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. ...

As rugged & spectacular as they can be tranquil & picturesque the Campsie Fells the Ochils & the Lomonds are the most accessible hills in Scotlands Central Belt. Despite their close proximity to Edinburgh Glasgow & Perth these three ranges remain a remarkably uncrowded wilderness area. Combining a rich mixture of open moorland peaks steep sided glens fast flowing burns & lush woodland few other areas can treat the hillwalker to such diverse scenery & varieties of animal & plant life in the space of a single days outing. This guide describes 33 contrasting walks that will take the walker over the three ranges. The majority of these walks are circular. ...

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. ...

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. ...

The 45 walks selected in this guidebook show the variety of the Isle of Arran off Scotlands west coast
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Walking South Yorkshire" is a collection of 30 circular walks between 2 & 8 miles (3 & 13 km) in length that explore the ancient woodland & rural visitor attractions around Sheffield Rotherham & Barnsley. Attractions visited include: Yorkshire Sculpture Park Wentworth Castle Gardens Stainborough Park Cannon Hall Museum Old Moor RSPB Reserve Monk Bretton Priory Elsecar Heritage Centre Worsbrough Mill Rockley Blast Furnace Wentworth Woodhouse the Waterloo Pottery Kiln Catcliffe Glass Cone Graves Park Animal Farm Roche Abbey & the Chesterfield Canal. Written by a local walker each walk features detailed route directions combined with a thorough insight into the county's rich yet little-known heritage of ancient woodl&. All walks can be reached by public transport from Sheffield Meadowhall Rotherham & Barnsley feature Ordnance Survey 1:25 000 maps & information on public transport car parking history refreshments & terrain." ...