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On This Mountain

This is a sumptuous
celebration of the
mountains of Wales.
Scaling verbal and visual
heights, it combines
pithy writing and
striking photography as
ten well-known authors
explore and explain the
appeal of their favourite
Welsh hill or peak. Some
of these are well
established landmarks on
the tourist and
mountaineering maps of
Wales, others are more
remote and private. Some
are dramatic, brooding
presences, dominating
their landscape. Others
are more unassuming. But,
north or south, east or
west, each is a place in
the heart as much as a
geographical feature. Ray
Wood is world-renowned as
a mountaineering
photographer and his
images give this
collection its stunning
visual integrity and
impact. Complementing the
authors revelations, the
photography allows us to
climb each mountain
without safety harness
and crampon, without
fear of vertigo leaving
us with a breathtaking,
not a breathless,
experience. Book
contents: Mynydd
Tynybraich by Angharad
Price Mynydd y Gwrhyd by
Alun Wyn Bevan Cader
Idris by Bethan Gwanas
The Blorenge by John
Barnie On the Black Ridge
by Jim Perrin Dinas Bran
by Jane MacNamee Y Berwyn
by Iolo Williams Garn
Fawr by Mererid Hopwood
Mynydd y Garreg by Ray
Gravell Crib Nantlle by
Dylan Iorwerth.

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The Wild Rover

Mike Parker, bestselling
author of Map Addict, is
back with a brilliant,
intelligent and witty
exploration of a glorious
and passionate British
subject - footpaths and
our rights of way. Mike
discovers how these paths
have become part of our
cultural landscape and
why, at the tender age
of 44, he suddenly finds
himself at a crossroads.
Provocative, funny and
personal, this book
celebrates Britains
unique and extraordinary
network of footpaths. It
examines their chequered
and surprisingly
turbulent history, from
the Enclosures Acts of
the eighteenth century to
the 1932 Mass Trespass on
Kinder Scout in
Derbyshire; and from the
hard-won post-war
establishment of great
National Trails like the
Pennine Way to the
dramatic latter-day
battles by the likes of
Nicholas van Hoogstraten
and Madonna to keep
ramblers off their land.
The story ranges far and
wide, to all corners of
the country and beyond,
and is filled with the
many characters that Mike
engages with along the
way - the poets and
artists, farmers and
ramblers, landowners and
Rights of Way officers
and campaigners,
historians, archivists
and anyone else who
crosses his path (or even
tries to block it).

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Cross Country English Building
And Landscape

In Cross Country
photographer and author
Peter Ashley unleashes
his passion for Blighty.
He takes us on an
enlightening jaunt that
encompasses England's
most loved regions. This
spans the Cotswolds, the
Lake District, the North
Cornwall coast and many
other picturesque
locations around England.
The author and
photographer travels deep
into the country he cares
about. His observations
and photos illustrate
local topography with a
fresh pair of eyes,
focusing in on many
different highlights from
country houses, local
railway stations,
teashops to classic inns.

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£7.99

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