Category Archives: Travel Guides
Sailing For Fun
High adventure on a small budget – this is Charles Stock`s philosophy as he cruises his midget 16 -foot gaff-rigged sailing cruiser Shoal Waters on the Thames Estuary, having logged 68,000 miles since 1963. No engine, no electronics. The art of pottering taken to its zenith, and happiness achieved with great simplicity. There`s a lesson
Amulet – Sailing to the Western Isles
Saved from an inglorious end as a garden ornament, Amulet a 26-foot wooden keel boat, amateur built in Fort William, Scotland in 1964, was restored by Cumbrian based author and charter yacht skipper, Bob Orrell. The story is a humorous account of the author`s love hate relationship with Amulet during the eighteen month restoration and
Pigeon Portuguese
The quick and simple way of communicating in a foreign language on the move. Phrasebooks can be bulky, difficult and slow to use, with a phonetic system that is rarely understood. What makes these cards unique is the way you use them. Instead of looking up complete phrases, you tailor-make your own using the words
AB Sea – A Loose Footed Lexicon
A guide to the language and lore of 21st century seafarers. Full of practical advice, this is a dictionary with a difference: many words are illustrated by passages from classic books of the sea, yet more by the experiences of the author aboard an American schooner.
Pigeon German
The quick and simple way of communicating in a foreign language on the move. Phrasebooks can be bulky, difficult and slow to use, with a phonetic system that is rarely understood. What makes these cards unique is the way you use them. Instead of looking up complete phrases, you tailor-make your own using the words
Rough and Tumble
Bob Roberts and his friend Bully worked nights and saved every penny they could make to buy Thelma, a 27-foot Looe smack, and fit her out for her epic voyage. After testing her out in the North Sea, they headed for Panama, by way of Madeira and the Azores. Australia was in their minds, as
Among Muslims: Meetings At The Frontiers Of Pakistan
When ten Pakistani men walk into Kathleen Jamie`s small Scottish town on a peace march, in November 2001, she is thrown back to her own travels in Northern Pakistan and a book she wrote a decade earlier. “Among Muslims” is the account of Jamie`s time travelling alone and living among the Shia and Ismaili Muslims
The New Complete Caravan & Motor Home Handbook
This book contains information on all aspects of caravan and motor home ownership. ยท Choosing a caravan ยท How to tow on the road ยท Caravan awning ยท Onboard equipment gas, water, electricity ยท Security ยท Caravanning organisations ยท Maintenance and over wintering ยท Caravanning for the disabled Do not leave (or enter) your caravan
The Birdcage
Welcome to Salonika in1916: a city more than half-Jewish, which – until a few months ago – was one of the jewels in the Ottoman crown. It is now suddenly Greek. A city nominally neutral, but teeming with French, British and Serbian armies, to hold it against the Austro-German forces to the north, with their
The Good Food Guide: 2017
Wherever you roam and whatever the budget, your appetite for good food is in safe hands. Unrivalled for its knowledge of the nation`s restaurant scene, The Good Food Guide helps you find fantastic places to eat and recommends the very best dishes.
The Good Food Guide 2018
Love eating out? Looking for suggestions from a source you can trust? Whether you re holidaying in Cornwall, on a business trip to the highlands, ambling through Suffolk, or simply want to try a new place close to home, The Good Food Guide will help you discover the UK s very best restaurants, pubs and
Fever Trees of Borneo
An Intrepid adventurer, Mark has spent the last decade travelling areas left ominously blank on maps. This is the story of his malaria-wracked expedition across central Borneo. Once again he defies cartographers by going in search of the `wild men of Borneo` – a tribe of jungle dwellers whose existence is validated only by myth.
The Jungle Beat
In search of adventure, Roy Follows joined the Malay police at the height of a bitter 10-year campaign against communist terrorists. He was 22 and had no experience of jungle warfare. Within a year he had become the youngest ever commander of a jungle fort and platoon operation deep within enemy controlled territory. Reliant on
Slow Winter
Haunted by his late father`s thirst for adventure, Alex Hickman persuaded his local newspaper that it needed a Balkan correspondent. Talking his way into besieged Sarajevo, he watched as the city`s fragile ceasefire fell apart. A series of chance encounters took him to Albania and a bizarre appointment with the government. Thrown into an alliance
Canoe & Kayak Handbook (BCU)
Written by enthusiastic and current British Canoe Union coaches and practitioners, this book is an invaluable source of information for both novice and expert alike. For the newcomer it will provide a firm foundation in their chosen aspect of the sport. The coach or experienced paddler will find it invaluable as: 1. An update to
Pigeon Spanish
The quick and simple way of communicating in a foreign language on the move. Phrasebooks can be bulky, difficult and slow to use, with a phonetic system that is rarely understood. What makes these cards unique is the way you use them. Instead of looking up complete phrases, you tailor-make your own using the words
