Category Archives: Travel Guides
Captain`s Guide to Liferaft Survival
This text contains everything a castaway needs to know to survive in a liferaft and get rescued as quickly as possible. It draws on contemporary research in equipment, techniques and emergency medicine. It tells how to abandon ship, make a solar still and choose a liferaft and medical care.
The Compleat Cruiser
This monologue on cruiser boating discusses shoal versus deep draft, accommodation plans, the proper fish chowder, rowing techinques and the blessings of a heads equipped with a cedar bucket, among other subjects.
An Old Gaffers Tale
This is the story of Privateer, a traditional old gaffer built in the 1940s as a fishing smack and converted in the boatyard in Boston.
Schooner Integrity.
The schooner Integrity was built in a famous boatyard in the 1960`s in Massachusetts, and she was the dream boat of her owner, Waldo Howland. She cruised in the West Indies and crossed the Atlantic to visit Ireland and England. Then she was sold, and there began a chain of events which led to adventure,
Northwest Passage Solo
Cowper was the first to make it single-handed through the Northwest Passage, in converted life-boat the Mable E. Holland. Blocked by pack-ice, he left her over winter in the Artic where she was sunk by the ice. There followed a two year struggle to recover her and continue the journey.
Langdale FFRC
The Langdale guidebook is a definitive guide to the climbing in the valley bases of Great Langdale and Easedale, an all year venue with plenty of south facing crags. Offering immensely varied climbing, the Langdale guide offers an even spread from roadside to high mountain crags and showcases that without doubt it is one of
Scafell & Wasdale CB Centenary Edition
The definitive rock climbing guide to Scafell and Wasdale in the western Lake District – and what a corker! Superb photo diagrams and loads of inspiring action shots and scenic views. Includes the incomparable East and Central Buttresses of Scafell and Buckbarrow among many other top rate venues.Covers Scafell, Scafell Pike, Round How Area, Brad
Antarctica: The Waking Giant
Antarctica s ice sheet is a powerful entity, alive and dynamic. It is up to three million years old; its mass is constantly and imperceptibly moving, finally calving to the sea. Deep in the heart of the continent is a barren desert of snow, while the coast teems with life: the dominion of whales, birds,
A Tuscan Adventure: Castello di Potentino: The Restoration of a Castle
When Charlotte Horton and her family of British bohemians discovered an abandoned Tuscan castle, little did they know that they would transform it into a vibrant, modern locale. Nestled in the rugged terrain of Mount Amiata, Castello di Potentino was a dilapidated mess: roofs had collapsed and there was no plumbing or electricity. Following the
