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 http://www.abebooks.com/ If it is a search for an old or out of print book that you want to find, at a good, fair or cheapish price, then this is the place to search here at link. Remember too that bookshops, and too Stanfords online particularly too, do not just stock basic travel guides, but also a whole wealth of titles in the armchair travel genre as of which you seek there, Billy.
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 ..........and talking about John Hillaby - keep an eye out for the box set of his walking trips - I picked one up for around £10 a couple of years ago.
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 No need for apologies, Trevor. I would love to do it at some point, but for now I just fancied reading the exploits of someone who already had. Michael, I will do more than dream it... one day Thanks for all the extra links, everyone.
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Good luck in your search for the right book there then, Billy. Do try a search of titles under 'walking Britain' search terms at ABE books, link above there, though maybe, as it will no doubt turn up for you all the now out of print books like that; books which are still available there second hand and new, from many different reliable suppliers and booksellers in the UK and the US, as well as Europe, you see. I have another place that I use too for this type of thing, and will look out their details too maybe, to post here for you as soon as I find the info again, ok.
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 You could try: two degrees west by Nicholas Crane (his other "clear waters rising" is about Europe). He walks with a rucksack camping where he can - admittedly in a narrow corridor! One of the best bits is where he explains what is meant by "can I help you?".
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Alfred Wainwrights "A Pennine Journey - the story of a Long Walk". Synopsis
"A Pennine Journey" is the fascinating story of a solitary walk through the Pennines made by A. Wainwright - legendary fell-walker, artist and author of the "Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells" - in September, 1938. With the world on the brink of war, Wainwright found solace in the desolate moors and the song of larks high above the tranquil landscape. His account - first published fifty years later - is full of a young man's dreams and his thoughts on life and love.
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Thanks, Twig, ALoveSupreme. I'm coming to the end of Hillaby's Journey Through Britain, so I may just give them a look.
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 Alfred Wainwrights "A Pennine Journey - the story of a Long Walk". Synopsis "A Pennine Journey" is a peculiar story of a tormented man's walk through the Pennines. The author wrestles with mental and physical ailments while on a quest to produce a guidebook. Realising too late that his photographs are useless, he descends into a deep depression and trudges entirely along roads for the second half of the trip. Ill-equipped for such a long walk in poor weather, the walk is spared ultimate failure through the kindness of strangers, who loan him dry clothes and feed him when he is hungry. The young Wainwright clearly had ambitions far beyond northern England, but realised that his addiction to tobacco would ensure that he would never be able to fund a long-cherished trip to Switzerland. The author's views on women may disturb some readers. (I was reading this book last night. You can tell, can't you?)
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 You could also try setting up a search for Hamish Brown on ebay to see what comes up. He's written some that would definitely fit your requirements and buying them through ebay is much cheaper than direct from a second-hand bookstore...
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Paddy, James. Thanks. [edit] James... Hamish's Groats End Walk: One Man and His Dog on a Hill Route Through Britain and Ireland - 1p from amazon 
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A bargain... mine cost me £2.50 over 20 years ago!
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