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As of 2008 half the world's population is living in towns and cities. The natural world is rarely seen, let alone experienced and enjoyed. For many of us the wild has become somewhere we never go.
Call of the Wild wants to help put us back in touch with nature.
Every month from May to November, Penguin is publishing a new book about the wild places that we've forgotten, abandoned or simply ignore. Call of the Wild is your place to get hold of free extracts from each book as well as extra stuff you won't find anywhere else: podcast interviews, original articles and much more.
Come back to nature every month and see what new wild thing we've got for you.
'His descriptions of individual places are rife with enticing phrases and gleaned insights... Reading him, you want to get out, get walking, get looking'
Christopher Somerville takes us on a journey of discovery through Britain and Ireland, spanning their length and breadth as he seeks out 500 of his favourite wild places in fields and green lanes, in forests and mountains and on lonely coasts, in all of nature's moods and every kind of weather.
The Unillustrated Introduction by Christopher Somerville (to see some of the wonderful illustrations that are on almost every page of Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places, look at the sample spreads here).
» Jay Griffiths and Wild
» Roger Deakin's and Wildwood
» Christopher Somerville and Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places
» Robert Preston and The Wild Trees
» Chris Yates and Out of the Blue & Tom Robinson and The Last Pool of Darkness
Guess which wild place isn't real to win a luxury picnic hamper!
To enter, buy a copy of Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places and correctly identify the name of the wild place in question. As a tie break question, we'd also like you to write us a paragraph of no more than 50 words on your favourite wild place in Britain or Ireland (including any hints/tips you might have for visitors) and we'll put a selection of these up on the website.
Please read the terms and conditions below and then send your answers together with your name, age, address and email address to callofthewild@penguin.co.uk.
Terms and Conditions:
1. This prize draw is open to UK residents aged 18 years or over, with the exception of employees of the Promoter, their families, agents and anyone else connected with this promotion.
2. Entries must be received by 30th September 2008 at 5pm. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the Promoter by the relevant closing date for any reason. Proof of posting or sending is not proof of receipt. Entries via agents or third parties are invalid. Entries become the property of the Promoter and are not returned.
3. Only one entry per person. No entrant may win more than one prize.
4. To enter buy a copy of Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places and correctly identify the name of the wild place mentioned in the book which isn't real. Then, write a paragraph of no more than 50 words on your favourite wild place in Britain or Ireland, and any hints/tips you might have for visitors. Before sending your answers along with your personal details, including name, age, address, email address callofthewild@penguin.co.uk
5. All correctly completed entries will be forwarded to the judging panel for consideration. The winner will be the entry that correctly identifies the name of the wild place and then in the opinion of the judges contains the best description of a wild place in Britain.
6. The prize for the winner is a luxury picnic hamper chosen by the promoter with a maximum value of £200.
7. Prizes are subject to availability. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right (a) to substitute alternative prizes of equivalent or greater value and (b) in exceptional circumstances to amend or foreclose the promotion without notice. No correspondence will be entered into.
8. The winner will be notified via email or post by 15th October 2008. The winner must claim their prize within 14 working days of the Promoter sending notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with these rules.
9. By entering this competition each entrant confirms that his/her entry is their wholly-owned creation and to the extent that such entry makes use of any third party materials that these have been fully cleared unless they are no longer protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Entrants will keep the Promoter harmless from any claims in relation to their entry that the entry infringes the personal or proprietary right of any other person. By submitting an entry, each entrant grants to the Promoter a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to edit, publish, translate, modify, adapt, make available and distribute the entry throughout the world in any media now known or hereafter invented from the date at which they submit their entry. Each entrant undertakes to complete any necessary documentation to formalise the licence. If you do not want to grant us these rights, please do not enter this competition.
10. To obtain details of the winner please email callofthewild@penguin.co.uk stating the name of the prize draw in the subject heading 4 weeks after the closing date.
11. The Promoter will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of running the prize draw, unless otherwise stated in the entry details. By entering this prize draw, all entrants consent to the use of their personal data by the Promoter for the purposes of the administration of this prize draw and any other purposes to which the entrant has consented.
12. The winners agree to take part in reasonable post event publicity and to the use of their names and photographs in such publicity.
13. By entering the prize draw each entrant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.
14. The Promoter is Penguin Books Limited, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL.
