Of Thorn & Briar : A Year with the West Country Hedgelayer by Lamb, Paul

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Author: Lamb, Paul

South West England

Published on 3 April 2025 by Simon & Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 304 pages
129 x 197 x 37 | 268g

‘Gentle and timeless, Paul is the authentic voice of the countryside. This is the story of a man at one with the land.” ‘ LaraMaiklem, author of Mudlarking Paul Lamb is a hedgelayer. From the end of summer until the birds nest in the spring, he maintains the ancient boundaries of the British countryside. He lives in his wagon, as many itinerant farm workers used to, and travels the south-west corner of England, restoring an important but often forgotten part of our country.

Hedgerows are a living structure, woven into the fabric of rural life, a vital aspect of man”s partnership with nature. As traditional management techniques are lost to modernisation, hedges have declined dramatically. Paul works alone and by hand to rejuvenate these line