” Paddling the Columbia” begins at the river`s headwaters on Columbia Lake in British Columbia & provides comprehensive information for traveling its full 1245 miles to the Pacific. The guidebook enables serious paddlers to set a goal, like hiking the Pacific Crest Trail or climbing the Seven Summits but on water. The book divides the river into 34 segments, detailing put-in & take-out points, campgrounds, various land manager regulations, key riverside sites, dams & water releases, paddling times & distances, free-flowing areas, ferry schedules, & more. Introductory texts & sidebars cover local history, things to do nearby (like hot springs, hiking trails, or places to eat), as well as wildlife & scenery. Boat types & equipment are also covered. The overall tone is adventurous, funny, & introspective. ...

Paddy Buckley Round, a route combining the 47 mountain peaks in Snowdonia & the toughest of the three great classics for mountain runners, presented on a waterproof & tear-resistant, contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:40, 000 from Harvey Map Services. The map provides a vivid presentation of the topography, with contours at 15m intervals enhanced by colouring & graphics to indicate the terrain & vegetation: scatter rock, boulder fields, scree, woodlands, pasture, etc. Buckley’s 47 summits & the route are clearly highlighted. The map shows other local paths & tracks & indicates accommodation options (campsites, youth hostels, bunkhouses) car parks, information points, etc. The lines of the British National Grid are drawn at 1km intervals. First completed by Wendy Dodds on 30th May 1982 at 25hr 35min, by July 2009 the fastest time stood at 17hr 42 min. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Roddy Doyle`s Booker Prize-winning novel describes the world of ten-year-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun & adventure on the streets, boredom in the classroom to increasing isolation at home, ” Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha” is the story of a boy who sees everything but understands less & less. ...

Paddy Clarke is ten years old. Paddy Clarke lights fires. Paddy Clarke`s name is written in wet cement all over Barrytown, north Dublin. Paddy Clarke`s heroes are Father Damien (and the lepers), Geronimo & George Best. Paddy Clarke has a brother called Francis, but Paddy calls him Sinbad & hates him because that`s the rule. Paddy Clarke knows the exact moment to knock a dead scab from his knee. Paddy Clarke loves his Ma & Da, but it seems like they don`t love each other, & Paddy`s world is falling apart. ...

ADAC, Germany's equivalent of the British Automobile Association publishes an extensive series of street plans which provide detailed high-quality mapping of all the major towns & cities, including their outer suburbs. The plans name all the individual streets & indicate all the main landmarks & public buildings. All public transport facilities are shown: buses, trams, underground & overland rail lines. One way streets & car parks are indicated. Plans of larger cities include an enlargement for the city centre. The plans also show the administrative & postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. On the reverse, each plan has a road map at 1:100, 000, covering a very wide area around the city. Map legend

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Padiham in 1909 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map is double-sided. The main map covers the southern part of Padiham, extending southward to Shuttleworth Hall & westward to Simonstone Paper Mill. Features include the LYR Great Harwood Loop railway with Padiham station; part of Simonstone station is at the western edge of the map. Other features include Fenny Fold, River Calder, Stone Moor Bottom, Dean Brook Bridge, Albion Mill, Jubilee Mill, Holme Mill, Green Lane Mill, Green Bridge Mill, Levant Mill, Perseverance Mill, St Anne`s church, Stone Moor, etc. On the reverse is more than half of adjacent sheet 55.16 extending coverage northward; this covers Padiham Town Centre, where features include St Leonard`s church, Britannia Mill, River Side Mill & several other mills, Victoria Foundry, etc. Coverage extends northward to Old Orchard & Huntroyde. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Padis area at 1:30, 000 in a series of detailed contoured maps covering popular hiking areas of Transylvania published by Dimap, one of Hungary’s leading publishers specializing in mapping of that region. The maps show local hiking routes & provide tourist information such as campsites, places of interest, etc. Many titles include street plans and/or English language descriptions of recommended hiking trails.* In this title:* hiking map with contours at 50m intervals, highlighting several local footpaths & trails indicating their waymarking signs. Symbols show local hotels, campsites, & mountain huts, springs & waterfalls, caves & rock faces, places of interest, etc. Three small insets show the Galbenei & Somesului Cald gorges & the Ponorului depression at enlarged scales. The map has no geographical coordinates. On the reverse is a black & white road map at 1:400, 000 showing the surrounding region & notes, in Hungarian & German only, describing the area & the various hiking routes. * Map legend

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Map No. BD9, Padjelanta
- Sulitelma, in a series of detailed topographic survey maps for mountain areas of central & northern
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Map No. BD9, Padjelanta
- Sulitelma, in a series of detailed topographic survey maps for mountain areas of central & northern
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Mountain areas of central & northern Sweden on waterproof & tear-resistant, GPS compatible topographic “ Fjällkartan” maps at 1:100, 000 & 1:50, 000 from Lantmäteriet
- the country’s national survey organization, with hiking & ski routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Relief is shown by contours at 20m intervals & enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of vegetation or land use. An overprint shows trails for hiking & cross-country skiing, indicating waymarked or unmarked & summer or winter only routes. Also shown are mandatory & recommended trails for snowmobiles & areas prohibited for cross-country vehicles. Symbols indicate locations of campsites, youth hostels, huts & wind shelters, mountain lodges & other types of tourist accommodation, emergency telephones, etc. The maps have both a 1-km UTM grid & a latitude/longitude grid in steps of 10`. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse there are descriptions of the area in Swedish only, GPS coordinates for selected locations, etc. Most sheets also include a brief note in English on public access regulations. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.


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