David Yeadon

The Back of Beyond: Travels to the Wild Places of the Earth (1991)

An account of some of the most unusual places that David Yeadon traveled to - 13 countries, some are generally considered common destinations, although the villages are out of the way places tourists do not usually visit. One of the better places was a village in the Canary Islands, where David ...

Seasons on Harris: A Year in Scotland's Outer Hebrides (2006)

Seasons in Basilicata: A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village (2005)

My Grandfather is from Basilicata which I recently visited...but not the Basilicata Yeadon describes. I had always pictured the place where Tomaso Marchese was born (Bella near Potenza) as a goat track and a few stone buildings, but Bella was a lovely hill town in the midst of verdant farmland, ...