Reisverhaal Isles of Scilly | Ruud Offermans

Paul Murton beschrijft in dit boek zijn reizen naar Orkney en Shetland met veel aandacht voor de cultuur, natuur en historie van deze eilandengroepen. Ook uitermate goed te gebruiken als reisgids door de hoeveelheid informatie die hij geeft.   Paul Murton has long had a love of the Viking north - the island groups of Orkney and Shetland and the old counties of Caithness and Sutherland - which, for centuries, were part of the Nordic world as depicted in the great classic the Orkneyinga Saga. Today this fascinating Scandanavian legacy can be found everywhere - in physical remains, place-names, local traditions and folklore, and much else besides. This is a personal account of Paul's travels in the Viking north.   Full of observation, history, anecdote and encounters with those who live there, it also serves as a practical guide to the many places of interest. From a sing-along with the Shanty Yell Boys to fishing off Muckle Flugga, from sword dancing with the men of Papa Stour to a Norw…

A col is the lowest point on the saddle between two mountains. Graham Robb has spent years uncovering and cataloguing the 2,002 cols and 105 passes scattered across the British Isles. Some of these obscure and magical sites are virgin cols that have never been crossed. Dozens were lost by the Ordnance Survey and are recorded only in ballads or monastic charters. The eleven cols of Hadrian's Wall are practically unknown and have never been properly identified. These underappreciated slices of natural beauty provide a new way of looking at British history, and a challenge for cyclists and walkers.

The second in an action-packed adventure thriller series, where modern-day recruits compete in an ancient fight to the death in the streets of Edinburgh. New Season. New Rules. Same deadly game.....

Ted Simon is the author of the classic travel book JUPITER'S TRAVELS. It documents his four-year journey round the world by motorbike, travelling through Europe, Africa, South and North America, and Asia. A number one bestseller in the late 1970s, it is still regarded as one of the greatest motorcycle books - indeed, one of the greatest travel books - ever written. In 2001, at the age of 69, Ted Simon decided to retrace his journey, and DREAMING OF JUPITER is the result. It took him two and a half years - during which time he revisited all the countries he had travelled through in the 1970s. He found much had changed, and he reflects upon the increased poverty, political upheavals, environmental issues and indeed the changes in himself. But ultimately, DREAMING OF JUPITER is a hugely inspiring read with a positive message at its heart - that even at the age of 70 you can still set off on an adventure, and be surprised and excited by what life throws at you along the way. *'Gloriously …

"Als ik een lied van Afrika ken - zo peinsde ik - van de giraffe en van de Afrikaanse nieuwe maan, van de ploegen in het veld en de bezwete gezichten van de koffieplukkers, kent Afrika dan ook een lied van mij?"   Out of Africa is een onwaarschijnlijk mooi geschreven roman over het leven op een koffieplantage in Afrika. In 1937 schreef Karen Blixen haar memoires en daarin doet ze hartstochtelijk verslag van haar avonturen in Kenia. Over de natuur van de Highlands, de mentaliteit van de verschillende stammen, de gewoontes van de Kikoejoe, de Somali en de Masai. De roman is een veelstemmig lied van prachtige verhalen, de moeite waard door zowel de mooie schrijfstijl als de diepe interesse voor de inheemse bevolking en de liefde voor de natuur. Karen Blixen hield van het Afrikaanse landschap met zijn rijke plant- en diersoorten. Zij voelde zich thuis bij de oorspronkelijke bewoners, voor wie zij raadgeefster, dokter, rechter en lerares was.   'Onbevooroordeeldheid, zelfspot en waardering…