{"id":2052,"date":"2025-02-19T11:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T11:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/?page_id=2052"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T11:10:45","slug":"i-dont-do-mountains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/?page_id=2052","title":{"rendered":"I Don’t Do Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adventures are good things for people in books.\u00a0But I am not a person in a book. I am Kenzie. I like to READ about adventures, not actually have them.A hillwalking expedition? With a group of strangers AND Sorley Mackay, the most annoying boy in the universe?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Don’t Do Mountains<\/a><\/em> is published by Scottish Mountaineering Press. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The stunning cover is by artist Torrey Holt di Meo. She also created the gorgeous interior illustrations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Bookworm Kenzie can\u2019t believe her bad luck when her teacher announces plans for a three-day hillwalking expedition into the Cairngorms. She tries everything to get out of the trip, but soon the group heads to the hills with mountain leader Bairdy and set up camp for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bairdy\u2019s stories of ancient magic fill Kenzie\u2019s mind, but in the cold light of morning, they discover that the mountain leader has vanished, his tent left untouched. They are alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Don\u2019t Do Mountains<\/em> is an adventure story first and foremost, but in Barbara\u2019s vivid first-person narrative, readers can travel to the windy peaks of Scotland\u2019s wilderness, and survive, even thrive, like Kenzie and her friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise for I Don\u2019t Do Mountains<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Henderson\u2019s eco-adventure kept me turning the pages faster and faster. Just when I thought the stakes couldn\u2019t get any higher, they did! A brilliant story with all the right ingredients; believable but flawed characters, left to fend alone on a wild mountain, wildlife criminals that will stop at nothing, and of course, a loyal dog to help them. After reading <\/em>I Don\u2019t Do Mountains you\u2019ll find yourself stomping up the nearest hill, looking for adventure too.\u2019<\/em> Gill Lewis, Author<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adventures are good things for people in books.\u00a0But I am not a person in a book. I am Kenzie. I like to READ about adventures, not actually have them.A hillwalking expedition? With a group of strangers AND Sorley Mackay, the most annoying boy in the universe? I Don’t Do Mountains is published by Scottish Mountaineering … Continue reading I Don’t Do Mountains<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2052","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2053,"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2052\/revisions\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barbarahenderson.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}