Paws for History
Helen Peacocke
On each of these 35 walks there is something historical to see. It might be a civil war battlefield, a historic church, or perhaps a connection with a well-known figure like Samuel Pepys, George Orwell or King Alfred.
And each walk starts from a pub specially chosen by chef and food writer Helen Peacocke for the excellence of its beer and food and the welcome it offers her dog.
Helen writes extensively for the Oxford Times. She is an award-winning beer writer who has visited almost every pub in Oxfordshire and many beyond: all the pubs and walks in this book are in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds.
Her border collie, Pythius-Peacocke, accompanies her on each outing and gives his personal views of the pubs and walks from a uniquely canine perspective. He is the only dog to be a paid-up member of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.
£9.99 paperback 164 pages (including many photographs by the author and cartoons by Sue Mynall)
978-1-902279-41-1 Published June 2010
Click here for Helen's blog with more walks and photos that will be going in her next book!
