Camping on the Wye
Camping on the Wye by S. K. Baker is a delightful account of adventures on the River Wye during the late 1880s, published by Adlard Coles Nautical, Bloomsbury on June 1, 2017. This edition features 160 pages and is presented in English. The narrative unfolds through the eyes of Baker and his university friends as they engage in sailing and camping, capturing their experiences in both words and watercolors.
Readers will find a charming blend of humor and nostalgia as Baker recounts their escapades, including evenings spent in pubs, encounters with girls, and various mishaps, all while appreciating the surrounding landscape and their boats. The book also includes an introduction by Michael Goffe, adding a personal touch to this literary collection of letters and diaries. With themes of sports and recreation, particularly in water sports and camping, this facsimile edition offers a unique glimpse into 19th-century leisure activities.
Official synopsis Publisher
During their university holidays in the late 1880s, S.K. Baker and three of his University College friends clad in stripy blazers and boaters spent time sailing and camping on the River Wye. Baker, a keen artist and diarist, recorded their travels in watercolour in two small leather bound books.The result is an entirely charming, funny account along the lines of the legendary Three Men in a Boat with which the notebooks are entirely contemporaneous although the protagonists are younger and possibly naughtier. Baker records their evenings in the pub, their encounters with girls, (both ashore and afloat), nude swimming and culinary disasters, while recording lovingly the landscape and the boats on which they sailed.The notebook is published as a facsimile with an introduction by Michael Goffe, the son of one of Baker’s fellow students (GG in the text), to whom it was gifted.
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