Wanderlust Magazine’s April edtion is available now featuring a fabulous interview with our favourite rambling man, Mr. Stuart Maconie. The writer behind new release, Never Mind the Quantocks, talks about the book and how country walking has been such a strong part of his life. Speaking with Tom Hawker, Stuart Maconie explains how he first caught the walking bug: I grew up in the North West, so I’d always gone to the Lake District with [...]
More than just trains, respected transport author Julian Holland explores the full scope of the steam engine’s contribution to the industrial age in new book Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: The Steam Age (ISBN: 9781446301937; RRP £9.99). Each page delves into the intriguing world of steam, revealing absorbing facts and figures on subjects ranging from Cornish beam engines, steam railway locomotives and road vehicles through to ships, traction engines, and steam rollers and the people who [...]
From Glen Coe to the Goonhilly Downs , Seven Sisters to Snowdonia, Britain’s best is laid before you in Reader’s Digest’s latest edition of their best selling Most Amazing Places to Visit in Britain (RRP £14.99; ISBN 9781780200668) Leaving no stone unturned, this is a discerning tour of the British Isles, exploring the 1,000 most unusual, beautiful and captivating spots in England, Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland. From castles, cathedrals and natural wonders to [...]
Discover the amazing world of freak weather with this incredible collection of truly breathtaking weather phenomena from the Met Office and the author of Extraordinary Clouds, Richard Hamblyn. ‘The weather is a very British obsession,’ explains Rob Varley, Met Office Operations and Services Director in the book’s forward. ‘In fact, I’d say that’s an understatement. The ‘great British weather’, as it’s known to many in this country, is part of the fabric of our nation [...]
