Mike Dunn’s Cicerone guide to Walking in the Forest of Dean illustrates 25 walks in the historic royal forest, featuring detailed instructions, OS map extracts & colour photographs. An introduction presents the history, geology & landscape, plants & wildlife of the forest, area of outstanding natural beauty that borders England & South Wales across the three counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire & Monmouthshire. Additional sections provide advice on when to go, getting there & around, where to stay, equipment & maps, & tips on navigation & staying safe in the outdoors. It then organises the 25 walks in four different areas, the western ridges above the gorge of the River Wye, the forested ridges & valley of central Dean, the eastern ridges together with the lowlands between the Forest & Severn, & the long distance trails. It features walks ranging from relatively simple half-day strolls to challenging full-day excursions along parts of the three long-distance trails which thread their way through the area. For each walk, detailed route descriptions cross-referenced to the OS map extract are provided along with information about the distance, ascent, difficulty grading, approximate timing of the walk; & features of historical or natural interest are highlighted. Details of parking, public transport links, & useful contacts are also included. ...

A guidebook of walks in the lovely Haute Savoie mountains of France. This guide describes 30 circular routes of between 7 & 20km, based around Annecy, La Clusaz, Grand Born&, Plateau d` Assy, Samoens, Sixt, Sallanches, Thones, la Roche-sur-Foron. Graded from easy to difficult, there are walks to suit most abilities, but a few have some exposed sections & need a head for heights. The guidebook is divided into 6 areas covering the Arve Valley, the Haut Giffre valley, the Chaine des Aravis, Plateau de la Borne & Lake Annecy. Alongside a detailed route description & map, each walk has a summary of all you need to know before you set out. There is advice on travel, accommodation & equipment, as well as information about local wildlife & Savoyard food & drink, & a glossary of useful French words. Visitors flock to the Chamonix area & the Mont Blanc range, but that is only part of what the Haute Savoie has to offer. With stunning views of high mountains as well as lower peaks to enjoy, the walks in this guide will show you a quieter, less busy side to this outstandingly beautiful area. ...

This guidebook describes 34 graded day walks, from 4 to 16 miles long, on the beautiful Isle of Wight. Long known as a sunny holiday destination, the island also has an incredible 525km (326 miles) of footpaths on an island of just 381 square kilometres (147 square miles), & there are more footpaths & bridleways than roads. Combine that with a variety of landscapes, big sea views round every corner, a mild, temperate climate & great public transport links & you have a walker's paradise. Nearly half the island is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty & this guidebook takes the reader to previously unexplored areas such as Niton Undercliff, Parkhurst Forest & Ashey Down. Illustrated with OS map extracts & colour photography, & filled with information on the many historical sites on the isl&, such as Osborne House & Carisbrooke Castle, this guidebook is all you need to explore the Isle of Wight on foot. ...

A guidebook to day walks in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), across Cumbria, County Durham & Northumberl&. The book

Includes:: 50 walks exploring England`s `last wilderness`, ranging from 5 miles (8km) to 14 miles (23km). Most are circular, though there are some linear routes, & there is something to suit all abilities over a variety of terrain. Route descriptions are illustrated with OS mapping & colour photographs, & the book

Includes:: details of local transport services, accommodation & tourist information centres. The walks cover a variety of terrain, from flat railway trackbeds to pathless moorl&, & provide the opportunity to explore the striking geological features & fascinating industrial heritage of the area.



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Walking is medicine for the mind. It helps us slow down & think things through. It also helps us perk up & generate new ideas. There are few activities as readily available & revitalizing as a brisk walk, or as soothing & stimulating as a long walk. Wonderful things can happen when we set out on two feet. Within these pages, you will find stories from artists, designers, writers, psychologists & speakers who are inspired by the effect of pacing outdoors. You will hear of walks in the city, hikes through woods at dawn & epic adventures involving long journeys on foot. No matter the scale of the tale, the writer offers lessons they learned of a simple, human nature that we can all underst&. In each chapter you will discover suggestions & ideas about how to create simple daily habits from the writer`s thinking. In a world where so much of the noise around us suggests we are not good enough as we are, & that we must seek to change, these accounts try to do something different. They aim instead to invite a stroll into the complex pathways of the mind to discover the beauty of our own quirky individuality. ...

Walking in Värmland is One Day Walks Publishing`s guide to walking in the picturesque lake region of Central Sweden. A total of 22 walks are included in the guide, ranging in length from 5.5
- 20 kilometres, thus being suitable for a wide range of walking standards. Each walk opens with an Information box detailing details about the walk, including distance, type, time & difficulty grading. There are also details of getting to the start of the walk & also a description of ” Why” you should walk the route in question. GPS co-ordinates are provided at different points in the route, & these are displayed on a simple overview map of the walk. An extensive & comprehensive route description is also provided, guiding walkers along the route.
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From prize-winning historical novelist Louise Allen, this book presents nine walks through both the London Jane Austen knew & the London of her novels! Follow in Jane`s footsteps to her publisher`s doorstep & the Prince Regent`s vanished palace, see where she stayed when she was correcting proofs of Sense & Sensibility & accompany her on a shopping expedition
- & afterwards to the theatre. In modern London the walker can still visit the church where Lydia Bennett married Wickham, stroll with Elinor Dashwood in Kensington Palace Gardens or imagine they follow Jane`s naval officer brothers as they stride down Whitehall to the Admiralty. From well-known landmarks to hidden corners, these walks reveal a lost London that can still come alive in vivid detail for the curious visitor, who will discover eighteenth-century chop houses, elegant squares, sinister prisons, bustling city streets & exclusive gentlemen`s clubs amongst innumerable other Austen-esque delights.
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“ Walking Literary London” is a walking guide through the lives, loves, haunts & homes of writers both historic & recent. In 25 walks ranging from Highgate in north London to Putney & Wimbledon in the south, Roger Tagholm reveals the literary links of so much of London’s landscape. Discover the history of the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens, or visit the church where Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes were married. When in need of refreshment, you can stop off at the restaurant frequented by T. S. Eliot or one of the pubs immortalised in prose by Charles Dickens. Literary clubs & publishers, bookshops, statues & quiet retreats are all added into the mix, making for a fascinating experience. The book is full of clear & easy to follow maps highlighting each route & pinpointing places of literary interest. ...

Guidebook to over 70 walking routes in the hills of Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park in Scotland`s Southern Highlands. Including 21 Munros on less-popular routes, as well as plenty of Corbetts & Grahams. Hill summits of Ben Lomond, the Cobbler, Ben Lui & the Arrochar Alps have plenty of routes to explore. The routes in this guide range from 1 to 17 miles, & are clearly graded for distance & difficulty, as well as dividing between low-level, mid-level & mountain walks. From short, loch-side strolls suitable for all walkers, to long, challenging mountain routes with rocky scrambling, the Loch Lomond & Trossachs hills have plenty to offer. The glen & mountains walks in this guide are divided into area: the Trossachs, Callander & Loch Lubnaig, Balquhidder & Lochearnhead, Crianlarich to Inveraran, Tyndrum, Ben Lomond, Loch Lomond West, Arrochar Alps & Glen Croe to Loch Goil. The hills & glens of the Trossachs & Loch Lomond are the first of the Highlands as you come from the south & first in the affections of many hill-goers. Slightly less savage than their northern counterparts, they have a rugged charm all of their own. Their ridges are wrinkly schist & grassy picnic places, their lower slopes are oakwoods & ferries cruise the lochs in between. This guidebook

Includes:: plenty of background information on the area, as well as practical information on getting to & around the region`s walks, as well as advice on accommodation, what equipment to take, when to go, as well as interesting details on the schist rock that makes the hills, & important information on access in the hills & on Scottish estates.

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Walking London is the essential companion for any urban explorer
- visitor or native
- committed to discovering the true heart

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