With stories of 50 incredible hiking routes in 30 countries, from New Zealand to Peru, plus a further 150 suggestions, Lonely Planet’s Epic Hikes of the World will inspire a lifetime of adventure on foot. From one-day jaunts & urban trails to month-long thru-hikes, cultural rambles & mountain expeditions, each journey shares one defining feature: being truly epic. In this follow-up to Epic Bike Rides & Epic Drives, we share our adventures on the world’s best treks & trails. Epic Hikes is organised by continent, with each route brought to life by a first-person account, beautiful photographs & charming illustrated maps. in addition, each hike

Includes:: trip planning advice on how to get there, where to stay, what to pack & where to eat, as well as recommendations for three similar hikes in other regions of the world. Hikes featured include: Africa & the Middle East:- Cape Town’s Three Peaks (South Africa)- Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)- Camp to Camp in South Luangwa National Park (Zambia) Americas:- Angel’s Landing, Zion National Park (USA)- Skyline Trail, Jasper National Park (Canada)- Concepción volcano hike (Nicaragua) Asia:- 88 Sacred Temples of Shikoku Pilgrimage (Japan)- Markha Valley (India)- Gubeikou to Jinshanling on the Great Wall (China) Europe:- Wordsworth’s Backyard: Dove Cottage & around Rydal & Grasmere (UK)- Alpine Pass Route (Switzerland)- Camino de Santiago (Spain) Oceania:- Sydney’s Seven Bridges Walk (Australia)- The Routeburn Track (New Zealand)- Kokoda Track (Papua New Guinea)

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Early on in his life, Matt craved a return to nature. When he became an adult, he took the plunge to set aside his comfortable urban life & live entirely off the land to learn from the smallest & grandest of all things. In his riveting narrative that brings together epic adventure & spiritual quest, he shows us what extraordinary things the human body is capable of doing when pushed to its limits. Epic Survival, written with Josh Young, co-author of five New York Times best sellers, will relay the captivating stories from Matt`s life. He will describe his time learning the secrets of running from the Tarahumara Indians that led to him running the 1, 600 mile Pacific Crest Trail in just 58 days & enduring temperature swings of 100 degrees. He will take us with him as he treks into the wilderness to live alone for a half a year, armed with nothing but a loin cloth, a pair of sandals, a stone knife & chia seeds. He`ll recount near-death experiences as he hikes alone through the snow drifts at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, & tell us about the time he entered a three-day horse race on foot -- & finished third. Above all, Epic Survival is a book about growing closer to the land that nurtures us. No matter how far our modern society takes us from the wilderness, the call remains. Matt`s story will be both inspiration & invigoration, teaching even the most urbane among us important & breath-taking lessons. ...

In this booklet Jill Dudley describes the myths regarding the birth of Asclepius, god of medicine. She outlines the procedures which took place to bring about the miraculous healing of the sick & disabled, & lists some of the miracle cures which took place there. It is as it says on the back cover of the booklet: All you need to know about the sacred site, its myths, legends & its gods. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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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. ...

Photoluminescent Vinyl
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Photoluminescent Vinyl
- 150mm x 150mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to
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Epirus & Western Macedonia at 1:200, 000 in a series of regional road maps of Greece from Terrain Editions, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. The map is double-sided, with a generous overlap between the sides; coverage

Includes:: Corfu, Paxos & Antipaxos, as well as many of the most popular hiking areas of the Pindos mountains. Topography is shown by relief shading with light altitude colouring & plenty of names of mountain ranges. All place names are in both Greek & Latin alphabets. Presentation of the road network differentiates between smooth & rough dirt roads, & shows driving distances on many local roads plus locations of petrol stations. Scenic routes are highlighted. Railway lines & ferry routes are included. A range of symbols indicate various places of interest including campsites & mountain refuges, archaeological sites, churches & monasteries, skiing areas, etc. The map has a 10km UTM grid, with latitude & longitude shown by margin ticks & crosshairs at 10’. Map legend

Includes:: English. The index, separate for the Greek & Latin alphabet place names & with lists of monasteries & archaeological sites, is on the map; unlike in some titles in this series no street plans are included.



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Josef Vadassy, a Hungarian refugee & language teacher living in France, is enjoying his first break for years in a small hotel on the Riviera. But when he takes his holiday photographs to be developed at a local chemists, he suddenly finds himself mistaken for a Gestapo agent & a charge of espionage is levelled at him. To prove himself innocent to the French police, he must discover which one of his fellow guests at his pension is the real spy. As he desperately tries to uncover the true culprit`s identity, Vadassy must risk his job, his safety & everything he holds dear. ...

Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree`s survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become without the ash`s familiar branches protruding from limestone scars & chalky cliff faces. The trees` grave prognosis takes on a personal resonance when, in the course of writing this book, Lisa is diagnosed with a brain tumour. While she receives treatment, & learns to walk & talk again, Lisa finds solace once more in the natural world. She continues to research her beloved forests, which once sheltered a wealth of flora & fauna, seeking out the possibilities that modern science might provide for their survival. Taking us from the lowlands of Norfolk to northernmost reaches of the British Isles, Lisa`s book is a celebration of the deep cultural & historical significance of the ash. As Lisa contemplates her own mortality, & the trees` likely fate emerges, Epitaph for the Ash offers up a rallying cry to treasure these remarkable woodlands while we still can, before it is too late. ...