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Fellrunner
A wartime thriller about a Lakeland fell runner who decides to run home across Nazi-occupied Europe, though no one knows of about the sinister mystery hiding in the Lakeland Peaks, or the secret torment eating at the runner's soul. From the author of THE CHURCHILL DIAMONDS, EAST OF EVEREST, BLOOD RIVER and PRIME FORCE.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1996
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Bob Langley
44 books1 followerBob Langley is a British television presenter, now retired, best known for being a presenter of the BBC1 afternoon chat show Pebble Mill At One. Langley also presented its late night version Saturday Night at The Mill. Langley is also a novelist.
Prior to his broadcasting career, Bob had a job in a Newcastle insurance office, then joined the RAF; then travelled through America.He began his broadcast career in the early days of Tyne Tees television on the nightly news programme. "The early days could be a bit catastrophic, a real string and sealing wax job," he said. "There weren't too many of us who really knew what we were doing. We didn't even have an autocue, and when we had it was like a giant toilet roll, but we had an awful lot of fun."
From 1970 he was a reporter on Nationwide. It was as a result of his and fellow presenter Donny MacLeod's success on the show that they were reassigned to launch Pebble Mill in 1972.
As a BBC newscaster and roving correspondent, he wandered all over the globe, visiting some of the world’s most inaccessible corners and using the locations as backgrounds for his adventure novels. In 1981 he travel to Argentina, the Falkland Islands and Antarctica and brought back the first intimation of the gathering political storm in the South Atlantic. When Argentina invaded Port Stanley, his series “Langley South” was sold by the BBC to 21 different countries. He has crossed the Sahara by Land Rover, ridden with the gauchos on the Argentine Pampas, explored the Antarctic with Falklands Governor Sir Rex Hunt, crossed the Himalayas and climbed mountains all over the world.
Langley has written several novels, including The War of the Running Fox (1978), Falklands Gambit (1984)and The Churchill Diamonds(1986).
Prior to his broadcasting career, Bob had a job in a Newcastle insurance office, then joined the RAF; then travelled through America.He began his broadcast career in the early days of Tyne Tees television on the nightly news programme. "The early days could be a bit catastrophic, a real string and sealing wax job," he said. "There weren't too many of us who really knew what we were doing. We didn't even have an autocue, and when we had it was like a giant toilet roll, but we had an awful lot of fun."
From 1970 he was a reporter on Nationwide. It was as a result of his and fellow presenter Donny MacLeod's success on the show that they were reassigned to launch Pebble Mill in 1972.
As a BBC newscaster and roving correspondent, he wandered all over the globe, visiting some of the world’s most inaccessible corners and using the locations as backgrounds for his adventure novels. In 1981 he travel to Argentina, the Falkland Islands and Antarctica and brought back the first intimation of the gathering political storm in the South Atlantic. When Argentina invaded Port Stanley, his series “Langley South” was sold by the BBC to 21 different countries. He has crossed the Sahara by Land Rover, ridden with the gauchos on the Argentine Pampas, explored the Antarctic with Falklands Governor Sir Rex Hunt, crossed the Himalayas and climbed mountains all over the world.
Langley has written several novels, including The War of the Running Fox (1978), Falklands Gambit (1984)and The Churchill Diamonds(1986).
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June 13, 2013
Came across this book in the shop at Muncaster, with a few local interest books, so thought I'd try it.
The story tells how a Lake District fell runner sets off to cross occupied Europe back to Buttermere. It becomes a challenge to the German army to catch him, as he is helped along the way. Stars are generally for the writing and for the whole concept.
The story tells how a Lake District fell runner sets off to cross occupied Europe back to Buttermere. It becomes a challenge to the German army to catch him, as he is helped along the way. Stars are generally for the writing and for the whole concept.
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