Culm Valley Publishing is a small newish Devon company that produces top-class books on walks in the West Country, and on Monday they have a new book coming out. It’s a collection of favourite walks in Devon contributed by local writers and walkers.
As with all CVP books, the directions are
detailed and the information is reliable and thoroughly checked. All the walks are circular. They range throughout the county –
across moorland, over hills and fields, through woods, along rivers and beside the sea. The lengths are
moderate – usually a couple of hours. A sketch map
and photographs are included as well as advice on where to park, where to eat,
where to stay and public transport.
But what’s important, as Jane Fitzgerald,
editor of Devon Life magazine, writes
in her Foreword, ‘is the connection to, and familiarity with a well-trodden
path that shines through’.
Having
said all that, I hardly like to tell
you that I have contributed two of the walks, one around the River Otter
in East Devon and one on Dartmoor in the Warren House Inn/Hookney Tor
area.
Favourite
Walks in Devon is available from Monday in shops (bookshops, farmshops, post offices), from Culm ValleyPublishing and from Amazon (among others).
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