Whats special about The Discerning Traveller route notes and directions?
Even where a published guide book (e.g. a National Trail Guide) exists, we research and write the route notes and other guidance information ourselves. Our route notes include not only directions on how to find your way along the trail but also: • Current opening times (days and hours, with current entry fees) of castles, houses and gardens which are open to the public along the trail. • Suggestions on where to obtain picnic lunch materials, or to find a wayside inn where you can buy lunch, or a ‘tearoom’ for afternoon tea. • Good points along the trail to stop for lunch or a trail snack, often with a view or close to water. • Locations of the best viewpoints and what can be seen from them. Where a good viewpoint lies a short distance off a trail, we provide directions. • Where there are any public toilets along the way (regrettably not yet as many as there might be); relatively well-equipped in this respect is the coastal path on our Lands End and St Ives tour. • Where to find a publi
