Nostalgia; greenery; peace; nature; farming; rolling hills: these & many other cosy concepts are what many of us think of when we consider the countryside. All very true, yet there are so many amazing stories, anecdotes, facts & truths behind the chocolate box image, as this book reveals. From dry stone walling to wet-my-lips, from milking stools to crofters tools, ' The Countryside Companion' opens the lid on the entire rural scene, past & present. ' The Countryside Companion' doesn't just contain fascinating snippets of information; it also offers extracts from some of the finest writing on the subject, from Richard Mabey to ' Richard III', Thomas Hardy to Laurie Lee. & like all other books in the Companion series, there's a great piece of statistical trivia to match each page number. ...

This guidebook gives dog walkers access to 20 of the finest walks in the region of the North East of Wales. With clear information, an introduction for each walk, & simple, easy-to-read maps, it will appeal to all who want to venture out into the countryside with their dogs. ...

County Durham & North Yorkshire Cycle Map at 1:110, 000 from Sustrans, including Sea to Sea cycle route, Walney to Wear & Whitby trail, North Sea Cycle Route, Yorkshire Dales Cycleway, plus five day rides: Hartlepool Loop, Kirkby Stephen to Tan Hill circuit, Durham Loop, Northallerton Loop, & the Boshop Auckland Loop. Street plans show Billingham, Bishop Auckl&, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough & Stockton-on Tees. Maps is this Sustrans series show all the National & Regional Cycle Network routes clearly numbered & have the colouring distinguishing between the on-road & traffic-free sections. The publishers’ own recommendations are shown in contrasting colour &, in most titles, are in addition presented on the reverse side on separate panels where each circuit is annotated with useful notes. The maps have contours & altitude colouring to show the topography, with additional gradient markings. Towns along the routes are annotated with symbols indicating what facilities can be found there. Also marked are various places of interest, on or near the routes, & railway lines are shown with stations for access to the routes by rail. On the reverse each title also provides large, clear city centre street plans of main towns, highlighting the Cycle Network and/or the recommended routes. Also included are contact details of tourist information centres. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

County Durham & Teesside County Street Atlas from Philip’s, in an A4 spiral bound edition, covering the eastern part of the county at 1:18, 103 (3.5” to 1 mile), with the western part (approx. west of Consett & Bishop Auckland) at 1;36, 206 (1.75” to 1 mile). Town centres of Durham, Stockton-on-Tees & Middlesbrough are shown in greater detail at 1:9, 051 (7” to 1 mile). Coverage

Includes:: Barnard Castle, Billingham, Chester-le-Street, Crook, Darlington, Guisborough, Hartlepool, Hetton-le-Hole, Newton Aycliffe, Peterlee, Redcar, Saltburn-by the-Sea, Seaham, Shildon, Spennymoor, Stanhope, Stanley & Willmingron. Current edition of this title was published in 2012. Mapping shows street names clearly, with major roads highlighted with bold colouring; also displayed are postcode boundaries, car parks, railway & bus stations, post offices, schools, colleges, hospitals, police & fire stations, places of worship, leisure centres, footpaths & bridleways, camping & caravan sites, golf courses, & many other places of interest. The atlas index lists street names & postcodes, plus schools, hospitals, railway stations, shopping centres & other facilities.

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County Durham Pevsner Architectural Guide, in a series of publications begun with the express aim of providing up-to-date guides to the most significant buildings in every part of the country, suitable for both general reader & specialist. Each volume provides an introductory overview of the architecture of the area, followed by a descriptive gazetteer arranged alphabetically by place. Whilst cathedrals & their furnishings, great country houses & their parks form the grand set pieces, the books demonstrate the enjoyable diversity of architecture in the British Isles in accounts of rural churches & farmsteads, Victorian public buildings & industrial monuments. A continuing programme of publication keeps the series up-to-date with new information on older buildings & recent architecture while maintaining the tradition of Pevsner`s own succinct accounts. Each book has over 100 photographs, mostly specially commissioned, numerous maps & plans, a glossary & indexes. ...

Useful, informative, & very pretty! This large (40x 29.5cm), high quality lens cloth for your glasses or goggles shows a 3-D panorama map of ski slopes above Courmayeur. The cloth does not get soggy in the snow, tear or need refolding. It is highly durable, clear & easy to read & handle with gloves. When required, it can be washed at 30º. The map provides a very vivid picture of the mountains, with the eastern side of the Mont Blanc massif in the background. In addition to the ski routes & the connecting ski lifts or cable car & gondola lines, also marked are various other facilities including playground areas for children. Ideal for planning your trip in advance, the Wipeout cloth also makes a great souvenir, plus can be used on any screen at home: TV, PC or even the windscreen. To see which other ski resorts are presented on Wipeout cloths, please click on the series link. ...

Courmayeur, map No. 292, in the standard topographic survey of Switzerland at 1:50, 000 from Swisstopo, i.e. without the special overprint highlighting walking trails, local bus stops, etc, presented in Swisstopo’s hiking editions of the 50K survey. The map covers mainly the Italian & the French sides of the border, with only a small part of Switzerland shown on it. Highly regarded for their superb use of graphic relief & hill shading, the maps give an almost 3-D picture of Switzerland`s mountainous terrain. Contours are at 20m intervals. All the maps have a 1-km grid with the Swiss national coordinates. This standard version of the 50K survey covers the whole country on 78 small format sheets, with special larger format maps published for several popular tourist destinations. Small format sheets cover an area of 35 x 24 km (21 x 15 miles approx) & have map legend in the language of the area covered by the map. The special larger sheets cover 50 x 35 km (31 x 22 miles approx) & have no map legend, but a separate leaflet can be provided instead.PLEASE NOTE: the hiking editions of the 1:50, 000 Swisstopo survey are listed on our website in a separate series. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Sometimes surrender is more courageous than resistance. Kate Fordham arrived in the sunlit city of Granada a year ago. In the shadow of the Alhambra, one of the most beautiful places on Earth, she works as a waitress serving tourists in a busy bar. She pretends she`s happy with her new life – but how could she be? Kate`s alone, afraid & hiding under a false name. And fate is about to bring her face-to-face with he greatest fear. Five centuries ago, a message, in a hand few could read, was inscribed in blood on a stolen scrap of paper. The paper was folded & pressed into one of the Alhambra`s walls. There it has lain, undisturbed by the tides of history – the Fall of Granada, the expulsion of its last Sultan – until Kate discovers it. Born of love, in a time of danger & desperation, the fragment will be the catalyst that changes Kate`s life forever. Court of Lions bridges time, interweaving the stories of a woman who must confront her unimaginable past & a man who must face an unthinkable future, bringing one of history`s great turning points to life in an epic saga of romance & redemption. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...