Official Guide: Wales Coast Path: Pembrokeshire Cardigan to Amroth The fifth in a series of seven Official Guides to the Wales Coast Path is now widely available. These authoritative and attractive guides are the only ones endorsed and checked by Natural Resources Wales — the creators and managers of this iconic path. The Official [...]
The latest two new pocket-sized books of a series of six exploring the best themed short circular walks in the Yorkshire Dales National Park are now available. Part of the popular Top 10 Walks series, Yorkshire Dales: Fells & Moors and Yorkshire Dales: Dales & Valleys, both by wellknown outdoor writer Mark Richards, are [...]
Now widely available, the new, revised edition of the popular Top 10 Walks: Lake District: High Fells book by Carl Rogers features clearly-described routes to three new peaks. In come new routes to the iconic summits of Blencathra, Grisedale Pike and Grasmoor. They replace routes that will now be part of an upcoming Top 10 Walks: Lake District: Ridge [...]
The long wait for the best of the best Peak District walks is finally over. There are now two new additions to the already popular Top 10 Walks series for the Peak District, from independent publishers, Northern Eye Books. Pub Walks and Waterside Walks, both by outdoors expert and well-known author, Dennis Kelsall, are both [...]
The Wales Coast Path is dotted with some wonderfully evocative Welsh place names. Welsh descriptions of coastal features are fascinating, and many of the names date back two thousand years or more. Understanding what they mean gives an added depth to walking the landscape, and helps bring it alive. Many place names along the [...]
The popular UK outdoor magazine, Country Walking, has given a ringing endorsement of the series of Official Guides to the Wales Coast Path books published by Northern Eye Books. "These excellent guides lay the whole Wales Coast Path at your feet — mixing practical information with the fascinating history, heritage and wildlife you will meet as you walk", [...]
150 years ago this month, on July 14th 1865, 25-year-old British climber Edward Whymper reached the summit of the Matterhorn with his rope team. It was the first ascent of the fabled peak. Yet, tragically, on the way down disaster struck. Several members of the team fell to their deaths when their rope snapped. [...]
Another pocket-sized gem in the bestselling Top 10 Walks series. This title sits comfortably with the companion volume ‘Mountain Walks’ by the same author. Focusing on some of Snowdonia’s less obvious and more challenging mountain routes this time, the author has included the famous Snowdon Horseshoe as well as the superb ‘South Snowdon Horseshoe’, [...]
Unravelling Welsh place names can be a revelation. By translating just a few key elements, a place and its history, people and culture can suddenly leap into life. Now there's a new edition of the fascinating Understanding Welsh Place Names by native Welsh-speaker, Gwili Gog — with a new, yellow cover. This attractive and easy-to-use guide [...]
Welsh tourist information centres, visitor attractions, gift shops, outdoor shops and bookshops can relax! A new eagerly-awaited Wales Coast Path: Top 10 Walks book — ‘Carmarthen Bay & Gower’ — arrives in Welsh and UK retail outlets this week. Part of the amazingly popular Top 10 Walks: Wales Coast Path series, Carmarthen Bay & [...]
