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Le Chemin du Vézelay: de la Bourgogne aux Pyrénéees covers the one of most popular routes of the Way of St. James in France, from the cathedral in Vézelay, across the La Charité-sur-Loire, Bourges, La Souterraine, Limoges, Périgueux, Ste-Foy-la-Grande, Bazas, Mont-de-Marsan & Orthez to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. This title is part of a series of guides to the various routes of the Way of St. James across France from Rando Editions. Written in *accessible, easy to follow French*, the guides provide all the essential practical information & full details of various types of accommodation along the route, including gîtes d’étape & campsites. The routes are divided into daily sections of various lengths according to the difficulty of the terrain, from four to eight hours of walking, with brief descriptions or instructions at numerous points along each section. The accompanying maps, usually 1:100, 000, although not as detailed as in the topo-guide series & not contoured, are easy to follow & provide a clear picture of the route. The guides also include descriptions of all the important historical monuments along each route, illustrated with colour photographs. ...

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Take a gourmet American sweet treat, cross it with French chic & what do you get? Le Cookie! This perfect little baking book is full of recipes with `je ne sais quoi`. French pastry chef Mickael Benichou is based in New York, where he designs cool & quirky cookies for Moon Street, sold in luxury stores throughout Paris, New York & the UK. In this must-have collection, he shares more than 25 recipes for cookies like Praline Chic, Rebel Rose & Le Cookie, as well as deliciously different macarons, whoopie pies, brownies & cupcakes. Ideas include Flower Power Macarons, Cherry Je T` Aime Cupcakes, Chocolate & Salted Caramel Whoopie Pies & White Chocolate & Olive Oil Brownies. Loved by the fashionista, every Moon Street treat is irresistible & as pretty as a postcard
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Le Gard à pied, FFRP topo-guide Ref. No. D030, with 52 day walks of varying length & difficulty in the department of Gar, between the Rhone & the Cevennes, including near Nîmes. Alès, le Vigan, etc. Each walk is presented on a separate colour extract from IGN’s topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000, with its description cross-referenced to the map. Current edition of this title was published in July 2015. To see the list of other FFRP guides with day walks please click on the series link.ABOUT THE FFRP (Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre) TOPOGUIDES: published in a handy A5 paperback format, the guides are the best companions for hiking in France. In addition to their topo-guides to the long-distance GR routes FFRP also publish an extensive range of guides with local day walks. Each walk in presented on a colour extract from IGN`s 1:50, 000 or 1:25, 000 topographic survey mapping overprinted with the route, with important points cross-referenced to the accompanying text, in French only, placed on the adjoining page. For each walk the guides also indicate the degree of difficulty & provide information on length, time & change in altitude, waymarking signs, access by road & parking facilities. An “info practiques” section of the guide indicates where shops, restaurants & accommodation can be found. The guides are published on high quality paper & include descriptions of the most interesting aspects of the surrounding region: historical & cultural sites, local specialties, fauna & flora, etc, all illustrated with colour photos. ...

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Le Donon IGN TOP25 Map 3616OT

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude and longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading and graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format and the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP
LEGEND: all TOP25 maps and the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes and, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres and other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns and locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x21 km / 18x13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof and tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer
2014, each cover approx. 29x24km / 18x15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x20km / 9x12 miles.

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GPS - Global Positioning System - Global position using satellites

Summer - The season between Spring and Autumn. Usually the hottest season of the year

France - A state situated in Western Europe with several overseas territories.

Graphics - A general term for visual aspects of an item/display

Waterproof - Resistant to water, usualy specified by depth in metres

Size - is the measurement of how big an object is in space.

Km - Kilometre. A unit of measurement equal to 1000 metres.

Resistant - Something that can repel against something.

Reference - To prove evidence with a back up source.

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