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Discovering Green Lanes
Valerie Belsey
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Description for Discovering Green Lanes
Paperback. Shows how to identify green lanes on the ground, how to recognise them on antique maps, and how to locate documents and other records which will reveal who used them in past times. Num Pages: 128 pages, 8pp colour plates, 40 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: KNG; RNK; WND; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
This is the essential handbook for anyone interested in green lanes. Valerie Belsey shows how to identify them on the ground, how to recognise them on antique maps, and how to locate documents and other records which will reveal who used them in past times. She also discusses their ecological value, the current controversy about who should be able to use them, and how to get involved in restoring and protecting lanes in your area. Discovering Green Lanes includes useful contact information, key dates in highway history and sample survey forms for recording wildlife in your local green lane.
This is the essential handbook for anyone interested in green lanes. Valerie Belsey shows how to identify them on the ground, how to recognise them on antique maps, and how to locate documents and other records which will reveal who used them in past times. She also discusses their ecological value, the current controversy about who should be able to use them, and how to get involved in restoring and protecting lanes in your area. Discovering Green Lanes includes useful contact information, key dates in highway history and sample survey forms for recording wildlife in your local green lane.
Product Details
Publisher
Green Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Totnes, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781870098960
SKU
V9781870098960
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Valerie Belsey
Valerie Belsey gained her love of exploring country lanes from her father, a cyclist who thought nothing of cycling from London to Combe Martin and back for the weekend a round trip of 395 miles. On a much more modest scale she managed an MSc Government project on green lanes in the 1980s, and later worked for Devon ... Read more
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