This guidebook is Volume 1 of a two-part set detailing 69 exciting & challenging routes to climb 139 Munro mountains covering the southern central & western highlands. Bound in a hard-wearing waterproof PVC cover it

Includes:: all the popular routes in these areas such as in Glencoe Lochaber & on Mull. The guide is ideal for Munro bagging or for walking information on such hills as Ben Nevis Cairn Gorm Craig Meagaidh or Ben More. The guide now features custom-drawn 1:100 000 maps alongside its outstanding colour photography & its comprehensive information on tackling this famous collection of mountains

Includes:: useful details on Gaelic names accommodation access & advice for making the most out of a readers time in the mountains. Volume 2 covers the Munros of the northern highlands & Cairngorms & explores the other 145 Munros.



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A comprehensive introduction provides the history of the Munros &

Includes:: vital practical information to

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This new edition of Paul Reed's classic book Walking the Somme is an essential travelling companion for anyone visiting the Somme battlefields of 1916. His book first published over ten years ago is the result of a lifetime's research into the battle & the landscape over which it was fought. From Gommecourt Serre Beaumont-Hamel & Thiepval to Montauban High Wood Delville Wood & Flers he guides the walker across the major sites associated with the fighting. These are now features of the peaceful Somme countryside. In total there are 16 walks including a new one tracing the operations around Mametz Wood & all the original walks have been fully revised & brought up to date. Walking the Somme brings the visitor not only to the places where the armies clashed but to the landscape of monuments cemeteries & villages that make the Somme battlefield so moving to explore. ...

After an introduction to the Lake District the route descriptions are clearly presented with the two-colour sketch maps facing the descriptive text
- so that the book can be carried flat in a standard map case. The walks average 12 miles in length but the more demanding ones are presented both as one-day & two-day excursions.
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A small child is making his way through the jungle first walking then creeping running leaping swinging & finally wading. As he goes he hears various noises
- ssssss grrrrrrr trump trump roarrrrr chitter chatter snap snap
- after each of which the page is turned to reveal the animal responsible. Text & artwork combine to encourage audience participation on the levels of both sound & movement
- & to create a guessing game. Julie Lacome has illustrated Sing a Song of Sixpence"; "A was Once an Apple Pie"; " Im a Jolly Farmer"; " Noisy Noises on the Farm" & " The Shape of Things"."


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Walking to Hollywood is a dazzling triptych
- obsessive satirical elegiac
- in which Will Self burrows down through the intersections

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Keeping pets is a lovely idea. When building a family they complement the kids. But what happens when things get out of hand? For writer & house husband Matt Whyman its a case of catastrophe management in coping with four children & all the ill-advised animals amassed by his career wife Emma. Just as Matt gets to grips with managing her two maxed out minipigs she falls for a miniature Dachshund
- the kind of dog he wouldnt be seen dead with. Hercules isnt big or clever but Emma is determined. Shell do everything she promises... From the author of Pig in the Middle.
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Keeping pets is a lovely idea. When building a family they complement the kids. But what happens when things get out of hand? For writer & house husband Matt Whyman it's a case of catastrophe management in coping with four children & all the ill-advised animals amassed by his career wife Emma. Just as Matt gets to grips with managing her two maxed out minipigs she falls for a miniature Dachshund
- the kind of dog he wouldn't be seen dead with. Hercules isn't big or clever but Emma is determined. She'll do everything she promises... From the author of Pig in the Middle
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The Watershed of Scotland is a line that separates East from West & divides those river basin areas which drain towards the North Sea on the one hand & those which flow west into the Atlantic Ocean on the other. It meanders from Peel Fell on the English border all the way to the top at Duncansby Head: over 754 miles (1 200km) through almost every kind of terrain. The Watershed follows the high ground & offers wide vistas down almost every major river valley towards towns & communities into the heartlands of Scotl&. Walking with Wildness leads the reader through breathtaking hitherto mostly unknown landscapes providing valuable advice for walkers on the way. ...

Packed with accessible geological & historical information the route of each walk is overlaid onto stunning aerial photography ...