No doubt the wine will be flowing in Portugal in celebration of their victory in last night’s Euro 2016.
Oenologists among you may already be familiar with the fabulous wines that Portugal, the eleventh largest wine producing nation has to offer, but if you need some help this Wine Map of Spain and Portugal is a perfect aid. Continue reading Mappy Monday- Wine Map of Spain & Portugal
Whether you’re a newbie to jogging or a dab hand at ultra-marathons, here are some inspiring running books to cheer you on your way. Continue reading 5 running books guaranteed to get you moving
In the first of our extracts from Secret Edinburgh, Hannah Robinson takes a closer look at a pillar with a hidden secret… Continue reading Secret Edinburgh: Kirkhill Pillar
A hairdresser snipping hair around the world, the Wife Carrying World Championships, World Chocolate Day and a couple putting the ‘art’ in ‘cartography’. The Travel News is in. Continue reading The Travel News- 8th July
Orbiting around Jupiter.
Continue reading Wish We Were
To celebrate 4th July we’ve delved into the Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive and found this interesting 1884 map of North America.
Continue reading July 4th Mappy Monday- Stanford’s Folio North America Map (1884)
The pièce de résistance of the cycling calendar begins this Saturday with the Grand Départ of the 103rd Tour de France. The first stage begins at Mont-Saint-Michel. Over the three weeks, the cyclists will cover 3,519 kilometres before crossing the Champs-Elysées finish line. Throughout the 21 stages they will only have two rest days.
If you are already panicking about how you will fill those two TDF free days, here are our five favourite Tour de France books. Continue reading Allez! Allez! Allez! Our Top 5 Tour de France books
Not that the sky is paying much attention but it’s the 1st of July and with the new month comes a fresh batch of travel news: Continue reading Travel News- 1st July
Austin Vince tells us about a world first dirt-bike challenge, powered by Stanfords – PLUS there’s a chance to win 2 tickets to the Adventure Travel Film Festival.
Continue reading Mondo Enduro & WIN tickets to the Adventure Travel Film Festival
This week our in-house climbing expert and Ground Floor Supervisor George Woodward takes us through five of the best climbing training/ instructional guides. Continue reading Stanfords Staff Selects – George’s Top 5 Climbing Training & Instructional Guides
