Best Wild Places - 500 Ways to Discover the Wild
A new book by the author of the best-selling 'Coast'
Christopher Somerville takes us on a journey of discovery through
Britain and Ireland, spanning their length and breadth as he seeks out
500 of his favourite wild places in fields and green lanes, in forests
and mountains and on lonely coasts, in all of nature's moods and in
every kind of weather.
Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places is the key to discovering Scottish
mountainsides covered in rare Ice Age flowers, Cornish standing stones
and holy wells, Midlands wildflower meadows, storm-battered Welsh headlands
and seabird islands, hill ranges and bog-lands in Ireland where only
hares and skylarks go. But this adventurous book roams far beyond conventional
landscapes. Among its wild treasures are medieval Green Men spewing
mouthfuls of leaves, the ruins of haunted chapels deep in forgotten
woods, old mines and quarries being recaptured by nature, villages where
pagan rituals are still enthusiastically observed, and rusting sea-forts
tottering on sandbanks. Each wild place is enhanced with mapping and
travel instructions, suggestions about walks and other useful information.
Britain and Ireland are crammed full of wild places, often astonishingly
close to home. Here is one man's poetical yet practical account of the
state of wild Britain and Ireland, how it is being both threatened and
nurtured, and how (whether you are heading for a Sunday stroll or planning
your next holiday) you can go out and discover it in all its extraordinary
vigour and variety.
Here at Walking Pages we are enthusiastic about this new book because
it encapsulates our sense of the joy of exploration and discovery that
recreational walking brings. Here, at your fingertips, you have a resource
that will provide a lifetime's ideas for walking weekends and holidays.
You really will be spoilt for choice as you flick through the 500 plus
pages of diverse wild places you could visit. Having made a choice,
you can then have some fun planning your visit and devising walks using
an OS Explorer map.
Win a copy of Britain and Ireland's Best Wild Places
This competition has now closed. The lucky winner was:
J. Alderson from Tyne and Wear
The competition question was: What are the start and finish locations
of the Cleveland Way National Trail?
The correct answer is: Helmsley and Filey
If you would like a copy of this book it can be purchased from our
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New Rough Guide to Walks in London and Southeast England
by: Helena Smith
This great new walking guide has all the comprehensive detail,
authority and high quality production you would expect from the Rough
Guides stable. This is an essential handbook for walkers who want to
explore London and the south east and are not afraid to get their boots
muddy.
Features include a variety of itineries from picturesque woodland
strolls in the heart of the city to get-away-from-it-all weekend hikes.
The routes have easy to follow instructions, including descriptions
of sights along the way. Detailed maps, sourced form the Ordnance Survey,
support the route directions for every walk. There are also reviews
of the best pubs and cafes to stop at en route.
Win a Copy of Walks in London and Southeast England
This competition has now closed. The lucky winner was:
T. Richards from Essex
The competition question was: What are the start and finish locations
of the 1066 Country Walk?
The correct answer is: Pevensey Castle and Rye
If you would like a copy of this book it can be purchased from our
online bookshop
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