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Freedom Pass Mike Pentelow

Freedom Pass By Mike Pentelow

Freedom Pass by Mike Pentelow


$19.49
Condition - Very Good
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Summary

Freedom Pass London Travel Guide - Day trips for those with London's concessionary travel pass. Features bus routes and info, London highlights, itineraries and days out, best pubs. Also has off-the-beaten-track sights, top rambles and walks, foraging tips, quirky restaurants and cafes, practical transport advice, city breaks, museums and culture.

Freedom Pass Summary

Freedom Pass: Make the Most of Your Travel Pass - 25 Special Days Out by Mike Pentelow

Since its creation over 40 years ago, London's Freedom Pass concessionary travel scheme has continued to grow in popularity and there are now over 1 million registered holders. Whether a fruit picker or forager, a rambler or angler, or simply someone who enjoys the quirky charm of a local pub, Bradt's new Freedom Pass is the perfect read to help you get the most out of your Pass. Featuring 25 walks and days-out for Freedom Pass holders, the guide covers an area up to 25 miles from central London, all easily accessible by train, tube or bus. The authors, Mike Pentelow and Peter Arkell, are keen ramblers who can count walking the entire length of the Thames amongst their many adventures. Long time London residents, they are both members of numerous local organisations and societies.

Freedom Pass Reviews

'A delightful guide peppered with fascinating details, it is like walking with an engaging companion.' About My Generation 'A welcome addition.' Journal of the Islington Archaeology & History Society

About Mike Pentelow

Mike Pentelow was editor of Landworker (the newspaper of rural workers) for ten years and is currently editor of Fitzrovia News (London's oldest community newspaper, to which he has contributed for 40 years), giving him a feel for both town and country. An author and journalist for 50 years, his previous books are Characters of Fitzrovia, Norfolk Red and A Pub Crawl Through History. He is a keen rambler having walked the entire length of the River Thames and many other waterways. Mike is a member of The Ramblers, the Woodland Trust, the Campaign for Real Ale, the Inn Sign Society, Camden History Society, Socialist History Society, St Marylebone Society, and Society of Authors. He has lived in London for over 43 years. Peter Arkell has been a photographer since 1970, covering news, social issues, the environment, and sport. He co-wrote Unfinished Business, The Miners' Strike for Jobs, 1984-5 and took the photographs for A Pub Crawl Through History, about commoners who have had pubs named after them. A keen rambler (with Mike and others) he has walked the Thames Path, the South West Coastal Path, the Isle of Wight Coastal Path and Peddars Way/Norfolk Coast Path. He has lived in London for 45 years and currently produces photo features and writes reviews for A World to Win.

Table of Contents

1 A Natural Selection at Downe Charles Darwin's Downe, circular 2 On the Box 24 Burford Bridge to Mickleham 3 The Forest's Heart 32 Heartwood Forest & Sandridge, circular 4 A Grand Canal & a Great Road 36 Watford to Kings Langley on the Grand Union Canal/River Gade 5 Bluebell Blitz 44 Banstead Woods & Chipstead Downs, circular 6 Fleet of Foot 48 Hampstead Heath to Blackfriars 7 Epic Forest Fight 72 Epping Forest: Chingford to Loughton 8 The Canal, the Old Railway & the Quaker 80 Rickmansworth to Bushey 9 Holly, Ivy, Chestnuts & Sharks' Teeth 90 Lesnes Abbey Wood, circular 10 A Racing Certainty 96 Epsom Downs 11 Happy Valley 100 North Downs: Coulsdon Common, circular 12 Tilbury's Seal of Approval 108 River Thames: Tilbury Fort to Coalhouse Fort 13 Wan dering along the Wan dle 116 River Wandle: Colliers Wood to Croydon Paradise 132 River Thames: Staines to Chertsey 15 Dragonflies & Gunpowder 136 River Lee: Tottenham to Waltham Abbey 16 Death in the Churchyard, Life by the Lake 144 Elstree & Aldenham Reservoir, circular 17 A Dragon & Queen Guinevere's Ghost 152 Trent Country Park, circular 18 Midsomer Murders Trail 158 River Misbourne: Amersham to Great Missenden 19 From Dickens to the Rolling Stones 170 River Darent: Farningham to Dartford 20 Brookside & the Big Green Space 178 New Malden to Putney Bridge 21 Colne Riverside Ramble 186 London Colney, circular 22 Animal World 190 Chessington, circular 23 Literary London 196 London Bridge to Bloomsbury 24 Feisty Females Pub Crawl 214 Charing Cross to Brompton 25 Karl's Trail, On Your Marx 224 Leicester Square to Highgate Index 242

Additional information

GOR006231120
9781841625652
1841625655
Freedom Pass: Make the Most of Your Travel Pass - 25 Special Days Out by Mike Pentelow
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bradt Travel Guides
20140929
244
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - Freedom Pass