Category Archives: Travel Guides
Brian Cook`s Beautiful Britain
The illustrations of Brian Cook from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s have become iconic. His heightened use of colour, in a flat colour poster style, is much imitated, but never surpassed. His jacket covers for the Batsford series of books that celebrated British life are now very collectable. This collection of his best work is
South Downs – 20 Country Walks For All The Family
Batsford`s Walking Guides is an exciting new gift series of walking books, aimed at the weekend, family walker. These small-format, portable, hardback books have an attractive retro feel, with nostalgic line drawings and hand-drawn maps. Each of the 20 walks have been carefully selected to appeal to family walkers, most are circular and none are
Thames Valley – 20 Country Walks For All The Family
An exciting new gift series of walking guides, aimed at the weekend, family walker. These small-format, portable hardback books have an attractive retro feel, with nostalgic line drawings and hand-drawn maps. Each of the 20 walks have been carefully selected to appeal to family walkers, most are circular and none are too strenuous. Each walk
Rainy Season
In his novel Rainy Season, Augualusa returns to the present again, following a journalist who is trying to find out what happened to the Angolan poetess and historian Lidia de Carmo Ferreira. What at first seems like a fictive biogaphy of Ferreira gradually turns out to be a depiction of the devastating history of a
The Woman From Bratislava
In Bratislava, Teddy Pedersen, a middle-aged, Danish university lecturer, receives a visit from an Eastern European woman who turns out to be his half-sister. Father to both of them was a Danish SS officer who had officially been declared dead in 1952, but had in fact lived on in Yugoslavia for many years. In Copenhagen,
Camino Mozรกrabe (Via de la Plata): Granada to Mรฉrida
Camino Mozรกrabe, better known as Via de la Plata – the southern section linking Granada and Cordoba with Mรฉrida and the main route to Santiago de Compostela in an A5, 52-page guide published by the London-based Confraternity of Saint James.A general section with advice on planning is followed by detailed descriptions of the route itself,
Caminos del Norte: Tunnel Route, Hendaye to Santo Domingo de la Calzada / Burgos
Caminos del Norte: Tunnel Route, Hendaye – Santo Domingo de la Calzada / Burgos guide from the Confraternity of Saint James describes the link between the French route along the Bay of Biscay (Voie Littorale) and the main Camino Francรฉs at either Santo Domingo de la Calzada or Burgos. This ‘Tunnel Route” section of the
Caminos del Norte: Ruta de la Costa, Irun to Villaviciosa
Caminos del Norte: Ruta de la Costa, Irun – Villaviciosa guide from the Confraternity of Saint James covers the eastern section of the pilgrim route along the Bay of Biscay coast of Spain between the Pyrenees and Villaviciosa where the route divides and either continues along the coast (see guide 4A-2) or goes inland as
Caminos del Norte: Ruta de la Costa, Villaviciosa to Arzรบa
Caminos del Norte: Ruta de la Costa, Villaviciosa ‘“ Arzรบa guide from the Confraternity of Saint James covers the western section of the pilgrim route along the Bay of Biscay coast of Spain between Villaviciosa and Arzรบa where it joins the main Camino Francรฉs 40 kms from Santiago de Compostela.The guide provides instructions for following
The Way of St James in France: Arles to Toulouse
The southernmost of the different variants of the Way of St James across France from Arles across Montpellier, Lodรจve and Castres to Toulouse in a guide from the London-based Confraternity of Saint James. Detailed descriptions of the route divided into small sections are accompanied by accommodation options and notes on places of interest.No maps are
The Way of St James in France: Toulouse to Puente la Reina
This practical guide describes the pilgrim route from Arles to Puente la Reina where it joins the camino frances to Santiago. It is published in two parts: Arles to Toulouse and Toulouse to Puente la Reina. The whole route was fully researched in 2015 but as with all Confraternity guides, this one also depends on
Camino Francรฉs: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela 2017/2018
Camino Francรฉs: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port ‘“ Santiago de Compostela, the main pilgrim route in northern Spain across Burgos and Leรณn, in the 2018 edition of the guide published by the Confraternity of Saint James. The guide provides very detailed information about accommodation along the route, with prices, contact details, availability of meals, etc. Also included is advice
Camino de Santiago Pilgrim Guides: Camino Inglรฉs 2017/2018
New update to this pertinent route, starting at either Ferrol or A Coruรฑa, including the recent re-routing!The pilgrimage way to Compostela enjoyed widespread fame throughout medieval Europe. Land and sea alike were furrowed with routes rich in spirituality leading to Santiago de Compostela. The maritime routes drew pilgrims from Scandinavia, Flanders, England, Scotland and Ireland
Mountain Days & Bothy Nights
A classic of mountain writing and still in demand over ten years after its first publication, this book takes you to the little places of big importance along one mountain-climber`s trail. Fishgut Mac, Desperate Dan, Stumpy and the Big Yin stalk hill and pub, escaping from gamekeepers, staying awake sleeping in bothies (Scottish mountain cabins).
