” Tomorrow we ride.” That`s what jean Bobet’s brother Louison & he used to say as they arranged to meet: every day while they were racing cyclists, & then just on Sundays when they were no longer competing. Jean Bobet`s book is not so much a biography of his superstar brother Louison, nor his own autobiography, but rather an account of the intermingling of their two lives. & what lives
- Louison, triple Tour de France winner & World Champion & Jean (no mean rider himself) who gave up an academic career to ride in the service of his brother in pursuit of sporting glory. Set in the period after the war, this story brings alive the romance of the great races & the star riders of the day whose exploits lifted the public spirit after years of conflict & economic hardship.
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A magical, captivating picture book about the power of love between a son & his father Tom & his dad are good at making things. Their inventions start out simple, but they quickly become bigger, faster, crazier
- & they almost always involve wheels. But then Dad loses his job, & everything changes. Sadness clouds the house like a winter sky. That is, until Tom comes up with a brilliant plan that takes their amazing vehicle inventions & creates something astounding
- something the world has never seen before... An emotionally charged & highly imaginative book that explores themes of love & support between children & their parents but is also great fun, with incredible inventions, crazy contraptions & a wonderfully inspiring pioneering spirit at its heart.

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A magical, captivating picture book about the power of love between a son & his father Tom & his dad are good at making things. Their inventions start out simple, but they quickly become bigger, faster, crazier
- & they almost always involve wheels. But then Dad loses his job, & everything changes. Sadness clouds the house like a winter sky. That is, until Tom comes up with a brilliant plan that takes their amazing vehicle inventions & creates something astounding
- something the world has never seen before... An emotionally charged & highly imaginative book that explores themes of love & support between children & their parents but is also great fun, with incredible inventions, crazy contraptions & a wonderfully inspiring pioneering spirit at its heart.

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Tonbridge in 1895 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map shows the town of Tonbridge, broadly running north-south in the western half of the map, with countryside stretching eastward as far as the hamlet of Postern Heath. Coverage stretches from Tonbridge School southward to Quarry Hill Road & Pembury Road. Principal features include the castle, a surprisingly dominant feature on the map; the railway station with engine shed & junctions; Great Bridge, Medway Wharf, St Peter & St Paul`s church, St Stephens church, Agricultural Hall, Hectorage, Walter`s Farm, Tonbridge School, Priory Road, High Street, Hadlow Road. The River Medway meanders across the map & numerous rivulets are running into it. On the reverse is an extract from Kelly`s Directory of 1905, listing the private residents. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Topographic survey of Denmark at 1:100, 000 from Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen, the country’s national survey organization. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, with colouring and/or graphics showing various types of terrain & land use: woodlands, orchards, heath, sand & dunes, tidal flats, meadows & marshl&, etc. The maps provide detailed presentation of the road & rail networks & other information expected of topographic mapping at this scale. No specifically tourist information such as waymarked cycling or hiking routes is shown. Standard size sheets cover an area of 56 x 45km / 35x 28 miles approx. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.IMPORTANT – PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING:AVAILABILITY: all the maps are now printed on dem&. Delivery from Denmark can take over 4 weeks. Once an order has been placed we cannot accept any returns for credit.COORDINATES: although the maps are meant to have UTM coordinates for EUREF 89 (WGS 84) datum, sheets are sometimes delivered printed without any grid or margin ticks for UTM or latitude & longitude.

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Mount Ruapehu area in the Tongariro National Park on New Zealand’s North Island at 1:40, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible maps from New Topo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, & symbols to show locations of various facilities. The map is annotated in several places with notes on the volcanic activity in the area. Contour interval is 20m. Maps in the series from New Topo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking & tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles
- please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate various types of the terrain & vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, s&, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks & routes, walking tracks, & waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84). To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Round the Mountain Track around Mount Ruapehu in the Tongariro National Park presented at 1:60, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible maps from New Topo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, & symbols to show locations of various facilities. The map highlights the circuit, indicating its waking & tramping sections as well as timings for individual stages. Also marked are connecting trails. Symbols show locations of huts, campsites, toilets, viewpoints, & car parks. Contours are at 20m intervals. Maps in the series from New Topo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking & tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles
- please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate various types of the terrain & vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, s&, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks & routes, walking tracks, & waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84). To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Tongariro Alpine Crossing in the Tongariro National Park at 1:30, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible maps from New Topo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, & symbols to show locations of various facilities. The route is highlighted
- indicating walking, tramping & waymarked section & junctions with the Tongariro Northern Circuit – & annotated at various points with brief notes. Symbols show campsites, huts, viewpoints, etc. Contour interval is 20m with special graphics for the lava fields. Maps in the series from New Topo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking & tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles
- please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate various types of the terrain & vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, s&, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks & routes, walking tracks, & waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84). To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Tongariro Northern Circuit & Tongariro Alpine Crossing in the Tongariro National Park at 1:60, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible maps from New Topo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, & symbols to show locations of various facilities. The overprint highlights the two circuits, plus adjoining local routes. Contour interval is 20m. Maps in the series from New Topo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking & tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles
- please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate various types of the terrain & vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, s&, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks & routes, walking tracks, & waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84). To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Topographical survey of Belgium at 1:20, 000 from Nationaal Geografisch Instituut / Institut Géographique National, the country’s national survey organization. Each 20K map covers one quarter of the corresponding 1:50, 000 map (with adjustments in the border & coastal areas). The maps provide all the information expected of topographic mapping at this scale & in addition have an unusually large amount of vegetation and/or land use information (different types of woodlands, gardens, orchards, heath, etc). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, with margin ticks for latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English. Stanfords keeps as regular stock 20K maps for the World War I battlefields around the Ypres, Messines & Passchendaele, & for the area of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1:20, 000 survey covers the whole of Belgium & maps for other regions can be supplied as special orders. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.PLEASE NOTE: the Long-Distance Footpaths Map of Belgium at 1:300, 000 which shows the division of Belgium into the 50K survey sheets can also be used to see in more detail coverage by the 20K maps. ...