"The Peak District is a fine example of a National Park that could be greatly improved by some industrial estates, a couple of dozen multi -storey car parks, and a nuclear power plant."

Barry Pilton's unheroic account of his encounter with Britain's most arduous walk, the Pennine Way.

Read by David Roper.

Producer: Thomas Sutcliffe

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984.

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