Terry Marsh’s Cicerone guide to The Dales Way is a comprehensive exploration of this popular walking through the north-west of Engl&. Covering a total of 78 miles, the Dales Way stretches along the eastern fringe of the Lake District between Ilkley & Bowness on Windermere & is one of Britain’s gentlest multi-day routes, ideal for those seeking an introduction to long distance walking. The book is organized in four main sections, with individual sections describing the way through Wharfedale, Dentdale, Lonsdale & the Lakeland fringe & Into Lakel&. Travelling west, the Dales Way makes the most of the delectable surroundings of Wharfedale before crossing into picturesque Dentdale & continuing to Sedbergh. From here, the Way leads to its conclusion at the very edge of Lakel&. The guide is the only one available that covers the Dales Way in both directions & each routes is clearly illustrated with OS mapping & information on points of interest along the way. Colour photographs also give an indication of the highlights of each walk. ...

A fully waymarked trail from Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere, the Dales Way links two of England`s most celebrated national parks, the Yorkshire Dales & the Lake District. Well served for accommodation & facilities, & with easy walking on riverside paths, it is one of the gentlest multi-day walks in Britain & therefore an ideal introduction to long-distance walking. It can be comfortably completed in 6-8 days. Novices & experienced long-distance walkers alike will find plenty of interest on this wonderful walk, including glorious limestone scenery & characterful historic towns. Presented in six daily stages of 7-19 miles (with suggestions for alternative schedules), this guide describes the Way in both directions, with the main route description running from south to north. Step-by-step route description is accompanied by 1:100, 000 mapping, & a trek planner, showing where facilities are available, is included to facilitate planning. Accommodation listings & useful contacts can be found in the appendices. A separate, conveniently sized map booklet located in the back-cover sleeve provides all the OS 1:25, 000 mapping needed to complete the trail. Accompanying rivers great & small, crossing farmland
- & just a little moorl&, following wandering winding lanes, the Dales Way visits a wide variety of fascinating features
- from churches to viaducts, from traditional villages to ancient stone circles. The guide offers comprehensive notes on local points of interest, as well as an overview of Dales geology, history, plants & wildlife to enhance the walking experience. The practical information is all there too, including when to go, how to get there & what to take, making for an ideal companion to enjoying this delightful route.

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The popular Dales Way long-distance footpath begins in Ilkley, West Yorkshire & runs for 84 miles (135km) to end in the Lake District, in Bowness-on-Windermere. It follows riverside paths along the River Wharf towards Ribblehead & the watershed of northern Engl&, then meanders along the river valleys of Dentdale, the River Mint & the River Kent dropping down into the Lake District to end beside Lake Windermere. It`s a relatively easy walk that takes about a week.

Features: 1. Unique mapping features
- In many walking guides the reader has to read a route description then try to relate it to the map. Our guides are easier to use because walking directions, tricky junctions, places to stay & eat, points of interest & walking times are all writ- ten onto the maps themselves in the places to which they apply. With their uncluttered clarity, these are not general-purpose maps but fully- edited maps drawn by walkers for walkers. Downloadable GPS waypoints also included.2. The largest scale walking maps available
- At just under 1:20, 000 (8cm or 31/8 inches to 1 mile) our maps are bigger than even the most detailed walking maps currently available in the shops.3. An all-in-one guide
- Trailblazer guides include practical informa- tion not usually found in walking guides to the UK: reviews of places to stay, places to eat, attractions along the way & detailed pub- lic transport information showing all access points on the path, for weekend & day walkers.4. 40 large-scale maps at just under 1:20, 000 (8cm or 31/8 inches to 1 mile). 5. Colour overview & stage maps (one stage per page) with trail profiles.6. Walking with a dog. Henry Stedman, the author, was accompanied along the Dales Way by his dog, Daisy.




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This is a brand new edition of one of the first guidebooks to this classic walk. ” The Dales Way” is one of Britain`s favourite long-distance walks, running from Ilkley in Wharfedale, through the Yorkshire Dales National Park to a delightful conclusion on the shores of Windermere in the Lake District National Park. At 80 miles in length & generally easy going, the ” Dales Way” makes an ideal introduction to long-distance walking, being comfortably walkable within a week`s holiday. It is well waymarked throughout & spends many miles on delectable riverbanks & passing through some archetypal Dales villages. An additional bonus is that each end of the route is accessible by rail. After a re-survey of the entire route in Spring 2012, numerous changes & improvements have been made to this already well-used guide, which now

Includes:: a stunning collection of more than 50 full colour photographs depicting the countless memorable features & landscapes along the way. The three link routes from Leeds, Bradford & Harrogate are also described. Concise route descriptions are complemented by a wealth of background information, with an introductory section dealing with planning the walk, including useful addresses, contacts & essential services; also an extremely useful log section.

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The Dales Way, a 135km / 85 mile route in the Yorkshire Dales & the Lake District National Parks, presented at 1:40, 000 on a map from Harvey Map Services. The route itself, between Ilkley & Bowness-on-Windermere, is shown on six panels, with additional three panels covering the access to the start of the Dales Way in Ilkley from Leeds, Harrogate or Shipley near Bradford. Maps in the Harvey’s series covering Great Britain’s national trails & other long-distance footpaths are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper & cover the routes at 1:40, 000 or 1:60, 000. Topography is shown by contours at 15m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics to provide a very detailed picture of the terrain (boulder fields, scree, crags, etc) & vegetation / land use (pastures, moorl&, woodlands, etc). In Scotland peaks & hills classified as Munros, Corbetts & Donalds are marked. The overprint for the long-distance trail shows sections on local or main roads (highlighting danger points), on tracks, & on footpaths, indicating intermittent or not visible paths. The maps also show other right of way paths, including permissive paths & bridleways. Symbols indicate various facilities & accommodation options (including campsites & youth hostels), pubs & refreshments, food shops, banks, information points, etc, both along the route itself & in the nearby locations. All maps are GPS compatible, with the British National Grid overprinted on each panel. The maps also include useful contact details & general advice. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...

Food & surrealism make perfect bedfellows: sex & lobsters, collage & cannibalism, the meeting of a swan & a toothbrush on a pastry case. The opulent dinner parties thrown by Salvador Dali (1904-1989) & his wife & muse, Gala (1894-1982) were the stuff of legend. Luckily for us, Dali published a cookbook in 1973, Les diners de Gala, which reveals some of the sensual, imaginative, & exotic elements that made up their notorious gatherings. This reprint features all 136 recipes over 12 chapters, specially illustrated by Dali, & organized by meal courses, including aphrodisiacs. The illustrations & recipes are accompanied by Dali`s extravagant musings on subjects such as dinner conversation: ” The jaw is our best tool to grasp philosophical knowledge ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:25, 000 published by the Centro Nacional de Información Geograficá, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 10m intervals & colouring and/or graphics to show different types of vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information shown on topographic maps at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.PLEASE NOTE: our grid for the whole of Spain is in preparation
- in the meantime, for areas other than those shown on the attached grid please use CNIG’s topographic survey at 1:50, 000 by searching for ‘SI00000832’. Each 25K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 50K map, with the numbering system: I = NW quarter, II = NE quarter, III = SW quarter & IV = SE quarter. CNIG maps in the Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 survey & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K or 25K title in more detail. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series grid
- for map numbers not yet listed on our website please contact us by email.

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` As compelling as it is tough, sidestepping piety in favour of clear-eyed infectious anger` Sunday Times Irene Dalila Mwathi comes from Kenya with a brutally violent personal history. Once she wanted to be a journalist, now all she wants is to be safe. When she finally arrives, bewildered, in London, she is attacked by the very people paid to protect her, & she has no choice but to step out on her own into this strange new world. Through a dizzying array of interviews, lawyer`s meetings, regulations & detention centres, she realises that what she faces may be no less dangerous than the violence she has fled. Written with grace, humour & compassion, this timely & thought-provoking novel tackles its uncomfortable subject matter in a deeply affecting way. A book about forging dignity in a world of tragedy, & raising issues about immigration & asylum-seekers through the story of one woman`s plight, Dalila is a necessary tale of our times. It is also a work of great literary power: a slow-burning, spell-binding novel about how we treat the vulnerable & dispossessed that will leave its readers devastated. ...

Dalir, map no. 4, in the topographic survey of Iceland at 1:100, 000 published by Mál og menning, with excellent, vivid presentation of the terrain, footpaths & bridleways, campsites, etc. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by bold relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics to show glaciers, lava fields, sands & mudflats, as well as to distinguish land with vegetation cover from the more sparsely covered terrain. The series provides a splendid presentation of the country’s topography, with large amount of detail & over 43, 000 place names. Road network indicates gravel roads &

Includes:: country tracks. Also marked are local footpaths, clear to see with their distinctive colouring, & bridleways. Symbols shows campsites, tourist huts or shelters, emergency shelters, summer houses, river fords, golf courses & swimming pools, hydro-electric or thermal power stations, local airports, etc, & detail such as individual farms, abandoned farms or ruins, sheepfolds, etc. Each map covers an area of 84 x 67km (53 x 42 miles approx.) & has latitude & longitude lines drawn at intervals of 2’ & 5’ respectively. Map legend

Includes:: English, German & French. To see the other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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