The 20 walks included in this book are chosen to see a wide range of Cotswold towns & villages & to walk across stunning scenery ...

The Isle of Bute on a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:30, 000 from Footprint Walks, with a street plan of Rothesay, plus on the reverse extensive tourist information including description of sights, useful contact details, etc. Produced in cooperation with the Discover Bute Landscape Partnership Scheme, the map highlights additional hiking routes recommended by DBLPS & indicates sections of the West Island Way where waymarking on the ground is difficult to follow. Topography is very effectively presented by contours at 10m intervals enhanced by relief shading plus colouring for woodlands. Symbols indicate various facilities including pubs & cafes, shops, public toilets, etc. Ferry connections are marked. The map has 1km lines of the British National Grid. A street plan of Rothesay shows main facilities in the town. The whole of the reverse side is covered by tourist information: getting to & around the isl&, places of interest, hiking & cycling, beaches, etc. Where useful, contact details & related web addresses are provided. ...

Mull with the nearby islands of Iona, Ulva & Gometra on a contoured & GPS compatible map at 1:65, 000 from Footprint Walks, plus on the reverse extensive tourist information including description of sights, useful contact details, etc. Coverage extends west to include Staffa with its famous Fingal’s Cave, the Treshnish Isles & Bac Mór (Dutchman’s Cap). Topography is very effectively presented by contours at 10m intervals enhanced by relief shading, with plenty of names of peaks, etc, plus colouring for forested areas. Recommended hiking & cycling routes are highlighted. Symbols indicate various facilities including campsites, caravan sites, pubs & cafes, shops & cycle hire, picnic places, etc. Road network shows locations of petrol stations & ferry connections are marked. The map has 1km lines of the British National Grid. A street plan of Tobermory shows main facilities in the town. The whole of the reverse side is covered by tourist information: ferry connections & getting around the islands, sport & recreational pursuits, best sights including castles & historical buildings, wildlife, etc. Where useful, contact details & related web addresses are provided. ...

The Moon is accessible to everyone, & easy to observe even in big cities. It is a prime target for aspiring astronomers & for those who are merely curious about the night sky. This easy-to-use guide to discovering lunar sites takes the reader through fourteen observing sessions from New Moon to Full Moon. For each evening, the book shows which craters, mountains & other features can be seen, & how to find them. Each photograph shows what the observer actually sees through a telescope, solving the usual difficulties of orientation confronting beginners. Images are shown as they appear through both refracting & reflecting telescopes. Maps printed on the front & back flaps of the book show the whole Moon with sites as seen through a refractor, through a Newtonian reflector, or, when turned upside-down, through binoculars. ...

Illustrated guide to the attractions & activities presented by this region. This book takes you to the attractions along the coast from Cardwell in the south to Cooktown in the north, & inland from Cairns to the Atherton Tablelands & Savannah country. Along the way, it reveals some of the special places favoured by those in the know. Activities covered include watersports, aerial activities, diving, whale watching, bushwalking, mountain biking, wildlife watching, touring. Plenty of contact details are provided for tour operators & for suggested accommodation. Introductory chapters provide background information on the region & guidance on planning & general practicalities for visitors. Following the index is an 18-page road atlas section (1:500, 000) & a street plan of central Cairns. Illustrated throughout with colour photos. ...

Cook`s great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the Polynesians & Melanesians of the Pacific, Cook`s arrival in their midst merely marked a further (if disastrous) twist in diverse histories already many centuries old. In this immensely enjoyable & absorbing book Cook`s journeys are reimagined, attempting toleave behind (or master) our later preoccupations to let us see what Cook & his associates experienced & what the societies he encountered experienced
- from the Beothuks of Newfoundland to the Tongans of the Friendly Islands.
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Abbeys & priories are both types of monastery & the author traces the history of monasteries in Britain from Anglo-Saxon times to the Dissolution under Henry VIII. He describes the different monastic orders, the running of the monasteries & the daily life of the monks & nuns, the layout of monastic buildings, the influence of the religious houses on life in medieval times & their effect on the landscape, all with references to examples accessible to the public. This new edition has been enlarged into the ` Discovering Handbook` series & is fully illustrated in colour. ...

Discovering Britain`s First Railways from the History Press is a handy-size, illustrated book devoted to the history, rediscovery & exploration of Britain’s first railways by examining the network of over 1, 500 miles of horse-drawn tramroads & waggonways, illustrated with black & white or colour photos of their present day remains, as well as with pictures from the days when still in use. Approx. a third of the guide’s 142 pages cover various aspects of the history of this unique form of transport, including construction & operating methods. The rest of the book is devoted to exploring present-day remains of 40 old routes, with accompanying illustrations showing how what often appears to be just an ordinary footpath or a country lane has had very interesting history. Descriptions are grouped by region; the bulk of the entries are in England & Wales, with just two in Scotl&. ...

There are forty-eight Anglican cathedrals in England & Wales. Some of them are ancient places of worship, rich in history & of grand proportions; others are more recent structures of the best of contemporary craftsmanship. There are chapters on the major cathedral-building periods & descriptions of all forty-eight English & Welsh Anglican cathedrals: these comprise brief tours highlighting major features, guiding the reader through the building with the aid of a sketch plan. Roman Catholic cathedrals are also briefly described, but those of Westminster & Liverpool are more fully covered. There are brief descriptions of the ancient Scottish cathedrals, now mainly ruinous, & lists the cathedrals of the Episcopal & Roman Catholic churches in Scotl&. ...

More poeple than ever are visiting churchs, but they are often baffled by the architectural & technical terms that abound in guidebooks. This book helps to identify ecclesiastical architecture. It is a dictionary explaining in simple language over 600 terms likely to be encountered on a church visits & is illustrated with more than 300 drawings. ...