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Happy Trails DVD
Need some inspiration for your next jaunt to the country side? Then take a look at the National Trail DVDs from TVWalks. In each programme, guidebook author Anthony Burton delves into the history and geography surrounding a particular walk, with the aim of luring you there at your earliest convenience. You can also download each programme to an iPod or other portable video player, allowing you to watch it as you take the trail yourself.

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Presented by Anthony Burton £12.00
Presenter Anthony Burton is adept at describing landscapes, but he also knows that a good interpretive guide delves beneath the contours. His trick is to blend an eclectic selection of stories that dip in and out of the World Heritage Site's history and geography. Few guidebook authors, for example, have given more than a passing mention to that great 7th-century Northumbrian king, (later Saint) Oswald, or taken the time to explain the role of John Clayton of Chesters Roman Fort, the great 19th-century antiquarian who almost single-handedly saved the wall from destruction. He not only weaves into the walk the launch of the Mauretania and the development of the canals and railways, but the Jacobite rebellion gets a mention and sits comfortably alongside the wall's milecastles, forts and the Roman temple of Mithras. The videography would sell the film in its own right while the inherent conservation messages vital to the wall's preservation would no doubt meet Clayton's approval.

NOTE: £12 for DVD / £6 for download (mp3/iPod)

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Get your couch potato off the sofa with one of four inspiring National Trail DVDs. Keen walker Anthony Burton takes you along Hadrian’s Wall Path, The Cotswold Way, The Ridgeway, and the South Downs Way – with more long-distance routes to be covered in the New Year. Available as a download for ipod or MP4 player for £6 or £12 on DVD from www.tvwalks.com