Three & half weeks. Three hundred miles. I saw roaring arterial highway & silent lanes, candlelit cathedrals & angry men in bad pubs. The Britain of 1936 was a land of beef paste sandwiches & drill halls. Now we are nation of vaping & nail salons, pulled pork & salted caramel. In the autumn of 1936, some 200 men from the Tyneside town of Jarrow marched 300 miles to London in protest against the destruction of their towns & industries. Precisely 80 years on, Stuart Maconie, walks from north to south retracing the route of the emblematic Jarrow Crusade. Travelling down the country’s spine, Maconie moves through a land that is, in some ways, very much the same as the England of the 30s with its political turbulence, austerity, north/south divide, food banks & of course, football mania. Yet in other ways, it is completely unrecognisable. Maconie visits the great cities as well as the sleepy hamlets, quiet lanes & roaring motorways. He meets those with stories to tell & whose voices build a funny, complex & entertaining tale of Britain, then & now. ...

In this guide to climbing, 45 mountaineering rock climbs in Snowdonia & the Lake District are described & graded according to their level of difficulty. The author gives details of the routes, equipment required, time taken & descent routes. Typically graded between difficult & severe, the routes tend to follow the logical line up a cliff & onto a mountain's summit. They all represent long & committing trips, but fall within the capabilities of the average weekend climber, & provide the natural next step for the adventurous scrambler. The climbs outlined, all chosen because they represent a full-blown mountaineering experience, include Pinnacle Rib on Tryfan, Dow Crag's Gordon & Craig's route, Great Gable's Needle Ridge, & Red Wall & Longland's Continuation on Lliwedd. ...

Long Time, No See introduces us to the unforgettable world of Mister Psyche. In the isolated coastal townland of Ballintra in the Northwest of Ireland Recent school-leaver, occasional worker, full-time companion & Malibu-provider to Uncle Joe-Joe & his friend, The Blackbird, Psyche is a boy on the cusp of adulthood, undone by a recent traumatic event. Hanging out with men some forty-plus years his senior proves hazardous for Mister Psyche when the appearance of a bullet-hole in Uncle Joe-Joe`s window draws him into a series of (mis)-adventures which unsettle & bemuse. Perhaps The Blackbird is losing it? Or perhaps The General has decided to act on a decades-old grudge? Whichever way, as the paranoia grabs a creeping hold of Uncle Joe-Joe, his fragile world threatens to collapse. & it is Mister Psyche who must digest this & acknowledge the new world taking shape in the old.. . An epic in miniature peopled by a cast of innocents & broken misfits, Long Time, No See`s lyrical power casts a miraculous literary spell. ...

Long shoulder tote made from recycled leather. The leather is produced from ground down leather scraps that are a by-product of leather manufacturing. It retains most of the properties of regular leather & it will maintain its beauty for many years. The shoulder tote features interior cotton lining in matching colour, two small side compartments suitable to store mobile phones & a side pocket with zip fastening. The open top presents a strap with a metal magnet push-button to secure the content of the bag. The long shoulder strap make this refined, versatile bag the perfect accessory for any occasion Available in different colours. ...

Long shoulder tote made from recycled leather. The leather is produced from ground down leather scraps that are a by-product of leather manufacturing. It retains most of the properties of regular leather & it will maintain its beauty for many years. The shoulder tote features interior cotton lining in matching colour, two small side compartments suitable to store mobile phones & a side pocket with zip fastening. The open top presents a strap with a metal magnet push-button to secure the content of the bag. The long shoulder strap make this refined, versatile bag the perfect accessory for any occasion Available in different colours. ...

Long shoulder tote made from recycled leather. The leather is produced from ground down leather scraps that are a by-product of leather manufacturing. It retains most of the properties of regular leather & it will maintain its beauty for many years. The shoulder tote features interior cotton lining in matching colour, two small side compartments suitable to store mobile phones & a side pocket with zip fastening. The open top presents a strap with a metal magnet push-button to secure the content of the bag. The long shoulder strap make this refined, versatile bag the perfect accessory for any occasion Available in different colours. ...

This is one of the world`s greatest stories of adventure, survival & escape. Slavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 9th November 1939, he was arrested by the Russians & after brutal interrogation in Moscow`s infamous Lubyanka prison & a farce of a trial, he was sentenced to 25 years` hard labour in the Gulags, for `spying`. After a three-month journey to Siberia in the depths of winter, he escaped with six companions, realising that to stay in the camp meant almost certain death. In June 1941, they crossed the trans-Siberian railway & headed south, climbing into Tibet &, finally, freedom nine months later in March 1942, after travelling on foot for 4, 000 miles through some of the harshest regions in the world, including the Gobi Desert. By the end, he weighed just five stone & 3 of the 7 had died. ...

Long wallet made from recycled leather. This leather is produced from ground down leather scraps that are a by-product of leather manufacturing. It retains most of the properties of regular leather & it will maintain its beauty for many years. The leather wallet with matching trim & cotton lining features 8 credit card slots, 2 billfolds & zipper change pocket. The fastening zip goes along three sides of the wallet. Available in different colors. ...

Long wallet made from recycled leather. This leather is produced from ground down leather scraps that are a by-product of leather manufacturing. It retains most of the properties of regular leather & it will maintain its beauty for many years. The leather wallet with matching trim & cotton lining features 8 credit card slots, 2 billfolds & zipper change pocket. The fastening zip goes along three sides of the wallet. Available in different colors. ...

On February 16 2016, motorcycle adventurer Charley Boorman suffered a major road traffic accident in Portugal. Having spent the better part of his life on some form of motorbike, his world came crashing down after he was knocked off a Triumph Tiger Explorer, smashing his right ankle & causing severe damage to his left fibia & tibia. It was unclear if he would ever walk properly again, let alone ride a motorbike. Moving between past & present, Long Way Back recounts Charley`s journey back of recovery, the ambulance ride, the numerous operations in a Portuguese hospital, the medivac aircraft flight back to London. In alternating chapters, as his inability to walk for several months provokes introspection, Boorman recounts his childhood, where his passion for motorbikes began, & the formative influences in his life
- from his father, a touring film director, to his long-time friend Ewan Mc Gregor, & Sean Connery`s son Jason, who first introduced him to bikes. As Charley struggles to cope with this potentially life-changing situation, it is these touchstones who will give him strength on the long way back to health.
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