Clear Waters Rising

Nicholas Crane


Unlike 'Larry's Party,' Jean had no expectations of 'Clear Waters Rising' and found it a very enjoyable read. The book tells the true story of Nicholas Crane's walk across the mountains of Europe. Jean said that he came across as a very endearing and eccentric man. She said that she particularly liked the scene in the book when Crane meets a bear.
Jean 20/9/98

Caroline really enjoyed this book. It took her a long time to read it but she felt that this was in the spirit of such a travel book, which describes an epic journey following the mountains from North West Spain right through to Istanbul. Because the author sticks to the uplands, although the country that he is in changes the mountain people that he meets remain quite similar, as do the millions of sheep that he encounters. The author is in the great tradition of ill equipped and funded English amateur adventurers. Recommended.
Caroline 21/3/99


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