By Gum Life Were Sparse!

History

W.R. Mitchell

Europe

Souvenir Press Ltd.

Apart from his native Yorkshire Dales, Bill Mitchell also loves, and travels yearly to, Scotland. Every spring, Bill and his friends travel north across the border to explore some region of Scotland - one year the Isle of Arran, another year the Great Glen - moving ever northwards to their ultimate goal of Muckle Flugga in the Shetlands. This book travels through a relatively unspolit wilderness which should appeal to the armchair dreamers as much as to those who share the author's affinity with remote places. "It's a Long Way to Muckle Flugga" shows the author and his friends sailing out from Ardrossan on the Firth of Clyde, to the moment when they gaze at the rocky outposts of Muckle Flugga.

Its a Long Way to Muckle Flugga Journeys

Travel

Travel Writing

Futura Publishing Co Inc

Lancashire Witch Country

Dalesman Books

Settle-Carlisle Railway

Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd

Morecambe Bay has been described as 'a great inner sea'. Low tide reveals a tawny desert 120 square miles in extent. Crossing the Sands - and the estuaries of Keer and Kent - was once part of a daring west coast route linking Lancashire with its northern territory of Furness. A milestone on the Cartmel peninsula gives the distance to Lancaster 'over sands' as 15 miles, less than half that of the land route via Kendal. The safe passage of travellers was ensured by appointed guides. Fishermen from Morecambe used trawlers known as 'nobbies' and were part of a lively coastal trade. At low tide the horse-and-cart fishermen would take to the sands, seeking shrimp. In his inimitable and entertaining style, the author follows the shoreline, showing the unique points of interest of each area: Ulverston has a lighthouse; at Dalton, clog irons and red earth hint at an industrial past; Furness Abbey was one of the richest in the north country; Barrow rose from a hamlet to become the world's biggest centre for iron and steel in Victorian times. This fascinating book will interest visitors and residents alike.

Around Morecambe Bay: From Lune's Mouth to Walney (Mini Books)

Yorkshire Ghosts

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

Pennine lead-miner: Eric Richardson, of Nenthead

William Reginald Miltchell

Life in the Lake District: Pictorial Memories of a Bygone Age

The Brontes: An Illustrated Selection of Prose and Poetry

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd

Life Around Morecambe Bay

Cedric Robinson

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