I am a self-publishing author, producing books on long distance cycling and walking opportunities around the country, mainly concentrating on former railway routes which are now footpaths/ cycle tracks, and canal towpaths. The books also have a strong flavour of local transport history about them. They are very much aimed at the “leisure†end of the market, breaking the journeys down into easy manageable sections of about 5 miles each way.
My latest book “Cycling the South Coast†looks at the cycling and walking opportunities between Portland Bill and Havant, including the former railways which are now cycle tracks and footpaths between Fortuneswell and Weymouth (The Rodwell Trail), Poole to Brockenhurst (Castleman’s Trailway) the Stokes Bay Railway Path in Gosport and the Hayling Billy Trail between Hayling Island and Havant.
A coastal option for the route between Poole and Lymington is also described, and there is also a section looking at the Isle of Wight, including its former railway routes between Freshwater and Yarmouth, Newport and Cowes, Bembridge to Brading, and Sandown to Newport and on to Wootton. Further details are available on my website www.robinsummerhill.co.uk