368 square miles of remote moorland, ancient woodlands, deep valleys, boot-sucking bogs.and uncompromising granite. Welcome to Dartmoor - one of Britain's most mysterious and untamed landscapes. Mark Newman was by no means an expert when it came to outdoor pursuits - but he considered himself a competent camper and hiker. That was until he set out on a two-week, solo trek across Dartmoor for his first taste of wild camping, carrying a bulging 85-litre backpack - and fire in his equally-bulging belly. Follow Mark in this entertaining and intimate account of his journey, featuring original photography, through the highs and lows as he discovers this wondrous slice of England. Throughout his trek he endures all weathers - from scalp-scorching sunshine and shrouding fog, to torrential rain and thunder, experiencing all manner of thrills from lakeside stargazing to late-night ghost hunting. Along the way Mark shares his musings on such topics as unusual dieting methods, the impending technology apocalypse and how NOT to butcher a pig's head.

When he's not distracting himself with such thoughts, he battles parasitic bugs, sunburn, navigational blunders and extreme animal encounters, as he immerses himself into this seductive landscape to ultimately triumph in his solitude on Dartmoor. Well, sort of.