Gifts For Walkers

Find your bearings with the Ortlieb Waterproof Map Case. This transparent map case protects your maps from moisture, mud, dirt and UV-light. Ideal for hiking, paragliding, canoeing or biking - your map is kept dry and readable from both sides. It may be carried around your neck or secured to your rucksack.

Pathfinder(R) Lake District covering Coniston, Kewswick and Devoke Water. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in the Lake District providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll through Buttermere to the much more challenging walks in Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite this volume contains something for everyone. Covering walks through the whole of the Lake District bo...

The Kenwood Ladies’ Pond Association (created in 1985 to represents users of the Ladies’ Pond on Hampstead Heath) proudly presents their Wild Swimming Walks guide, where the ladies share their favourite "walks with a dip ". The book leads you to 28 adventures into the beautiful countryside of southern England.

The Thermal Blanket by Lifesystems made of lightweight, flexible, compact and strong material. The heat reflective metalised polyester is highly visible and radar reflective. The Thermal Blanket is designed to offer personal thermal protection in event of an accident or trauma. It reflects and retains 90% of radiated body heat, reduces windchill, and it is windproof and waterproof.

In 'The Old Ways' Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove - roads and sea paths that form part of a vast network of routes criss-crossing the British landscape and its waters, and connecting them to the continents beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling exploration of the ghosts and voices that haunt old paths, of the stories our tracks keep ...

Pathfinder Yorkshire Dales covering parts of the National Park, Ribblesdale and Swaledale. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in the Yorkshire Dales providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll through Ingleton Waterfalls to the much more challenging walks in Gunnerside, this volume contains something for everyone. Covering walks through the whole of the York...

Third edition of Cicerone s guide to the Coast to Coast walk popularised by Wainwright. The walk across northern England from St Bees Head in Cumbria to Robin Hood s Bay on Yorkshire s east coast is now one of the most popular long-distance walks in Britain. At 188 miles (302km) long, the trail can be easily walked within a two-week holiday period. The route is based on permitted rights of way and minimises...

The Mountain Whistle by Lifesystems is a pocket-sized whistle and can be attached anywhere with a key-ring. It is ideal to attract attention in an emergency and it is recommended by the Mountain Leader Training Board as an essential item to be carried in the hills.

Tristan Gooley, winner of the BBC Countryfile Magazine "Country Book of the Year" Award 2014/2015 provides the ultimate guide to what the land, sun, moon, stars, trees, plants, animals, sky and clouds can reveal - when you know what to look for.

Why rush through life when you could stop, ponder and truly experience the world around you? This unhurried exploration of the great outdoors encourages you to engage all of your senses and fully appreciate the beauty of your surroundings. With the emphasis on experiencing, rather than simply passing through, Slow Adventures asks us to pause for a moment and reconnect with nature.

Now you can truly take your iPhone anywhere with this waterproof iPhone bag. The durable lanyard makes sure that your iPhone is never too far away, and easy to retrieve.

Walkers in Kent enjoy a number of long distance footpaths, including the North Downs Way, Wealdway, Pilgrims' Way and Greensand Way, and sections of them are incorporated into several walks in this guide. Routes starting at Tenterden and Penshurst wind through a typical Kentish landscape, characterised by orchards, medieval churches and coast houses. Deal and Sandwich, featured on another walk, were once ce...

This item features a slope card and a scale lanyard. Silva Expedition features easy-handling Dryflex™ housing, silicon rubber feet for precision map work, detachable safety-release lanyard, night-enabling luminous markings, magnifying lens, a clinometer for measuring slope angle, map-measuring scales in mm or inches, 1:25,000, 1:50,000 and GPS scales, plus built-in adjusters for magnetic declination (inc...

10 carefully curated walks in the Lake District/South Downs National Park for the casual and less experienced walker, with a focus on Accessible routes, Quieter areas, Parking and public transport options, Info for dog walkers, Telling the stories behind the walk, Nature notes, Refreshment stops & Taking your time.

Hot on the success of Wilderness Weekends, one of the top selling guides in 2015, award-winning travel writer Phoebe Smith returns with more great outdoor experiences tailored not just for the hard-core wilderness enthusiast but for novices and newbie hillwalkers alike. Take a friend, or take the kids - or both! - and climb one of Phoebe's favourite hills. There are 60 of them detailed in this easy-to-follo...

Explore the diverse cultural and historical legacy of the world's greatest writers, artists and composers on foot. This unique trans-continental culture trip around the world presents a series of inspiring walks, treks, and hikes that vary between easy one-hour strolls, half day trails, and multi-day expeditions for people who love a walking holiday and are looking for a more immersive experience. The bo...

Map Measurer - Black Rubber Handled is a portable instrument used to measure distance accurately on maps of all types, giving readings for the following common map scales: 1:15.000, 1:25.000, 1:50.000, 1:100.000, 1:200.000, 1:400.000, 1:500.000, and 1:750.000.

Cloud Selector, Cloud Identification Wheel by the Cloud Appreciation Society is a handy carry-around aid to recognising 20 different types of clouds. This durable and weather proof wheel will help you identify all the main cloud types, common and rare, and their distinguishing features.

Shortlisted for a 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. Nick Hunt sets off on an unlikely quest: to follow four of Europe's winds across the continent. His wind-walks begin on Cross Fell, the highest point of the Pennines, as he chases the roaring Helm - the only named wind in Britain. In southern Europe he follows the Bora - a bitter northerly that blows from Trieste through Sloven...