The Right to Roam contingent claims that we only have the opportunity to walk, camp or enjoy 8 per cent of the land in this country. But Patrick Galbraith says that just isn't the case. What's more, he claims, access to nature isn't the issue for this current generation. Instead we should be lobbying for better engagement with nature.

We have become so separated and disenfranchised from the natural world, that we are no longer aware of how to behave within it, and we have less understanding of what it means to work and live on the land.

In this book, Galbraith introduces us to a wide-ranging, disparate group of people with differing relationships to nature and the countryside. He meets poachers, travellers, naturists, farmers, landowners and politicians. And he presents beautifully, delicately drawn descriptions of the quirks and foibles of these individuals as well as their opinions.

This is a very readable, very enjoyable book, with some challenging arguments. He urges us to acknowledge that life isn't black and white, and we need to address and appreciate the nuances, otherwise we'll lose the point entirely.