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. ...

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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The 45 walks selected in this guidebook show the variety of the Isle of Arran off Scotlands west coast
- ideal for walking with
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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." ...

He is 6ft 7in tall but Peter Crouchs height is not the only thing that makes the Liverpool & England striker different: he has a football story like no other player in the modern game. Crouch has risen from humble beginnings at non-league Dulwich Hamlet on loan to be an England striker & the first to score ten international goals in a calendar year. His career has not been the smooth journey from teen prodigy to Premiership star enjoyed by so many of his England team-mates. Booed by England fans in October 2005 Crouch had the same supporters on their feet with a hat-trick for his country eight months later. WALKING TALL is about a footballer who has always found himself under intense scrutiny
- for the way he looks as much as his ability on the pitch. Crouchs story is also about his constant battle to win over the doubters. He talks about the managers who have backed him
- as well as those who have written him off
- & relives the pain of rejection at Aston Villa contrasted with the elation of his GBP7 million transfer to Liverpool just one year later in the summer of 2005. Crouch was a key figure in Englands 2006 World Cup campaign & in WALKING TALL he talks about his famous robot dance as well as the goals & the disappointments of that summer in Germany. For Crouch the journey continues under Rafael Benitez at Anfield & with Fabio Capellos England team. Funny honest & open WALKING TALL is the story of an unlikely hero.


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In April 2008 Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the River Amazon. Nearly two & a half years later he had crossed the whole of South America to reach the mouth of the colossal river. With danger a constant companion
- outwitting alligators jaguars pit vipers & electric eels not to mention overcoming the hurdles of injuries & relentless tropical storms
- Eds journey demanded extreme physical & mental strength. Often warned by natives that he would die Ed even found himself pursued by machete
- wielding tribesmen & detained for murder. However Eds journey was an adventure with a purpose: to help raise peoples awareness of environmental issues. Ed had unprecedented access to indigenous communities & witnessed the devastating effects of deforestation first-h&. His story of disappearing tribes & loss of habitats concerns us all. Ultimately though Amazon" is an account of a world-first expedition that takes readers on the most daring journey along the worlds greatest river & through the most bio-diverse habitat on Earth."


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In April 2008 Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the River Amazon. Nearly two & a half years later he had crossed the whole of South America to reach the mouth of the colossal river. With danger a constant companion
- outwitting alligators jaguars pit vipers & electric eels not to mention overcoming the hurdles of injuries & relentless tropical storms
- Ed's journey demanded extreme physical & mental strength. Often warned by natives that he would die Ed even found himself pursued by machete-wielding tribesmen & detained for murder. However Ed's journey was an adventure with a purpose: to help raise people's awareness of environmental issues. Ed had unprecedented access to indigenous communities & witnessed the devastating effects of the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest first-h&. His story of disappearing tribes & loss of habitats concerns us all. Ultimately though Walking the Amazon is an account of a world-first expedition that takes readers on the most daring journey along the world's greatest river & through the most bio-diverse habitat on earth.

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