The Shining Levels: The Story of a Man Who Went Back to Nature is an autobiographical book by John Wyatt.
[1][2] In the book, Wyatt recounts his life as a forester on Cartmel Fell in the Southern Lake District in the early-1960s.
After working as a copy boy for the Daily Telegraph in Manchester he applies for the post of forest worker in the lakes and finds himself living a very simple life having to build his own stove, etc.
The title Shining Levels describes moments of great beauty that he came across unexpectedly in his everyday life.
[3] He died in 2006 and is buried in a Lake district wood with a yew tree planted on his grave.