Trailblazer British Walking Guide: Dorset & South Devon Coast Path, South-West Coast Path Part 3, Plymouth to Poole Harbour Comprehensive, all-in-one guide to walking the Dorset & South Devon Coast Path, the third and last section of the South West Coast Path National Trail. The walking guide includes: 88 large-scale walking maps at just under 1:20,000 - showing route times, places to stay, places to eat, points of interest and much more. 29 town plans, 14 colour stage maps showing hills and descents, and 2 colour overview maps. Places to stay with reviews - pubs, hotels, B&Bs, hostels, bunkhouses, campsites. Places to eat with reviews - teashops, cafes, takeaways, pubs, restaurants. What to see along the way - historical, cultural and geographical background information. Itineraries for all walkers - whether walking the route in its entirety over a week to 10 days or sampling the highlights on day walks and short breaks. Comprehensive public transport information - for all access points on the path.Flora and fauna - four page full colour flower guide, plus an illustrated section on local wildlife. Green hiking - understanding the local environment and minimizing our impact on it. Downloadable GPS waypoints. The information is written onto the maps, so walking directions, tricky junctions, places to stay and eat, points of interest and walking times are all written onto the maps themselves in the places to which they apply. The maps are not general-purpose ones but fully-edited maps drawn by walkers for walkers.

Practical, complete hiking route guide, with maps and accommodation for the 288-mile footpath that runs around the entire coastline of Cornwall, from Bude to Plymouth; Part 2 of the South-West-Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail from Minehead to Poole. Includes * 142 large-scale walking maps in TWO-COLOUR style (3 1/8inches to 1 mile), 15 town plans, guides to 81 towns and villages, 24 stage maps and overview map. * Itineraries for all walkers - whether walking the route in its entirety over a week to 10 days or sampling the highlights on day walks and short breaks * GPS waypoints * Practical information for all budgets - camping, bunkhouses, hostels, B&Bs, pubs and hotels; where to stay, where to eat, what to see. * Comprehensive public transport information - for all access points on the coast path * Flora and fauna - 6 page full colour, flower, butterfly, bird guide * Green hiking - understanding the local environment and minimizing our impact on it * Plus extra colour sections: 16pp colour introduction and 21pp of colour mapping for stage sections (one stage per page) with trail profiles, and colour overview map. * Also includes the route across the North Devon border, Hartland Quay to Bude.

Barrier in London. Officially 184 miles (294km) in length (although the actual distance you walk will depend on a number of decisions you make en route), the path meanders, accompanied by its watery muse, through pristine and tranquil countryside, past historic sites and buildings, via pub, lock, weir, and the occasional scattering of waterfowl, to a city, once the fulcrum of an empire, and now the heart of modern day England. The river, responsible for the metropolis' very being, tells tales, inspires artists, accommodates swans, geese, and water voles, reflects the silhouettes of red kites and kingfishers, provides employment, entices adventure, and allows time for carefree pilgrims to procrastinate and think. Following its banks is a grand way to go for a ramble. The path begins, as the river does, in a meadow in the Cotswolds; its upper reaches lonely and wild, the meadows and banks the domain of waterfowl and willows; a collage of wild flowers, otters, fishermen and farmers. As the waters deepen and spread the settlements along its banks gradually begin to grow in both size and grandeur, and reaching Oxford, the solitude of the river slowly subsides and the trail becomes as much about historic towns, churches, abbeys and castles as it does the river. Lechlade, Abingdon, Wallingford, Henley ... they all owe their location to the Thames, and different eras, when the river was a life source, a place of conflict, a boundary, a mode of transport and the provider of leisure, which, thankfully--for us, at least--it remains to this day. Squeezing through the ancient Goring Gap, loomed over by the Chiltern Hills, you pass Runnymede--the site of the signing of Magna Carta--and Windsor Castle; where the aeroplanes overhead hint at the ominous size of the city to come. Walking in London is not as blighted by sound, fury and concrete as many may imagine, as the river--and especially the route along the south bank in London--remains relatively countrified, at least as far as Putney, from which the approaching sights of Westminster and Tower Bridge offer comparably fine vistas to anywhere along the Thames' green and scenic upper reaches. Leaving central London, the regenerated dockland areas of East London (ideas of what constitutes 'wild' in the modern world are of course open to debate) lure you to your journey's end and the conclusion of a most enjoyable and magnificently-varied riparian ramble, quite like no other in Britain. Yet the Thames Path is more than just a trek, more than a long walk, more than just a national trail; the river acts as a postgraduate course in the history of a nation, a counselor to the modern world, a reminder of the importance of protecting the natural habitats which gave us what we have.... But most importantly--at least, for those wishing to spend some time in the river's company, and indeed planning on doing so with the help of this book--the Thames Path is a fluvial escapade of the finest kind. -Includes 90 walking maps--the largest-scale maps available. At a scale of just under 1:20,000 (8cm or 3-1/8 inches to one mile) these are bigger than the most detailed walking maps currently available in the shops. -Unique mapping features--walking times, directions, tricky junctions, places to stay and eat, points of interest. These are not general-purpose maps but fully-edited maps drawn by walkers for walkers. -Itineraries for all walkers--whether hiking the 184-mile route in its entirety or sampling the highlights on day walks or short breaks. -Includes detailed public transport information for all access points. -Practical information for all budgets--what to see, where to stay, where to eat: pubs, hotels, B&B, camping, bunkhouses, hostels. -GPS waypoints. These are also downloadable from the Trailblazer website. -Plus--extra color sections: 16pp color introduction and 16pp of color mapping for stage sections (one stage per page) with trail profiles.

Practical, complete guide to walking Exmoor & North Devon Coast Path, the first section of the South West Coast Path, from Minehead to Bude (124.5 miles). This spectacular route passes through the Exmoor National Park following the highest coastline in England (over 800ft), through numerous idyllic villages such as Lynton and Clovelly, around Barnstaple Bay and Hartland Point to the seaside resort of Bude just over the border with Cornwall. Includes: * 55 large-scale walking maps, 13 town plans, 8 stage maps and 2 overview maps * Places to stay with reviews - bunkhouses, campsites, B&Bs, hostels, pubs, hotels * Places to eat with reviews - cafes, teashops, pubs, restaurants, takeaways * GPS Waypoints - downloadable from Trailblazer website * New edition includes extra colour mapping for each stage of the walk. * Also includes 60 colour photos. * Itineraries for all walkers - whether walking the route in its entirety over a week to 10 days or sampling the highlights on day walks and short breaks; * What to see - attractions, history, culture * Comprehensive public transport information - for all access points on the coast * Flora and fauna - four page full colour flower guide, plus an illustrated section on local wildlife * Full information on the Exmoor National Park * Green hiking - understanding the local environment and minimising our impact on it.