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A survey of great interest to naturalists and to the thousands of ramblers who visit the Peak District. Lying as it does at the heart of industrial England, this area of intimate wooded dales, steep-sided gorges and windswept boggy moorland, is perhaps the most welcome of all Britain's National Parks; certainly, it is the most accessible, for within 75 miles of its border lives nearly half the population of England, and the rich variety of its scenery attracts tens of thousands of visitors yearly. This book is the general introduction to the region for naturalists. It presents a concise account of the Peak District's geological structure and history from ancient upheavals to the effects of erosion today - of its woods and wild flowers, its mosses and fungi, birds and fishes, roads and villages and farms, its weather and its rural economy. All this is obviously too much for one man to cover expertly, and the author, though he probably knows the geography of the Peak as thoroughly as anyone alive, has drawn freely on the help of his friends and colleagues at Nottingham University. These include notably Professor H. H. Swinnerton, the author of the successful volume on Fossils in this series, and Mr. R. H. Hall, who have provided the geological and botanical chapters respectively. To the many thousands of ramblers who visit the Peak District at weekends, summer and winter alike, here is a book by one who has trodden all the paths before them and is able to discover for them interests hitherto unsuspected to enhance their enjoyment. At the same time it is a survey of great interest to naturalists everywhere.… (meer)
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
By the side of religion, by the side of science, by the side of poetry and art stands natural beauty . . . the common inspirer and nourisher of them all. G. M. TREVELYAN, O.M.
Chapter 1. Introductory : The first national park.
The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds the shape themselves and go. ALFRED TENNYSON: In Memoriam
Chapter 2. The rocks and their history.
[And each of the fifteen chapters].
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The situation of the Peak District in the heart of England as an island of varied hill land, often of spectacular scenic charm, almost surrounded by industrial lowland in whose cities and towns, often gloomy and grimy, live a quarter of Britain's population, made it a natural choice for the first of our National Parks.
Editor's preface.
So many books have been written about Derbyshire and the Peak District that there would seem little excuse for adding to them.
Author's preface.
National parks are tracts of country of outstandingly attractive scenery which are specially protected against adverse change and reserved for public enjoyment.
Chapter 1. Introductory : The first national park.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
All the more important, therefore, is the location of the Peak District in the midst of the greatest concentration of industrial centres in the country and all the more valuable the legacy of its landscape, which ranges from the deeply-cut dales with their sparkling streams to the frowning heights of Kinderscout.
A survey of great interest to naturalists and to the thousands of ramblers who visit the Peak District. Lying as it does at the heart of industrial England, this area of intimate wooded dales, steep-sided gorges and windswept boggy moorland, is perhaps the most welcome of all Britain's National Parks; certainly, it is the most accessible, for within 75 miles of its border lives nearly half the population of England, and the rich variety of its scenery attracts tens of thousands of visitors yearly. This book is the general introduction to the region for naturalists. It presents a concise account of the Peak District's geological structure and history from ancient upheavals to the effects of erosion today - of its woods and wild flowers, its mosses and fungi, birds and fishes, roads and villages and farms, its weather and its rural economy. All this is obviously too much for one man to cover expertly, and the author, though he probably knows the geography of the Peak as thoroughly as anyone alive, has drawn freely on the help of his friends and colleagues at Nottingham University. These include notably Professor H. H. Swinnerton, the author of the successful volume on Fossils in this series, and Mr. R. H. Hall, who have provided the geological and botanical chapters respectively. To the many thousands of ramblers who visit the Peak District at weekends, summer and winter alike, here is a book by one who has trodden all the paths before them and is able to discover for them interests hitherto unsuspected to enhance their enjoyment. At the same time it is a survey of great interest to naturalists everywhere.
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