9781845130633: The Ridgeway

Synopsis

The Ridgeway is the 85-mile (137-km) National Trail that incorporates one of the oldest 'green roads' in Europe. Following the Countryside Agency's acorn waymarks, the scenic route stretches from Overton Hill in the west across the Marlborough Downs and the Vale of the White Horse, over the undulating hills of the Chilterns, to Ivinghoe Beacon. This is the complete, official guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller. All you need is this one book.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Ridgeway follows one of the oldest green roads in Europe. It runs for 87 miles (140 km) from Overton Hill in the west, across the Marlborough Downs and the Vale of the White Horse, to Ivinghoe Beacon on the northern edge of the Chilterns. This is the complete, official guide for the long-distance walker or the weekend stroller. All you need is this one book.

Anthony Burton's official guide has been fully revised and updated for 2013, and this new edition has been completely redesigned with more and bigger photographs and much new background history and information.  

National Trail Guides are the official guidebooks to the fifteen National Trails in England and Wales and are published in association with Natural England, the official body charged with developing and maintaining the Trails.

Biographie de l'auteur

ANTHONY BURTON is the author of a number of books in the National Trail Guides series for Aurum, including The West Highland Way, Hadrian s Wall Path, The Cotswold Way and The Ridgeway, as well as a biography of Richard Trevithick and Thomas Telford and numerous other works of industrial history. He lives in Stroud.

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781845136383: The Ridgeway

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1845136381 ISBN 13 :  9781845136383
Editeur : Aurum, 2011
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