Travel guides: activity holidays

This volume contains a detailed guide to owning, maintaining and using the vintage "e;American Star Bicycle"e;, a popular contemporary bicycle brand.

This book contains vintage guide to cycling for pleasure, with interesting cycling anecdotes, chapters on health benefit, tips on choosing a bicycle, information on appropriate attire, and much more.

First published in 1895, this vintage guide to cycling presents a wealth of interesting information about the sport from a time when it experienced an explosion of popularity.

"e;Pedal and Path - Across the Continent A Wheel and A Foot"e; is a fascinating and entertaining account of the author's seven-month trip across America.

This is an idyllic chronicle of a three-week-long bicycling holiday in Switzerland in 1896.

"e;Over the Wheel"e; is an accessible and profusely illustrated guide to cycling vintage bicycles, such as the penny-farthing.

First published in 1884, this volume constitutes a detailed and practical treatise on the health benefits of cycling and how to benefit from them.

This volume constitutes an exhibition of artistic poster designs submitted as part of a competition ran by Columbia Bicycles in the early twentieth century.

Contained within this book is a comprehensive guide to cycling in Europe, with information on preparing for a trip, favourable and beautiful routes, expenditure, bicycle maintenance, etiquette, and much more.

"e;Cycling for Health and Pleasure"e; presents the reader with a detailed and accessible guide to cycling, with chapters on learning to cycle, preventing accidents, appropriate attire, etiquette, touring, and much more.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive handbook on cycling, with information on its history, racing, touring, notable clubs and unions, and much more.

First published in 1889, this vintage book constitutes an interesting an informative treatise on cycling, being an exploration of energy, locomotion, and the history and development thereof.

"e;Bicycling for Ladies"e; constitutes a comprehensive instruction manual originally designed specially for women.

This is a vintage treatise on the use of a bicycle ergometer in the measurement and the computation of the amount of energy used by the human body.

"e;Around the World on a Bicycle - From San Francisco to Tehran"e; is a fascinating and profusely-illustrated account of an epic bicycle journey around the world.

This book contains a detailed account of Clarence M.

Follow in the footsteps of the Cathars on the Cami dels Bons Homes (GR107), a spectacular 225km (140-mile) long-distance trail linking Foix in France with Berga in Catalonia.

Experienced fishermen from across Tennessee share their angling secrets in this comprehensive lake-by-lake guide.

A guidebook to the 179 km (112 mile) Fred Whitton Challenge plus a five-day cycle tour and 15 challenging day rides in the Lake District.

This book offers new insight into International Sports Events (ISEs), examining the relationship between sport, tourism and events.

This book offers new insight into International Sports Events (ISEs), examining the relationship between sport, tourism and events.

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Discover the awe-inspiring beauty and joy that each of America's 63 national parks has to offer with this book full of stories, tips, attractions, and breathtaking photos.

A young woman follows winter across five continents on a physical and spiritual journey that tests her body and soul, in this transformative memoir, full of heart and courage, that speaks to the adventurousness in all of us.

The veteran journalist and author of In the Hot Zone and The Things They Cannot Say explores the impact of more than a decade of war on Afghanistan, from the American invasion after 9/11 to today, and offers insights into its future and the possible consequences for the U.

In the well-written, laugh-out-loud, self-deprecating spirit of Bill BrysonsA Walk In the Woodsand Nora EphronsWhen Harry Met Sally, Dan White takes us along for a walk on the wild side of adventure and love.

Follow the historic Via Francigena pilgrimage route across 1090km of England, France and Switzerland, along ancient paths once used by medieval pilgrims to walk to Rome.

Rising to 4,167m (13,671ft) in the rugged High Atlas of Morocco, Jebel Toubkal is the highest peak in North Africa.

Embark on an unforgettable cycling adventure along the first half of the Danube Cycleway (EuroVelo 6), one of Europes premier long-distance routes, tracing the continents second-longest river from its source in Germanys Black Forest to the vibrant heart of Budapest.

Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection of classic magazines we have compiled a series of informative publications on the subject of sport.