“The whole landscape here is a complex web of relationships between farms, flocks and families. My old man can hardly spell common words, but has an encyclopaedic knowledge of landscape. I think it makes a mockery of conventional ideas about who is and isn't 'intelligent'. Some of the smartest people I have ever known are semi-literate.” NatureClassIntelligenceClassismNature WritingEducationational Book:The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District Source: The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District