The Isle of Skye (or Ant-Eilean Sgitheanach in its native Gaelic tongue) occupies an almost mythical place in the minds of many Scots Romantic castles magnificent sea-scapes the alpine peaks of the Cuillin Ridge marching pipe bands scattered white crofters' cottages & a bloody history; the island has all these & more This book features 40 moderate walks that take in much of this celebrated landscape but reveal hidden gems too In spite of its popularity Skye is still rich in undiscovered treasures from coastal caves & arches ruined villages cruelly cleared of their inhabitants to fossilised dinosaur footprints & a rich array of wildlife Written by Skye residents Paul & Helen Webster these walks will reveal both the wild & gentler sides of this dramatic landscape ...

One cannot win the struggle for dominance over the island without powerful allies As every wise king knows power is not measured in strength & gold alone Having the support of the spiritual leaders of the country can be the decisive factor Win the druids over to your cause & harness the power of their mystical sacred sites for your benefit! Isle of Skye Druids the second expansion for Isle of Skye can be played with the base game on its own or with the base game & the Journeyman expansion This expansion splits the buying phase (phase 4) into two buying sessions With your first purchase you can buy a tile from your fellow players in the usual manner For your second purchase you can buy a tile from the dolmen board These "druid" tiles are normal landscape tiles except that they will often bear a stone tablet or a scroll Stone tablets grant special powers that you can use until the end of the game while scrolls are subject to the usual rules of the base game New scoring tiles offer further variability Players 2-5 Playing time 60-75 mins Ages 10 ...

Isle of Skye is one of the most beautiful places in the world with soft sand beaches gently sloping hills & impressive mountains The landscape of Isle of Skye is breathtaking & fascinates everyone In the tile-laying game Isle of Skye From Chieftain to King 2-5 players are chieftains of famous clans & want to build their little kingdoms to score as many points as possible — but in each game only four of the sixteen scoring cards will be scored Thanks to the scoring cards each game is different & leads to different tactics & strategies but having enough money is useful no matter what else is going on Managing that money can be tricky though Each turn each player places two area tiles in front of them & sets the selling price for the tiles Setting a high price is great but only so long as someone actually pays the price because if no one opts to buy then the seller must buy the tiles at the price they previously requested In the end the player with the best kingdom — & not the richest player — becomes the sovereign of the island ...

This Isle of Skye genuine tartan cloth notebook has 176pp of 80gsm cream paper with left page plain right page ruled With a ribbon marker an expandable inner note pocket elastic enclosure a leaflet about the history of tartan & a colourful bookmark with a brief history of the Isle of Skye tartan Cloth supplied by tailors & kilt makers Kinloch Anderson Comes in a light plastic wrapper bag Scientists thinkers & writers in the Scottish Enlightenment used 'commonplace notebooks' to record thoughts & ideas Many British writers such as Virginia Woolf & Arthur Conan Doyle continued to use them Tartan belongs to Scottish heritage & culture & thrives today both at home & overseas There are now over 7000 tartans officially recorded in the Scottish Register of Tartans located within the National Archive of Scotland Waverley Books (Waverley Scotland) are delighted to innovate on the commonplace notebook idea with the Waverley tartan notebooks bound in genuine tartan cloth supplied by kiltmakers & tailors Kinloch Anderson Edinburgh sourced from weavers in Scotland & the Borders ...

In Isle of Trains players are train operators building trains with the right mix of freight cars needed to complete delivery contracts before your opponents Cards are used in multiple ways they can be built as train cars or buildings supporting your train line used as currency to pay the cost of building those new train cars & buildings or used as cargo to load on available train cars When loading cargo on an opponent’s train players receive an immediate benefit or action but they are also giving their opponent the cargo they just might need to be able to complete a delivery contract & score big! Balancing the need to upgrade your train take advantage of benefits from loading other players& trains & complete delivery contracts first is the key to being the most successful train operator on the Isle of Trains! Playing Time 45 Minutes Players 24 Suggested Ages 13 ...

The Isle of Wight is one of England's smallest counties & is situated off the Hampshire coast in southern England The main bus operator is Southern Vectis which was a National Bus Company throughout the 1970s into the mid-1980s & is now owned by the Go Ahead group as part of their Go-Southcoast company The orange-coloured coaches of Fountain Coaches of Cowes a subsidiary of Southern Vectis offered the famous Round the Island Tour' as did their parent company into the early 1990s Southern Vectis have operated route 42 between Yarmouth & The Needles Battery for many years using open-top buses climbing the steep narrow winding road to The Needles with breathtaking views! Seaview Services operated a bus service between Sea View & Ryde for many years as well as offering coach tours around the island Other well-known coach operators have included Moss Motors of Sandown & their subsidiary Paul's Coaches of Ryde as well as of course West Wight Motors of Freshwater All these firms operated tours to such places on the island as Alum Bay Blackgang Chine Ventnor & Yarmouth Utilising his wonderful collection of photographs Andrew Mead offers a fascinating pictorial history of buses on the Isle of Wight ...

OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling The OS Explorer range of OL maps now

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Set sail in a mystical archipelago filled with bustling towns sea monsters pirates & gold! Compete to build the best sea-faring nation with up to three friends by collecting treasure hiring crew & conquering or befriending island towns In Islebound you take command of a ship & crew You sail to island towns collecting resources hiring crew & commissioning buildings for your capital city Each building has a unique ability & your combination of buildings can greatly enhance your strength as a trader builder or invader You also recruit pirates & sea monsters to conquer towns which once conquered allow you to complete the town action for free & charge a fee to opponents if they want to use it Alternatively you can complete events that give influence which can be used to befriend towns There are many routes to success Will you be a ruthless conqueror careful diplomat or shrewd merchant in your race to the top? The player with the most wealth & most-impressive capital city will win the game! ...

An expansion pack of 40 new building cards & 2 new Reputation cards Metropolis cards have an orange sunset background When you play with this expansion you set up an extra row of cards above the normal building cards Only three cards are available to purchase & they require you to have one two or three books (depending on where they are in the row) You also must have one normal building for every Metropolis building you own Because they&re a little harder to get each Metropolis card is worth 1 renown 2-4 Players 60-120 Min Playing Time Age 13 ...

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