Lend a helping hand to nesting birds this spring by offering the perfect materials to weave & line their nests. Forage for twigs, moss, hay & feathers to add to your washed sheep’s wool & stuff loosely inside the sturdy recycled plastic cage for the birds to pick from. Outside of breeding season your recycled plastic cage is just the right size for 3 fat balls
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Designated an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1965, the Chilterns are renowned for their extensive beech woodlands, which are especially beautiful when dressed in autumn colours. Among the woodland walks included in this guide are explorations of Hodgemoor Wood-a Site of Special Scientific Interest-and Millfield Wood Nature Reserve, near Hughenden, the home of Benjamin Disraeli. There are also routes featuring the idyllic villages of Hambleden, Mapledurham & Missenden, the Grand Union Canal, the countryside around Chequers, & the magnificent scenery of the Chiltern Hills, including Ivinghoe Beacon & Coombe Hill. Contains 20 circular walks all graded by route & difficulty, they can be enjoyed by the whole family & are the ideal companion for day trips & holidays. ...

Explore Secret Stories The Choo-Choo, Chin-Chin, Chiffchaff Tour, a self-guided interactive walking tour to enjoy whenever you want. Take a scenic stroll amid the Kingscote Valley’s rolling vineyards, wildlife-filled woodlands, meandering rivers, & prehistoric sandstone crags. This peaceful & picturesque corner of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty was once the busy, noisy, smoky heart of Britain’s iron-making industry. Search for clues to the area’s industrial past & see the impressive houses two wealthy ironmasters built themselves. Discover how a famous Victorian gardener came to own much of this landscape & get up close to the steam railway he travelled on. With fine wines, wonderful wildlife, rocks to climb, trains to spot & spectacular views, plus two Sites of Special Scientific Interest along the route, this walk has something for everyone. Total length: 4.1 miles; Suggested age range: 7+ Purchase this Tour (and more) in the Secret Stories App, available for free download from Android Play & Apple App store. You'll find more details of the tour & what it contains in the app! ...

Explore Secret Stories The City of Salisbury Tour, a self-guided interactive walking tour to enjoy whenever you want. Set in Salisbury, from medieval times through to the Elizabethan period, the tour shares stories of prominent characters that lived & walked the streets at the time. From William Longespée, the half-brother of King John, who mysteriously & tragically died, to William Shakespeare, who rehearsed ' As You Like It' in the Old George Inn garden, in preparation for performing in front of King James I. Total length: 0.7 miles; Suggested age range: 4+ Purchase this Tour (and more) in the Secret Stories App, available for free download from Android Play & Apple App store. You'll find more details of the tour & what it contains in the app! ...

28 carefully selected & tested country walks around The Cotswolds, graded by length & ranging from just over four to 10 miles. All of the walks in this book include written directions, an extract of the OS map for the area & some background on the history & natural environment you may see. Most of the walks avoid busy roads, & are designed to help you make the most of a holiday or day trips. There are notes on parking, pubs & things to see on the route. They also include GPS waypoints so you can confirm your location using a handheld GPS. Key places covered by these walking include the Windrush valley, roman ruins, the village of Syde (where Laurie Lee of Cider with Rosie grew up) & Coombe hill. The combination of idyllic stone villages & small towns in gentle, rolling countryside make the Cotswolds quintessentially ' English'. Cotswold stone varies in colour, depending on the area, ranging from light grey through to pale cream, honey & light brown. The natural variation in the limestone is what helps towns & villages such as Castle Combe, Bourton-on-the-Water, Burford, Arlington, Broadway, Chipping Campden, Snowshill & Stanton, all featured in walks in this guide, blend so attractively into the natural surroundings. This is one of a series of books with great walking routes covering the most popular & scenic areas of Britain. ...

Ignite a lifelong passion for outdoor adventure with our Fire on a Plate Kit
- designed to safely teach the vital skill of fire-lighting.
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Fancy yourself as a budding ornithologist? Entice your feathered friends to come closer by providing a delicious dining experience that is just perfect for pecking. Our reusable Make a Pizza for the Birds Kit is a simple, fun & brilliant way to coax nature even nearer. Offering every child an outdoor experience whatever the weather, this Make a Pizza for the Birds Kit was lovingly designed to capture creative imaginations, encourage resourcefulness & innovation, provide escape & sanctuary, & most of all supply hours & hours of simple fun. For boys & girls, for everywhere & for years to come
- the gift of adventure.
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With its abundance of ancient castles, Roman remains & steam railways, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Kent was set in the past. The Future Mapping Company's Kent County map gives “ The Garden of England” a contemporary upgrade worthy of Margate's Turner gallery. This map spans from Stratford in East London, out to Botany Bay for a spot of fossil hunting & down to Camber Sands for sandcastle building in the South. The contours of the North Downs & High Weald Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are highlighted in our signature eye-catching contrast, making you long for a rural getaway filled with walks & pub lunches. Railway lines are given prominence in black over our silvery road infrastructure, so you could plan your next weekend break in Rye without the parking & traffic stress. Heritage railways are a Kent specialty, so we gave them some extra care in a shimmering teal. As a finishing touch, The Future Mapping Company's legend (or key, if you're not as much of a map nerd as we are!) features an evocative line drawing of the traditional Kent Oast Houses you'll see on your travels. The Future Mapping Company prints their maps on to the highest quality FSC approved silk-coated paper using the lithographic printing process. (This works like a mechanised version of traditional screen printing.) A plate is made for each colour & then laid down individually, creating a stunning print with maximum definition & impact. A sealer is applied to protect the inks & gloss UV varnish used to add contrast & highlight water tributaries. ...

This all-revised edition contains 27 carefully selected walks, all chosen to be easily accessible from London's main railway stations. The routes lie across Essex, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex & Kent, with easy two mile (3.2km) routes up to more challenging 11 mile (18km) paths. Each route

Includes:: the station (and time from central London), an extract of the OS Explorer map showing the route & waypoints, notes on the route & useful information on the history of the area. This is the perfect book for those looking to find beautiful countryside walks that are easily accessible from the capital
- but also a great respirce for anyone looking to explore some of the best the home counties have to offer. Pathfinder Guides are Britain’s best-loved walking guides. Printed with weather-resistant covers featuring durable rounded corners, they are the perfect companion for country walking throughout Britain. Previous editions of this book were called ' Country walks near London'


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The January Man is the story of a year of walks that was inspired by a song, Dave Goulder's ' The January Man'. Month by month, season by season & region by region, Christopher Somerville walks the British Isles, following routes that continually bring his father to mind. As he travels the country
- from the winter flood lands of the River Severn to the lambing pastures of Nidderdale, the towering seabird cliffs on the Shetland Isle of Foula in June & the ancient oaks of Sherwood Forest in autumn
- he describes the history, wildlife, landscapes & people he encounters, down back lanes & old paths, in rain & fair weather. This exquisitely written account of the British countryside not only inspires us to don our boots & explore the 140, 000 miles of footpaths across the British Isles, but also illustrates how, on long-distance walks, we can come to an understanding of ourselves & our fellow walkers. Over the hills & along the byways, Christopher Somerville examines what moulded the men of his father's generation
- so reticent about their wartime experiences, so self-effacing, upright & dutiful
- as he searches for 'the man inside the man' that his own father really was. About the author Christopher Somerville is the walking correspondent of The Times. He is one of Britain’s most respected & prolific travel writers, with forty-two books, hundreds of newspaper articles & many TV & radio appearances to his name. He lives in Bristol.



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