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    On Juniper Mountain

    A Journey in the Himalayas


  • On Juniper Mountain

  • No mountains were summitted, but there is real adventure, told against a background of the sublime beauty of the Himalayas and of the gentle people who inhabit the foothills of Nepal. Sir Chris Bonington CBE, one of the world's leading mountaineers, Patron of Juniper Trust, Everest veteran
    Angela travelled from her isolated English valley in the Lake District to Nepal just before the Maoist unrest to research a different book, and found herself on a journey of discovery which would change her life. From a chance meeting with a Tibetan monk in the supermarket before she left, she learnt that the book is not important, but the journey is important. And so she found herself returning to Nepal again and again, becoming immersed in the life of the country, and experiencing a deep spiritual awakening. Her experiences led to the founding of the charity Juniper Trust which supports education and health initiatives in the poorest communities all over the world. Find out more at www.junipertrust.co.uk

  • Author(s): | Angela Locke |

    Angela Locke MA
    Angela Locke's books have been translated across the world, three poetry collections and the film script In the Mind of Man for String Theory Productions. Her new novel Dreams of the Blue Poppy, which is set in Cumbria and the Himalayas was published by Robert Hale in 2007.
    Angela has worked widely in radio and television. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Northumbria, is a columnist for Cumbria Life magazine, and teaches Creative Writing to groups of adults and children. She also leads International Creative Writing Retreats across the UK.
    Angela was one of six finalists, including four Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph journalists, who were nominated for The Queen’s English Award in December 2007 for her article on Foot and Mouth in the national magazine Resurgence.BOOKS PUBLISHED: PROSE

    MR MULLET OWNS A CLOUD: Chatto & Windus 1982.
    Then Cumbria Life Books Paperback 2006
    A Cumbrian story (mainly for children, but allegorical) of a fell farmer faced with modern changes to his traditional way of life. Nominated in Top Ten Best Christmas Books by The Sunday Times and widely reviewed as one of the first books of its kind to use dialect.

    SEARCH DOG: Souvenir Press 1987, Sphere 1989, Talking Books, Large Print, 11 Foreign Language editions, Reader’s Digest Condensed Book 1992, 12 overseas condensed book editions including Australia, Germany and France. (Photographs by author).
    A true story of one of the Lake District top Search Dogs following training and stories of Cumbrian rescues. 4 years research involving “bodying” for 8 hours a day in winter on Cumbrian fells and working with teams on exercises.

    SAM & CO: Souvenir Press 1989
    Sequel to Search Dog showing through real-life accounts how all rescue services interlock during a rescue, and widening subject to include more Lake District and Northern dogs.
    Worked from 1987-1989 with SARDA teams in Lakes and Yorkshire and flew with RAF Sea King from Boulmer. RAF gave me six flying hours in Lakes and we set up an exercise with Penrith team in Haweswater which included another flight for me and a winching up.
    Many foreign translations, Readers Digest editions, Talking Books etc.

    HEARING DOG: (commission with Jenny Harmer)
    Souvenir Press October 1997. Paperback 1999
    The true story of a profoundly deaf woman.

    DREAMS OF THE BLUE POPPY
    Novel partly set in Cumbria and partly in Nepal, about early plant hunters. Robert Hale 2007

    POETRY

    SACRED EARTH – POETRY COLLECTION : Pleiades Press – Published January 2001.
    NORTH FACE – Poetry – PLEIADES PRESS 1989.
    Poetry and photographs by author – Lake District and Borders.

    INTO THE LOTUS: Poems of the Himalaya: joint publication Pleiades Press and Nepal. January 1997

    WALLS AT THE WORLD’S END: Senhouse Roman Army Museum: based on commissioned work for the Writer’s Residency on Hadrian’s Wall. March 2005

    WRITING ON THE WALL: Arts UK October 2006

  • Book Details:
    ISBN:[978-1-84694-301-0]
    Price:£11.99 || $24.95
    Published:28 May 2010
    Pages:187
    Format:Paperback
    Size:51/2x81/2 in || 216/140 mm
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  • Endorsements:

    For every journey there has to be a first step. When, in 1992, Angela Locke travelled to Nepal for the first time, she had never been anywhere in the Developing World. This first journey would be a life-changing experience which would culminate in the founding of the charity Juniper Trust, of which I am the Patron, which now works to provide basic facilities for the poorest and most disadvantaged communities across the world. This is a book about an inner journey, not an adventure in a conventional sense, but a journey of discovery nonetheless. No mountains were summitted, but there is real adventure, told against a background of the sublime beauty of the Himalayas and of the gentle people who inhabit the foothills of Nepal.

    Everyone who goes to Nepal is changed by the experience. This is the story of Angela Locke’s journey and her inevitable transformation. The result was the wonderful work of the Juniper Trust.

    With disarming honesty, Angela Locke has captured the rollercoaster of emotions that is a first visit to Nepal...the fears and fascination; for her the beginning of a journey of enlightenment, and a new mission.


  • Reviews:

    I read this book with interest and something more. Angela Locke helps the reader to enter into her adventure from their armchair, and I felt I now understand so much more about the people of Nepal though there is obviously far more to learn.

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