Walking Home by Clare Balding - ISBN: 9780241959770
Paperback
Family, Britain, and blisters: A charming, life-changing walk home.

Walking Home

Great British Adventures . . . and Other Rambles

$37.74

  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    24 June 2015

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Summary

Discovering Britain, surviving her family - a brilliantly charming memoir from Clare Balding

In Clare Balding’s family, walking just took too long - she galloped through the countryside and she galloped through life.

Then, starting out in her broadcasting career, she was asked to present a series discovering the glories of Britain and Ireland. Clare caught the walking bug.

Now she wants her family to share some of that pleasure. She and her brother Andrew are determine…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241959770
ISBN-10:0241959772
Author:Clare Balding
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:24 June 2015
Weight:228g
Dimensions:196mm x 131mm x 22mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Brilliant, magical, unmissable

Brilliant, magical, unmissable * Daily Mail *
Who needs politicians agonising about national and regional identities? Clare Balding has effortlessly encapsulated all we love best about Britain * Telegraph *
Clare Balding would be the ideal surrogate sister or auntie. The joy of this book is Balding’s sheer rapture for life, movement and never shutting up about it * The Times *
Balding has won over the literary world with her two volumes of autobiography * Evening Standard *
Even the most reluctant of walkers will be tempted to don wellies after reading Clare’s wonderful descriptions… effortless charm * Express *

About The Author

Clare Balding

Clare Balding’s first book, My Animals and Other Family, was a runaway number one bestseller and won Autobiography of the Year at the 2012 Specsavers National Book Awards. Clare was lead presenter for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which she won a BAFTA Special Award. She has presented horse racing on television and radio for 20 years, winning RTS Sports Presenter of the Year and Racing Broadcaster of the Year (twice).

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