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Book SynopsisYou don't need to be ultra-fit or highly experienced in the outdoors to enjoy outdoor guru Patrick Kinsella's selection of 30 activities across Britain. 'A sense of adventure and an explorer's heartbeat' is all that's required, he says, and he should know, having spent two decades walking, running, riding, paddleboarding, swimming, canoeing, kayaking... and more besides, in all corners of the country. Bradt's Caving, Canyoning, Coasteering... is both an atlas of adventure and book of secrets, enticing readers out of their comfort zone to explore the often-unseen elements and quieter corners of Britain, where the wild experiences live. Some of the activities described take place on the very edges of large urban centres, easily accessible for anyone, yet even many locals don't know about them. Others happen in far-flung corners of the country - places people may never have considered exploring. 'This title will take you on a highly adventurous tour of Britain's extraordinary cliffs, caves, canyons, coasts, forests, fells, beaches, Munros, moors and tors, via a range of outdoor pursuits - many of which were conceived and pioneered on this island' says Kinsella. 'It's all about wild time spent in wonderful places, from the mysterious depths of the labyrinthine limestone underworld beneath the Mendip Hills to the top of ice-clad arêtes and snow-dusted peaks of monstrous Munros in the Scottish Highlands, via seascapes and sub-aquatic environment in Devon and Cornwall, tumbling streams and ghylls in the Lake District, and cascade-concealed caverns in the waterfall-soaked world of the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) in Wales. It's not for the faint of heart, but there are escapades here to excite everyone.' Whether you're an experienced outdoor type or someone who's new to the outdoors but seeking guidance on where to go and what to do, a wildlife and fresh-air enthusiast or an armchair traveller, a lone adventurer or family with young children, Caving, Canyoning, Coasteering... is brimful of ideas. And if the adrenaline gets too much, you'll even find advice on the sedate Japanese art of forest bathing.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ABOUT THIS BOOK KIT & CABOODLE GOOD CONDUCT IN THE OUTDOORS 1 Cornish pilot gig rowing Saltash & the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall; Lyme Regis, Dorset 2 Freediving Porthkerris, Cornwall 3 Surfski paddling South Hams, Devon; Lake Bala/Llyn Tegid, Wales; Windermere, Cumbria; Loch Awe, Scotland 4 Dartmoor letterboxing Dartmoor, Devon 5 Sport climbing Portland, Dorset 6 Tree climbing Appley Park, Ryde, Isle of Wight 7 Sand yachting Romney Sands & Greatstone-on-Sea, Kent 8 Caving & potholing The Mendip Hills, Somerset 9 Scuba diving with seals Lundy Island, north Devon 10 Canicross Leigh Woods, Bristol, north Somerset 11 Sailing Swansea, Wales; north London 12 Forest bathing - Shinrin-Yoku Pound Wood Nature Reserve, Thundersley, Essex 13 River surfing The River Severn, Gloucestershire 14 Mountainboarding Maisemore, near Gloucester, Gloucestershire 15 Canyoning & gorge scrambling Bannau Brycheiniog/Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales; the Lake District National Park, Cumbria 16 Coasteering Pembrokeshire Coast, Wales 17 Stand-up paddleboarding (SUP Norfolk Broads, Norfolk & Su¬ffolk; Jurassic Coast, Devon 18 Scrambling The Glyderau, Eryri/Snowdonia, north Wales 19 Bouldering The Plantation, Stanage Edge, the Peak District, Derbyshire/South Yorkshire 20 Bikepacking Dartmoor, Devon; the Ridgeway, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire; the Peak District; the Yorkshire Dales 21 Ghyll scrambling Eskdale, the Lake District 22 Fell running Langdale Fells, the Lake District 23 Via ferrata Honister Slate Mine, Keswick, the Lake District 24 Swimrun & swimhike Buttermere & Crummock Water, the Lake District 25 Wingsurfing, wingfoiling & kitesurfing Beadnell Bay, Northumberland; Troon, south Ayrshire, Scotland 26 Fastpacking The West Highland Way, Scotland 27 Snorkelling Oban, Scotland 28 Boatpacking - canoe & kayak camping River Dart, Devon; the Great Glen, Scotland 29 Snowholing & winter Munro bagging Cairngorms National Park, the Scottish Highlands 30 Whitewater rafting & packrafting River Findhorn, Moray, northeast Scotland EPILOGUE INDEX
