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The Gathering Tide :A Journey Around the Edgelands of Morecambe Bay

3.98 ( 58 Ratings by Goodreads)
The Gathering Tide

The Gathering Tide :A Journey Around the Edgelands of Morecambe Bay

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3.98 (58 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 7 January, 2016
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"Evocative, muscular." - Kathleen Jamie. Karen Lloyd takes us on a deeply personal journey around the 60 miles of coastline that make up 'nature's amphitheatre'. Embarking on a series of walks that take in beguiling landscapes and ever-changing seascapes, Karen tells the stories of the places, people, wildlife and history of Morecambe Bay. So we meet the Queen's Guide to the Sands, discover forgotten caves and islands that don't exist, and delight in the simple beauty of an oystercatcher winging its way across the ebbing tide. As we walk with Karen, she explores her own memories of the bay, making an unwitting pilgrimage through her own past and present, as well as that of the bay. The result is a singular and moving account of one of Britain's most alluring coastal areas.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781910192191
ISBN10 1910192198
Number Of Pages 208
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Saraband
Format paperback
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"Slides effortlessly from the environment to history, to stories of others, to personal anecdote, 'sewn together into a continuous experience'. It succeeds magnificently. The account of crossing the bay with Cedric is as evocative as Macfarlane's description of crossing the Maplin sands." - Robin Lloyd-Jones

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Author's Bio

Karen Lloyd is a writer of non-fiction and poetry based in Kendal, Cumbria. She has contributed to the Guardian Country Diary and the Royal Geographical Society magazine and is a features writer for BBC Wildlife and Countryfile magazines. The editor of Curlew Calling Anthology, she works at both regional and local levels on the urgent need for curlew restoration. Karen is a member of Kendal's Brewery Poets, gained a distinction in her Creative Writing M.Litt at Stirling University and is a 2019 Read Regional awardee. Both The Gathering Tide and The Blackbird Diaries won Lakeland Awards and were selected as books of the year, in the Observer and the Birdwatcher's Handbook.

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