Britain on Backroads

by Huber, Joyce; Huber, Jon

• ISBN13: 9781556508950
• ISBN10: 1556508956
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Hunter Pub Inc

Summary

Itineraries that reach unspoiled places and tiny old-fashioned hamlets throughout Britain, where cottages sport thatched roofs and hollyhocks grace every garden. Routes are carefully planned to take you through some of the country's most scenic lands -- rolling hills, deep valleys, woodsy retreats and striking cliffs along the shores. Sites en route are covered, including old stone castles, little-known shops, restaurants and historic market squares. Color maps & photos.

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(4)
Touring with Britain on Backroads	12	(4)
Key to map symbols	16	(2)
Introduction: England	18	(2)
Land's End and Lizard	20	(6)
Bodmin and Boscastle	26	(6)
Looe, Polperro and Mount Edgcumbe	32	(6)
Totnes and Slapton Sands	38	(6)
Bude and Bideford	44	(6)
Dartmoor	50	(6)
Blackmoor Vale and Dorset Hills	56	(6)
New Forest	62	(6)
South Downs	68	(6)
The Weald and Cinque Ports	74	(6)
Exmoor	80	(6)
Salisbury, Stonehenge and Wilton	86	(6)
The Surrey Hills and North Downs	92	(6)
Vale of White Horse	98	(6)
Chilterns and Thames Valley	104	(6)
The Lower Wye and Forest of Dean	110	(6)
The Costwolds	116	(6)
The Upper Wye	122	(6)
The Malverns	128	(6)
Constable Country	134	(6)
The Shropshire Highlands	140	(6)
Norwich and the Norfolk Coast	146	(6)
The White Peak	152	(6)
The Lincolnshire Wolds	158	(4)
The South Pennines	162	(6)
The Dales	168	(6)
The North Yorkshire Moors	174	(6)
Windermere, Eskdale and Coniston	180	(6)
Buttermere and Derwentwater	186	(8)
Introduction: Wales	192	(2)
Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains	194	(6)
Cader Idris and Lake Vyrnwy	200	(6)
Bala and Harlech	206	(6)
Lleyn and Snowdon	212	(6)
Blaenau Ffestiniog and Conwy Valley	218	(8)
Introduction: Scotland	224	(2)
The Scottish Borders	226	(6)
Argyll	232	(6)
The East Neuk of Fife	238	(6)
Speyside	244	(6)
Index	250	(6)
Acknowledgements	256