This new series of walking guides is unique, with highly detailed hand-drawn trail maps featuring the kind of information not normally found on maps -- walking times, gradients, important directions, hotels, restaurants, and points of interest. As one reviewer put it, the maps are "user-friendly, with route-finding tips scribbled onto the map itself. Gradients are indicated by arrows -- great if you don't know contours from condors." Britain's network of long-distance trails enables walkers to explore some of the finest landscapes in the country's best walking areas.
Each book includes: -- Planning and background information -- Practical information -- places to stay, places to eat, and transport information -- Itineraries -- day trips or the full 1-2 week route -- Trail guide -- Maps -- at a scale of 1:19,500 these are the most detailed available -- 16pp of color photographs A National Trail from the Severn Estuary to the north Wales coast following the line of Offa's Dyke, an impressive 8th century earth-work along the English/Welsh border. The ever-changing landscape -- the Wye Valley, the Black Mountains, the Shropshire Hills, and the Clwydian Hills -- is steeped in history and legend providing 168 miles of fascinating walking.
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