Our April Book of the Month Roam Alone: Inspiring Tales by Reluctant Solo Travellers is a collection of travel experiences from cycling in Shetland to power cuts in Laos by a number of writers.
We asked one of the writers, Hannah Stuart-Leach to share some tips for the reluctant solo traveller: Continue reading 5 tips for the reluctant solo traveller by Hannah Stuart-Leach
Continue reading Edwina Pitcher chooses her favourite wild places of Portugal.
The sun is out (don’t quote us on that) and the days are longer which means we can read for even longer without having to put a light on.
This month we have selected another two outstanding books: Continue reading Our April Books of the Month
We’ve gained a whole extra hour of daylight and are thinking of retiring our coats in favour of jackets. To celebrate this sudden turn of events we have a 3 for £20 offer on all Ordnance Survey walking paper maps so you can spend as much time as possible outdoors as possible. Continue reading OS Walking Map Offer
And by that we mean turn off your lights on Saturday at 8.30pm for Earth Hour, and on Sunday, tune in to Simon Reeve on BBC2 as the first episode of his new series on Turkey airs. Continue reading Turn off and tune in
It’s probably down to wonderful parenting that you’ve become the well read, adventurous soul you are today. We know you’ve been brought up well enough to not need reminding that this Sunday is Mothers’ Day, but we thought we’d give you some suggestions anyway. Our Marketing Manager, Jude Brosnan has selected five books from our Be More Adventuress promotion that your mum might like. Continue reading 5 Book Recommendations for Mothers’ Day
If you’ve ever set off of on a solo adventure you’ll be no stranger to the hoards of advice, warnings and cautionary tales that get thrown at you. In Amy Baker’s debut book Miss Adventures: A Tale of Ignoring Life Advice While Backpacking Around South America she shares her often hilarious experiences of solo travel and sifts through what advice is actually worth listening to. We managed to pin her down long enough to tell us what advice you should ignore to ensure you get the most from your trip. Continue reading 5 types of advice to ignore when you travel solo by Amy Baker
There was some big news in the map world last week as schools in Boston began to replace Mercator projection maps for the more proportionally accurate Peters projection (read the full article here). Continue reading Mercator vs Peters. The battle of projections
We often get visits from authors who kindly sign their books for us. In fact we have lots of books in our stores that are signed by authors including Michael Palin and Levison Wood. Continue reading Uniquely signed Maps books by the Mizielinskis
To coincide with the release of his new book How to Read London: A crash course in London architecture Chris Rogers has selected some local significant sights near our Long Acre store that all feature in the book. Continue reading 5 Reasons why Covent Garden is important in London’s architectural development, by Chris Rogers
