Rural Rides
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From London to Gloucester
40:27 -
From Gloucester to Kensington
45:43 -
Kentish Journal
14:11 -
Norfolk and Suffolk Journal
22:46 -
Sussex Journal: To Battle
19:41 -
Sussex Journal: Through Croydon
34:23 -
Huntingdon Journal
12:37 -
Journal: Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
18:10 -
Rural Ride, from Kensington to Uphusband
53:31 -
Through Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex Part 1
46:40 -
Through Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex Part 2
52:58 -
Rural Ride from Kensington to Worth; from the London Wen
58:27 -
Rural Ride through the South East of Hampshire &c. Part 1
44:19 -
Rural Ride through the South East of Hampshire &c. Part 2
30:49 -
Rural Ride to Dover
52:28 -
Rural Ride from Dover, to the Wen
59:43 -
Rural Rides, from Kensington, across Surrey; from Chilworth, to Winchester
57:19 -
Rural Ride from Winchester to Burghclere
47:35 -
Rural Ride from Burghclere to Petersfield
23:02 -
Rural Ride from Petersfield to Kensington Part 1
39:32 -
Rural Ride from Petersfield to Kensington Part 2
43:14 -
Rural Ride Down the Valley of the Avon in Wiltshire
55:45 -
Ride from Salisbury, to Highworth
51:36 -
Ride from Highworth to Cricklade and then to Malmsbury
44:19 -
Ride, from Malmsbury, in Wiltshire, through Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire
45:59 -
Ride from Ryall in Worcestershire to Burghclere in Hampshire
54:49 -
Ride, from Burghclere to Lyndhurst, in the New Forest
58:05 -
Ride, from Lyndhurst (New Forest) to Beaulieu Abbey; &c
32:44 -
Ride: from Weston, near Southampton, to Kensington
58:24 -
Rural Ride: to Tring, in Hertfordshire; Northern Tour
31:19 -
Eastern Tour Part 1
48:25 -
Eastern Tour Part 2
45:00 -
Midland Tour
36:34 -
Tour in the West; Progress in the North
52:36
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A foggy road from London to Newbury leads William Cobbett from observations of weather to complaints about the state of farming. His dated journals follow routes through English villages, fields and estates, bringing together travel writing and arguments about public policy. Turnip crops, garden ornaments and the difficulties of selling farm stock all become occasions for judging how rural life is organised.
Published in 1830, the collection places landscape beside the hardships of working people. A labourer at Binley tells Cobbett that he has gone without meat since harvest, despite the sheep around him. Elsewhere, rain changes the planned route, and the account turns to a seasonal brook fed by the chalk hills. Readers interested in rural history can find details of watercourses and cultivation alongside an observer's forceful criticism of taxes, debt and the distribution of wealth.
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