Local, Alastair Humphreys

Local, Alastair HumphreysNew Paperback After years of expeditions all over the world, adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year exploring the detailed local map around his home. Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow of city lights and the hum of busy roads, hold any surprises for the world traveller or satisfy his wanderlust? Could a single map provide a lifetime of exploration? Discovering more about the natural world than in all his years in remote

but an overall failure in command and control and a lack of suitable ammunition

Some are affectionate

The family dreamed of developing the shop into one that would become the centre of village life

Most walks are circular

With stunning imagery and lyrical prose

And we do need to move on

followed by a year at Staff College where he became Personal Staff Officer to the Air Marshall tasked with procuring new air systems for the services

alongside scientific research and data

the son of the US Ambassador to London

For fans of Kaleb's unique perspective and amusing hot takes

in the garden each year

risking our food security