A walking guide to Madeira & Porto Santo volcanic islands which bask in sunny solitude in the Atlantic Ocean far removed from Europe & Africa. A popular holiday destination for decades the islands now attract more adventurous travellers keen to walk & trek. This fully-updated second edition contains 60 routes which explore the dramatic cliff coastline wander along level levada paths penetrate dense laurisilva forests & traverse stone-paved paths from peak to peak in the high mountains. Now taking account of sweeping changes around modern-day Madeira including the new network of underground road tunnels the guide

Includes:: full information about bus routes & accommodation food & drink along the walks. The guide offers a comprehensive introduction to Madeira & Porto Santo in 7 sections lavishly illustrated with photographs & contoured maps showing options for linking routes for longer treks & almost 800km (500 miles) of walking on a variety of terrains

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Scotland contains some of Britains finest wilderness from rushing rivers to the surging seas. Take to the wilds or follow in the footsteps of legend as you make your way across an exhilarating range of landscapes. There are highlands to hike & islands to explore with castles cottages & friendly pubs. Whether you want to climb Bens or wander through glens ancient Scotland is a land of adventure for every walker. -66 detailed trail descriptions for walkers of all levels. -Coasts Climbs & Canals color section outlining the variety of Scottish walking. -Two-color contour maps for all featured walks. -Essential accomodation & transport information. -Expert advice on equipment health & environmentally responsible walking. ...

This handy guidebook describes 30 walks of different lengths & grades in & above the Angus Glens
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This handy guidebook offers the finest day walks in five different areas of the Auvergne an often-forgotten region in central France perfect for accessible day walking in a unique & spectacular landscape. Towns such as Vichy Clermont-Ferrand & Puy-en-Velay also offer delightful places to base yourself for that perfect walking holiday. The ridges rocky peaks & verdant valleys of the Cantal supervolcano dominate south-western Auvergne. The centre of the region hosts the unique chain of 'puys' with their pudding bowl forms & the pristine crater lakes of the Sancy massif. In the north the Montagne Bourbonnaise preserves a pastoral way of life which is quintessentially French while the Haute Loire's rivers & medieval abbeys reward those venturing further off the beaten track. Notes on the geology & history of points of interest passed en route help you to get the most out of your explorations. The 42 routes described range from easy to challenging & between 5 & 20km. All are illustrated with clear original sketch maps & colour photographs & all the information you need to plan your trip is included including a useful walker's glossary. ...

In over 100 walks this first Cicerone walking guide to the Cairngorms explores the regions 23 Munro summits & also the smaller viewpoint hills outside the main range. For the adventurous there are the best of the areas rocky scrambles & the classic through-routes used by cattle-drovers & by Queen Victoria. For others there are easy sandy trails wandering among the tall pines & along the banks of the great rivers Spey Nethy & Dee. Britains biggest mountain range is special in several ways. Theres the granite plateau & an Arctic ecosystem of gravel boulders & late-lying snow. There are the glacial glens & high corries where green lochans lie below great crags of the plateau rim. & at the hill foot grows the ancient Caledonian forest. Along with the main Cairngorm range between Speyside & Deeside the book covers Lochnagar. It complements Cicerones winter climbing guide to the region. ...

Walking in the South Wales Valleys is a handy guidebook to 30 day walks & 2 weekend backpacking routes (the Coed Morgannwg Way & Glamorgan Ridgeway). This compact & easily-accessible area is full of varied walking opportunities in valleys along ridges & along the beautiful Welsh coast. A turbulent geological history has created a corrugated landscape of ridges & valleys & an equally turbulent history of human settlement has left many historical monuments to explore. Walkers today can therefore follow in the footsteps of Roman soldiers Celtic saints Methodists lay preachers & ironminers often using the ancient trackways Roman roads & packhorse trails that they trod. Its a landscape of great open views but its an intimate landscape too shared with brown hares foxes & birds of prey & full of surprises from hidden chapels to forgotten industrial heritage. This guidebook is illustrated with colour photographs & OS map extracts & packed with geological historical & practical information. ...

A guide to walking & scrambling in Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park in the Southern Highlands of Scotl&. 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 their own. Their ridges are wrinkly schist & grassy picnic places their lower slopes are oakwoods & ferries cruise the lochs in between. This book suggests the most straighforward routes to each of the areas 21 Munro summits but seeks out also the wilder ways around the back & the slightly smaller hills that this area is rich in. With their easy access convenient shops & accommodation & good transport links these mountains make an excellent introduction to the Scottish Highlands. This guidebook contains: over 70 routes all illustrated with OS mapping; many routes on the Cobbler Arrochar Alps & Ben Lui; routes to all 21 Munros & 30 lesser hills; selected scrambles including all three tops of the Cobbler; & notes on access public transport & accommodation. ...

The history of health care is complex confusing & contested. It involves more than just the creation of hospitals & dispensaries infirmaries & health centers. There are also royal colleges trades unions medical schools nurses homes coroners courts nursing sisterhoods ambulance stations patients organizations medical missions... Usually to enhance our understanding we sit & read books or nowadays surf the Internet. But its more fun to go out visit the buildings where events unleaded & transport yourself back in time. The story of how health care has developed from medieval times to the present day is told through seven walks in central London each with a key theme: Competition between the Church Crown & City for control Changing fortunes of particular districts Radical reform between 1840 & 1880 Individual creativity & entrepreneurship Hospitals unavoidable choice between merger or migration Transformation of health care trades into professions Development of primary care The book takes as much interest in one of the six ambulance stations build in 1915 by the London County Council as it does in the grandest teaching hospital. Although some important buildings have been destroyed & others are threatened many remain. The walks aim to help preserve our legacy as increasingly former health care buildings are converted into hotels offices homes & shops. Awareness of their original function is in danger of being lost. The book also aims to increase our understanding of the current challenges we face in trying to improve health care. For there are many lessons to be learnt from the past. Packed full of curious & surprising facts about medicine & beautifully illustrated with maps photographs & images this is the perfect guide book for anyone with a passion for urban walks the history of London & of course medicine. ...

Her eyes were black wide as though with some sustained surprise the skin from their outer corners to her small ears taut. Her lips were pale & nearly too full for her small mouth like something bled but bruised. He had never seen anyone or anything quite so beautiful in his life. Graham Park is in love. But Sara Fitch is an enigma to him a creature of almost perverse mystery. Steven Grout is paranoid
- & with justice. He knows that They are out to get him. They are. Quiss insecure in his fabulous if ramshackle castle is forced to play interminable impossible games. The solution to the oldest of all paradoxical riddles will release him. But he must find an answer before he knows the question. Park Grout Quiss
- no trio could be further apart. But their separate courses are set for collision.

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A new guide by Gillian Price to walking the Sorrento Peninsula Amalfi Coast & Monti Lattari from Positano Sorrento & Amalfi & also the islands of Capri & Ischia in the Gulf of Naples Italy Europe. Known as the Amalfi Coast the steep southern edge of the Sorrento peninsula on the Gulf of Naples famous for its medieval villages perched atop plunging cliffs with their near-vertical vineyards & lemon orchards is now recognised as a World Heritage Site. This coastline the rugged landscape behind crowned by the Monti Lattari & the idyllic islands of Capri & Ischia together also make a perfect holiday destination for walkers. The whole area is crisscrossed by ancient mule tracks pilgrim routes & goat tracks offering a variety of walking from family strolls to strenuous treks across terrain from paved paths to verdant hillside paths & rough volcanic scree. The 30 routes in this guide are all designed to be fitted into a single day with a panoramic picnic stop halfway round & perhaps a plunge into the sparkling Mediterranean at the end. ...