This is the story of a most unusual man, Dambom, his yacht ” Gossip” & his family who grew to love & crew her from small children & throughout their lives. ” Gossip”`s many adventures both home & abroad are recounted here. Sister ship to the celebrated ” Firecrest” in which Alain Gerbault made the first single-handed Atlantic crossing from east to west in 1923, ” Gossip” was in turn being prepared for the first Route du Rhum race by her new French owner William Borel when final disaster struck, the story of which is included in this edition. ...

Fairytales are one of our earliest & most vital cultural forms, & forests one of our most ancient & primal landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us
- we find them beautiful & magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating book, Maitland argues that the two forms are intimately connected: the mysterious secrets & silences, gifts & perils of the forests were both the background & the source of fairytales. Yet both forests & fairy stories are at risk & their loss deprives us of our cultural lifeblood. Maitland visits forests through the seasons, from the exquisite green of a beechwood in spring, to the muffled stillness of a snowy pine wood in winter. She camps with her son Adam, whose beautiful photographs are included in the book; she takes a barefoot walk through Epping Forest with Robert Macfarlane; she walks with a mushroom expert through an oak wood, & with a miner through the Forest of Dean. Maitland ends each chapter with a unique, imaginitive re-telling of a fairystory. Written with Matiland`s wonderful clarity & conversational grace, Gossip from the Forest is a magical & unique blend of nature writing, history & imaginative fiction.
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Map No. 10167, Gossjohka/ Galmmatskaidi, in the new topographic survey of Norway at 1:50, 000 covering the country on 195 double-sided sheets & first published by Nordeca in 2011
- 2012; fully GPS compatible, indicating waymarked footpaths, campsites, tourist huts, illuminated ski runs, etc. The maps, now published by Nordeca, the successors to Statens Kartverk & its subsequent owners the Ugland Group, are printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each map covers an area of 62x 45 kilometres (39 x 28 miles approx.), with a 2-km overlap between the sheets. The maps have contours at 20m intervals (10m glacier contours), plus colouring & graphics to show cultivated areas, bogs, forests, etc. In addition to all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale the maps distinguish between waymarked & unmarked footpaths & show campsites, tourist huts (serviced/self service/no supplies), country hotels & restaurants, & illuminated ski trails. The series uses EUREF89 (WGS84) datum & the maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend is in Norwegian & English. Each title comes in a sturdy protective card envelope.
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Topographic survey of Faroe Islands at 1:20, 000 prepared by the Danish national mapping agency Kort og Matrikelstyrelsen. The islands’ topography is vividly presented by contours at 5 metre intervals, enhanced by relief shading plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of terrain or vegetation (scree, boulders, etc). The maps show all the detail expected of the topographic mapping at this scale & have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1’ & 2` respectively. Map legend is in Danish only. The maps are available either separately or as sets of five of more sheets, each covering the main island group: Vagar, Sandoy, Suduroy, Nordoyar, Streymoy & Eysturoy. To see the list of all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

The southern part of Sweden in a series of 30 double-sided cycling maps from Norstedts printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Mainland is covered at 1:90, 000 with Gotland at 1:100, 000. The maps, prepared in association with Cykelfrämjandet
- Sweden’s largest national cycling organization, highlight all the national & other major cycle routes, plus a selection of local routes. The overprint indicates sections which are on gravel roads and/or not singposted. Also marked are selected hiking trails. A range of symbols indicate various facilities & places of interest, including campsites & youth hostels, wind shelters, cultural & historical sites, interesting nature & geological spots, etc. The maps provide a very detailed picture of the road network, including privately maintained roads open to the general public. Railway lines are shown with stations & ferry connections are marked. Topography is indicated by light relief shading with spot heights, plus colouring and/or graphics for forests & marshl&. The maps have a UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 10’. Map legend

Includes:: English. Each map also provides phone numbers & web addresses of local tourist offices.


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There are musical goings-on at Ghastly-Gorm Hall & another spooky mystery for Ada Goth to solve in the fourth book in the Goth Girl series by Chris Riddell, Children`s Laureate 2015-2017. Lord Goth is throwing a music festival at Ghastly-Gorm Hall, with performances from the finest composers in the l&. Ada can`t wait, but it`s quite distracting when her grandmother is trying to find her father a fashionable new wife, there`s a faun living in her wardrobe & Maltravers is up to his old tricks. Ada must make sure everything goes to plan, & luckily help is at hand from a very interesting house guest... ...

There are musical goings-on at Ghastly-Gorm Hall & a spooky mystery for Ada Goth to solve in Goth Girl & the Sinister Symphony, the fourth book in the Costa Children`s Book Award winning Goth Girl series by Chris Riddell, Children`s Laureate 2015-2017. Lord Goth is throwing a music festival at Ghastly-Gorm Hall, with performances from the finest composers in the l&. Ada can`t wait, but it`s quite distracting when her grandmother is trying to find her father a fashionable new wife, there`s a faun living in her wardrobe & Maltravers is up to his old tricks. Ada must make sure everything goes to plan, & luckily help is at hand from a very interesting house guest... ...

People are flocking to Ghastly-Gorm Hall from far & wide to compete in Lord Goth`s Literary Dog Show. The esteemed judges are in place & the contestants are all ready to win. Sir Walter Splott is preparing his Lanarkshire Lurcher, Plain Austen is preening her Hampshire Hound & Homily Dickinson & her Yankee Poodle are raring to go. But there`s something strange going on at Ghastly-Gorm
- mysterious footprints, howls in the night & some suspiciously chewed shoes. Can Ada, the Attic Club & their new friends the Vicarage sisters work out what`s going on before the next full moon? The third book in the Goth Girl series.
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Map No. 857, Gotha
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- Weimar
- Thüringer Becken
- Saale
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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:100, 000, the Vägkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 79 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:100, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 75 x 80km. The maps have contours at 10 metre intervals, plus relief shading & colouring for different types of landscape: open l&, forests, alvar, marshes, etc. Boundaries of national parks & nature reserves, areas prohibited to cross-country vehicles, & restricted entry military zones are marked. The maps indicate privately maintained local roads, cycle paths with wind shelters, footpaths, etc, & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 2-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 10’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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