Coast to Coast: The Wainwright Route [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Bardwell, Sandra

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1898481342 ISBN 13: 9781898481348

Casa editrice: Rucksack Readers, 2010

Riassunto

The Coast to Coast walk runs for 184 miles (296km) through the finest scenery in northern England. Its end points, the lovely villages of St Bees and Robin Hood's Bay, are both accessible by public transport. The whole walk takes most people from 12 to 16 days, and can readily be completed in two separate weeks.

Devised by the legendary Alfred Wainwright, the route passes through three national parks - the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors - areas rich in history, heritage and wildlife. There are welcoming pubs and plenty of walker-friendly accommodation on or near the route

This guidebook contains all that a walker needs: concise, up-to-date directions easy-to-follow maps of the route (scale 1:50,000) altitude profiles for each section background on geology, history and wildlife contact details for accommodation and transport features on St Bees, Richmond and Robin Hood's Bay 115 enticing colour photos waterproof, rucksack-friendly format

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Recensione

This is one of the very best guidebooks I've ever encountered. It is a beautifullly crafted book which fits neatly into a rucksack. Sandra Bardwell ... is to be commended for producing this well-researched and lovely guide which follows the Wainwright route. ... The maps are excellent: they are very clear and easy to follow. I also like the Facilities along the Route section on page 7 ... --Keswick Reminder, 19.2.2010 p8

Coast to Coast: the Wainwright Route is the type of publication that Wainwright himself would have appreciated. His pictorial guides were small but well-filled, with visual features well integrated. This new guidebook is the best sort, handy but informative, containing background information, succinct notes, eye-catching maps, profiles of the terrain and a wide range of photographs all in glorious colour. The whole thing is even waterproof, and a credit to the author and publisher. --Dr W R Mitchell, MBE, friend and biographer of AW

L'autore

A dedicated lifelong walker, Sandra worked in Melbourne, Australia, as an archivist and historian after doing a PhD on the history of national parks in her home state of Victoria. In her spare time she wrote a regular column about bushwalking (hiking) in Melbourne's leading daily newspapers, and many articles and books on walking and national parks in south-eastern Australia. She has been based in Scotland since 1989, and they live beside Loch Ness. In recent years she has written guidebooks for Lonely Planet (Italy, Ireland, France, Scotland, Australia), Rucksack Readers (Ireland and Scotland) and Sunflower Books (Croatia and Poland-Slovakia, 2006). This is her fifth book published by Rucksack Readers.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Rucksack Readers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1898481342
• ISBN 13: 9781898481348
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 112
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Germania