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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A small child creeps runs leaps swings & finally wades through the jungle. As he goes he hears various animal noises the perpetrators of which are revealed on the following page. The torn-paper collage illustrations offer an accompaniment to this traditional rhyme. ...

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 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 ...

Essential guidebook of walks & climbs in the Pyrenees with over 170 day walks multi-day walks climbing routes & mountaineering ascents. Covers all valleys & peaks on both sides of the border with France & Spain with through routes & peaks to bag as an introduction to one of Europes finest mountain ranges. Now in full colour with redrawn map & new photos the guide now

Includes:: three new districts
- Lac d Oo & the Circque d Espingo; Vallees de la Pique & du Lis; & Haute Vallee du Garbet
- & several new routes. The active walker trekker & climber is spoilt for choice. There are exquisite valleys & passes to wander day after day & summits of 3000m & more within the reach of most hill walkers. The landscape is full of diversity & contrast with Alpine-style peaks small glaciers deep gorges & more than a thousand mountain lakes. The range is also known as the flower garden of Europe & the wildlife

Includes:: various species rarely seen elsewhere on the continent. Since the first edition appeared in 1978 Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees has become accepted as the authoritative guide to the range & this new edition incorporates many changes & additions to reflect the boom in interest in the area. For centuries the Pyrenees basked in the mystery of the unknown. Unaccountably dismissed as holding little of importance to the climber mountain walkers ignored them almost completely. But all that has changed & the Pyrenees have now become the focus of attention for mountain activists of all degrees of commitment. Not just walkers & climbers but parapente enthusiasts mountain bikers white-water kayak buffs bird-watchers butterfly & flower lovers cavers & canyoners. As an arena for outdoor adventure the Pyrenees fulfills so many dreams.





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In 1612 ten Pendle Witches went to the scaffold. These miserable wretches & their supposed victims lived in the villages & farmsteads surrounding Pendle Hill. Though nearly four centuries have since elapsed the magical aura of witchcraft still pervades an area which is as wild & beautiful now as it was in King Jamess day. All the walks are circular & fairly uniform in length with an average of about 6 miles making them ideal as half-day family rambles. Access is easy along the A56 & A59 whilst the M65 extends from the national motorway network into the heart of Lancashire Witch Country. ...