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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Water sports & recreations > Boating > Canoeing & kayaking
**Winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2018
and the Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2019**
'Weymouth combines acute political, personal and ecological
understanding, with the most beautiful writing reminiscent of a
young Robert Macfarlane. He is, I have no doubt, a significant
voice for the future' Andrew Holgate, Sunday Times literary editor
'Adam Weymouth takes his place beside the great travel writers'
Susan Hill A captivating, lyrical account of an epic voyage by
canoe down the Yukon River. The Yukon River is almost 2,000 miles
long, flowing through Canada and Alaska to the Bering Sea. Setting
out to explore one of the most ruggedly beautiful and remote
regions of North America, Adam Weymouth journeyed by canoe on a
four-month odyssey through this untrammelled wilderness,
encountering the people who have lived there for generations. The
Yukon's inhabitants have long depended on the king salmon who each
year migrate the entire river to reach their spawning grounds. Now
the salmon numbers have dwindled, and the encroachment of the
modern world has changed the way of life on the Yukon, perhaps for
ever. Weymouth's searing portraits of these people and landscapes
offer an elegiac glimpse of a disappearing world. Kings of the
Yukon is an extraordinary adventure, told by a powerful new voice.
The bestselling guides to Britain's canals and rivers for over 50
years. This established, popular and practical guide covers the
canals and waterways in the north west of England around Merseyside
and Manchester. Contains essential information for walking,
cycling, canoeing and paddleboarding. Covered in this guide are:
Aire & Calder Navigation, Bridgewater Canal, Calder &
Hebble Navigation, Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Huddersfield Broad
Canal, Lancaster Canal, Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Macclesfield
Canal, Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal, Peak Forest and Ashton
Canals, Rochdale Canal, Sankey Canal and Trent & Mersey Canal.
The detailed Ordnance Survey (R) maps clearly show the location of
essential features such as locks, towpaths and boating facilities,
as well as pubs, shops and restaurants in the area. There are
comprehensive navigational notes and descriptive text on the
history of each canal, and on local services and places of
interest, for which postcodes are included - ideal for use with
sat-navs. Useful information for canoeing and paddleboarding. In
print for 50 years, the Collins/Nicholson guides to the waterways
have always been a vital part of journeys along Britain's canals
and rivers. These bestselling guides are designed for anyone and
everyone with an interest in Britain's inland waterways - from
experienced boaters to those planning their first boat trip, as
well as walkers, cyclists and visitors.
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B. East
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Discovery Miles 4 660
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Every spring, paddlers from around the world migrate to eastern
North America in pursuit of the massive early season flows. b.EAST
follows some of the most committed and accomplished on this
journey. With challenging, awe inspiring whitewater, b.EAST takes
you on a though provoking ride that offers a window into the soul
of the sport.
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