All-in-one hiking route guide and maps for the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile National Trail that runs from Chipping Campden to Bath, following the beautiful Cotswold escarpment for most of its course. This is the fully revised and updated 4th edition. The trail leads through quintessentially English countryside with little villages of honey-coloured stone to the well-known town of Bath. Includes: * 44 large-scale maps at just under 1:20,000 (3 1/8 inches to 1 mile) - showing route times, places to stay, points of interest and much more and trail profiles; * 8 town plans - Chipping Campden, Broadway, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Painswick, Dursley, Wotton-under-Edge, and the city of Bath and 8 overview maps. * Full details of all accommodations and campsites, restaurants and pubs. * Itineraries for all walkers - whether walking the route in its entirety over seven to eight days or sampling the highlights on day walks and short breaks. * Practical information for all budgets: where to eat, what to see. * Comprehensive public transport information - for all access points on the Cotswold Way. * 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. * Bath city guide. * Includes downloadable gps waypoints
Rezensionen / Stimmen
For the previous edition: 'A polished guide to the Cotswold Way National Trail, with detailed maps, GPS waypoints and masses of practical information including a section on 'minimum impact walking.' - Walk Magazine, The Ramblers.; Maintains the hallmarks of these popular Trailblazer LDP guides. - Strider, Journal of the Long Distance Walkers Association; The Trailblazer series stands head, shoulders, waist and ankles above the rest. They are particularly strong on mapping... - The Sunday Times;
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Hindhead, Surrey
Großbritannien
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44 trail maps and 8 town plans, 30 colour photos plus 4pp colour flower and butterfly guide, 7 colour stage maps, 1 overview Cotswold Way map
Maße
Höhe: 180 mm
Breite: 120 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-912716-04-3 (9781912716043)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Tricia and Bob Hayne are hikers of considerable experience, having trekked in many parts of the world. For many years Tricia was editorial director of Bradt Travel Guides.The 4th edition was updated by Henry Stedman. Henry has been writing guidebooks for almost a quarter of a century and is the author of, also for Trailblazer, Kilimanjaro, the trekking guide, Coast to Coast Path, Hadrian's Wall Path, Dales Way, co-author with Joel Newton of all three books in the South-West-Coast Path series. Henry has also updated Pennine Way, Pembrokeshire Coast Path, South Downs Way, The Ridgeway and North Downs Way. With him on this trek, as with every walk he does in the UK, was Daisy, his (mostly) faithful dog.
