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Walk
Britain
 A
Coast to Coast Walk: A Pictorial Guide (Wainwright Pictorial
Guides)
Originally compiled in the 1950s early 1960s, the Wainwright
walking guides are perhaps the most distinctive and unusual
such guides ever devised. The result of research by their namesake
and author over a period of 13 years, the guides have retained
their original format and design to this day. The books contain
intricate hand drawn sketches by the author, detailing routes
of ascent, and gradients of the hills in and around the Lake
District and outlying regions. "A Coast to Coast Walk"
was devised by Wainwright himself and stretches across 190 miles
from St Bees Head on the East coast to Robin Hood's Bay on the
West, passing through the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and
North York Moors. Walk
Britain.
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Walk Around the Lakes
Based on Davies' experiences in the Lake District over one year,
this book has many recommendations for the visitor, but it is
also an exploration of the past, examining the many famous people
associated with the District, in particular the Lake Poets Coleridge,
De Quincey and Wordsworth. Walk Britain.
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Walk Along the Tracks: Britain's Disused Railway Lines
In 1942, at the height of the railway age, there were 19,000
miles of track in Britain and 7,000 stations. Now, there are
only 10,000 miles left and 2,000 stations. But the result is
almost 8,000 miles of disused railway lines waiting to be explored.
Over the course of a year, Hunter Davies walked along ten lines,
some of them like public parks, others neglected and gone completely
wild. In many ways, it is the most original and exciting walk
he's ever taken, not just as a piece of nostalgia, invoking
memories of a bygone age, but in discovering and revealing what
he considers to be one of our greatest natural heritages for
generations to come. From the Somerset and Dorset to the Ally
Pally Railway, from the Wye Valley to the Deeside Line, "A
Walk Along The Tracks" is a vivid account of a unique journey
recapturing the glories of the railway age. Walk Britain.
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