Category Archives: Travel Guides
British Hotels Inns & Other Places
From sleepy inns with rooms to manor-house hotels for fabulous occasions, each of our places combines character with comfort and a big welcome. A weekend break in a historic city, a night away on business, a family holiday by the sea – there`s something for everyone here. You`ll eat well, too: Michelin stars sprinkle themselves
French Bed & Breakfast – Special Places to Stay
Britain`s most established B&B guide to France is aimed at independent travellers seeking a special place to stay. Travelling the length and breadth of the country, our French team has selected over 750 B&Bs. Fall in love with a place and stay longer, change your route and stop off somewhere new – there`s great flexibility
Irish Canoe Classics
An illustrated guide to some of the finest tours of Ireland`s waterways. Wild loughs, placid canals and broad rivers, as they can only be seen from a canoe or kayak…Eddie and Tony have chosen the best inland touring routes. They are described in great detail and illustrated with numerous colour photos and maps. The selected
Welsh Canoe Classics: A Canoeist and Kayaker`s Guide
Welsh Canoe Classics is an illustrated guide to some of the finest tours of Wales` waterways. Scenic lakes, broad estuaries and whitewater rivers, as they can only be seen from canoe or kayak. Eddie, Adam and Wilf have chosen the best inland touring routes which are described in great detail and illustrated with numerous colour
Climbing Games
Challenge and train your hands, feet, body and brain with over 120 climbing games. This book is for anyone wanting to have fun climbing while developing crucial skills. The games described can be used in a wide range of activities from working on specific skills to fun warm-ups. As an aid to a climbing session
Skye and North West Highlands Sea Kayaking
“The north west of Scotland is quite simply the best place to paddle a sea kayak in the world.” – Gordon Brown.On the north west coast of Scotland and around Skye there are islands galore, hidden beaches, tide races, great places to enjoy the local seafood and amazing people to meet. All of this set
Rock Trails Peak District
This is the story of the Peak landscape from its tropical beginnings to its rugged gritty present. Limestone reefs grow in the shallows of tropical seas, taking captive fossilised sea creatures. As the seas shift and coastlines change, sandstones build on the banks of a great river delta. Forests of giant ferns take hold of
Paddle the Thames: A guide for canoes, kayaks and SUPs
The River Thames is simply a fantastic place to paddle your canoe, kayak or paddleboard, whether touring, training, racing, expeditioning or just `bimbling`. From its early reaches in the Cotswold Hills, through the Home Counties into London and far out beyond into the estuary, the river`s surroundings are remarkably varied and diverse, yet always attractive
Northern England & Isle of Man
From the Mersey to the Solway and the Isle of Man in the West and the Humber to Berwick in the east, `up north` is described to us in the author`s own inimitable style. Industrial areas and the wilder landscapes are described with the same care and attention to detail. The result is a wealth
Alpine Mountaineering – Essential Knowledge for Budding Alpinists
This is a complete introduction to Alpine mountaineering. If you are planning your first trip to the Alps or anxious to improve on your performance on previous trips, you need this book. Even seasoned Alpinists will benefit from Bruce`s clarity and depth of experience. Everything you need to know is here and none of the
English Canoe & Kayak Classic trips Vol.1 North
“English Canoe Classics” is an illustrated guide to some of the finest tours of northern England`s waterways, from the North Tyne in Northumbria to the Shropshire Union Canal in the West Midlands. Scenic lakes, placid canals and broad rivers, as they can only be seen from a canoe or kayak. Eddie and `Wilf` have chosen
Rock Trails Scottish Highlands -A Hillwalker`s Guide to the Geology & Scenery
The Scottish Highlands are home to Britain`s most spectacular mountain scenery. The stark hills, fearful crags, glorious glens and sparkling lochans make for a wide range of landscapes and have attracted generations of landscape lovers, hillwalkers and mountaineers. This book is intended to help those who adore this landscape to gain an insight into the
English Canoe Classics: Twenty-eight Great Canoe & Kayak Trips: v.2: South
This is an illustrated guide to some of the finest tours of southern England`s waterways, from the Grand Union Canal in the South Midlands to the River Tamar in the South West. Scenic lakes, placid canals and broad rivers, as they can only be seen from a canoe or kayak. Eddie and `Wilf` have chosen
Rock Trails Snowdonia: A hillwalker`s guide to the geology & scenery
This book explains to the hillwalker, in easy to understand but accurate terms, how geology has shaped the landscape of Snowdonia. A selection of seventeen guided walks is used to illustrate this in terms of what can be seen on the ground. This book, divided into two parts, is intended to help those who love
River Spey Canoe Guide: A Canoeist and Kayaker`s Guide to Scotland`s Premier Touring River
This illustrated guide will help you plan your journey along the River Spey, one of the UK`s classic canoe and kayak touring rivers. The river may be navigated from Loch Spey to Spey Bay, and here this is divided into seven sections. These can be paddled as single day trips or combined into multi-day adventures.
North & East coasts of Scotland sea kayaking
At last, a guidebook covering some of Scottish paddling`s best kept secrets. Scotland is a world-class sea-kayaking destination, the Scottish Islands being rightly famous for the standard of paddling they offer. The North and East Coasts don`t have as many sheltering islands as the West and there is always some sort of swell, but they
English White Water
The first comprehensive guide to the white water rivers, playspots and artificial white water courses of England. Here you will find descriptions of both well known classics and little known gems. It covers the length and breadth of England and provides something for everyone, whatever the conditions. Whether you are a white water novice or
Scottish Canoe Classics: Twenty Five Great Canoe & Kayak Trips
This revised and updated 2nd edition is an illustrated guide to some of the finest tours of Scotland`s waterways. Wild lochs, placid canals and broad rivers, as they can only be seen from a canoe or kayak.Eddie has chosen his favourite twenty-five inland touring routes and described them in great detail. The routes are beautifully
South East England & Channel Islands Sea Kayaking
Though geographically close the two areas covered in this sea kayaking guidebook are as different in character as it is possible to conceive. The South East of England has a varied landscape of chalk cliffs, pebble beaches, vast expanses of sand, mudflats, and river estuaries. At one extreme the tidal Thames runs through the densely
