Short Walks to Curious Places: Exploring 50 of Britain's Ancient Sites, Myths and Legends
Autor Roly Smithen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 mar 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781844866373
ISBN-10: 1844866378
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: Full colour photographs throughout
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Conway
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1844866378
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: Full colour photographs throughout
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.82 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Conway
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Will appeal to walkers of all abilities as each walk is between 2 and 10 miles and the storytelling and myths and legends aspect makes walking exciting for children
Notă biografică
Roly Smith is a freelance writer, editor and media consultant, and the author of over 90 books on walking and the countryside. He is vice president and an honorary life member of the Outdoor Writers' and Photographers' Guild, a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Dubbed 'Mr Peak District' by the local media, he regularly features on national and local TV and radio, including BBC1 Breakfast, Countryfile, Flog it, Great British Train Journeys, Walking through History, Channel 5, ITV Central and Look North, and he regularly contributes to Derbyshire Life, BBC Countryfile and various outdoor magazines.
Cuprins
Foreword by Dame Fiona ReynoldsIntroduction: 'Curiouser and curiouser' The Walks South & West of England1. Acorn Antiques: Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor, Devon 3 miles (4.8km)2. The death of a king: Rufus Stone, New Forest, Hampshire 1.5 miles (2.4km)3. An ode to autumn: Keats' walk, Winchester, Hampshire 2 miles (3.2km)4. There'll never be another yew: Kingley Vale, West Sussex 5 miles (8km)5. Cromwell's 'small execution' of the Clubmen: Hambledon Hill, Wiltshire 6 miles (9.7km)6. Gilbert White's Zig-Zag path: Selborne, Hampshire 3.5 miles (5.6km)7. The church in the circle: Knowlton Henge, Dorset 2.5 miles (4km)8. Jarman's garden of delights: Dungeness, Kent 3 miles (4.8km)9. Darwin's 'Thinking Path': Down House, Kent 1 mile (1.6km)10. The city that fell into the sea: Dunwich, Suffolk 2 miles (3.2km)11. Secrets of the shingle: Orford Ness, Suffolk 5 miles (8km)12. Ring of ritual: Chanctonbury Ring, West Sussex up to 8 miles (12.9km)Midlands13. Green Knight pilgrimage: Lud's Church, Staffordshire 7 miles (11.3km)14. All round The Wrekin: The Wrekin, Shropshire 5 miles (8km)15. A little bit of Old England: Laxton, Nottinghamshire 4 miles (6.4km)16. One man went to Mow: Mow Cop, Cheshire 5.5 miles (8.9km)17. The oldest castle in England? Richard's Castle, Herefordshire 1 mile (1.6km)18. Rock of Ages: Bradgate Park, Leicestershire 4 miles (6.4km)19. The hills are alive with the sound of music: Malvern Hills, Worcestershire 2 miles (3.2km)20. Appointment with the Devil: The Stiperstones, Shropshire 3.5 miles (5.6km)21. 'Sistine Chapel of the Ice Age': Creswell Crags, Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire 1 mile (1.6km)22. Yorkshire's ghost village: Wharram Percy, Yorkshire Wolds 1 mile (1.6km)23. The Lair of the White Worm: Thor's Cave, Staffordshire 3.5 miles (5.6km)North of England24. Rock idols: Brimham Rocks, Nidderdale, Yorkshire as far as you want25. Crossing the 'Wet Sahara': Morecambe Bay, Lancashire 8 miles (12.9km)26. 'Out on the wily, windy moors': Brontë Moors, West Yorkshire 7.5 miles (12km)27. The bloodiest battle: Towton, Yorkshire 3 miles (4.8km)28. Chasing the Lambton Worm: Penshaw Monument, Tyne & Wear 2.5 miles (4km)29. Kinder surprise: Kinder Scout, Derbyshire 5.5 miles (8.9km)30. Castles in the air: Alport Castles, Derbyshire 7 miles (11.3km)31. First settlers in Settle: Attermire Caves, Yorkshire Dales 4 miles (6.4km)32. Cumbria's Grand Canyon: High Cup Nick, Cumbria 8 miles (12.9km)33. A curious encounter with Wainwright: Cautley Spout, Howgill Fells, Cumbria 3 miles (4.8km)34. Monolithic maidens: Long Meg and her Daughters, Cumbria 5 miles (8km)35. Land's End of Yorkshire: Spurn Head, Humberside 6 miles (9.6km)36. From industry to tranquillity: Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire 4.5 miles (7.2km)37. Finding Cuddy's Cave: St Cuthbert's Cave, Northumberland 3 miles (4.8km)Wales38. Town of Giants: Tre'r Ceiri, Llyn, North Wales 4 miles (6.4km)39. To the 'Roman' Steps: Rhinog Mountains, Snowdonia 4 or 6 miles (6.4 or 9.6km)40. Skomer's seabird city: Skomer, Pembrokeshire Coast 4 miles (6.4km)41. The legend of the Lady of the Lake: Lyn y Fan Fach, Brecon Beacons 2.5 miles (4km)42. 'The Cure of all Diseases': St Govan's Chapel, Pembrokeshire Coast 1.5 miles (2.4km)43. Source of Stonehenge's bluestones: Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire 15 miles (24km)Scotland44. 'Looking into the abyss of time': Siccar Point, Berwickshire 4 miles (6.4km)45. Columba's tears: St Columba's Bay, Iona 6 miles (9.7km)46. Monarch of the glens: Glencoe, Arygll, Highlands 5 miles (8km)47. The fabled Table of Skye: The Quraing, Isle of Skye 3 miles (4.8km)48. Birds and brides in the broch: Mousa Broch, Mousa, Shetland Islands 1.5 miles (2.4km)49. Catching up with the Hogwarts Express: Glenfinnan Viaduct, Highlands 2.5 miles (4km)50. To the end of the world: Hermaness, Shetland Islands 5 miles (8km)Further Reading
Recenzii
This is a walks book with a difference, with a story at every step. And Roly Smith, one of our most experienced and knowledgeable outdoor writers, is the perfect guide to lead you to some of the most fascinating and interesting corners of Britain. I plan to use it myself on my frequent travels around our lovely country.
Why go abroad when there is so much to discover in Great Britain, as revealed in Roly's fascinating book? This is not just another walks guide - it is 50 adventures in places you may never have thought about.
As someone who loves walking, British landscape and history, and all things eerie, strange and 'hauntological' with a good dash of folk horror, I adored this book. Brilliant and absorbing, either out in 'the field' or in the armchair. Fabulous.
From the bird-haunted cliffs of Skomer to the perfect glacial valley of High Cup, spectacular house ruins in Leicestershire's Bradgate Park and the ancient mossy rocks and trees of Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor, these islands are packed with intriguing, out-of-the-way treasures. This valuable guidebook of easily manageable walks, put together by the vastly experienced Roly Smith, whets your appetite and points you in the right direction.
Why go abroad when there is so much to discover in Great Britain, as revealed in Roly's fascinating book? This is not just another walks guide - it is 50 adventures in places you may never have thought about.
As someone who loves walking, British landscape and history, and all things eerie, strange and 'hauntological' with a good dash of folk horror, I adored this book. Brilliant and absorbing, either out in 'the field' or in the armchair. Fabulous.
From the bird-haunted cliffs of Skomer to the perfect glacial valley of High Cup, spectacular house ruins in Leicestershire's Bradgate Park and the ancient mossy rocks and trees of Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor, these islands are packed with intriguing, out-of-the-way treasures. This valuable guidebook of easily manageable walks, put together by the vastly experienced Roly Smith, whets your appetite and points you in the right direction.