The Restless Coast: A Journey Around the Edge of Britain book launch at LSC
Published 19:19 on 1 May 2025
The Friends of Langstone Harbour invite you to an evening celebrating the launch of Roger Morgan Grenville's latest book
The Restless Coast: A Journey Around the Edge of Britain
The Island of Britain has over 10,000 miles of coastline, steeped in history that is constantly shifting, changing, adapting and providing.
The Restless Coast is a moving and beautiful account of a journey around it, during which the author travels its length, to its challenges and opportunities and to talk to the people trying to protect it. Roger will present the difficulties facing our modern coastline and the champions who are working hard to improve things.
It features a chapter on Langstone Harbour and its ongoing environmental impediments and natural denigration. Two of our members feature prominently in this chapter.
Those of you who attended our AGM in 2023 will remember him as an inspiring speaker. He has a fascinating background. As an ex-soldier, he led the first expedition to retrace Shackleton's trek across South Georgia. He co-founded the Help for Heroes charity as well as the Curlew Action Group. Roger Morgan-Grenville is now a full-time writer and campaigner on nature and nature restoration. In 2023/24, he walked 2,000 miles of the British shoreline in 12 sections in search of the challenges and chances of the modern coast, and to talk to the people who are trying to protect and improve it.
The Restless Coast, a book that is at once angry and hopeful, informative and funny, Roger tells of the life-changing journey that he undertook and the lessons learnt. Above all, he makes a plea for the coast to be valued and appreciated as much as it was 100 years ago.
It is much hoped that you can attend this meeting to be held on the 12th June 2025 @ the Langstone Sailing Club, Langstone Road, Langstone. PO9 1RD. Free admission.
More information from www.friendsoflangstoneharbour.org or event organiser Kevin Edwards 07836 263984.
