Book description
If the mere whisper of a relaxing weekend in the country has your
offspring moaning and groaning, refusing to leave the warm glow of the
TV, then this is the book to quell the quarrels. Containing irreverent
(and eminently useful) tips on the outdoors lifestyle, and how to
teach your children to enjoy it, the Pedlars' Guide to the Great
Outdoors is the perfect handbook for reinvigorating your inner spirit
- no matter your age.
From the perfect country walk (take pork pies and a hip flask of red
wine); outdoorsy family games (be anarchic, but be careful when your
wife is wielding a croquet mallet); dealing with ticks (it's all about
vodka) - and tips for dazzling barbecues (scallops, venison and
mud-baked potatoes).
Moving from the city and launching themselves into country life, the
Gladstones learnt everything they know through a great love for the
outdoors. And if the Gladstones don't know it first hand, they know
someone who does. The guidebook is studded with chatty, first-person
interviews on topics as varied as wild camping, bee-keeping and
trout-tickling (all stories told with a bit of an edge).
It's the Great Outdoors - but a bit rock 'n' roll.
Charlie and Caroline Gladstone run Pedlars, an award-winning
company specialising in good, old-fashioned and solidly designed
furniture, accessories and outdoor equipment.
For the past twenty years, Charlie and Caroline have lived among the
wild, unkempt countryside of Kincardineshire in Scotland with their
six children, six dogs, some horses and some very ancient chickens.
With a long family history of outdoors expertise, anecdotes and
unbridled passion, they are ideally placed to write this inspiring and
irresistible guide to life beyond four walls.
