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Author : Alice Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 1910463027
An inspiring collection of London walks, notes and artwork
Author : Alice Stevenson
Publisher : September Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781910463055
An inspiring collection of walks, notes and artworks, revealing London's multiple layers and different moods. Alice Stevenson is a Londoner who neither drives, runs nor cycles. Instead she walks, navigating the city's parks, pavements and paths daily, in all weathers. As the miles have mounted so too has Alice's knowledge of the city - the thoroughfares and the alleyways, the beauty spots and the forgotten corners. She is a unique guide with a unique eye. Whether you are walking with a purpose or walking to escape, or simply looking for new ways to appreciate the city, Ways to Walk in London is a revelation. Including walks above-ground and below-ground, waterways, pathways and the Pedway, Alice also opens our eyes to London's hidden places and pasts. Please note this is a fixed-format ebook with colour images and may not be well-suited for older e-readers.
Author : Daniel Curley,Roger Ebert
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0836279298
Describes a walking tour in London, off the beaten path, and shares observations on British customs and history, and points of interest along the way.
Author : Leigh Hatts
Publisher : Cicerone Press Limited
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781783624614
This guidebook details the Pilgrims' Way, an historic pilgrimage route to Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, home of the shrine of the martyred archbishop, St Thomas Becket. The route is described both from Winchester in Hampshire (138 miles) and London's Southwark Cathedral (90¼ miles), with an optional spur to Rochester Cathedral. With relatively easy walking on ancient byways, the route from Winchester is presented in 15 stages of 5-14 miles: it can be comfortably completed in under a fortnight. It follows a major chalk ridge through scenic countryside, taking in characterful towns and villages and historic churches. The route from Southwark is described in 10 stages and includes a visit to the ruined Lesnes Abbey. Detailed route description is accompanied by 1:50,000 OS mapping, advice on making the most of a trip and information on the historical background to the pilgrimage, key historical figures and local points of interest. Accommodation listings and details of facilities and transport links can be found in the appendices. Pilgrimages to Becket's shrine began within a few years of the his death in 1170, although Canterbury was a popular destination even before this time due to the nearby shrine of St Augustine. The route has featured in literature, drama and film, and forms the setting for Geoffrey Chaucer's famous Middle English work, The Canterbury Tales.
Author : Annabel Abbs-Streets
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780593419960
52 Ways to Walk is a short, user-friendly guide to attaining the full range of benefits that walking has to offer--physical, spiritual, and emotional--backed by the latest scientific research to inspire readers to develop a fulfilling walking lifestyle. We think we know how to walk. After all, walking is one of the very first skills we learn. But many of us are stuck in our walking routines, forever walking in the same place, in the same way, for the same time, with the same people. With its thought-provoking and evidence-backed weekly walk routine, 52 Ways to Walk will encourage everyone to improve how they walk, while also encouraging them to seek out new locations (many on their own doorsteps), new walking companions (our brains age better when we mix up our fellow walkers), new times of the day and night, and new skills to acquire while walking. Inspirational, backed by science, illuminated with human anecdote, and bolstered with how-to tips, 52 Ways to Walk will inspire, challenge, support, and encourage everyone to become more ambitious with their walking practice, revealing how walking may be the best-kept secret of the supremely healthy and happy, the creative and well-slept--those with the best posture and sharpest memories. Just about everything, it appears, can be improved and enhanced by clever and judicious walking. It turns out you actually can get more from life, one step at a time.
Author : Alice Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : London (England)
ISBN : OCLC:1311143128
"Do you choose to walk rather than take the tube? Do you prefer to stroll at dusk and when the day first begins? Do you like to wander streets, rivers or hills? Many of us consciously choose walking as a mode of transport and a way to think. Deliberate, mindful walking is how Alice Stevenson, an established illustrator and artist, navigates London and survives its challenges. Her experiences, insights and city knowledge have come together to create a beautiful, unofficial guide book to London's lesser-known parts. From the far reaches of canals and rivers, to historic churchyards and back streets Alice has explored the four corners of this immense city. In Ways to Walk in London she writes about and illustrates those moments of beauty and urbanity, contemplation and revelation. Her unique eye finds hidden doorways, decorated arches and meaningful manhole covers across the city. A book for those who love walking, and for those who love the city."--Publisher's description.
Author : Salvatore Rubbino
Publisher : Walker
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 140633779X
London - the perfect place for a girl and her mother to spend the day! Follow them as they alight the classic red bus and begin a whirlwind tour of some of London's most iconic land marks.
Author : Jo Lee Vergunst,Tim Ingold
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351873499
Despite its importance to how humans inhabit their environments, walking has rarely received the attention of ethnographers. Ways of Walking combines discussions of embodiment, place and materiality to address this significant and largely ignored 'technique of the body'. This book presents studies of walking in a range of regional and cultural contexts, exploring the diversity of walking behaviours and the variety of meanings these can embody. As an original collection of ethnographic work that is both coherent in design and imaginative in scope, this primarily anthropological book includes contributions from geographers, sociologists and specialists in education and architecture, offering insights into human movement, landscape and social life. With its interdisciplinary nature and truly international appeal, Ways of Walking will be of interest to scholars across a range of social sciences, as well as to policy makers on both local and national levels.
Author : Stewart P Evans,Donald Rumbelow
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-21
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780752499253
In 1888 the dreaded figure of Jack the Ripper stalked London's East End murdering prostitutes. His crimes set in motion a huge police operation and have held a dark fascination over the public's imagination for over a century, yet his identity has never been proved. Now, for the first time, two leading Ripper experts have joined forces to treat the case like a police investigation. Drawing on their unparalleled knowledge of the Jack the Ripper murders and their professional experience as police officers, they uncover clues that have remained undetected for over a hundred years. There are five 'canonical' Ripper victims, yet Scotland Yard's 'Whitechapel Murders' files include another six suspected victims. Drawing the reader into the world of police investigation in Victorian London, Evans and Rumbelow reveal the conflict between the City and Metropolitan forces and the ridicule heaped on the police by the press. Investigating each murder, they conclude that only four of the eleven victims were actually killed by the Ripper. Perhaps most tellingly, they question the motives behind the destruction of evidence – particularly the message 'The Juwes are the men that will not be blamed for nothing', which was chalked on the wall near one murder site and rubbed out on order of the Chief Commissioner – and ask whether the enigmatic Dr Robert Anderson, officer in charge of the investigation, knew the Ripper's true identity. Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates strips away much of the nonsense that has accumulated since 1888 and reopens files on a case that will perhaps never be fully solved but will always fascinate.
Author : Mark Mason
Publisher : Random House
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-12
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781407007403
If you're intrigued by the fact that Jack the Ripper was left-handed, or that Heinz ketchup flows at 0.7 miles per day - and, more importantly, intrigued by why you're intrigued - then this book is required reading. Convinced that our love of trivia must reveal something truly important about us, Mark Mason sets out to discover what that something is. And, in the process, he asks the fundamental questions that keep all trivialists awake at night: Why is it so difficult to forget that Keith Richards was a choirboy at the Queen's coronation when it's so hard to remember what we did last Thursday? Are men more obsessed with trivia than women? Can it be proved that house flies hum in the key of F? Can anything ever really be proved? And the biggest question of them all: is there a perfect fact, and if so what is it?
Author : Fredric S. Schwarzbach
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 9780761873754
Walking London's Circle Line: A Pedestrian Guide To Central London is a series of fifteen guided walks that focus on the history, architecture, and curiosities of central London. Each walk begins and ends at a station on the London Underground Circle Line.
Author : Paul Talling
Publisher : Random House
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409023852
Packed with surprising and fascinating information, London's Lost Rivers uncovers a very different side to London - showing how waterways shaped our principal city and exploring the legacy they leave today. With individual maps to show the course of each river and over 100 colour photographs, it's essential browsing for any Londoner and the perfect gift for anyone who loves exploring the past... 'An amazing book' -- BBC Radio London 'Talling's highly visual, fact-packed, waffle-free account is the freshest take we've yet seen. A must-buy for anyone who enjoys the "hidden" side of London -- Londonist 'A fascinating and stylish guide to exploring the capital's forgotten brooks, waterways, canals and ditches ... it's a terrific book' - Walk 'Pocket-sized, beautifully designed, illustrated and informative - in short a joy to read, handle and use' -- ***** Reader review 'Delightful, informative and beautifully produced' -- ***** Reader review 'A small gem. A really great book. I can't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Fascinating from start to finish' -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************************************ From the sources of the Fleet in Hampstead's ponds to the mouth of the Effra in Vauxhall, via the meander of the Westbourne through 'Knight's Bridge' and the Tyburn's curve along Marylebone Lane, London's Lost Rivers unearths the hidden waterways that flow beneath the streets of the capital. Paul Talling investigates how these rivers shaped the city - forming borough boundaries and transport networks, fashionable spas and stagnant slums - and how they all eventually gave way to railways, roads and sewers. Armed with his camera, he traces their routes and reveals their often overlooked remains: riverside pubs on the Old Kent Road, healing wells in King's Cross, 'stink pipes' in Hammersmith and gurgling gutters on streets across the city. Packed with maps and over 100 colour photographs, London's Lost Rivers uncovers the watery history of the city's most famous sights, bringing to life the very different London that lies beneath our feet.
Author : Russ Williams
Publisher : M-Y Books Limited
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-14
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781912875993
Walking is aerobic exercise; it is also the 'Superfood' of exercise. Most of us do it every day to varying degrees and many of us do not fully appreciate the many proven benefits for the body and mind that you can get simply by taking regular walks. Author Russ Williams – a UK based broadcaster – has been a walker for many years and noticed a distinct upturn in his physical and mental health as a result of walking regularly. He researched and subsequently wrote this book to help people fully understand WHY walking is such an important way of exercising and to understand the many PROVEN benefits of doing it for the mind and body. In his book he shares the medical evidence and why you can reap the benefits without taking a big chunk out of your daily life and routine. 'How To Walk Yourself Healthy And Happy' explains how walking can significantly help: -Blood pressure health -Help you lose weight safely with speed/ time and calorie burning charts. -Control cholesterol levels -Correct your posture -Increase core muscle strength and flexibility -Energy levels -Walking to ease back pain -Help control diabetes -Encourage better brain health -Tackle and help solve sleep issues. -Increase memory capacity -Aid recovery from cancer treatment -Post cardiac event recovery -The risk of a heart attack or stroke -Issues and conditions of the menopause -Reduce loneliness by walking -Improve mood and your state of mind Discover the many types of walking that you can do (14 in total!) – there really is a type of walking for everyone. The book shows you what to do and what not to do, explains why starting out modestly and increasing your walks and their intensity over time give the most sustainable benefits to your health. You will learn that regular walking is by far the best and why you have to keep it up and not stop for a week or two. There is a guide to the right kind of equipment and footwear that you will need and the smartphone apps that will make recording your walks simple and fun. Proven medical facts support the long list of benefits of walking as a principal form of exercise whether it is in a forest, going around the block or just popping out to get your lunch on a break from work. By adding regular walking to your exercise regime, you will quickly notice how much better you feel both physically and mentally. It is time to get those walking shoes or boots on for better health!
Author : Mark Mason
Publisher : Arrow
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0099557932
The only way to truly discover a city, they say, is on foot. Taking this to extremes, Mark Mason sets out to walk the entire length of the London Underground - overground - passing every station on the way. In a story packed with historical trivia, personal musings and eavesdropped conversations, Mark learns how to get the best gossip in the City, where to find a pint at 7am, and why the Bank of England won't let you join the M11 northbound at Junction 5. He has an East End cup of tea with the Krays' official biographer, discovers what cabbies mean by 'on the cotton', and meets the Archers star who was the voice of 'Mind the Gap'. Over the course of several hundred miles, Mark contemplates London's contradictions as well as its charms. He gains insights into our fascination with maps and sees how walking changes our view of the world. Above all, in this love letter to a complicated friend, he celebrates the sights, sounds and soul of the greatest city on earth.
Author : Mark Sutcliffe
Publisher : Cicerone Press Limited
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781783628612
Offering 40 day walks in Lancashire, this guidebook explores the often-overlooked regions of Forest of Bowland, Ribble Valley and West Pennine Moors. With walks ranging from low-level valley trails to higher hill routes, this guidebook offers plenty of year-round walking options for active families and committed hikers alike. The walks are accessible from a range of nearby villages, towns and cities including Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Chorley, Lancaster and Clitheroe. Lancashire showcases some of the most varied walking in the UK, featuring the wide expanse of Morecambe Bay, the Forest of Bowland AONB and limestone fringes of the Yorkshire Dales. These walks travel along green valleys, gritstone moors and untamed hillsides to explore remnants of Lancashire's rich history: The War of the Roses, the Pendle witch trials and the industrial heritage of the West Pennine Moors. Providing detailed route description and clear OS mapping for all 40 walks, this guidebook includes an introduction full of information about the area including accommodation, transport and access. The appendices contain a route summary table to help you plan your days out, while each walk offers notes on wildlife, history, geology and available refreshments.