he explores how the land has changed, and how we have too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darling Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56557864026436,"sku":"9780008733469","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/1265\/8244\/files\/9780008733469.jpg?v=1774369100","url":"https:\/\/darlingreadsbooks.com\/products\/9780008733469","provider":"Darling Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}