Discovery Walks in Worcestershire
Discovery Walks in Worcestershire

Author: Brian Conduit

Publisher: Sigma Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781850587064

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Features 30 circular walks that are evenly spaced across the varied terrain of the county. This book gives an introduction to Worcestershire's landscape. Each route visits a heritage site, market town or village which enables you to learn about the area's cultural life.

Windrush Meander
Windrush Meander

Author: Martin Marais

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-09

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781716552267

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At some 40 miles in length, the River Windrush is the longest of the Cotswolds tributaries of the River Thames. Its source is in the heart of the Gloucestershire Cotswolds and its confluence in the flatlands of the Oxfordshire Thames basin. During its journey the Windrush flows through beautiful rolling landscapes and quintessentially English villages and towns with delightful names such as Temple Guiting, Temple Power, Great Rissington and Bourton-on-the-Water. In this guide, Martin Marais provides walkers the chance to walk the entire length of the river along a 48-mile route which he designed for his own enjoyment. Starting at the source of the River Windrush, near the hamlet of Taddington, the walk continues through the heart of the Cotswolds, through remote peaceful countryside and bustling Cotswolds towns and finally onto its confluence with the Thames at Newbridge where well-earned refreshments can be had from a choice of two hostelries. This guide contains a wealth of useful maps, information, historical facts and glorious photographs and will be a valuable companion to anyone walking the Windrush Meander.

A History of the World in 500 Walks
A History of the World in 500 Walks

Author: Sarah Baxter

Publisher: Aurum

Published: 2019-06-01

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1781319375

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From prehistory to the present day, take a grand tour of world events at eye-level perspective with accounts that combine knowledgeable commentary with practical detail. You may even be inspired to lace up your own boots! From geologic upheavals and mad kings to trade routes and saints' ways, this book relates the tales behind the top 500 walks that have shaped our society. It's easy to imagine travelling back in time as you read about convicts and conquistadors, silk traders and Buddhists who have hiked along routes for purposes as varied as the terrain they covered.

Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie

Author: Laurie Lee

Publisher: Chatto & Windus

Published: 1999-01-29

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780701168629

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At all times wonderfully evocative and poignant, Cider With Rosie is a charming memoir of Laurie Lee's childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a world that is tangibly real and yet reminiscent of a now distant past. In this idyllic pastoral setting, unencumbered by the callous father who so quickly abandoned his family responsibilities, Laurie's adoring mother becomes the centre of his world as she struggles to raise a growing family against the backdrop of the Great War. The sophisticated adult author's retrospective commentary on events is endearingly juxtaposed with that of the innocent, spotty youth, permanently prone to tears and self-absorption. Rosie's identity from the novel Cider with Rosie was kept secret for 25 years. She was Rose Buckland, Lee's cousin by marriage. "From the Paperback edition."

From Source to Sea
From Source to Sea

Author: Tom Chesshyre

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2018-06-14

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1786858193

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Authors, artists and amblers have always felt the pull of the Thames, and now Tom Chesshyre is following in their footsteps. He’s walking more than 200 miles from the Cotswolds to the North Sea. Seeing some familiar sights through new eyes, Chesshyre explores the living present and remarkable past of England’s longest and most iconic river.

Walking in Norfolk
Walking in Norfolk

Author: Laurence Mitchell

Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited

Published: 2017-03-31

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1783624698

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This guidebook describes 40 day walks across Norfolk ranging in length from 4 to 12 miles. The walks are divided into five sections: the northeast coast and the Broads; south Norfolk, the Yare and Waveney; North Norfolk and the Coast; Central Norfolk and Breckland; and West Norfolk and the Fens. Each walk is described step-by-step, illustrated with 1:40K OS map extracts and packed with historical, geological and other information about the landscape the route passes through. All walks are circular, along footpaths, bridleways and quiet country lanes, and some use parts of long-distance paths, including the Peddars Way, Norfolk Coast Path, Boudica's Way and Weavers Way. The Fenland region of Norfolk's far west is flat and low-lying, as are the marshes and waterways of the Broads in the east, but between these two extremes there is a great deal of topography going on. The county is far more varied than most outsiders imagine, with several distinct and unique landscapes. As well as Broads and the Fens, it has the sandy Brecks, rolling farmland, ancient woodland, meandering rivers and the gorgeous North Norfolk coast with its beaches, shingle banks, salt marshes and tidal mud flats.

The Heart that Has Truly Loved
The Heart that Has Truly Loved

Author: Lorraine Vines

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1409290883

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The memoirs and life of Lorraine Halse Vines, 1918 to 2007, including childhood and school days, pre-war England, Germany and America, university and hospital study, the RAAF and Jervis Bay, civilian life, family and career, adventures with husband Bob, final notes by daughter Kathi and funeral service.