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The
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Map Addict
by Mike Parker
'My name is Mike and I am a map
addict. There, it's said…'
Maps not only show the world, they help it turn. On an average day, we
will consult some form of map approximately a dozen times, often without
even noticing: checking the A-Z, the road atlas or the Sat Nav, scanning
the tube or bus map, a quick Google online or hours wasted flying over a
virtual Earth, navigating a way around a shopping centre, watching the
weather forecast, planning a walk or a trip, catching up on the news,
booking a holiday or hotel. Maps pepper logos, advertisements,
illustrations, books, web pages and newspaper and magazine articles:
they are a cipher for every area of human existence. At a stroke, they
convey precise information about topography, layout, history, politics
and power. They are the unsung heroes of life: Map Addict sings their
song. There are some fine, dry tomes out there about the history and
development of cartography: this is not one of them. Map Addict mixes
wry observation with hard fact and considerable research, unearthing the
offbeat, the unusual and the downright pedantic in a celebration of all
things maps. In Map Addict, we learn the location of what has officially
been named by the OS as the most boring square kilometre in the land; we
visit the town fractured into dozens of little parcels of land split
between two different countries and trek around many other weird borders
of Britain and Europe; we test the theories that the new city of Milton
Keynes was built to a pagan alignment and that women can't read maps.
Combining history, travel, politics, memoir and oblique observation in a
highly readable, and often very funny, style, Mike Parker confesses how
his own impressive map collection was founded on a virulent teenage
shoplifting habit, ponders how a good leftie can be so gung-ho about
British cartographic imperialism and wages a one-man war against the
moronic blandishments of the Sat Nav age.
£10.99 (Paperback)
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The Welsh Three Thousand Foot Challenges - by Roy Clayton & Ronald Turnbull - Cordee
This edition of the full-colour handbook for walkers and runners in the Welsh 3000's traverse, the Paddy Buckley Round, The Snowdon Horseshoe, Snowdon Ascents and the Welsh 1000 Metres race. Roy Clayton guides walkers through the route, while experienced fell runner, Ronald Turnbull, gives the necessary advice for runners, and for walkers who wish to step up the pace in the tradition of the greats like Joss Naylor, Eric Beard and Colin Donnelly. The original "Welsh Three Thousand Foot Challenges" book has already been a success, with several reprints.
£12.95
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Britain's Best Small Hills by
Phoebe Smith
A
guide to 60 wild walks including short adventures and scrambles, across
England, Wales & Scotland
£14.99
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Celebrating 50 years of Adventure 1969-2019 - Cicerone Press Guide
Commemorating Cicerone's 50th year, Fifty Years of Adventure is a compilation of tales by Cicerone authors. A story to celebrate each year Cicerone has been publishing outdoor
activity guidebooks, the collection is a delicious hotpot of adventures in their every shape and form. Accompanied by outstanding photography, each page of this finely
crafted anniversary book is a veritable visual delight. As enchanting as it is inspiring, Fifty Years of Adventure is a must for anyone with an appreciation for adventure. Contributing editor Kev Reynolds
£25.00 - Special Order Only
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Walk
in the Clouds -
Kev
Reynolds
This book is a moving collection of 75 autobiographical short stories
from prolific outdoors writer Kev Reynolds, an insight into a lifetime
of mountain travel and adventure. These tales are spread across the
Moroccan Atlas, Pyrenees, European Alps, Himalaya amongst other
destinations, and will leave you by turns amused, reflective and
inspired.
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Europe's High Points - Getting to the top in 50 countries
by Rachel
Crolla, Carl
McKeating
A guide to reaching the summit
of every country in Europe – driving, walking and climbing routes to
the tops of 50 countries in Europe. Detailed route descriptions, sketch
maps – advice on transport, seasons, grading and gear. From afternoon
strolls in Malta to three-day mountaineering ascents on classic Alpine
routes such as Mont Blanc.
Heading to the highest
point of any European country is an experience not to be missed.
Europe offers the hiker a wealth of adventure and a huge variety of
dazzling scenery and each of our 50 countries celebrates its
national high point in a different way. Now this unique guide brings
together clear and detailed route descriptions of how to reach the
summits of countries from Liechtenstein to Latvia, across the
continent. Whether you are attempting
to climb a selection of individual high points or collect the set,
you will find these routes lead you to some of the most striking
landscapes and exciting terrain that Europe has to offer, with all
the information you need about each country to get there
– along with interesting but incidental information that you
don’t! Stretching from the frozen
tundra of the Arctic Circle to the arid plains of the Sierra Nevada,
this book contains something for everyone – from afternoon strolls
in Malta and Moldova to three-day mountaineering ascents on classic
Alpine routes such as Mont Blanc and Dufourspitze. Don’t cross the Channel
without it!
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Trekking in the Alps
by Kev Reynolds
An inspirational walking guide
to 20 summer treks in the European Alps in Italy, Austria, Switzerland,
France and Slovenia, by 8 Alpine trekking experts, including the
classics such as the Tour of Mont Blanc and lesser-known routes like the
Traverse of the Slovenian Alps. Illustrated with clear overview maps and
route profiles throughout All the
rich scenic diversity for which the Alps are renowned is celebrated
here, while the 20 treks described include well-known classics as
well as newly-created multi-day routes. The eight talented writers
and photographers brought together to produce this book are among
the most experienced of Alpine trekkers. Between them they have
explored every corner of Europe’s premier mountain range, written
dozens of guides and, in some cases, led trekking holidays there in
order to share their enthusiasm for the Alps with other walkers. And
that is the prime motivation for Trekking in the Alps – an
inspiration and a celebration of the very best of these mountains. Best-known treks
Tour of Mont Blanc; Tour of
the Matterhorn; Tour of Monte Rosa; Walker’s Haute Route; Tour of
the Jungfrau Region; Tour of the Vanoise; Dolomites AV 1 & 2 Longer trans-Alpine treks GR5 (Lake Geneva to Nice);
Eastern Alps E5; Italian Alps GTA; Traverse of the Slovenian Alps For the Alpine adventurer Alpine Pass Route; Tour of
the Oisans; Tour of the Queyras; Tour of Mont Ruan; Stubai High
Route; Zillertal High Route; Gran Paradiso AV2; Rätikon Höhenweg
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