This title talks about 120 kilometre long-distance footpath through Bavaria from Lake Starnberg to Castle Neuschwanstein. The route is linked, emotionally if not historically, with that most enigmatic of Bavarian monarchs, Ludwig II, from the point where his body was found in Lake Starnberg in circumstances which remain one of the world's great unsolved mysteries, to the fairy-tale castle on the edge of the Alps which is his greatest memorial. Add to the ingredients countryside of rolling beauty, often dramatically impressive, and a series of monastic churches of great architectural splendour, then you really do have a long-distance footpath which has something special. This is basically a lowland walk. You scale few dizzy heights, no impressive mountain passes, and the going is, for the most part, easy, along farm roads and tracks, forest paths, through a couple of impressive wooded gorges, over low hills, into attractive villages. The King Ludwig Way isn't in any sense a challenge walk. It's a cultural experience and is likely to appeal to people who have a sense of history, who are happy to combine some excellent, non-strenuous walking with glorious architecture, beautiful scenery and a chance to see a lovely part of Germany often well away from the popular tourist haunts.

King Ludwig Way : One-Hundred and Twenty Kilometre Long Distance Walk Through Bavaria from Lake Starnberge to Castle Neuschwanstein

Colin Speakman

Sports & Outdoors

Cicerone

In this book the author, a world authority on outdoor education, attempts to define some of the deeper values implicit in the outdoor adventure experience. The book is in two main sections. In the first the author seeks to establish a broad framework of levels of adventure, as well as emphasising the importance both of the quality of the experience and of the possibilities of adventure being instinctive. Next, he develops his personal philosophy on the potential value of the outdoor experience. Adventure in the natural environment is consciously to take up a challenge that will demand the best of our capabilities - physically, mentally and emotionally. In its ability to develop the key human virtues, which are crucial to any satisfying lifestyle, the outdoor experience has considerable potential value for the individual and for society as a whole.

The Adventure Alternative

Mortlock, Colin

Travel

This little guide is meant to complement the existing guides to the area, offering a different approach to the route descriptions. Topos are great but occasionally one word is worth a thousand pictures. English style route notes can save precious holiday time in pinpointing abseils, locating starts, unusual pitches, and quality. It is written especially for those who are first-time visitors to the area. All the route descriptions were written immediately after an ascent and most rely on a consensus achieved by discussion concerning several such ascents.

Rock Climbs in the Verdon

Rick Newcombe

Europe

Unlike most of the Cumbrian and Welsh peaks, the majority of these mountains do not have paths or walkers' tracks up them, but the many excellent stalker's paths takes one deep into wild territory and often gives a flying start to an ascent. Walkers in Torridon have to accustom themselves to free-ranging over heather, grass, rock and marsh. In the sketch maps, stalker's and the other paths are shown as broken lines, the recommended free-ranging routes are shown as dotted lines. Most of the expeditions assume that you have transport, and those which do not require it are indicated and are written as though Shieldaig is the starting point. The 'climbs' often involve descending again by the route of your ascent, which builds in a considerable safety factor if you are new to the area and also the comfort and pleasure of returning over now familiar territory.

Torridon : A Walker's Guide

BARTON

Walks and Climbs in the Picos De Europa (GUIDE)

Robin Walker

The Black Forest is one of the most famous walking areas in Europe. The Westweg was Europe's first waymarked long distance footpath route and dates from 1900-65 years before England's Pennine Way! It is an area of superb forest with fine ridge walking and, above the Rhine Valley, some magnificent high level walking with panoramic views. It is an area of rich history and culture with a fine tradition of hospitality. Part one: "Discovering the Black Forest" will whet the appetite of the reader, as it describes the special attractions of the area. Part two: "Planning a Trip" deals with the practicalities of planning a walking tour in this part of Germany. Part Three: "The Ortenauer Wine Path and The Clock Carriers' Way" talks about two fine trails, which can be planned so that overnight luggage is carried each day between accommodation.

Walking in the Black Forest

Robert Louis Stevenson's account of his 140 mile trek through the Massif Central of southern France in 1878 has long captured the imagination of walkers and lovers of literature alike. In 1991, the Stevenson Trail was finally adopted by the French footpath authorities and this guide will prove indispensable to the holidaymaker planning to follow in the nineteenth-century author's footsteps. It includes a comprehensive list of facilities, accommodation and places of interest along the route, detailed route directions and account of Stevenson's adventures with his sole companion and beast of burden, the donkey Modestine, at each stage. The trail is ideal for those contemplating a walking holiday for the first time, and the guide includes advice on travelling to and from southern France, accommodation, equipment, currency and insurance - even coping with emergencies like a snake bite. Packed with snippets of fascinating information about this historic region, it is also useful for cyclists and motorists keen to follow this classic route.

Robert Louis Stevenson Trail- Cicerone

Alan-Castle

A guidebook to walking all the Marilyns in Britain - the hills that are high with regard to the surrounding land with a drop of 150m or more on all sides. How many hills are there in Britain? Has anyone climbed them all? Where is there for hillwalkers to go in the south of England? What is a hill anyway? This book dispenses with the common assumption that a hill must be at least 2000ft high to be worth climbing. Instead it concentrates on listing all the hills that are relatively high compared to the surrounding land (Marilyns) leading to some interesting results: for example, the highest points in the Cotswolds and Chilterns, Campsies and Quantocks are all included, as well as the main summits on numerous Scottish islands, whereas well-known mountain summits such as Cairn Gorm, Bowfell and Carnedd Dafydd do not qualify. As well as being an invaluable reference work for all walkers, this book contains a fascinating collection of not too serious facts and figures. The book is illustrated by a set of photographs and a large number of very clear maps, which make it easy to locate all the hills in each region.

The Relative Hills of Britain

alan-dawson

Just over a hundred years ago a cluster of small fishing villages on the shores of Morecambe Bay began to attract visitors who revelled in the fresh sea air and admired the view of the Lakeland fells across the water. With the coming of the railway the place boomed and Morecambe, as it came to be called, rivalled Blackpool as the mecca for the mill workers and miners of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It became known as Bradford-by-the-Sea.\nRoger Bingham charts the rise and fall of this fascinating town. It is a story full of drama and anecdotes; of council bosses and variety stars.\nIs Morecambe finished as a town? Not by any means says the author - and hence the question mark in the title.

The Priory of Cartmel

History

Roger K Bingham

Guidebook to scrambling and climbing in Snowdonia, north Wales, UK, including scrambles in the Glyders - mostly concentrated on Tryfan, Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr - the Snowdon group, Carneddau and the Eifionydd regions. All of the 60 plus scrambles described in this guidebook lie within the northern half of the Snowdonia National Park, where the most rugged mountains are found. Northern Snowdonia naturally divides into four regions, from north to south the Carneddau, the Glyders, the Snowdon group and Eifionydd. The best scrambles in Snowdonia are in the Glyders, with the most on Tryfan, Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr. The Snowdon group also boasts many excellent routes, whereas the Carneddau and the Eifionydd regions provide only a handful. All the best scrambles are included and the range of difficulty extends from scrambly walks to the boundaries of proper rock climbing. Average fitness and a head for heights will suffice at one end of the scale, whereas nothing short of mountaineer's skill and daring will do at the other. Some routes fit neither category: scrambling over loose rock and up dripping, vegetated gullies seems to require a special cunning, for which neither hill walking nor rock climbing provides adequate preparation.

Scrambles in Snowdonia (Cicerone Guide)

Steve Ashton

Individual Sports

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