Wild Harvest

Hope Bourne is probably the best-known chronicler of Exmoor in recent times. Through her many books and television appearances, she established herself as a champion of the Moor – its people, its customs, its language and its wildlife – expressed in a language both poetic and direct. There are few other writers who encapsulated so memorably the virtues of rural life. First published in 1978, ‘Wild Harvest’ was described by the author as ‘The distillation of many years’ pracical experience of living comfortably and happily on an incredibly small cash income,’ tucked in a ‘corner of one of the last remaining patches of wilderness country in this south west region of Britain. I love the wilderness. I love its space, its defiant freedom, its proud unconquered spirit, its wild and primal beauty, its challenge to the human soul.’