Walking Home: A Poet's Journey | 
pickFunny, poetic, and geographic: completely enjoyable in every way. I didn‘t come remotely close to #24b4Monday, but we‘re halfway through our month with my 95-year-old father-in-law here, and that‘s a journey in and of itself. I highly recommend Walking Home, and tomorrow is a new day with new challenges!
Still working on Walking, but I‘m about halfway through; it‘s a wonderful book, and FUNNY. Two of my book weaknesses are books about walking and books set in bookstores.
And I‘m in for #24b4Monday! We‘ll see how far I get this time. Once I‘m done with Walking I‘ll start on one of my chunksters for the #bigbooksummerchallenge.
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Reading outside on the deck with Sir Murray, the Old English. The oaks finally leafed out last week. Getting lush and green in southern Michigan.
My #NutsInMay recap: not great, (two books), but I had fun. I love readathons. Been a bit stressful here, and I had work this week (I have my own little business composing books and journals), but Litsy is so soothing and enjoyable; it really helps. Looking forward to the next readathon! @Andrew65
Making good progress on Book No. 2 for my #NutsinMay readathon. Even better: really good read!
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#TakeTheLongWayHome #AnglophileApril
I've not done the Pennine Way but I've walked from Oldham to Simon Armitage's hometown, Marsden. It's really nice. I wish people would stop being pricks and setting fire to Marsden Moor.
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#walkonthewildside #marchintothe70s
Don‘t read a lot of NF but loved these 👍🏻 He‘s funny and open and very self-deprecating, great reads. Also fascinating facts along the way to go with the countryside.
#BloweNorthernWinde #WinterWonderland
Greetings from Oldham, where we have more than our share of northern wind. This was taken in Delph, while walking to Marsden, home of Simon Armitage. @TrishB @Cinfhen
Didn't get any reading done yesterday. Walked to Marsden to gloat about Lancashire's win in the cricket and watch sheep stop traffic. That's Yorkshire for you.
pickI saved Walking Home, in which Armitage walks the Pennine Way backwards, to read whilst I was on holiday in the Peak District. Armitage takes on the trail, getting by on the kindness of strangers and donations received for a poetry reading at each stop. His prose is humorous but gently so; he is self-deprecating about his abilities both as a performer and a walker and comes across as likeable and easy going but never frivolous. A v enjoyable read.
#busyearning #aprella
Simon Armitage walked the Pennine Way as a ‘modern troubadour‘, starting without a penny in his pocket, stopping to give poetry readings in village halls, churches, pubs and living rooms.
#Journey #JubilantJuly
Still recovering from my far shorter hike on the Stoodley Pike bit of the Pennine way on Saturday.
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#homebythesea #rockinmay
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Plenty of lovely homes by the sea in here! Simon Armitage's walking books are like a poetic Bill Bryson 😀
pickFinally finished this audiobook tonight. Don't have an MP3 player in the car, so I use my phone with the volume turned up. Simon Armitage is a poet, and this book was about his walking journey along the Pennine Way in the UK. He walked and gave poetry readings each night of the trip. While I thought it was good, I think I would have enjoyed it more if I were better acquainted with the area. The reader was excellent, though.
