Off the Beaten Track: England and Wales

Martin Dorey is a writer, surfer and serial camper van owner. In 2011 he presented the BBC2 television programme ‘One Man and his Camper Van’. He is the author of The Camper Van Cookbook (2010), The Camper Van Coast (2012), The Camper Van Bible (2016), Take the Slow Road: Scotland (2018), Take the Slow Road: England and Wales (2019), Take the Slow Road: Ireland (2020) and Take the Slow Road: France (2021), amongst several others, and he writes regular features for Coast magazine, Camping magazine, Motorhome and Motorcaravan magazine, and the Huffington Post.@campervanliving; www.martindorey.com

• Author’s Preface 6About this book 8Introducing England 9Introducing Wales 11How to get to England and Wales 12Where and how to stay overnight in England and Wales 14Your essential kit 17Travel, climate and the mess we make 20ENGLAND 22The South-west01 Wessex Wandering 2502 The East Lyn River 3903 Bude’s Lost Waterway 4904 The River Avon 6105 The Jurassic Undercliff 7306 Devon Coast to Coast 83The South and South-east07 The Wight Chines 9708 The River Test 10909 Goring to Maidenhead 12110 Dungeness Desolation 13311 Kent’s Pilgrims’ Way 147East Anglia12 The Suffolk Coast 159The North13 Spurn Head and the Humber 17114 The North York Moors 18315 Stanhope to Newcastle 19716 The Northumberland Coast 20717 The Otterburn Ranges 219The North-west18 The Tweed Valley 22919 The Solway Firth 24120 The Western Lakes 24921 The Forest of Bowland 259WALES 27022 Cwm Bychan and the Roman Steps 27323 The Pass of The Cross 28324 The Teifi 29125 The Brecon Beacons 303Index 316Acknowledgements 320

Discover the countryside and coast ... in this appealing guide to spectacular drives and offbeat adventures by camper van, motorhome, kayak and paddle board, bike and on foot, around the mountains, valleys and coastlines of England and Wales.