Christopher Somerville

The January Man is the story of a year of walks that was inspired by a song, Dave Goulder?s ?The January Man?. Month by month, season by season and region by region, Christopher Somerville walks the British Isles, following routes that continually bring his father to mind. As he travels the country - from the winter floodlands of the River Severn to the lambing pastures of Nidderdale, the towering seabird cliffs on the Shetland Isle of Foula in June...

A tour of the coastline of the British Isles revealing how natural wonders and historic events have shaped the lives of coastal communities, highlighting the relationship between Britain's coast people's lives.

Christopher Somerville embarks on a colossal tour of Britain, spanning the length and breadth of the country in a quest to track down its extreme, wondrous and unadorned places.