This fun book is a perfect way for young children to develop their counting, observation & pen control skills. They can spot matching birds, decorate a watering can, count apples in an orchard & lots more. Durable, wipe-clean pages mean children can revisit their favourite activities again & again. ...

Preschool children need to learn to hold & manipulate a pen effectively before they can start writing, & this wipe-clean book will provide them with plenty of practice. The special pen provided goes on smoothly & evenly; when the child has finished
- or if they make a mistake
- simply wipe off & the ink leaves virtually no residue.

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Young children need plenty of practice in pen-control
- an essential skill they must learn before starting to form letters & numbers.
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Useful, informative, & very pretty! These large (40x 29.5cm), high quality lens cloths for your glasses or goggles show 3-D panorama maps of ski slopes above popular European holiday resorts. 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. Most titles have maps printed on both sides of the cloth. The maps provide a very vivid picture of the mountains, highlighting ski routes & the connecting ski lifts or other transport. Some titles also show various tourist facilities such as huts & restaurants, playground areas for children, etc. Ideal for planning your trip in advance, the Wipeout cloths also makes a great souvenir, plus can be used on any screen at home: TV, PC or even the windscreen. ...

Wireless Cat Speaker by Thumbs Up. Small but powerful, this pocket-sized animal speaker connects via Bluetooth, allowing you to take your tunes just about anywhere. Animal Speaker
Features: Designed in the UK. Made from plastic. Powerful 2W sound. Connect via your Bluetooth device to play your music. Built-in microphone means that you can make & receive calls. Power button is also a shutter remote for taking photos. Can play music for 4 hours before requiring a battery re-charge. Recharges via micro USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable (included). Presented in a Thumbs Up box.
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Wireless Penguin Speaker by Thumbs Up. Small but powerful, this pocket-sized animal speaker connects via Bluetooth, allowing you to take your tunes just about anywhere. Animal Speaker
Features: Designed in the UK. Made from plastic. Powerful 2W sound. Connect via your Bluetooth device to play your music. Built-in microphone means that you can make & receive calls. Power button is also a shutter remote for taking photos. Can play music for 4 hours before requiring a battery re-charge. Recharges via micro USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable (included). Presented in a Thumbs Up box.
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Wirksworth in 1920 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 covers the small town of Wirksworth, extending northward to Bolehill & Middlepeak. Features include Midland Railway`s Wirksworth Branch with station, section of LNWR Cromford & High Peak line, quarries with rail connections, Stoneycroft Quarry, Coal Hills Quarry, Redhill Quarry, Middlepeak Quarries, Greymare Mine (disused), Malsters Venture Mine (disused), other disused mines, St Mary`s church, Wirksworth Hall, Gate House, Waltham House, Yokecliffe House, Market Place, Baileycroft Quarry (disused), Washgreen area, schools & chapels, Bolehill area, Yokecliffe Rake Mines (disused), old shafts, etc. An 1891 directory of Wirksworth is on the reverse. 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. ...

A detailed topographic map of Wirral & Chester / Caer from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series. Edition A1; Publication date June 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Chester & the Wirral. Edition A1 with minor changes: Publication date October 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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The Wirral & Chester area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 266, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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