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Books Cumbria : Outdoors : Sport and Leisure

Sport and Leisure

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100 Greats: Cumberland Rugby League

Robert Gate
£12.99

The old county of Cumberland has at last been celebrated for the wealth of great rugby players it has produced. The county has been producing these greats since the Northern Union was founded in 1895.

Published by : Tempus
Published date : 2002
Format : Large paperback.

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A Year in a Lake District Garden

Sue Tasker
£8.95

This book is based on the authors popular series in the Westmorland Gazette newspaper. Following a seasonal approach, there are descriptions of plants that grow well in Cumbria (and those that don't), tips on pruning and planting, dealing with pests and

Published by : Sigma Leisure
Published date : 2001
Format : Paperback.

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Barrow Raiders Rugby League Club

Keith Nutter
£10.99

Spanning the decades, this book recounts the story of the Barrow Raiders club from its formation back in 1875 right through to the present day.

Published by : Tempus
Published date : 2002
Format : Large paperback.

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Being Prepared - 100 Years of Scouting in Cumbria

Roy McNamara
£15.00

Scouting started in the old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire Beyond the Sands in 1908. Today the Scouts are as active as ever and fully prepared for their next century.

Published by : Bookcase
Published date : August 2007
Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback

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Birds of the Lake District

W.R. Mitchell
£4.99

Reduced from £6.50,a thorough guide to the many species in the area, illustrated by one of the norths finest bird artists David Binns.

Published by : Castleberg
Published date : 2000
Format : Paperback.

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Birdwatching in the Solway Coast - Area of Outstanding beauty

Brian Irving
£3.00

This book is not about the birds of the solway Coast area of Outstanding Beauty (AONB), it is about where when and how to see them.

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Published date : May 2008
Format : 150mm 210mm stitched paperback

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Birdwatching Walks Around Morecambe Bay

John Wilson & David Hindle
£7.95

The Morecambe Bay area is one of the finest bird watching sites in Great Britain. With 310 square kilometres of inter-tidal sand flats, it is an outstanding combination of habitats.

Published by : Palatine Books
Published date : November 2007
Format : 155mm x 232mm paperback

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Birdwatching Walks in Bowland

David Hindle & John Wilson
£7.95

The Forest of Bowland is a truly stunning and immensely important Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Published by : Palatine Books
Published date : March 2005
Format : 155 mmx 232mm

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Boots, balls & haircuts: An illustrated history of football from then to now

Hunter Davies
£12.99

Hunter Davies has avoided the dry statistics and annual goal coverages in this book, and instead considers all the various social, cultural and economic aspects of football - as well as the real lives of players and fans.

Published by : Cassell Illustrated
Published date : 2004
Format : Large paperback.

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Border City Blues - The Story of Carlisle Rugby League

Alan Tucker
£13.99

Border City Blues is the previously untold story of rugby league football in the proud city of Carlisle.

Published by : Scratching Shed Publishing
Published date : November 2010
Format : 140mm x 216mm paperback

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Carlisle United - Blueseason 2006/2007

Neil Nixon
£10.00

'Blueseason' is the story of one season in the life of Cumbria's only football league club.

Published by : Bookcase
Published date : August 2007
Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback

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Carlisle United - Blueseason 2008-2009

Neil Nixon
£9.99

A recent survey names Carlisle United as the most 'exciting' club to support.

Published by : Bright Pen
Published date : July 2009
Format : 140mm x 215mm paperback

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Carlisle United - On This Day

Andy Hall
£9.99

Carlisle United: On This Day chronicles, in diary form, the major events in The Cumbrians long and eventful history.

Published by : Pitch publishing
Published date : November 2008
Format : 190mm x 122mm hardback

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Carlisle United - The Complete Record

Paul Harrison
£19.99

"Carlisle United: The Complete Record" provides the most comprehensive history of the club.

Published by : Breedon Books
Published date : September 2008
Format : 173mm x 245mm hardback

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Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling

Roger Robson
£8.95

A modern history of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling.

Published by : Bookcase
Published date : 1999
Format : Paperback.

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Cumbria Union - One Hundred Years of Golf in the Twin Counties

John Pearson
£10.00

A history of golf from 1860 to the present day.

Published by : Cumbrian Union of Golf Clubs
Published date : September 2011
Format : 244mm x 160mm large paperback

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Cycle Rides - Lake District & the Northwest


£4.00

REDUCED FROM £ 7.99............
Get on your bike with this fantastic new series of cycling guides in some of the best loved areas in Britain.

Published by : AA
Published date : June 2007
Format : 145mm x 210mm paperback

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Cycling around the Lake District

Arnold Robinson
£5.50

A collection of fifteen cycling routes providing an on-going tour around the Lake District. Each section is between 18 and 37 miles long.

Published by : Walk & Write Ltd
Published date : 2001
Format : Paperback.

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Darkly, Deeply, Beautifully Blue: The Journal of a Football Season

John Haworth
£15.95

This is an insider's account of Carlisle United's roller-coaster 2002-3 season. In terse, blackly humorous diary entries, the author - Carlisle's medical officer - charts the club's highs and lows as it struggled in the nether regions of League Division Three and how it narrowly escaped end-of-season relegation to the Conference.

Published by : The Book Guild Ltd.
Published date : 2005
Format : Hardback.

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Everest Expeditions

Chris Bonington
£25.00

Boningtons three classic accounts of his expeditions to scale the summit of Everest are republished here in an impressive trilogy - Everest: South West Face; Everest the Hard Way and Everest: the Unclimbed Ridge.

Published by : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published date : 2002
Format : Hardback.

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Favourite Lakeland Recipes

Carole Gregory
£1.40

A collection of traditional Lake District recipes compiled by Carole Gregory, with lovely colour paintings by A.R. Quinton. Includes a metric conversions table.

Published by : J. Salmon
Published date :
Format : Small paperback.

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Feet in the Clouds: A Tale of Fell-Running and Obsession

Richard Askwith
£7.99

In this evocative account of a season on the fells, Richard Askwith explores fell-running - the practise of running up and down trackless mountains in all weathers- in the most authentic way: by putting on his studded boots and running as many of the great races as possible, from Borrowdale to Ben Nevis.

Published by : Aurum Press
Published date : 2005
Format : Paperback.

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Fishing With Father

Bruce I. Cawthra
£12.99

Bruce Cawthra's father started fishing when he was aged just ten. It would be a passion that would influence his life for the next seventy years. When he died one month before his 80th birthday, he left one ambition unfulfilled - to catch a salmon on a Scottish loch.

Published by : Melrose Books
Published date : 2006
Format : Hardback.

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From Great Broughton to Great Britain: Peter Gorley - Rugby League Forward

Peter Cropper
£9.95

Peter Gorley was one of the outstanding second-row forwards of his generation. He is also one of the best Cumbrian rugby league players of the last 30 years. Based on interviews and extensive research, the book also has memories of his career from collegues at Workington Town and St Helens.

Published by : London League Publications Ltd.
Published date : 2004
Format : Paperback.

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Gable & Pillar

Phil Rigby & Stephen Reid
£16.00

A guide to the traditional home of Lake District climbing, in close proximity to the Wastwater Hotel. It describes many fine high mountain crags in superb locations. Major crags include Kern Knotts, The Napes including Napes Needle, Tophet Wall, Gable Crag, Boat How and Pillar Rock, plus other esoteric Ennerdale Crags.



Published by : FRCC
Published date : Reprinted 2007
Format : 105mm x 165mm plastic jacket

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