Praised by BBC Countryfile Magazine for writing `intelligently & amusingly, with evident excitement & imagination`, Dixe Wills unleashes his trademark style on the tiniest attractions in Britain. Beautifully presented in full colour throughout, the book uncovers 60 of the country`s loveliest & most diminutive places to visit. Be it a castle, cathedral, cinema or pub, a museum, theatre, ferry or football team, these little gems are all united in their lack of size, making many of them so easily overlooked they are known only to locals. Often representing a microcosm of British local history & attitudes, many of these tiny places date from a time when big & brash was frowned upon & small was definitely beautiful. Each entry features information on how to get there using public transport, when best to visit the attraction, a concise round-up of its history & any must-see features. ...

Tiny Campsites is a personal selection of 75 of the very best tiny campsites in Britain every one of them an acre or smaller, & each guaranteed to take you far from the madding crowd. Guardian travel writer & fervent camper Dixe Wills has travelled through Engl&, Scotland & Wales in search of stunning little places to pitch: on farms, cliff-tops & islands; in woodlands, quarries, orchards & back gardens; & beside pubs, lochs, rivers & museums. Each featured site comes with a quick reference guide & full run-down on facilities, nearby pubs, shops & local attractions, as well as an Ordnance Survey map to guide you in. With extra features for cyclists, walkers & those using public transport, this book has all the essential info you need to discover & enjoy your own small slice of paradise. ...

We`ve all been there. You venture out into the countryside for some peace & relaxation, only to find yourself battling with hordes of fellow campers to pitch a tent in a vast field with all the visual appeal of an out-of-town shopping centre. Happily, it no longer has to be like this. Guardian travel writer & fervent camper Dixe Wills springs heroically to the rescue with his personal selection of 75 of the very best tiny campsites in Britain
- every one of them an acre or smaller, & each guaranteed to take you far from the madding crowd. This fully updated second edition of Tiny Campsites, which

Includes:: over 10 br&-new finds, unveils stunning little places to pitch in Engl&, Wales & Scotland: on farms, cliff-tops & islands; in woods, quarries, orchards & back gardens; & beside pubs, lochs, rivers & museums. Each featured site comes with a quick reference guide & full run-down on facilities, local pubs, shops & attractions, as well as an Ordnance Survey map to guide you in. With extra features for cyclists, walkers & those using public transport, this book has all the essential info you need to discover & enjoy your own small slice of paradise. Tiny Campsites
- because big isn`t clever.



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BBC Countryfile Magazine praised Dixe Wills for writing `intelligently & amusingly, with evident excitement & imagination`, qualities that he brings to Tiny Campsites. Here he presents 80 of the loveliest & most diminutive places to camp in Britain, many of which are known only to locals. These stunning little places to pitch are found on farms, in woods, on clifftops & in beautiful back gardens; they may be under the boughs of an apple tree in a private orchard or on thebanks of a river. Each entry features a quick-reference guide to facilities, pubs that serve food, shops where you can stock up on provisions & local attractions, & there`s a useful Ordnance Survey map to guide you in. ...

While travelling all over Britain on his push bike, non-flying travel writer Dixe Wills is forever popping into old churches to look around, grab a moment of tranquility or just to shelter from the elements. Extending his love of all things tiny into yet another area, this book is his guide to 60 of the loveliest & most diminutive churches that Britain has to offer, many of which are known only to locals or tourists who are simply lucky enough to stumble across them. Each church is so tiny that only about 30 people could fit comfortably inside, & each is open to the public. Representing a unique slice of British local history & attitudes, tiny churches are the great survivors of the world. Unlike grand cathedrals, they were built to serve more humble ends, but they withstood centuries of religious unrest (and the Victorian `church improvers`) to survive into this most irreligious of centuries. Today, scattered all over Britain, these atmospheric places retain the essence of what they were when the stonemasons, labourers, smiths, carpenters & glaziers were corralled together to build them. ...

From the tiny island that shaped the entire English language, to the island that terrified Dylan Thomas, there`s more to Britain`s tiny islands than you might think! Have your own tiny adventure by visiting any of the 60 remarkable little islands around Britain featured here. Although Britain boasts hundreds of tiny islands, Dixe Wills has selected just the very best of them for this book. Found around the coast, in lakes, in lochs & on rivers, these little worlds are waiting for you to discover them
- whether you swim to them, walk to them at low tide, row to them, or catch a dinky little ferry.
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An eccentric look at lost Britain through its railway request stops. Perhaps the oddest quirk of Britain`s railway network is also one of its least well known: around 150 of the nation`s stations are request stops. Take an unassuming station like Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire
- the scene of a fatal accident involving thousands of carrots. Or Talsarnau in Wales, which experienced a tsunami. Tiny Stations is the story of the author`s journey from the far west of Cornwall to the far north of Scotl&, visiting around 40 of the most interesting of these little used & ill-regarded stations. Often a pen-stroke away from closure
- kept alive by political expediency, labyrinthine bureaucracy or sheer whimsy
- these half-abandoned stops afford a fascinating glimpse of a Britain that has all but disappeared from view. There are stations built to serve once thriving industries
- copper mines, smelting works, cotton mills, & china clay quarries where the first trains were pulled by horses; stations erected for the sole convenience of stately home & castle owners through whose land the new iron road cut an unwelcome swathe; stations created for Victorian day-tripping attractions; a station built for a cavalry barracks whose last horse has long since bolted; & many more. Dixe Wills will leave you in no doubt that there`s more to tiny stations than you might think.



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' Everything changed after Mama found Father lying on top of another woman.' Blessing & her brother Ezikiel adore their larger-than-life father, their glamorous mother & their comfortable life in Lagos. But all that changes when their father leaves them for another woman. Their mother is fired from her job at the Royal Imperial Hotel
- only married women can work there
- & soon they have to quit their air-conditioned apartment to go & live with their grandparents in a compound in the Niger Delta. Adapting to life with a poor countryside family is a shock beyond measure after their privileged upbringing in Lagos. Told in Blessing's own beguiling voice, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away shows how some families can survive almost anything. At times hilarious, always poignant, occasionally tragic, it is peopled with characters you will never forget.

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COSTA BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST 2011 Written in a truly beguiling voice, Christie Watson`s Tiny Sunbirds Far Away shows how some families can survive almost anything. Blessing & her brother Ezikiel adore their larger-than-life father, their glamorous mother & their comfortable life in Lagos. But all that changes when their father leaves them for another woman. Their mother is fired from her job at the Royal Imperial Hotel
- only married women can work there
- & soon they have to quit their air-conditioned apartment to go & live with their grandparents in a compound in the Niger Delta. Adapting to life with a poor countryside family is a shock beyond measure after their privileged upbringing in Lagos. At times hilarious, always poignant, occasionally tragic, Tiny Sunbirds Far Away is peopled with characters you will never forget.

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Please cut the sewn-in care label off the book before use & retain box for reference. Whether you & your baby are at home or on the move, this first soft cloth book is ideal for cot or pram play. Beautiful colourful artwork is printed on one side, & when flipped over a stunning illustrated narrative is revealed in bold line. Research has indicated that newborn babies love high-contrast images & respond well to them. The Wee Gallery range of board, cloth, & activity books for pre-schoolers marries fresh design with engaging educational content. The result of a fantastic partnership between Wee Gallery & QED Publishing, the beautiful illustrations, bold lines, whimsical animals, & repeating patterns are designed to stimulate visual development in young infants. Family-run Wee Gallery have over 10 years` experience in graphic design & education, & so these books are guaranteed to excite & engage little minds. ...