Confidently explore the Isle of Wight''s amazing variety of beautiful and varied scenery with Martin Simons'' 40 fully detailed walking routes suitable for a wide range of ages and fitness levels. Each route''s itinerary includes: - walking route summary. - ratings for Effort, Time, Distance, Ascents/Descents, Refreshments and Vertigo risk. - access details for bus and car users. - fully detailed walk description, including frequent timings to aid navigation and check your progress. - GPS Waypoints at every key point on every route for pin-point navigational accuracy. - full colour OS map of each walk with the route and waypoints highlighted. - short walk and stroll alternatives. Routes are linked to public bus services with a ''bus return'' on the linear walking routes. With Martin''s excellent walk descriptions you''ll know which routes are for you - and all of them are a true adventure. Packed into an island just 23 miles by 13 miles the Isle of Wight offers impressive hills, towering cliffs, river valleys, marshes, rich farmland, a variety of woodlands, prehistoric burial mounds, ancient churches, attractive villages, and a wealth of inns and pubs.Criss-crossed by over 500 miles of footpaths and bridleways, plus paths across access land, it also boasts nature reserves, forests, and the most spectacular beaches in the south of England. You can discover all of these with Martin Simons'' Walk! the Isle of Wight. For gps users a zip file of the waypoint files in gpx file format is available as a free download from Discovery Walking Guides website dwgwalking.co.uk and for Garmin gps users there is an Isle of Wight Adventure Package comprising:- Isle of Wight OSlike 25k scale Custom Map with all 40 walking routes highlighted and labelled; gpx waypoint files for all 40 routes; 40 A4 size ''route cards'' with each route''s detailed walk description. See dwgwalking.co.uk for details.
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Format: Paperback
Dimensions: 120 x 210mm
Publication Date: 04 Sep 2014
Publisher: Discovery Walking Guides Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781782750024
About Martin Simon
THE AUTHORMartin Simons is a retired Civil Engineer. He was born in Bromley Kent and raised in South East London where a 360 acre park 'playground' literally over the back fence nurtured an affinity with nature in the suburbs.Martin moved to the Sussex Coast where he lives near both beach and Downs with his wife Gilly. Their four children have fled the nest and have produced six treasured grandchildren.For many years Martin was involved in girls' and women's football managing cup and championship winning teams with Brighton and Hove Albion.Walking the South Downs and the Isle of Wight succeeded football as a dominant leisure activity which soon matured into a passion - and then a mission! Existing walking guides consistently failed to impress and were judged to be lacking in both accuracy and imagination. Martin was soon poring over OS Explorer maps meticulously planning and recording the very best walking routes on the Island. This book is the culmination of his endeavours.Martin Simons is also author of:Walk! The South DownsISBN 9781904946144 (1-904946-14-3)published by Discovery Walking Guides Ltd.
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