June 23rd, 2010 in Book Catalogue, Cicerone Authors by Sarah
As part of Oxfam’s Bookfest Cicerone author Mark Richards will be in the Keswick store on the evening of 13th July giving a talk about his walking life and the Lakeland Fells in particular.
Mark’s transition from full-time farmer to full-time outdoor writer has been a gradual one. In 1973, with the direct encouragement of Alfred Wainwright, he wrote his first walking guide to the Cotswold Way. Since then he has indulged a pleasure in exploring rural Lakeland by creating an eight volume Lakeland Fellranger series which covers every fell in the National Park.
Mark’s recent work includes leaflets to the Stagecoach bus services in Lakeland under the title From A to B to SEE. He has also appeared on TV with Julia Bradbury in Wainwright Walks and Coast to Coast.
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June 9th, 2010 in Book Catalogue by Sarah
For everyone who loves books and reading, the topic of digitisation in the book world has been discussed at length over the past few years. With the explosion in popularity of downloading films and music, the idea of downloading books electronically was always going to be a talking point for those who love to read. Now with many e-readers available on the market, downloading books is gaining huge popularity, and Cicerone has decided to join the revolution.
For many years visitors to our website have enjoyed the ability to search inside our books, a fantastic feature that allows you to be more informed about a book’s contents and whether it’s right for you before you buy. Full digitisation of our books is the logical next step, and eBook purchases are now available to buy and instantly download. Most of our books are included, and we’re aiming to make as many available to buy electronically as we can.
There are many advantages of e-books over print. One of the many things that travellers tend to think about at the planning stage of a journey is packing, and how light bags need to be. One advantage of an e-book is that you can buy a book and print off a few pages to take with you, rather than carry a whole printed book. This could mean a significant difference in the overall weight of your rucksack, especially if you tend to take more than one book with you! Instant downloading is also an advantage because it means you can start to plan your next walk, trek, or bike ride straight away.
Cicerone have a great offer to get you started and allow you to decide for yourself the advantages or disadvantages of digital over print. When you buy the printed version of one of the included books from our website you can get the digital version at 50% discount, so that you can make a direct comparison between the two and see which you prefer.
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June 1st, 2010 in Cicerone Office by Sarah
How to stay safe and enjoy the fells is a new initiative in cooperation with the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association. The leaflet gives concise and practical advice on:
• skills to develop
• what to take with you
• preparations before going out
• awareness on the fells
and a clear checklist and instructions for calling out the Mountain Rescue teams if things go badly wrong.
Widely available throughout the Lake District, it’s hoped that the leaflet will help inexperienced hillwalkers and tourists to be more prepared and aware while in the hills, and reduce the number of largely unnecessary call-outs.
Download a pdf of the leaflet today, and put it in your rucksack!
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May 27th, 2010 in Book Catalogue, Cicerone Authors by Sarah
If you are in Newcastle between the 11 June and the 30 August, then head to The Biscuit Factory Art Gallery to take a look at the work of Roger Clegg, the photographer behind the stunning collection of images in the Cicerone book The Spirit of Hadrian’s Wall.
Roger is an award-winning photographer, who lives in Hexham, just 20 minutes from the place that has become his abiding passion – Hadrian’s Wall. Roger embraced photography professionally after a career in business and then as a lecturer. He has captured the contrasting moods and timeless scenes of Hadrian’s Wall from coast to coast, and is responsible, amongst many achievements, for the iconic scenes on the side of Northern Rail trains; the pictures used for marketing Hadrian’s Wall and the British Museum’s Hadrian exhibition in 2008, and of course the book The Spirit of Hadrian’s Wall.
Roger’s picture of Sycamore Gap at midsummer with walkers won the Northumberland National Park prize in the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2009.
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May 11th, 2010 in Book Catalogue, Cicerone Office by Sarah
Following the publication of Great Mountain Days in the Lake District in 2008, Cicerone teamed up with Fix the Fells project, which with the help of hundreds of volunteers maintains and repairs footpaths in the high fells of the Lake District.
10p from every copy of Great Mountain Days in the Lake District sold is being donated to the project, and we are delighted to present our latest donation of nearly £388.70, which feels like an fitting way of being able to put something back into the fells.
Find out more about our previous donations to the project, or how you can support Fix the Fells and their valuable work, either as a volunteer or by making a donation. Every £1 donated to Fix the Fells is matched by £2 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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May 11th, 2010 in Book Catalogue by Sarah
We did an update on this back in July 2009 and it seems the online booking system is still causing some confusion. The PNRC website looks like it’s closed for maintenance at the moment making bookings impossible and a recent article in ‘Trek and Mountain’ says that the booking system never seemed to work and wasn’t enforced. This information backs up the feedback we got through Paddy Dillon last year.
Although the PNRC website did say the system would be introduced again this year we don’t know much more at this stage. We’ll do our best to keep you informed of any updates though!
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April 1st, 2010 in Cicerone Office by Sarah
Over the past few years, many of you have sent in emails telling us about your great days out using a Cicerone guidebook, and we’d love to hear more.
We have a great team of authors who write our guides, but sometime it’s hard to beat stories written by the users of our guides. We’re looking for interesting and informative stories of great days out using a Cicerone guidebook, whether it was a short stroll, bike ride, winter climb or an epic long-distance trail.
We will give the writer of each each story we use a 30% discount off their next order placed on the Cicerone website. Find out more…
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March 31st, 2010 in Cicerone Authors by Sarah
We took a few short video clips of the talks on the Cicerone Walking Stage at the Outdoor Show.
Take a look at Paddy Dillon talking about:
Kev Reynolds on:
Pete Hawkins – our navigation guru:
Rachel Crolla & Carl McKeating talking about their experiences summiting the highest point of every country in Europe:
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March 30th, 2010 in Book Catalogue, Cicerone Office by Sarah
After receiving a fantastic response and high standard of entries in our recent photography competition, the votes have been counted, and I’m sure you’ll agree an excellent winner has been chosen.
The winning picture of Lake Bled (route 45 – The Julian Alps of Slovenia) was announced at the Outdoors Show last weekend – we want to thank all of you who took the time, both to enter and to vote.
Lake Bled - Julian Alps of Slovenia
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March 30th, 2010 in Cicerone Office by Sarah
We are delighted to announce that we have won the gold award in the 2010 Walk reader awards.
Readers of Walk the Ramblers’ Association magazine voted Cicerone as the ‘best walking book’ in their annual reader awards – a big thanks to everyone who voted for us.
Lesley picked up the award from Simon King, and Dominic Bates (editor of Walk) at the Outdoors Show last weekend.
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