A guide to the classic backpacking routes of Scotland's Central Highlands. If you are looking to escape the more populous walking areas of the Highlands this is the book for you. The author takes us away from the ?honey-pots' with six superb long-distance backpacking routes, three to eight days' in length, almost all on rights of way. This is Wild Scotland
- a working landscape of deer forest, grouse moor, hill sheep farms, beef & dairy farms & commercial forest, where a sense of peace & isolation is guaranteed & accommodation is largely confined to the odd B+B, youth hostel, bothy or tent. Each route has opportunities to explore adjacent glens & peaks, with variations & alternatives to the set walks. Route starts & finishes are well supplied by bus & rail services, & the numerous sketch maps for each walk provide additional information to the OS maps. All the routes have been surveyed & graded by the author, Peter Koch-Osborne, whose affection for the ?wild places' is manifest.
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Central Hymettos in a series of waterproof & tear-resistant hiking maps at scales varying from 1:50, 000 to 1:10, 000, with a UTM grid for GPS users. Contour interval varies depending on the scale, on most maps it is 20m. Relief shading, spot heights, springs, seasonal streams &, in most titles, landscape/l&-use variations, e.g. forests, orchards, or vineyards provide additional information on the terrain. Place names are given in both Greek & Latin script. Local footpaths, hostels & mountain huts are clearly marked. For road users intermediate driving distances & petrol stations are shown. Symbols highlight places of interest, including archaeological sites, churches & monasteries, etc. The maps have a UTM grid & margin ticks for latitude & longitude. Map legend

Includes:: English.* In this title:* the central Hymettos range just east of Athens. More detailed scale was used to show clearly the dense network of footpaths across the area of 6km x 6km. Street names are shown in built-up areas. Coverage extends from the fringe of the Athenian suburb Ilioupoli eastwards to the peak Kastro, northwards to the Kareas monastery & southwards as far as the summit of Stroma. On the reverse is a simplified version of the same map highlighting roads & hiking routes. Some of the accompanying notes have English translation.

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Central Italy at 1:400, 000 from the Touring Club Italiano, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper; one of the titles in a series of three touring maps conveniently grouping together several popular holiday areas. The maps very effectively present the country ...

Central Italy at 1:400, 000 from the Touring Club Italiano, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper; one of the titles in a series of three touring maps conveniently grouping together several popular holiday areas. The maps very effectively present the country’s topography with attractive altitude colouring, supplemented by names of numerous hill & mountain ranges, valleys, etc, plus spot heights for selected peaks. National parks & scenic routes are highlighted. National parks & scenic routes are highlighted. Grading according to the degree of importance & interest is given not only to towns, villages & historical or architectural sites, but also to holiday resorts & natural curiosities. Symbols highlight churches, monasteries, castles, palaces, ruins & archaeological sites, caves & waterfalls, etc. The maps also provide some information on accommodation, indicating selected isolated hotels, refuges, tourist villages & campsites, Road network stands out clearly against the background information. Railways, ferry routes & the country’s regional & provincial boundaries are also marked. The maps have no geographical coordinates or an index. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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One of the regional road maps derived from data provided by the Danish national survey organization, Kort og- Matrikelstyrelsen. Communications network

Includes:: secondary roads, motorway filling stations & services, scenic routes, etc., as well as railways & vehicle & passenger ferries. Symbols show various facilities & places of interest, including campsites, tourist offices, various landmarks, antiquities, amusement parks, zoos, viewpoints, etc. County boundaries are marked & forests, nature reserves, heaths, marshes, etc. are distinguished, although there is no relief detail. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10' & 20' intervals respectively. Map legend in English, Danish & German. The maps have no index.

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Central Lake District at 1:25, 000 in a series of Walker’s Maps published by the AA with the cartography from the Ordnance Survey’s Explorer series. The map is double-sided & coverage

Includes:: the Lake District National Park, Coniston Water, Thirlmere, Bassenthwaite Lake, as well as most of Windermere, Ullswater & Wast Water; also Keswick, Braithwaite, Threlkeld, Watermillock, Glenridding, Patterdale, Grange, Buttermere, Grasmere, Ambleside, Coniston, Torver, Wasdale Head, etc. Maps in the AA Walker’s series are identical to the OS Explorer maps & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating in England & Wales the traditional public rights of way paths, including bridleways & byways restricted or open to motorized traffic. Also shown are other routes with public access, including permissive footpaths & bridleways. For Scotl&, where different access rights apply, the maps provide an additional note explaining the regulations. Special marking indicates National Trails & Recreational Routes & for cyclists the maps show traffic-free routes & the National Cycle Network. A wide range of symbols highlights locations of special tourist interest: camping & caravanning sites, youth hostels, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, historic buildings (indicating where appropriate National Trust, English Heritage, Historic Scotland or Cadw), sites for various recreational pursuits, country pubs, public toilets, etc. The maps provide detailed presentation of the topography with contours at 5 or 10m intervals, numerous spot heights & colouring and/or graphics for different types of vegetation. Additional colouring shows access l&, including areas managed by the National Trust, Forestry Commission & Woodland Trust. All the standard information expected of high quality survey mapping at this scale is included: finely graded road network, railway lines with stations, cuttings or embankments, individual isolated buildings, etc. For GPS users the British National Grid is drawn at 1km intervals.

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Central Lewis with Stornoway, Eye Peninsula & Callanish on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 459, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Central Lewis with Stornoway, Eye Peninsula & Callanish on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 459, paper version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series. MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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Geographer Danny Dorling tells the stories of the people who live along The 32 Stops of the Central Line to illustrate the extent & impact of inequality in Britain today
- part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, as Tfl celebrates 150 years of the Tube with Penguin. It is also available in a boxset. ” Social geographer Danny Dorling has produced the most densely factual book, not about the Tube itself, but the living conditions of those above... This book is an eye-opener about London now”. (Evening Standard). ” The 32 Stops animates statistics, extrapolating sociological data into pithy vignettes of life along the Central Line”. (The Times). ” Authors include the masterly John Lanchester, the children of Kids Company, comic John O` Farrell & social geographer Danny Dorling. Ranging from the polemical to the fantastical, the personal to the societal, they offer something for every taste. All experience the city as a cultural phenomenon & notice its nature & its people. Read individually they`re delightful small reads, pulled together they offer a particular portrait of a global city”. (Evening Standard). ” Exquisitely diverse”. (The Times). ” Eclectic & broad-minded.. .beautifully designed”. (Tom Cox, Observer). ”A fascinating collection with a wide range of styles & themes. The design qualities are excellent, as you might expect from Penguin with a consistent look & feel while allowing distinctive covers for each book. This is a very pleasing set of books”. (A Common Reader blog). ” The contrasts & transitions between books are as stirring as the books themselves...A multidimensional literary jigsaw”. (Londonist). ”A series of short, sharp, city-based vignettes
- some personal, some political & some pictorial.. .each inimitable author finds that our city is complicated but ultimately connected, full of wit, & just the right amount of grit”. (Fabric Magazine). ”A collection of beautiful books”. (Grazia). ” Geographer royal by appointment to the left”. (Simon Jenkins). Danny Dorling is Professor for the Public Understanding of Social Science at Sheffield University. He is the honorary president of the Society of Cartographers. In 2009 he was awarded the Gold Award of the Geographical Association & the Back Award of the Royal Geographical Society. He has advised government & the Office for National Statistics on matters relating to the census. His previous books include So You Think You Know About Britain? & Fair Play.

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Central Loire Valley at 1:180, 000 in a series of double-sided, indexed road maps of French regions from the AA with cartography from the Insitut Géographique National (IGN). Small plans show main streets & principal routes across Tours, Orléans, Vendôme, Vierzon & Châteauroux. Cartography is identical to IGN’s own regional series at 1:250, 000, simply enlarged without additional information. Detailed mapping of regional & minor local roads is combined with very clear presentation of motorways & main national routes, showing junction numbers, locations of toll gates or fixed speed cameras, & service or rest areas. The maps indicate access restrictions, unmaintained sections of minor local roads, etc. Intermediate driving distances are marked on main & secondary routes. The maps also show the country’s railway network with stations & local stops. Towns of particular tourist interest are highlighted & a wide range of symbols mark locations of various places of interest, including the country’s cultural heritage, notable natural sights, etc. National & regional parks are prominently marked. Topography is shown by relief shading with colouring & graphics to indicate wooded areas, marshes, salt marshes, dry or wet sand shoreline, etc. Unlike the IGN regional series, the AA maps do not show geographical coordinates. Current edition of this map was published in January 2014.PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING
- COVERAGE BY EACH MAP: the publishers’ series grid shown on our website provides only a very approximate picture how the various titles overlap, since it does not take into account which parts of each sheet are used for street plans & the index. For the exact area please see the coverage image provided with this title. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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