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Book SynopsisGuidebook to walking and trekking in the Maritime Alps on the border of Italy and France, just north of Nice. It includes 18 graded day walks, on both the French and the Italian sides, ranging from 6km to 20km in length and suitable for a range of abilities. There are also 6 longer treks, including a 5-day traverse of the Parc National du Mercantour and a 7-day traverse of the Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime. Detailed route descriptions sit alongside colour maps, and there is full information about accommodation options down in the valleys and up in the mountains. Useful French-English and Italian-English glossaries of walking terminology are included, too. Rising to over 3000m above the sun-drenched French Riviera, the Maritime Alps form the western edge of the mighty Alpine chain. Wildflower lovers will also appreciate the remarkable range of flowers, including many unique to the area. Worlds away from the hustle and bustle and crowds of the coast this is a marvellous area for novice walkers and seasoned long-distance trekkers alike.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Maritime Alps Walking Rock engravings Plantlife Wildlife Exploring the Maritime Alps Information Access When to go Accommodation Dos and don'ts What to take Maps Emergencies Using this guide The walks 1 Fontanalba Rock Engravings Circuit 2 Mont B#xe9;go Loop 3 Vall#xe9;e de la Roya to Vall#xe9;e de V#xe9;subie Trek 4 Upper Vall#xe9;e de la Gordolasque 5 Lacs de Prals Circuit 6 Ancient Passes above Madone de Fenestre 7 Vallon du Haut Bor#xe9;on Circuit 8 Lacs Bessons 9 Around the Argentera 10 Lac des Adus Loop 11 The Great Lakes Tour 12 The Alpi Marittime Trek 13 The Valasco Tour 14 The Fremamorta Loop 15 Rifugio Bozano 16 Rifugio Remondino and Lago di Nasta 17 Vallone di Lourousa 18 Traversing Colle di Fenestrelle 19 Rifugio Pagari Loop 20 Vallon del Vei del Bouc 21 Gorge della Reina 22 Vallone degli Alberghi 23 Costa di Planard 24 The Border Forts Appendix 1 French-English and Italian-English glossaries Appendix 2 Walk summary table

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Book SynopsisA guidebook to over 100 walking routes in the Cairngorms and Lochnagar. Sitting between Speyside and Deeside the Cairngorms National Park provides the backdrop for these low- and high-level walks and scrambles suitable for a range of abilities. Walks range from 2 to 42km (1–26 miles) and have been graded by difficulty, allowing you to select routes suitable for your ability level. 1:50,000 OS maps or 1:100,000 route maps included for each walk Includes 18 Munro summits Multiple summit path options are included for five hills – Macdui, Cairn Gorm, Braeriach, Cairn Toul and Lochnagar Detailed information on facilities and mountain bothies Easy access from Aviemore and Braemar Table of ContentsIntroduction Cairngorms: the highs and the lows Walking conditions When to go Safety in the mountains Maps How to use this book Part 1 Aviemore and the Spey 1 Grantown and Spey 2 Spey at Boat of Garten 3 Craigellachie Birches 4 Geal-charn Mor 5 Around Loch an Eilein 6 Ord Ban 7 Argyll Stone Part 2 Glen More 8 Gleann Einich and the Sgorans 9 Creag a' Chalamain and the Cat Notch 10 Down Cairn Gorm 11 Lochan Uaine 12 Meall a' Bhuachaille 13 Creag Mhor and Bynack More 14 Beinn Mheadhoin Summit Summary: Cairn Gorm 15 Bynack More and the Saddle 16 Strath Nethy and the Saddle 17 Lairig an Lui, Loch Avon, Coire Raibert 18 Lochan na Beinne and Cnap Coire na Spreidhe 19 Coire Cas (descent) 20 Coire an t-Sneachda: Headwall (scramble Grade 1) 21 Coire an t-Sneachda: Pygmy Ridge (scramble Grade 3) 22 Coire an t-Sneachda: Goat Path 23 Fiacaill Ridge of Coire an t-Sneachda (scramble Grade 1) 24 Lurcher's Crag 25 Plateau route from Macdui Shelter Stone Summary 26 Strath Nethy and the Saddle 27 Lairig an Lui, Loch Avon 28 To Coire Cas or Cairn Gorm by Coire Raibert 29 From Coire Cas by Coire Domhain 30 From Linn of Dee by Loch Etchachan 31 To Ben Macdui by Loch Etchachan 32 To Carn Etchachan by Pinnacle Gully (scramble Grade 1) 33 Forefinger Pinnacle (scramble Grade 3) 34 To Ben Macdui by Avon Slabs (scramble Grade 1 or 2) Summit Summary: Ben Macdui 35 From Lairig Ghru by Tailor Burn 36 From Derry Lodge by Carn a' Mhaim 37 Sron Riach 38 Via Derry Cairngorm 39 Coire Etchachan 40 From Coire Cas 41 Plateau route from Cairn Gorm Part 3 Badenoch 42 Badenoch Way 43 Insh to Aviemore 44 Druid Circle at Dalraddy 45 Take an Insh 46 Carn Dearg Mor 47 Mullach Clach a' Bhlair by Coire Garbhlach 48 Badan Mosach waterfall 49 Summer Road to Ruthven 50 Glen Tromie: Croidh-la 51 Creag Bheag Summit Summary: Braeriach 52 From Glenmore by Chalamain Gap and Sron na Lairige 53 From Rothiemurchus by Sron na Lairige 54 Gleann Einich and Coire Ruadh 55 Gleann Einich and Coire Dhondail 56 Coire Dhondail scramble (scramble Grade 1) 57 South Ridge of Coire Bhrochain 58 Ridge route from Cairn Toul Summit Summary: Cairn Toul 59 Coire Odhar 60 Great Moss 61 East Ridge (scramble Grade 1) 62 Northeast Ridge of Angel's Peak (scramble Grade 1) 63 Corrie of the Chokestone Gully 64 Ridge route from Braeriach Part 4 Glenlivet and Tomintoul 65 Hills of Cromdale 66 Carn Daimh 67 Around the Brown 68 Glen Brown and Ailnack Ravine 69 Ben Avon by its River 70 Tors of Ben Avon 71 Cnap Chaochan Aitinn 72 Ailnack Upper Ravine Part 5 Donside 73 Carn Ealasaid 74 Brown Cow Hill 75 Don to Ben Avon Part 6 Deeside Braemar 76 Clais Fhearnaig 77 Derry Cairngorm by Lochan Uaine 78 The Happy Face of Beinn a' Chaorainn 79 Dee and Derry 80 Around Glen Geusachan 81 The Devil's Back Side 82 Glen Quoich 83 Beinn a' Bhuird 84 Carn na Drochaide and the Fairy Glen 85 Morrone Birkwood and the Dee 86 Morrone and Glen Ey 87 Creag nan Gabhar 88 White Mounth and Jock's Road Part 7 Balmoral and Lochnagar 89 Balmoral Castle 90 Craigendarroch and the Dee 91 Around Loch Muick 92 Dubh Loch and Broad Cairn 93 Creag an Dubh-loch Summit Summary: Lochnagar 94 Queen Victoria's Ballochbuie Route 95 Byron's scramble by the Stuic (scramble Grade 1) 96 Tracks from Balmoral 97 Meall Coire na Saobhaidhe 98 Tourist path from Spittal of Glenmuick 99 Conachcraig 100 Loch na Gaire 101 Falls of Glas Allt (descent) 102 From Loch Callater The Long Routes The Cairngorms 4000s The Lairig Ghru Appendices I Route summary II Access (in particular during the deer-stalking season) III Mountain bothies IV Gaelic place names V Lists of hills VI Scrambles summary and grading VII Accommodation and information VIII Further reading

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Book SynopsisGuidebook to the via ferrata routes of the southern Italian Dolomites. This guide covers via ferrata routes in the major mountain ranges of Civetta, Schiara and Pala as well as those to the west in the Brenta. A significant addition (and, as far as we are aware, not previously published in any English language guidebook) is the inclusion of routes around the northern end of Lake Garda and the Piccole Dolomites north of Vicenza. Here the mountains are generally lower and you can enjoy ferrata climbing over a much extended season, with some routes accessible for most of the year. This is the second in a series of two guidebooks to the via ferratas of the Italian Dolomites. (Volume One covers the eastern, northern and central areas of the Dolomites, while Volume Two completes the picture, focusing on the southern, Brenta and Lake Garda areas.)Trade Review'You could never accuse it of shying away from niche sports. In fact Cicerone Press appears to take pride in publishing books that only those already passionate about a specific sport or place are likely to buy. This time, though, it's appealing to a growing fraternity. Via ferratas, especially in the Italian Dolomites, are becoming increasingly popular as walkers push their personal limits in a different mountain playground. That, and the availability of cheap flights to airports feeding the Dolomites, have helped push via ferrata to the fore. For those who haven't experienced the heart-pumping exhilaration of the via ferrata network, they are protected routes in rocky mountain ranges, using fixed cables, ladders and bridges. They allow the walker to access places usually reserved for rock climbers and provide a unique way to enjoy the breath-taking beauty and exposure of the mountains. Until now the only decent guidebook has been Cicerone's Scrambles in the Dolomites. This suffered from being out of date (first published in 1982) and translated from German (although this has also helped fill long hours in huts, as people gather round to laugh at the phraseology). Smith and Fletcher's version, covering the North, Central and East Dolomites, gains considerable points by originating in English. It has an excellent introduction with comprehensive information on equipment, weather, maps, accommodation options and so on. In fact, if I'd had this book prior to my first trip to the Dolomites I would have saved a fortune on phone calls to Italy. They've also created a new two-stage grading system incorporating both difficulty of the route and seriousness of the mountain situation. Cross-referencing back to routes that I know, I'd say this is accurate and easy to follow. The book includes 75 routes in a fairly tight geographical area, including Cortina, Marmolada and Val di Fassa. They're well described with good colour photography and clear sketch maps. Some are straight-forward walking routes, others go up to the highest level of via ferrata. But the authors have opted to cluster the routes according to valley base rather than mountain groupings and have not referred to the mountain ranges in either text or maps. An index of mountain groups is some compensation but unless you have a local map in front of you, this isn't much help. Given that there are two identical locator maps in the book showing numbered routes relative to each other, converting one of these to show mountain groups as well as towns would have made things easier to follow. VOLUME TWO will complete the coverage of the Dolomites. It will include the famous Brenta group as well as the southern Dolomites, with the stunning Paia group being particularly well represented. Besides the honeypot via ferrata, this volume will break new ground in covering some of the short-duration, off-beat routes near Lake Garda. These are often real gems, and make this volume essential reading for walkers on a lake-based holiday who need a dose of adrenaline, stunning scenery and physical challenge. (Judy Armstrong, TGO)Table of ContentsCONTENTS Route Listing Key to Diagrams Preface INTRODUCTION How to use this Guide Route Groupings When to Go Travel to the Dolomites Accommodation Local Transport Telephones Map Availability and Place Names Weather Route Grading Equipment Cable Etiquette What to Wear? Accidents and Mountain Rescue Some History Geology Flora Wildlife ROUTES AND BASES Bolzano Valle di Primiero and San Martino di Castrozza Agordino Belluno Bassano del Grappa Vicenza Brenta Trento Riva, Lake Garda Rovereto APPENDIX 1: Glossary of Mountain Terms APPENDIX 2: Index of Routes in Grade Order APPENDIX 3: Index of Routes by Mountain Group APPENDIX 4: Mountain Rescue APPENDIX 5: Useful Addresses APPENDIX 6: Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA guidebook to 50 day walks and scrambles on Spain’s Costa Blanca. Exploring the dramatic scenery around Alicante, Benidorm and Calp, the routes vary from short easy routes to full-day strenuous summit scrambles. Walks range from 3 to 20km (2–12 miles) and can be enjoyed in 2–7 hours. The routes are graded allowing you to choose routes suitable for your ability. The scrambles are mainly Grade 1 but may be exposed and require a head for heights. 1:50,000 maps are included for each walk Detailed information on planning, access and parking Brief information included on history, culture and wildlife Highlights include the 10,000 Steps walk Table of ContentsMap key Overview map Introduction Geology Wildlife Plants and flowers History Getting there Gettomg around When to go Where to stay What to take Water Safety and insurance Paths Waymarking Maps and language Using this guide The north Walk 1 Traverse of Montgo Walk 2 Tossal Grau Walk 3 Serra Segaria Walk 4 Fonts de Pedreguer Walk 5 Castell d'Aixa Walk 6 Tossal del Moro and the Serrillas Walk 7 Castell de Granadella Inland from Calp Walk 8 Penon de Ifach Walk 9 Serra de Olta Walk 10 Circuit of the Serra Bernia Walk 11 Bernia East Summit Walk 12 Bernia West Summit Walk 13 Serra Ferrer South Ridge Walk 14 Serra Ferrer North Ridge Walk 15 Cau Ridge Walk 16 Alt de L'Ample Walk 17 Carrascal de Parcent Walk 18 Penya Talai (Rates) Walk 19 Penyo Roig Walk 20 Cavall Verd Ridge Walk 21 Collado de Garga Walk 22 10,000 Steps Walk 23 Barranc de Racons or 5000 Steps Walk 24 Almadic Ledge Circuit Walk 25 Barranc de Malafi Walk 26 Serra Forada Inland from Benidorm Walk 27 Serra Gelada Walk 28 Head of the Algar Valley Walk 29 Bolulla Castle Walk 30 Bolulla Circuit/Raco Roig Walk 31 Cim de Aixorta Walk 32 Els Arcs Walk 33 Embassament de Guadalest Walk 34 Aitana Walk 35 Penya Mulero Walk 36 Alt de la Penya de Sella Walk 37 Barranc de l'Arc and Barranc del Xarquer Walk 38 Tour of Xanchet Walk 39 Monte Ponoig Puig Campana Walk 40 Volta del Puig Campana Walk 41 Coll del Pouet Walk 42 Puig Campana Summit from the Coll del Pouet The Serrella Walk 43 Penya del Castellet Walk 44 Mallada del Llop Walk 45 Pla de la Casa Walk 46 El Recingle Alt (Pic de Serrella) Alcoi and the west Walk 47 Cabeco d'Or Walk 48 Penya Migjorn Walk 49 Barranc del Cint Walk 50 Montcabrer Appendix A Route summary table Appendix B Valenciano-Spanish-English glossary Appendix C Useful contacts

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Book SynopsisThis guidebook describes two treks in the Bernina region of the Swiss-Italian Alps. The Tour of the Bernina covers 119km in nine stages circling the Piz Bernina massif. Five days are spent in Switzerland and four in Italy, however a number of inviting extensions and detours are also described which add at least two days to the total. The tour is suitable for trekkers with basic alpine walking experience. While the highest point reached is 3002m, there are no glacier crossings en route. The Alta Via Valmalenco in Italy is a shorter, 8-stage trek over 94km, but is a more challenging route suitable for trekkers with more experience. Almost every stage of both treks can be accessed from a valley floor and public transport, opening the door to multiple variants and shorter treks. Detailed stage by stage route descriptions are given in combination with plenty of background and practical information.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Bernina Tour Alta Via Valmalenco Glacier notes Plants and flowers Wildlife Getting there Local transport Tourist information When to go Accommodation Food and drink What to take Waymarking and maps Dos and don'ts Emergencies Using this guide More reading The Bernina Tour Stage 1: Pontresina to Fuorcla Surlej Stage 2: Fuorcla Surlej to Maloja Stage 3: Maloja to Chiareggio Stage 4: Chiareggio to Rifugio Longoni Stage 5: Rifugio Longoni to Lago Palù Stage 6: Lago Palù to Rifugio Carate Brianza Stage 7: Rifugio Carate Brianza to Rifugio Bignami Stage 8: Rifugio Bignami to Cavaglia Stage 9: Cavaglia to Ospizio Bernina Stage 10: Ospizio Bernina to Diavolezza Stage 11: Diavolezza to Pontresina Alta Via Valmalenco Stage 1: Torre di Santa Maria to Rifugio Bosio Galli Stage 2: Rifugio Bosio Galli to Rifugio Gerli-Porro/Rifugio Ventina Stage 3: Rifugio Ventina and Rifugio Gerli-Porro to Chiareggio Stage 4: Chiareggio to Lago Palù Stage 5: Lago Palù to Rifugio Marinelli Bombardieri Stage 6: Rifugio Marinelli Bombardieri to Rifugio Bignami Stage 7: Rifugio Bignami to Rifugio Cristina Stage 8: Rifugio Cristina to Torre Santa Maria Appendix A - Route summaries Appendix B - Glossary Appendix C - Accommodation

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Book SynopsisA guidebook to walking Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail, following Britain’s longest ancient monument: the eighth century earthwork that once marked the boundary between the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdoms to the east. The 285km (177 mile) route from Sedbury Cliffs near Chepstow to Prestatyn is suitable for walkers of most abilities. The route is described from south to north in 12 stages of between 17 and 29km (11–18 miles), with additional suggestions for faster and slower itineraries. Contains step-by-step description of the route alongside 1:100,000 maps Includes a separate map booklet containing OS 1:25,000 mapping with the route line Public transport information for those wanting to break the trail into shorter sections Handy trek planner, route summary table and accommodation listings help you plan your itinerary GPX files available to download Table of ContentsMap key Route summary table Overview map and profile Trek planner INTRODUCTION From the Severn to the Irish Sea Planning your trip Selecting a schedule When to go Travel to the Path Transport along the Path First and last nights Accommodation Facilities Baggage transfer What to take Planning day by day Using this guide Maps and GPS Waymarking Weather forecasts Phones and wi-fi Emergencies All about the Welsh Marches Geology and landscape Plants and wildlife Border prehistory Offa and the Dyke The Welsh Marches after Offa OFFA'S DYKE PATH Stage 1 Above the Lower Wye Gorge Stage 2 Sheep and cider in remote Monmouthshire Stage 3 Crossing the Black Mountains Stage 4 Gladestry and Hergest Ridge Stage 5 The Radnorshire Hills Stage 6 Ups and downs in deepest Shropshire Stage 7 The Vale of Montgomery and Long Mountain Stage 8 Across the Severn valley Stage 9 Exploring the unknown Marches Stage 10 The Vale of Llangollen and Eglwyseg Rocks Stage 11 The Clwydian Range Stage 12 Northern hills and coast Appendix A Useful contacts Appendix B Accommodation along the route Appendix C Topographical Welsh glossary Appendix D Further reading

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Book SynopsisThis guidebook details the Pilgrims' Way, an historic pilgrimage route to Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, home of the shrine of the martyred archbishop, St Thomas Becket. The route is described both from Winchester in Hampshire (138 miles) and London's Southwark Cathedral (90¼ miles), with an optional spur to Rochester Cathedral. With relatively easy walking on ancient byways, the route from Winchester is presented in 15 stages of 5-14 miles: it can be comfortably completed in under a fortnight. It follows a major chalk ridge through scenic countryside, taking in characterful towns and villages and historic churches. The route from Southwark is described in 10 stages and includes a visit to the ruined Lesnes Abbey. Detailed route description is accompanied by 1:50,000 OS mapping, advice on making the most of a trip and information on the historical background to the pilgrimage, key historical figures and local points of interest. Accommodation listings and details of facilities and transport links can be found in the appendices. Pilgrimages to Becket's shrine began within a few years of the his death in 1170, although Canterbury was a popular destination even before this time due to the nearby shrine of St Augustine. The route has featured in literature, drama and film, and forms the setting for Geoffrey Chaucer's famous Middle English work, The Canterbury Tales.Table of ContentsMap key Route Summary Table Overview map Introduction History of the Way Renewed interest Historical figures along the Way Variations to the Way Walking the Way When to walk Where to stay Refreshments Waymarking Maps Using this guide Winchester to Canterbury Stage 1 Winchester to Alresford Stage 2 Alresford to Alton Stage 3 Alton to Farnham Stage 4 Farnham to Guildford Stage 5 Guildford to Box Hill Stage 6 Box Hill to Merstham Stage 7 Merstham to Oxted Stage 8 Oxted to Otford Stage 9 Otford to Wrotham Stage 10 Wrotham to Halling Stage 11 Halling to Aylesford Stage 11a Peters Village to Rochester Stage 12 Aylesford to Harrietsham Stage 13 Harrietsham to Boughton Lees Stage 14 Boughton Lees to Chilham Stage 15 Chilham to Canterbury London Route Stage 1a Southwark to Shooters Hill Stage 2a Shooters Hill to Dartford Stage 3a Dartford to Otford Appendix A Itinerary planner Appendix B Accommodation Appendix C Further information Appendix D Further reading

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Book SynopsisA guidebook to 87 walks and scrambles on the Isle of Skye. Covering the largest island in the Inner Hebrides, the walks are suitable for most walkers, with shorter routes alongside plenty of more challenging, full-day hikes. The routes range from 2 to 23km (1–15 miles) and can be combined to create longer days out. Eight routes include scrambles, which are clearly indicated in the book. 1:50,000 OS maps are included for each route Detailed information on facilities, accommodation, history and geology Easy access from Portree and Broadford Highlights include routes in the Cuillin and Munro ascents Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction History Geology Flora and Fauna How to get there Facilities and accommodation Using this guide Access Safety Maps Paths Language The Walks 1 SLEAT AND SOUTH-EAST SKYE 1.1 Gleann Meadhonach, Loch a'Ghlinne and Dalavil 1.2 Acairseid an Rubha and Point of Sleat 1.3 Armadale 1.4 Sgurr na Coinnich 1.5 Beinn na Caillich 1.6 Ben Aslak 1.7 Kylerhea Glen Circuit 1.8 Coastal Path from Loch na Dal to Kylerhea 1.9 Kylerhea Trail 2 STRATH Broadford 2.1 Broadford Coast Path (Irishman's Point) North of Strath Suardal 2.2 Coire Gorm Horseshoe 2.3 Beinn na Cro 2.4 Srath Mór and Srath Beag South of Strath Suardal 2.5 Suisnish and Boreraig Cuillin Outliers 2.6 Bla Bheinn 2.7 Sgurr nan Each 2.8 Garbh-bheinn 2.9 Belig 2.10 Glas Bheinn Mhór 2.11 South Ainort Circular The Red Hills 2.12 Marsco 2.13 The Beinn Deargs 2.14 Glamaig 2.15 Glen Sligachan Strathaird Peninsula 2.16 Kilmarie to Camasunary 2.17 Camasunary to Elgol 2.18 Suidhe Biorach (Prince Charles' Cave) 2.19 Rubha na h-Easgainne 2.20 Spar Cave 3 MINGINISH The Cuillin 3.1 Sgurr nan Gillean 3.2 Sgurr Beag and Sgurr na h-Uamha 3.3 Coire a'Bhasteir Am Basteir 3.4 Sgurr a'Bhasteir 3.5 Fionn Choire, Bealach nan Lice and Sgurr a'Fionn Choire 3.6 Bruach na Frithe 3.7 Coire na Creiche 3.8 Coire a'Ghreadaidh 3.9 Sgurr Thuilm, Sgurr a'Mhadaidh and Sgurr a'Ghreadaidh 3.10 Sgurr na Banachdich and Sgurr nan Gobhar 3.11 Eas Mor and Coire na Banachdich 3.12 Sgurr Dearg and Inaccessible Pinnacle 3.13 Coire Lagan 3.14 Sgurr Alasdair 3.15 Coir' a'Ghrunnda and Loch Coir' a'Ghrunnda 3.16The South Cuillin ridge 3.17 Loch an Fhir-bhallaich 3.18 Rubh' an Dùnain Glen Sligachan 3.19 Harta and Lota Corries 3.20 Druim Hain and Sgurr na Stri 3.21 Loch Coruisk Loch Brittle to Loch Bracadale 3.22 Glen Brittle Forest Walk 3.23 Talisker Bay 3.24 Oronsay 4 DUIRINISH 4.1 Loch Bharcasaig, Idrigill Point and MacLeod's Maidens 4.2 Glen Ollisdal and MacLeod's Maidens 4.3 Duirinish Coastal Path 4.4 Healabhal Bheag (MacLeod's Table South) 4.5 Healabhal Mhor (MacLeod's Table North) 4.6 Lorgill Bay 4.7 Lorgill, The Hoe and Ramasaig Bay 4.8 Waterstein Head 4.9 Neist Point 4.10 Uiginish Point 4.11 The Coral Beaches 4.12 Lovaig Bay 5 WATERNISH 5.1 Ardmore Point 5.2 Unish and Waternish Point 5.3 Beinn an Sguirr 5.4 Loch Diubaig and Greshornish Point 6 TROTTERNISH AND PORTREE Trotternish 6.1 Meall Tuath and Rubha Hunish 6.2 Loch Sneosdal and Creag Sneosdal 6.3 Loch Hasco 6.4 The Quiraing and Meall na Suiramach 6.5 Meall na Suiramach 6.6 The Old Man of Storr 6.7 The Storr 6.8 The Trotternish Ridge 6.9 Biode Buidhe 6.10 Beinn Edra 6.11 Ruadh nam Brathairean (Brothers' Point) 6.12 Loch Cuithir, Sgurr a'Mhadaidh Ruaidh and Baca Ruadh 6.13 Inver Tote and the Lealt waterfall 6.14 Bearreraig Bay 6.15 Sithean Bhealaich Chumhaing Portree 6.16 Glen Varrigill Forest Walk 6.17 Ben Tianavaig 6.18 The Braes APPENDIX 1 Essential and supplementary reading APPENDIX 2 Glossary of Gaelic words APPENDIX 3 Useful information and contact details INDEX

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Book SynopsisHARVEY launch innovative new series: Ultramap XT40. 16 titles featuring in Trail magazine through spring 2016. 40 years experience have gone into HARVEY's most creative new series. The Ultramap covers a large area yet is small enough to slip in a pocket. Actual size 73mm x 152mm. The Ultramap is fully detailed genuine original HARVEY mapping. The Ultramap is tough and 100% waterproof. Use it without a map case, whatever the weather! To provide the biggest area on the smallest lightest sheet, the Ultramap is printed double sided. The ingenious folding pattern allows you to open the Ultramap directly to any part, and either side, of the sheet. The two sides are aligned, so when you reach the edge of the Ultramap sheet you simply flip it over without re-folding. There's an overlap as well, so you can map read continuously. The magic scale of 1:40,000 enables the Ultramap to provide all the detail you would expect to find on a large scale walking map, including rights of way and boundaries. Plastic pocket for protection. The area covered on this sheet is Schiehallion, Ben Lawers and the Tarmachan Ridge ie: 16 Munros and 6 Corbetts all on this one sheet.

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Book SynopsisHARVEY launch innovative new series: Ultramap XT40. 16 titles featuring in Trail magazine through spring 2016. 40 years experience have gone into HARVEY's most creative new series. The Ultramap covers a large area yet is small enough to slip in a pocket. Actual size 73mm x 152mm. The Ultramap is fully detailed genuine original HARVEY mapping. The Ultramap is tough and 100% waterproof. Use it without a map case, whatever the weather! To provide the biggest area on the smallest lightest sheet, the Ultramap is printed double sided. The ingenious folding pattern allows you to open the Ultramap directly to any part, and either side, of the sheet. The two sides are aligned, so when you reach the edge of the Ultramap sheet you simply flip it over without re-folding. There's an overlap as well, so you can map read continuously. The magic scale of 1:40,000 enables the Ultramap to provide all the detail you would expect to find on a large scale walking map, including rights of way and boundaries. Plastic pocket for protection. The area covered on this sheet includes Ben Macdui, Braeriach, Cairn Gorm, Cairn Toul and the whole of the Lairig Ghru ie: 18 Munros and 3 Corbetts all on one sheet.

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Book SynopsisThe result of more than thirty years' experience, Bass Fishing on Shore and Sea is a comprehensive guide to catching this beautiful yet challenging gamefish. The bass is wily and powerful, awesomely fast and fights with unparalleled aggression when hooked. Add to the the fact that the fish can be found along some of the wildest, most unspoilt shorelines or out on the lonely sea, and it is clear why bass fishing holds such allure for sport anglers. Topics covered include: where to look for bass and how to fish for them; tackle and techniques for shore fishing; what baits to use and how to obtain them; the equipment and techniques for boat fishing, both inshore and further out and fishing with lures. Illustrated throughout with superb photographs, this book is essential reading for all sea anglers.Trade Review"... a good read and a book that will be picked up time and time again... it is highly informative and is written honestly ..." Improve Your Sea Angling

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Book SynopsisPenalty kicks play a significant role in determining the outcome of a match. Because of this-and because they don't happen in every game-fans, media, and even athletes and trainers are fascinated by penalty kicks. Over the past 30 years, there have been more than 130 scientific studies which identify the motivational, strategic, anticipatory, and attention- and perception-based factors that can mean a successful or failed penalty kick. This book presents the information from these studies in such a way that it is useful for the athletes, trainers, managers, and even the soccer fans. All the information on penalty kick methods is based on sport psychology and movement science. The authors have also included anecdotes of the biggest and most important penalties in the history of soccer. They connect these actual events with the scientific findings, creating real life examples which make it easier to understand the science. Furthermore, they examine the penalty kick from both the kicker's and the goalkeeper's perspectives to explain shooting and saving techniques from every angle. A successful penalty kick takes more than just luck, and The Penalty Kick demystifies the science so that the reader knows how to win every penalty kick

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Book SynopsisMiguel Indurain will pass into history not just as the first cyclist to win five straight Tours de France, but also as the standard-bearer for a whole nation. While Spain lived through the dream of his repeated victories the country came to a standstill, for Indur?!in stole people's hearts not just by the number, but by the manner of his victories. Seeing him on the road or away from the action, the gallant loser or the strong, calm victor, the Spanish gained hope, and then faith. And so did many others, for it was the dignity and modesty that Miguel Indur?!in invariably displayed, in victory and defeat, that endeared him to us all. A farmer's son from a small village in Navarra, he never strayed far from his roots, nor did he allow his extraordinary success to go to his head. Javier Garcia Sanchez is a prize-winning novelist with a passion for cycle racing. In this biography of Miguel Indur?!in he takes us on an emotional journey through Indurain's prodigious career. He recounts his exploits and great battles in the saddle, the glory moments and the disappointments, and describes his passions, his ideas, and his land.Trade Review'Not often has a book as insightful as this been written about a leading cyclist - the first biography that fully explains the tempered passion that made Indurain such a great competitor.' John Wilcockson, Velonews

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Book Synopsis"Winter Climbing+" is the third in the critically acclaimed series of instructional books from Rockfax. Written by two of the UK's most respected winter climbers, "Winter Climbing+" takes a positive approach to the climbing discipline that has traditionally had its delights obscured by its dangers.Filled with inspirational full colour photographs throughout, and a clear, concise text that quickly unravels the mysteries of winter climbing, "Winter Climbing+" wastes no time in revealing shortcuts to the skills that make a sound winter climber. The book assumes the reader has no prior-knowledge of winter climbing and starts with the basic skills and equipment that are needed to safely head into the hills. The book progresses gradually to the more subtle movement skills and tactical elements that allow for rapid progress into higher levels of difficulty.Describing the full range of activities covered by the title, "Winter Climbing+" takes a detailed look at both ice and mixed climbing, examining both the traditional mixed climbing skills as well as those needed for modern sport mixed now widely practised. The book follows the style set in previous titles by including an in-depth look at the all-important psychological aspects of the sport, and finishes with a guide to major winter climbing destinations.

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Book SynopsisThe Two Saints Way has a symmetrical structure with the two cathedrals at either end, Stoke Minster in the middle and two churches dedicated to St Mary at the quarter points. With this in mind, th 92 mile route is divideded into four colur coded sections - 1: Chester to Nantwich 2: Nantwich to Stoke 3: Stoke to Stafford and 4: Stafford to Lichfield. Each section is further divided into four stages of between 3.5 and 8.5 miles in length. The route is described in both directions. The guide contains a wealth of fascinating information on many features of interest.

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Book SynopsisThis attractive and cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the finest challenging walks and scrambles on the high mountains of the Snowdonia National Park in a popular pocketable format. With clear information, an introduction for each walk, expertly written numbered directions, large scale Ordnance Survey maps, eye-grabbing panoramic photographs, and interpretation of points of interest along the way, these guides set a new standard in clarity and ease-of-use.Featured walks include: Llech Ddu Spur, Bochlwyd Horseshoe, Tryfan, Gribin Ridge, Snowdon Horseshoe, Cwm Glas Horseshoe, South Snowdon Horseshoe, Nantlle Ridge, Cnicht & Moelwynnion and Rhinog Fach.One of a series of six books for Snowdonia in the popular Top 10 Walks series. Handy, pocket-sized, full colour walking guides written by experts. Other titles in the series include: Mountain Walks, Hill Walks & Easy Summits, Woodland Walks, Walks with History and Pub Walks.

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Book SynopsisWith clear information, an overview and introduction for each walk, expertly written numbered directions, large scale Ordnance Survey maps, superb, eye-grabbing panoramic photographs and interpretation of points of interest along the way, these guides set a new standard in clarity and ease-of-use. Featured walks include: Dinas Dinlle, Port Dinllaen, Whistling Sands, Aberdaron, Mynydd Rhiw, Abersoch and more.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a sequel to Wolfe Lowenthal’s first book: There Are No Secrets. Like the previous book, it is about his teacher, the great Cheng Man-ch’ing, the art of Tai Chi Chuan, and his experience as a student and teacher.

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Book SynopsisThis unique book by Master Shi Ming and Siao Weijia explores the Chinese science of mind/body and the refinement of consciousness in the higher martial arts.

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Book SynopsisSerious skaters looking for unusual and innovative tricks will find them in this skateboarding instructional guide. The tricks run the gamut from classic old school to modern with an emphasis on diversification, creativity, and originality. Included are riding basics and tips for controlling fear, visualizing, and focusing. Sequential shots detail every move needed to successfully re-create the various skateboarding tricks. The mechanics of the sport are also covered, including types of boards available, and the various wheels, bearings, and skateboarding surfaces.

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Book SynopsisIncluded in the Financial Times best books of 2020 selection''For those who fear the worst for the sport they love, this is like cool, clear water for a man dying of thirst. It''s barnstorming, coruscating stuff, and as fine a book about the game as you''ll read for years'' Mail on Sunday''Charming . . . a threnody for a vanished and possibly mythical England'' Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times''Lyrical . . . [Henderson''s] pen is filled with the romantic spirit of the great Neville Cardus . . . This book is an extended love letter, a beautifully written one, to a world that he is desperate to keep alive for others to discover and share. Not just his love of cricket, either, but of poetry and classical music and fine cinema'' The Times (best summer books)''To those who love both cricket and the context in which it is played, the book is rather wonderful, and moving'' DailyTrade ReviewAbsolutely and completely loved this book by Michael Henderson - love letter, memoir, lament, polemic. Read, in place of cricket * Marina Hyde *Michael Henderson is one of the most knowledgeable writers there is about the summer game. In this vibrant chronicle of the 2019 cricket season, he travels around England taking the temperature of the sport he loves. The result is pure gold . . . The book is also a love poem to an England fast disappearing . . . For those who fear the worst for the sport they love, this is like cool, clear water for a man dying of thirst. It's barnstorming, coruscating stuff, and as fine a book about the game as you'll read for years -- Michael Simkins * Mail on Sunday *Philip Larkin's line "that will be England gone" is the premise of this fascinating book which is about music, literature, poetry and films as well as cricket. Henderson is that rare bird, a reporter with a fine grasp of time and place, but also a stylist of enviable quality and perception * Michael Parkinson *Admirers of Neville Cardus and A. E. Housman will warm to Michael Henderson's elegy for an ideal England. A rich roast dinner of cricket, music, topography, nostalgia and anecdote, washed down with prose as smooth and satisfying as a pint of Otter Ale * Sebastian Faulks *Charming . . . a threnody for a vanished and possibly mythical England -- Sebastian Faulks * Sunday Times *Lyrical . . . [Henderson's] pen is filled with the romantic spirit of the great Neville Cardus . . . Thisbook is an extended love letter, a beautifully written one, to a world that he is desperate to keep alive forothers to discover and share. Not just his love of cricket, either, but of poetry and classical music and finecinema . . . A book that started out as an elegy for a changing game seems more poignant now -- Patrick Kidd * The Times *To those who love both cricket and the context in which it is played, the book is rather wonderful, and moving -- Simon Heffer * Daily Telegraph *It is about cricket but also about much more: landscape, place, poetry, music, national mythology . . . This is the book's authentic register, and it is haunted by loss -- Jason Cowley * New Statesman *Englishness itself, as much as cricket, is the main theme of Michael Henderson's genre-melding That Will Be England Gone . . . extremely readable . . . often amusing . . . That Will be England Gone is part memoir, part sports book, part essay . . . Given that this may be a summer without leather and willow, and that coughing has become taboo, Henderson's book provides a much-needed literary-cricketing alternative: a beautiful clearing of the throat -- Daniel Rey * Spectator *In a work that now seems improbably prescient, that same sense of gazing at a disappearing world has been articulated with great skill and, most of all, great affection by Michael Henderson . . . The book - a paean to the sub-culture of county cricket, its supporters, its players, its observers, its writers, its pubs and its arenas - was completed before the coronavirus crisis struck but its premise seems more pertinent thanever -- Oliver Holt * Mail on Sunday *A travelogue and a love letter to the festival and spa towns of England and in particular to the places where county cricket is played . . . Henderson writes beautifully about Cheltenham and Chesterfield and Trent Bridge in Nottingham, his favourite Test ground. You do not need to love cricket to feel the point -- Philip Collins * The Times *One of my favourite writers about cricket -- Martin Samuel * Daily Mail *Beautifully written piece of work . . . wonderful book - not just a sports book, which is why it is so good - is to be reminded, or even educated, of what it means to be English and of England's history * Yorkshire Post *All good sports books are about more than just sport, and this anti-modern elegy to an old rural England takes in countless bypaths from Vienna to Ken Dodd . . . Erudite and occasionally beautiful * Financial Times *Erudite . . . genuinely beautiful * Wisden Cricket Monthly *It would perhaps be a mistake to regard this as purely a cricket book. Each excursion to a cricket ground is preceded and accompanied by extensive digressions elsewhere. But the digressions are not wandering from the point, but carefully crafted scene-setting as Henderson provides the social, artistic and historical context for the cricket he witnesses. Rather than purely a cricket book, this is an elegy for a vanishing world with cricket as its framework -- Richard Lawrence * The Journal of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians *Wonderful elegy to a game that, way more than any other, defines our shared identity . . . a timely reminderof what is missing from our lives in cricket's absence -- Jim White * The Oldie *Henderson has a gift for the telling phrase and illuminating anecdote -- Peter Wilby * New Statesman *

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Book SynopsisThe stories of two veterans - one traumatised, one blind - who rediscover themselves with the help of a friend in the course of two epic ocean adventures, kayaking around the Falklands and rowing across the Pacific.

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Book SynopsisFor the best adventures, use the best map. Water-proof, split-proof, tear-proof, adventure-proof. Malta and Gozo Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map is simply the toughest, most accurate, easy to read, easy to use map of the island you can buy at any price. Super-Durable Maps come with a 2 year adventurous use `Wear and Tear' guarantee. A large 840mm by 694mm double sided map sheet has Malta at 1:32,000 scale on one side, with Gozo at 1:20,000 scale on the reverse. Our special concertina map fold makes our map easy to use and easy to refold to its 235mm by 120mm pocket size. Our legendary 'Tour & Trail' level of detail ranges from major roads to secondary roads to minor roads to streets and narrow country roads, plus dirt roads and walking trails. Altitude background colouring is designed to clearly show the altitude range when travelling across the islands by car or on foot. 100 metre and 20 metre contours are clearly shown on the map along with individual height points and all of the official 'Trig' points. Tour & Trail attention to detail includes our useful symbol range including viewpoints, picnic areas, petrol stations, bar/restaurants and parking areas where you can pull off the road safely. You will easily identify springs, caves, sports grounds, cemeteries, churches, chapels, lighthouses, towers and forts, camping areas, wind turbines, hotels etc. We have ensured that all the walking routes from the Sunflower and Rother walking guide books are highlighted (red) on the maps. It all adds up to the most detailed, most durable, most useful maps of Malta and Gozo that you can buy anywhere. 'Super-Durable' means a waterproof, tear-proof, map that can take the roughest treatment and still folds up like new after your adventures. Our special concertina map fold means this 'near indestructible' Tour & Trail Map unfolds easily for use, and more importantly folds back up easily to its compact pocket size even after the toughest use. Digital editions of our Malta and Gozo Tour & Trail Map are available for phone apps and Garmin users on our Discovery Walking Guides website.

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Book SynopsisKayaking is a tremedously wide-ranging sport. You can go for a leisurely paddle on your local pond, travel down a river or experience the thrills of white water. It is trully a sport for life. This lavishly-illustrated, clearly-written guide will have you out on the water fast - and in safety. It covers how to get started, the equipment you'll need, launching, how to control the boat, basic manoeuvres, what to do if you capsize, the Eskimo roll and rescue procedures.Table of ContentsWhat you will need; Preparing to go afloat; Your first paddle; Forward paddling, reversing & stopping; Basic turning; Moving sideways; Steering & turning on the move; Rescue; Support, recovery & sculling strokes; The bow rudder turn & hanging draw; The Eskimo roll; Equipment; Safety

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Book Synopsis 'This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit' Adam Nicolson Trade Review COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2020 BBC Countryfile Magazine Book of the Month ‘An impressive intellectual and physical journey, allowing the reader to experience the Atlantic Coast from a fresh, deeply informed and invigorating perspective; rarely have our coastlines and cultures been explored with such understanding and respect.’ Highland Book Prize ‘A tour de force’ Moya Cannon ‘This book is the product of a considerable physical achievement … A brilliant book, and a major step towards a genuinely radical reimagining of the history of the British Isles.’ Scotsman ‘The strength of Mr Gange’s account is his generosity. His own wry persona never overshadows the voices of past and present inhabitants … [his] prose is itself poetic and precise … His enthusiasm for snoozing in soggy sleeping bags is infectious … A dunking in the freezing sea, off the coast of County Mayo, leaves the author shivering but “ignited, elated”. Surfacing from the book, the reader is invigorated, too.’ Economist ‘An intensely political book … there is uncomplicated beauty as well as wonderful descriptions’ Country Life ‘Gange is both extraordinarily intrepid and deeply attentive to all he encounters … worth attention for its deeper argument as well as its thrilling surface.’ Spectator ‘[Gange is] physically resourceful, articulate, clear-eyed, informed, attentive to the realities, and crucially at home in all the elements. A book reliant in the end on one key fact: edges are revelatory.’ Adam Nicolson, winner of the Wainwright Prize 2018 ‘This beautifully written and grippingly researched book shows us that our shores are the beginning, not the ending, of things.’ Philip Hoare ‘Energetic, entertaining and erudite … Sometimes boisterous, sometimes lyrical but always engaging.’ Donald Murray

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Book SynopsisThe All Blacks have had a brilliant run of brothers in the last decade, with the Barretts, Whitelocks, Saveas and Franks, but there have also been many more standouts throughout New Zealand rugby history like the Meads, Whettons, Gears, Bachops and Brownlies. Jamie Wall writes insightfully, revealing fascinating stories and providing analysis of some of the massive changes that have occurred in New Zealand rugby over the years, while sharing great yarns about the high-profile tests that live on in every rugby fan's memory.

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Book SynopsisCrowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will help make you a better sportsperson whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your sport. Featured in Swimming - Crowood Sports Guides are information boxes containing Key Points and Top Tips; sequence photographs and detailed diagrams in colour. There is a thorough analysis of the four strokes (Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle). Starts and turns analysis, including the individual Medley are covered and valuable advice on techniques, coaching, drills, training, tapering, nutrition and competition psychology is given. There is also an introduction to rules and equipment.

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Book SynopsisCrowood Sports Guides provide sound, practical advice that will help make you a better sportsperson whether you are learning the basic skills, discovering more advanced techniques or reviewing the fundamentals of your game. There is valuable advice on practice, skills, techniques, team spirit, self-control and all aspects of playing bowls and photographs of top players in action. Information boxes contain Key Points and Useful Tips. There are sequence photographs and detailed diagrams in colour and finally, an introduction to rules and equipment.

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Book SynopsisLady luck smiles upon anglers who use the right flies, fish them in the right places at the right times, and make them behave like the natural insects they are meant to represent. But with such a vast range of fly patterns and sizes available, how do you choose? This completely revised and updated pocket edition provides the answer. Remarkable macro-photography of the aquatic creatures on which trout feed (now enlarged photographs in this pocket edition), an author with 65 years of flyfishing experience, a selection of the world's best fly patterns - these are the ingredients of this invaluable source of practical information. Many of the top experts on flyfishing and flytying agreed to tie flies for Matching the Hatch; in most instances the flies illustrated are their own designs which have now become standard patterns used throughout the world - Jon Beer, Brian Clarke, Alice Conba, Donald Downs, Peter Gathercole, Malcolm Greenhalgh, Melvin Grey, Derek Hoskin, Nigel Jackson, Charles Jardine, Steffan Jones, Peter Masters, Guy Mawle, Peter O'Reilly, Steve Parton, Neil Patterson, John Riegen, Andrew Ryan, Bernard Venables, Conrad Voss Bark, John Wilshaw and Davy Wotton. Trout and the creatures they feed on have not changed, although entomological science has renamed some species. In this revised and updated pocket edition the author has adopted nomenclature used by the Natural History Museum and by colleagues in the Riverfly Partnership. Simply an outstanding reference book - a must for all fishermen.Trade ReviewYou don't need to be an expert to use this book as it is handily laid out to give those of us still learning the basics a head-start on fly choice in section 1, but you may well end up being one once you get stuck into all the glorious photography of the wild insects and the artificial fly patterns in the following sections. 5 Stars!This is the new, updated edition, profusely illustrated. Keep it in the car, by the bedside or in your fishing bag; it's a must for any angler's collection....the book features all the same valuable information and remarkable photography as the first edition, but with 20 years' more experience for Pat to draw from.When it comes to choosing a book to learn about the bugs we see on the river, their environment and flies we can tie to replicate them there is no finer book than Pat O Reilly's Matching the Hatch....There are few books I can think of that are must-haves but this is certainly one of them.Table of ContentsPart I Matching the Form Chapter 1 From the trout's point of view Chapter 2 Order from chaos Chapter 3 The magnificent seven Part II Matching the Munch Chapter 4 Spring Chapter 5 Summer Chapter 6 Autumn and Winter Chapter 7 All the year round Part III The DIY Entomologist Chapter 8 Further investigations Appendix I Identity parade Appendix II The deadly dozen General index Index of common names Index of scientific names

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