Pub Stops of the City of London Wall Map from JJM Designs: beautifully produced, high quality, colourful & amusing wall map adapting the world-famous London Underground map to present the pubs as stops along (pub crawl?) lines. Although the map is packed to the gills with recommended pub stops with the City mile, genuine London Underground Stations within the immediate vicinity are also marked clearly, to make sure that no one starts the evening a designated driver. ...

Pub Stops of The Lake District Wall Map from JJM Designs: beautifully produced, high quality, colourful & amusing wall map adapting the world-famous London Underground map to present the pubs as stops along (pub crawl?) lines. Pub names indicate which town or village they are in, & the map also shows the lakes & the fells. Printed on high quality, thick, glossy paper this innovative poster is ideal for framing. The map is part of a series of similar titles for other selected cities. Names of local districts are shown on city maps, with other landmarks including the collages on the two Oxbridge titles. ...

Pub Stops of The Lake District Wall Map from JJM Designs: beautifully produced, high quality, colourful & amusing wall map adapting the world-famous London Underground map to present the pubs as stops along (pub crawl?) lines. Pub names indicate which town or village they are in, & the map also shows the lakes & the fells. Printed on high quality, thick, glossy paper this innovative poster is ideal for framing. The map is part of a series of similar titles for other selected cities. Names of local districts are shown on city maps, with other landmarks including the collages on the two Oxbridge titles. ...

Pub Strolls around Bristol & Bath is the first in a new series of walking guide books in full colour. The thirty short walks, each combined with an opportunity to enjoy a good pub meal, will enable everyone- including families with small children, the not-so-young & the not-so-fit- to discover some of the area's beautiful countryside. Each stroll is circular & under four miles in length. There are recommended pubs serving excellent food & drink, sketch maps of the routes, directions to the start & parking, information on places of interest to visit nearby & photographs of the pubs & sights along the way. The book offers a wealth of local places to discover & explore including the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Avon walkway past the amazing SS Great Britain, & the Cabot Tower in Bristol. While in Bath, the walks take in the Abbey, the Roman Baths & Pulteney Bridge. To the north of these two cities the picture postcard villages of the Cotswold beckon. To the south there are superb strolls along the towpath of the lovely Kennet & Avon Canal & opportunities to visit Clevedon on the coast, Cheddar & Wookey Hole along the Mendips & the beautiful city of Wells. ...

A br&-new book in our Pub Walks series, this volume guides the walker to some of the best, most beautiful places in Dorset. The country pubs, upon which each walk is based, have all been chosen for their good food, range of ales, history & character. The 20 circular walks vary in length from 2 & a half
- 5 & three quarter miles. The walks include coastal paths at Kingston, Abbotsbury & Eype; woodland walks at Lytchett Minster, Corfe Mullen & Stoke Abbot; downland routes at Sixpenny Handley, Horton & Corfe Castle; & riverside walks at Tarrant Gunville, Moreton, Shillingstone & Hinton St Mary. In addition there are also walks in pretty valleys as at Winterbourne Stickland & Cattistock & through picturesque villages such as Loders & Piddletrenthide. Along the way there is the chance to see Sturt`s Folly, a six-storey brick tower; the grave of Lawrence of Arabia; a church pulpit canopy with two bullet holes in it; a Roman road; stained-glass windows by Lawrence Whistler; the pub where Thomas Hardy was a regular & several old railway trackbeds.
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' If your companion is walking far ahead, it can be fun to close one eye & hold her between your thumb & forefinger, taking care in case she slips from your grasp, or, conversely, you crush her altogether!' Graham Underhill is a much-loved local water colourist, ale enthusiast, & self-published guidebook writer
- the ' Wainwright of the West Midlands'. But our narrator & guide is a rambler in more ways than one, & what begins as a set of walk instructions soon gives way to what Graham would rather talk about
- mostly, his marriage to the beautiful & erudite Sunita. When a well-connected environmentalist & would-be MP takes an interest in Sunita's childhood memoir Graham's happiness seems complete. Or it would, were it not for the shoddy state of the local footpath network. & inconsiderate mountain bikers. Litter louts, pretentious landscape photographers, idiots who consider light trainers suitable for mountainous terrain, & the Highways Agency's plan to build a bypass through his house. At least he has his beloved Sunita. Or does he? Graham, it turns out, is not always the most reliable guide. & neither is ' Underhill Country' the sleepy idyll it seems... Cunning, hilarious & heartbreaking, Nat Segnit's debut novel is a guidebook to stubborn optimism in the face of marital
- & environmental
- meltdown.



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` If your companion is walking far ahead, it can be fun to close one eye & hold her between your thumb & forefinger, taking care in case she slips from your grasp, or, conversely, you crush her altogether!` Graham Underhill is a much-loved local water colourist, ale enthusiast, & self-published guidebook writer
- the ` Wainwright of the West Midlands`. But our narrator & guide is a rambler in more ways than one, & what begins as a set of walk instructions soon gives way to what Graham would rather talk about
- mostly, his marriage to the beautiful & erudite Sunita. When a well-connected environmentalist & would-be MP takes an interest in Sunita`s childhood memoir Graham`s happiness seems complete. Or it would, were it not for the shoddy state of the local footpath network. & inconsiderate mountain bikers. Litter louts, pretentious landscape photographers, idiots who consider light trainers suitable for mountainous terrain, & the Highways Agency`s plan to build a bypass through his house. At least he has his beloved Sunita. Or does he? Graham, it turns out, is not always the most reliable guide. & neither is ` Underhill Country` the sleepy idyll it seems... Cunning, hilarious & heartbreaking, Nat Segnit`s debut novel is a guidebook to stubborn optimism in the face of marital
- & environmental
- meltdown.



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If you enjoy walking & visiting country pubs this book should appeal. All the inns are in the area close to Bristol & Bath & are surrounded by excellent walking country. Every walk begins & ends at a particular pub. They vary in length from 2 to 7 miles & each route is described in detail with an accompanying sketch map. There are quiet strolls through woodland & over fields, in secluded river valleys & by lakes, & ascents to spots with magnificent views. You can walk beside the Severn Estuary, climb above Cheddar Gorge, & visit picturesque villages such as Wiltshire's Lacock, Somerset's Nunney, & Litton in the Mendip Hills. There are also walks from the interesting towns of Wotton, on the edge of the Cotswolds; from Chew Magna; & from Clevedon, with its Victorian pier. All thirty pubs are described in full, with a photograph, & details given include their history & character, how to get there, parking facilities, speciality menus & their range of ales. ...

This attractive & cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the best walks to the finest pubs & inns in the Peak District National Park in a popular pocketable format. With clear information, an overview & introduction for each walk, expertly written numbered directions, large scale Ordnance Survey maps, superb, eye-grabbing panoramic photographs, & interpretation of points of interest along the way, these guides set a new standard in clarity & ease-of-use. Featured walks include: Ye Olde Royal Oak, Wetton, Bull`s Head, Monyash, Peacock, Bakewell, Bridge Inn, Calver, Bull`s Head Inn, Foolow, Grouse Inn, Nether Padley, Barrel Inn, Bretton, Old Nag`s Head, Edale, Lantern Pike Inn, Hayfield & the Old Horns Inn, High Bradfield. ...

One of six books in the Yorkshire Dales: Top 10 Walks series. This attractive & cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of the finest pub walks in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a popular pocketable format. With clear information, an overview & introduction for each walk, expertly written numbered directions, Ordnance Survey maps, superb, eye-grabbing panoramic photographs, & interpretation of points of interest along the way, these guides set a new standard in clarity & ease-of-use. Featured walks include: the White Lion Inn, Cray; Rose & Crown Inn, Bainbridge; Buck Hotel, Reeth; New Inn, Clapham; George & Dragon, Dent; Craven Arms, Appletreewick; Falcon Inn, Littondale; Bolton Arms, Redmire; Buck Inn, Malham; Red Lion, Langthwaite. ...