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Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Nanaimo: The Harbour City
Book SynopsisNanaimo is one of Canada''s fastest-growing communities. Positioned beside a stunning and vibrant harbour, where the sight of seaplanes, fishboats, ferries, kayaks and sailboats paints an ever-changing seascape, Nanaimo is a city blessed with spectacular natural beauty, a vivid commercial history, cultural diversity and a vibrant attitude towards the future. Through Goody Niosi''s broad knowledge of Nanaimo and its surroundings and through the discerning vision of local photographer Terry Patterson, Nanaimo: The Harbour City captures the human spirit and broad landscape that have clearly marked this place as being special. Designed to be a treasured keepsake for locals and visitors alike, this elegant, colourful visitor guide showcases the cultural fabric, arts community, recreational activities, tourism amenities, transportation links and shopping options that have made Nanaimo the premier trading centre of Vancouver Island''s inland coast. Nanaimo also describes walking tours in and around the city''s historic centre and in neighbourhoods that shed light on Nanaimo''s fascinating past and its growth from small Aboriginal settlement to thriving city and modern-day playground.
£13.29
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Totem Poles
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£18.89
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Secret Beaches of Greater Victoria: View Royal to
Book SynopsisSecret Beaches of Greater Victoria is a comprehensive review of nearly 100 beaches on the Saanich Peninsula and in the Greater Victoria area. While some of these are well used by people living nearby, many are virtually impossible to find without combing through official maps and back-road guides. Even the seemingly well-known shoreline from Oak Bay to Beacon Hill hides its own tiny pocket beaches and obscure coves. Just as important as finding these spots is knowing what to expect. Thus each location is accompanied by detailed information that any beach explorer should know before setting out. Is the beach a few level steps from a vehicle or down a high, steep bank? Is the beach suitable for children? Large groups? Kayakers? All of these questions and many more are answered in this book, which includes Theo''s hand-drawn maps, photographs and artwork. Take a few steps off a grassy area and enter a world of miniature reefs and islets (Lansdowne Road) Watch boats navigating Enterprise Channel from a hidden headland (Radcliffe Lane) Relax on an expanse of beautiful white sand (Gonzales Beach) Explore a beach where you can see low-tide critters like anemones, starfish and crabs (Beaufort Road, Sidney) Refresh your pleasure in the shore and head out to picnic, play, launch kayaks, watch winter storms or just enjoy the waves.
£23.79
Dragon Hill Publishing British Columbia Place Names
Book SynopsisWhether the names come from the First Nations peoples, the English and Spanish explorers who sailed along BC''s coast, or the fur traders, gold prospectors and settlers, the stories behind the place names reveal much about the places themselves and the history of the province: Babine Lake takes its name from the French word for large lip and refers to the former practice of the local First Nations people of inserting half-inch pieces of wood or bone between the teeth and lower lips of their women Barkerville was named for Billy Barker, a gold prospector from the Cariboo Gold Rush Days who struck it rich but later died in poverty In 1920, the residents of Harper''s Camp voted almost unanimously in favour of changing their community''s name to Horsefly in honour of that pesky insect that visits every summer Lulu Island, on which the city of Richmond sits, was named for 16-year old American actress Lulu Sweet who won the hearts of a detachment of Royal Engineers Squamish is an anglicization of the Squamish people''s name for themselves, the Skwxwú7mesh, the word means mother of the wind and many refer to the steady wind that blows off Howe Sound into the city Vancouver''s famous clothing-optional Wreck Beach was named after three ships that were sunk off its shores in 1928 to create a breakwater for a log-storage site Tête Jaune Cache is French for Yellow Head''s hiding place and refers to the yellow-haired Pierre Bostonais, an Iroquois Métis fur trapper and trader who worked as a guide for the North West and Hudson''s Bay companies.
£13.49
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Rucksack Readers The Dales Way
Book SynopsisThe Dales Way runs for 79 miles (127 km) from Ilkley in the Yorkshire Dales to Bowness in the Lake District. The route heads north through Wharfedale, crisscrossing the river, and rises over high moorland to pick up River Dee through Dentdale. Briefly it joins River Lune before heading west across the Lake District to Bowness-on-Windermere. Along the Way, you'll see impressive railway viaducts and fine stone bridges; Bolton Priory and many small churches; limestone scenery with stone walls, barns and kilns; and heritage centres you can visit. Above all, the route is blessed with many small villages with a range of accommodation and welcoming pubs at strategic intervals. Gradients are modest and most people will complete it comfortably in 6 or 7 days. This guidebook has all that a walker needs: concise, up-to-date directions background on geology, railway heritage, farming and wildlife side-trips to heritage centres and a feature on Bolton Priory contact details for accommodation and transport dropdown route map (1:110,000) over 60 glorious colour photos waterproof, rucksack-friendly format.
£10.99
Rucksack Readers Hadrian's Wall Path
Book Synopsis?Hadrians Wall Path runs for 86 miles from Bowness-on-Solway to Wallsend along the line of the Roman Wall completed in AD122 under the Emperor Hadrian. This National Trail crosses northern England from Irish Sea to North Sea and offers many chances to look at the forts, milecastles and interpretation centers within this UNESCO World Heritage Site. This guidebook contains all youll need to plan, and enjoy a classic weeks walking.
£11.99
Excellent Books Cycling Southern France - Loire to Mediterranean
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive guide to major leisure cycle routes south of (and including) the Loire Valley in France. All the major traffic-free routes and signed touring routes are included with a factifile, text description of what to see along the way and, crucially, quality mapping at 1:200,000 for all the routes.It features sumptuous photos. It provides background information on taking bikes on trains in France and much more.France is one of Europe's finest cycling destinations and the recent explosion of quality, specially built and signed routes has only enhanced this reputation.It helps readers discover Euro-Velo 6, which wends its way across the entire width of France on traffic-free and lightly trafficked tracks and roads. It uses the Loire Valley for much of its length. It features the traffic-free Littoral route along Provence's lovely Mediterranean coast. It also helps readers discover the countless signed routes in the Alps - some much easier than you might imagine. It describes a quality traffic-free route along virtually the whole of the Atlantic coast.So, whether you are planning lazy day rides around Loire Chateaux or the long-distance trip of a lifetime along the Canal du Midi and the Garonne valley, linking the Atlantic and Mediterranean in a French C2C adventure, this guide is both an essential pre-trip planner and an invaluable riders' companion.
£14.20
Excellent Books The Ultimate Devon Coast to Coast Guide
Book SynopsisThis is the fully updated and revised 2nd edition of the definitive guidebook to one of the most popular long distance cycling routes in the UK, and now in full colour throughout. All the information you need to complete this 100 mile signed cycle route across Devon, the guide features: detailed full-colour mapping; accommodation listed and mapped; eating spots and places of interest; bike shops, tourist information and lots more; and, full colour photos. Cycle from the rocky coves and cliffs of fishing port Ilfracombe on Devon's north coast to the docks and impressive harbours of maritime Plymouth, experiencing a bewildering variety of scenery in between. The wide, sandy expanses of the Taw and Torridge estuaries are followed by rolling green hills, then the eerie tors of western Dartmoor. A final descent down the Plym Valley brings you to your journey's end. The route uses some of the country's finest dedicated cycle paths, developed by the sustainable transport charity Sustrans. These include the Tarka and Plym Valley Trails and the Granite Way. They are linked by quiet minor roads and bridleway tracks, making the route suitable for leisure riders, mountain bikers and tourers. Is there a more varied and beautiful 100 mile cycle route in the country? It's hard to think of one. This is a great short break or a weekend challenge.
£8.95
InnWay Publications Walking Weekends: Lake District: 24 Circular
Book SynopsisFeatures 24 superb circular walks from 12 villages throughout the Lake District, with two walks of varying lengths from each village, including a mountain walk and a lower level valley walk - ideal for a weekend break. Many people enjoy going away for a weekend, staying at a traditional Lakeland pub and then using the pub as a base from which to explore the surrounding countryside on foot. This new guidebook makes this weekend away experience a whole lot easier with details of where to stay, local inns, background information and historical points of interest. An ideal book for people wanting to spend a weekend of great walking in the Lake District. Featured villages include: Ambleside, Boot (Eskdale), Braithwaite, Buttermere, Coniston, Glenridding, Grasmere, Great Langdale, Keswick, Patterdale, Rosthwaite and Wasdale. Book 3 in the Walking Weekends series by highly acclaimed outdoor writer and publisher Mark Reid, who has combined his knowledge of the villages, pubs and footpaths of the Lake District to create this new and unique book.
£10.40
Grey Stone Books See London, Walk London: Seeing the Sights,
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£9.82
Kittiwake Press Heart of Wales Line Guide
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£999.99
Kittiwake Press Walks East Of Snowdon; from Dolwyddelan, Pont y
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£7.41
Kittiwake Press Conwy Valley Way, The
Book SynopsisThis long distance trail explores both sides of the part-wooded Conwy Valley, one the most beautiful areas of North Wales, lying on the eastern edge of Snowdonia National Park. From the Great Orme, a stunning limestone headland protecting Conwy Bay, the trail follows the river from the mouth of the estuary, returning to Conwy.
£10.38
Kittiwake Press Local Walks Around Tywyn
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£8.16
Kittiwake Press Walks Around the Sandstone Ridge and West
Book SynopsisA collection of 20 walks exploring the Sandstone Ridge and west Cheshire, from Frodsham in the north to Marbury in the south, and including Chester and Little Budworth. Includes clear maps and directions with references to local historical and points of natural interest.
£8.16
Kittiwake Press Walking Around Holywell and Halkyn Mountain
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£8.16
Kittiwake Press Walks Around Coed y Brenin
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£7.41
Mara Books Circular Walks Along the Sandstone Trail
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£7.99
Mara Books A Pocket Guide to Snowdon: A Guide to the Routes
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£7.99
Mara Books Mountain and Hill Walking in Snowdonia
Book SynopsisFully revised in 2016, this is an updated edition of the best selling guide to walking and scrambling in the hills and mountains of Snowdonia.This is volume 1 in a two-volume in-depth guidebook series to every summit of note in the Snowdonia National Park. Volume 1 covers the northern half of Snowdonia and includes the Carneddau, Glyderau, Snowdon and Eifionydd hill groups. Routes include classic scrambles like the Snowdon Horseshoe, North Ridge of Tryfan and Glyder Fach's Bristly Ridge, but there are also less well known mountain day walks like the exploration of the northern Glyderau from Ogwen (one of the new routes in this edition). Each recommended route is described in detail and is accompanied by a large scale Ordnance Survey relief map and an outline of what to expect. All the routes are circular and include information on parking, distance and height gained.
£13.93
Mara Books Short Walks from Wirral Villages
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£7.99
Northern Eye Books Hill Walks & Easy Summits: The Finest Walks on
Book SynopsisOne of a series of books for Snowdonia in the popular Top 10 Walks series. Handy, pocket-sized, full colour walking guides written by experts, with Ordnance Survey mapping.This attractive guide gives walkers ten of the finest walks on the lower hills of the Snowdonia National Park. With clear information, an overview and introduction for each walk, 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: Tal y Fan, Yr Eifl, Moel Eilio, Mynydd Mawr, Mynydd Sygun, Penamnen Horseshoe, Creigiau Gleision, Maesglase, Tyrrau Mawr and Waun-oer.Carl Rogers is well known for his guide books to North Wales and Snowdonia. He is a publisher and magazine editor and is also a member of the Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild.
£8.49
Bene Factum Publishing Ltd Travailler et Vivre en Europe: Le Guide Pour
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£11.75
Bene Factum Publishing Ltd Arbeiten in Europa: Ein Insider-Handbuch - Das
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£12.44
Worth Publishing Little Venice, London: An Illustrated Guide
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive guide to the past and present of this largely undiscovered area of London. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs and maps showing the development of this elegant and romantic district. The book also contains a guide to leisure and pleasure in Little Venice, with a full listing of pubs, theatres, galleries, hotels and restaurants. Beautifully presented, this book has much to offer residents and visitors alike.
£13.00
Challenge Publications The National 3 Peaks Walk - The Official
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£9.78
Hayloft Publishing Running High: The First Continuous Traverse of
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£16.14
Friendly Guides Tresco: Tean, St Helen's
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£5.67
Friendly Guides St Martin's: Eastern Isles
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£5.67
Friendly Guides St Agnes
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£5.67
Friendly Guides West Cornwall: The Lizard Guidebook: Helford,
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£10.40
Friendly Guides Coverack: St Keverne, Porthallow, Porthoustock
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£5.67
Friendly Guides Lizard Point: Kynance, Cadgwith, Kennack Sands
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£5.60
Friendly Guides Mullion: Goonhilly, Predannack, Poldhu, Gunwalloe
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£5.67
Friendly Guides Porthleven: Loe Pool, Loe Bar, Rinsey, Trewavas
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£5.67
Friendly Guides St Mary's
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£6.95
Friendly Guides St Agnes: Gugh, Annet and the Western Rocks
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£6.95
Friendly Guides Tresco: St Helen's, Tean and Round Island
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£6.95
Friendly Guides St Martin's: The Eastern Isles
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£6.95
Discovery Walking Guides Ltd Walk! the South Downs
Book SynopsisYears of experience have gone into a new walking guide to the Downs - a book which fills its author with confidence. Of the 42 walks, 21 are within the West Sussex area, the area to the north of Chichester being a particular favourite of Martin's. Ten years of walking the Downs has gone into this book. Every walk has an element of wow! factor, many using paths that don't appear in other guides. It really is the Rolls Royce of South Downs walking. --West Sussex Gazette. Book Description A staggeringly beautiful and varied landscape, changing with the seasons, the South Downs offers formidable scarp slopes, towering cliffs, flowing contours, river valleys, and a wealth of woodland. Rich in history: prehistoric burial mounds, Iron Age hill forts, ancient tucked away churches, attractive villages and inns, all set in a backdrop of rolling undulating hills. With challenging climbs, the rewards are, at times, jaw-dropping! Nearly 2000 miles of footpaths and bridleways crisscross the Downs, as well as new paths across access land and nature reserves, stretching the 80 miles from Eastbourne to Winchester. On many of the walks you may hardly see a soul, for despite the proximity of large populations, getting away from it all is a welcome reality. All 42 walking routes include: walking route summary, ratings for Effort Time Distance Ascents/Descents Refreshments and Vertigo risk, fully detailed walk description including frequent timings to aid navigation and check your progress, GPS waypoints at every key point on every route, full colour 1:40,000 scale Ordnance Survey licenced mapping for each route, short walk and stroll alternatives.
£12.99
Discovery Walking Guides Ltd Walk! Devon
Adventurous walking tastes are as varied as Devon's many landscapes. There's always something special to explore from spectacular coastlines and wild moors to pretty villages and tranquil river valleys. Walk! Devon delivers walking experiences of the highest quality. Its amazing geological history has created a multi-faceted landscape ranging from rough uncut cliff faces to polished sun kissed sands, crystal clear waters and smooth rounded hills; even the luminous Devon air adds clarity and sparkle to the brillance of the landscape. Walk! Devon includes 40 fully detailed walk descriptions, plus short walk alternatives, including OS maps and colour photos by the authors of Walk! Dartmoor and Walk! Exmoor. All walking routes include:- - walking route summary. - ratings for Effort, Time, Distance, Ascents/Descents, Refreshments and Vertigo Risk. - fully detailed walk description including frequent timings to aid navigation and check your progress. - GPS Waypoints at every key point on every route. - full colour map of the route licenced from OS. - short walk and stroll alternatives. Full GPS Track and Waypoint files for Walk! Devon are included on the Personal Navigator Files CD published by Discovery Walking Guides.
£12.99
Trailguides Limited Walks from Kirknewton
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£10.58
Trailguides Limited The Hills of Upper Coquetdale
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£10.14
Trailguides Limited A Trail Runner's Guide to North Wales
Book SynopsisTrail running is one of the fastest developing areas of physical fitness and the countryside of North Wales is one of the most scenic parts of the UK in which to practice it. With a rugged coastline, lush countryside, deep sylvan forests and all set against the backdrop of the high mountains of Snowdonia, this part of Wales is a joy upon which to plant the trainer. In a series of fifteen runs, join the authors as they set foot to trail on some of the most exhilarating running routes within the UK. Beach, coast, field, forest and hill, to the runner who wants to get away from the mundane of pounding the tarmac these are some of the most stirring words in the English language. If you've never tried trail running then let this book guide you to some of the most memorable running experiences around. If you are a veteran of the trail running scene then, in the two writers, you've got expert guidance to routes that you simply must put foot to. To the runner, running may be a necessity but there are some runs you just owe it to yourself to experience...
£15.19
Trailguides Limited Walking in the Hambleton Hills
Book SynopsisThe Hambleton Hills lie in the south-west corner of the North York Moors National Park. This is an area that is justifiably known for its varied landscape, a land of flat-topped hills interspersed with wooded and tranquil valleys. To the north, the hills are heather-clad moor inhabited by sheep and grouse, then as they gradually run south-wards, their nature changes to more gently rolling hills clad in woodland and fields of grain. This is a fascinating area, one that has seen mankind take his early steps into agriculture, the introduction of Christianity to this land, and the successful and unsuccessful foreign invader. History has left a pattern on this landscape, one that can be traced as you walk. Join the author in a series of nine walks as he explores both the countryside and history of one of the country's most popular national parks.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Introduction 2. Access & the Right to Roam 3. The Walks 4. The Weather 5. The Maps 6. Facilities, Tourist Information Centres & Websites 7. Walk Location Map Walk 1: Scotch Corner and Roulston Scar 6.1 miles Battle of Scotch Corner Roulston Scar Hill Fort Walk 2: Byland Abbey and Mount Snever 6.1 miles Byland Abbey Walk 3: Boltby Forest 7.6 miles Walk 4: The Eastern Dales 8.4 miles Walk 5: Hood Hill 5.4 miles Walk 6: Arden Great Moor 9.5 miles Walk 7: Boltby and Gormire Lake 7.1 miles Gormire Lake Walk 8: Studfold and Pry Rigg Plantation 6.0 miles Studfold Ring Walk 9: Black Hambleton 8.1 miles The Hambleton Drove Road Appendix Ferguson Grading System The Author Walking North East Disclaimer
£11.77
Pesda Press Rock Trails Peak District: A Hillwalker's Guide
Book SynopsisThis is the story of the Peak landscape from its tropical beginnings to its rugged gritty present. Limestone reefs grow in the shallows of tropical seas, taking captive fossilised sea creatures. As the seas shift and coastlines change, sandstones build on the banks of a great river delta. Forests of giant ferns take hold of the land, leaving behind a legacy of coal and bitumen. From the water worn limestone of the White Peak to the wind sculpted sandstones of the Dark Peak, the landscape here is always atmospheric. There are mysterious dry valleys with no sign of running water, caves adorned with sumptuous stalactite chandeliers and the remains of an industrial era built on mineral riches. Paul leads you on a series of fifteen walks which afford spectacular views of the best of the Peak District scenery and reveal evidence of the landscape's intriguing history. In the first half of the book Paul tells the story of the Dark and White Peaks. How limestone reefs grew upon the basement bedrock and the shifting seas deposited layers of sandstone and shale. Tectonic forces buckled and tilted these beds of sedimentary rock to create the rocky edges and tors which characterise the Peak District. The second half of the book details fifteen walks, from easy to challenging, which reveal the geological drama.
£17.33
Pesda Press Rock Trails Snowdonia: A hillwalker's guide to
Book SynopsisThis book explains to the hillwalker, in easy to understand but accurate terms, how geology has shaped the landscape of Snowdonia. A selection of seventeen guided walks is used to illustrate this in terms of what can be seen on the ground. This book, divided into two parts, is intended to help those who love Snowdonia's mountain scenery to understand how this haunting landscape came about. The first half narrates the story of colliding continents, volcanoes, mountain-building and glaciations in creating Snowdonia, explaining why volcanoes occurred, the rocks they created and how to interpret signs of mountain-building and glaciations on the ground. The second half describes several recommended walks, of differing levels of difficulty, but all with a wide variety of geological features to be seen and, most important, enjoying consistently fantastic views of the very best of Snowdonia's wonderful scenery. The author has concentrated on what you can see as you walk around the hills, pointing to conspicuous, easily seen features in rocks and the overall shape of the terrain in accounting for the present day landscape. New in this 2nd Edition - coverage of Southern Snowdonia; new improved maps; and, five new walks. Also in this series by Paul Gannon - Rock Trails Lakeland; Rock Trails Peak District; and, Rock Trails Scottish Highlands.
£17.33
