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Books Cumbria : Outdoors : Sport and Leisure

Sport and Leisure

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Gardens of the Lake District

Tim Longville
£25.00

Winner of Lakeland Book of the Year 2008 , this beautifully illustrated book is a must for all garden lovers. Thanks to its dramatic landscape and unique conditions, the Lake District has a long history of distinguished gardens in many different styles. This book features over 40 gardens, all open to the public, that exemplify this heritage.



Published by : Frances Lincoln
Published date : November 2007
Format : 257mm x 302mm hardback

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Gazza: My Story

Paul Gascoigne with Hunter Davies
£6.99

Gazza. Flawed genius. Remembered as much for his off-the-field antics as for his sublime footballing skills. A life full of dramatic highs and lows, darkness and light; the unforgettable goals matched by moments of madness. This is his story, in his own words.

Published by : Headline Book Publishing
Published date : 2005
Format : Paperback.

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Grasmere Sports: The First 150 Years

Roy Lomas
£35.00

Grasmere Sports is still the biggest annual sporting occasion in the Lake District calendar. For the first time, an attempt has been made to pull together the whole colourful history of this annual event into one volume.

Published by : Roy Lomas/MTP Publications Ltd
Published date : 2002
Format : Large hardback.

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Home Grown in Cumbria

Annette Gibbons
£17.00

Annette Gibbons explores traditional methods of food production and explains why small scale methods create food full of character and flavour. She has compiled a range of recipes that are designed to be cooked in a home kitchen using traditional natural ingredients.

Published by : Zymurgy Publishing
Published date : 2005
Format : Large hardback.

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Hunting in the Lake District

Sean Frain
£14.99

There is a proud tradition of hunting in the Lake District, and for good reason: those ominous crags and wooded valleys below have hosted some of the most exciting hunts in history.



Published by : Merlin Unwin
Published date : May 20410
Format : 144mm x 222mm hardback

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Kids Keswick

The Kids Keswick Team
£3.99

Keswick's essential family guidbook with 50 adventures for kids of all ages, abilities and in all weathers.

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Published date : March 2010
Format : 160mm x 140mm stitched paperback

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Lake District Mountain Bike Routes


£5.99

Features maps that are specifically designed and researched by mountain bikers, for the dedicated off-roader, and these routes follow Public Rights of Way.

Published by : Goldeneye
Published date : May 2006
Format : 180mm x 240mm Laminated folded map

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Let's Start Fly-Fishing: The Rules of the Game

Fiona Armstrong
£7.99

An essential guide in which former local newsreader Fiona Armstrong gives a complete picture of how to take up the pastime. This includes a basic understanding of the life-cycle of the salmon, tips on where and when to fish, what tackle to buy,

Published by : Neil Wilson Publishing
Published date : 1999
Format : Small paperback.

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McIlmoyle: The Legend of Brunton Park

Gordon L. Routledge
£16.50

This is a biography of Hugh McIlmoyle, who made his debut with Carlisle United Football Club in 1963 and became an instant hit. His goals, including four hat tricks, fired CUFC to the top of the league and promotion and so began a new era of success for the Cumbrians.

Published by : Arthuret Publishers
Published date : 2004
Format : Large paperback.

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Naylor's Run DVD

Eric Robson
£12.99

Record breaking fell runner Jos Naylor celebrated his 60th birthday by running the 60 highest peaks in the Lake District - all of them over 2,500 feet high. This DVD, which is a specially extended version of an ITV documentary, features a combination of spectacular aerial photography and film crews deployed on the high summits of Lakeland to record the historic run.

Published by : Striding Edge
Published date : 1997
Format : DVD

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Northern and Proud - The Biography of Bob Stokoe

Paul Harrison
£17.99

Bob Stokoe created one of the greatest moments in football history when his Second Division Sunderland side defeated the might of Leeds United in the 1973 FA Cup final.

Published by : Know The Score
Published date : February 2009
Format : 160mm x 240mm hardback

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Once a Flyfisher

Lawrence Catlow
£17.99

This book has at its heart a quest: to unravel the mystery and the endless fascination of fishing. Catlows diary is one of the most perceptive insights into the sport of fishing to appear for many a year.

Published by : Merlin Unwin Books
Published date : 2001
Format : Hardback.

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One Hit Wonder: The Jimmy Glass Story

Jimmy Glass and Roger Lytollis
£12.99

It was Jimmy's 95th minute goal in the last game of the 1998/99 season that kept Carlisle United in the Football League. Even more remarkably, Jimmy is a goalkeeper. His rollercoaster career, from Premier League to Sunday league, is a world away from the standard football biography.

Published by : Tempus
Published date : 2004
Format : Large paperback.

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Postcards From the Edge of Football - A Social History of the British Game

Hunter Davies
£20.00

Picture postcards have been in existence almost as long as professional football, but no one has brought the two together until now.

Published by : Mainstream
Published date : September 2010
Format : 196mm x 252mm hardback

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Private Thoughts from a Small Shoot

Lawrence Catlow
£17.99

This is the perfect book for the shooting enthusiast. Catlows writing is lively, topical and full of practical advice.

Published by : Merlin Unwin Books.
Published date : 2003
Format : Hardback.

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Proud to be a Cumbrian

Mick Mitchell
£19.99

An affectionate and detailed tribute to Carlisle United FC, featuring many photographs and interviews with past and present players.

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Published date : 2006
Format : Paperback.

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Quest For Adventure

Chris Bonington
£16.99

Remarkable feats of exploration and adventure, 1950 - 2000. A personal and remarkable celebration of exploration and adventure by a man who has done much to keep its spirit alive today.

Published by : Cassell & Co.
Published date : 2000
Format : Large paperback.

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Reivers Cycle Route


£4.95

The official route map and guide to 187 miles along minor roads and tracks, including many green lanes and forest trails. Shows the route clearly, and also contains details of cycle shops and hirers, support services, tourist information centres and more.

Published by : Footprint Publishing
Published date : 1998
Format : Folded map.

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Scrambles in the Lake District Volume 1: Southern Lakes

Brian Evans
£12.00

The Lake District's rich mix of rocks, gills and crags offers the scrambler a complex variety of routes, often well removed from the beaten track. Scrambling - climbing rock that is not usually difficult or steep enough for its ascent to warrent the term 'rock climbing' - is a way of getting back to a wilder Lakeland and enjoying the freedom of rough mountain country.


Published by : Cicerone
Published date : 2005
Format : Small paperback.

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Scrambles in the Lake District Volume 2: Northern Lakes

Brian Evans
£12.00

The Lake District's rich mix of rocks, gills and crags offers the scrambler a complex variety of routes, often well removed from the beaten track. Scrambling - climbing rock that is not usually difficult or steep enough for its ascent to warrent the term 'rock climbing' - is a way of getting back to a wilder Lakeland and enjoying the freedom of rough mountain country.


Published by : Cicerone
Published date : 2005
Format : Small hardback.

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Singin' the Blues

Neil Nixon
£12.99

Carlisle United are Neil Nixon's lifelong passion. Singin' the Blues is his story. You'll find triumph, tragedy, heartbreak, hilarity and events that beggar belief. The fisrt edition of this book sold out in fourteen weeks. Now, this most unique of football memoirs is back, fully revised and updated.

Published by : A Foxake Production
Published date : 2006
Format : Small Paperback

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Speedway in the North-West

Adrian Pavey
£14.99

Cumbria and Lancashire have been a hotbed of speedway almost since it hit these shores at the end of the 1920s. Barrow, Carlisle, Workington and many more local areas have seen the shale sport flourish at one time or another, and the region is home to

Published by : Tempus
Published date : 2004
Format : Large paperback.

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Stan Bowles - The Autobiography

Stan Bowles
£8.99

'I think that Frank Worthington summed my life up quite well when he said, "Stan has spent all of his money on gambling, booze and birds."

Published by : Orion
Published date : December 2007
Format : 130mm x 198mm paperback

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That Strange Alchemy

Laurence Catlow
£17.99

“I need to start thinking like a shooter, for shooters and fishers, even though they are often the same person, think very differently.”

Published by : Merlin Unwin
Published date : September 2008
Format : 160mm x 240mm hardback

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The Bluebird Years: Donald Campbell and the Pursuit of Speed

Arthur Knowles; Graham Beech
£9.95

Here is the complete story of Donald Campbell's heroic attempts to take the world water-speed record past 300 mph - and how the wreck of his jet-boat Bluebird was recovered from Coniston Water more than 34 years later.

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

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