GUIDE NAUTIQUE IMRAY : HIDDEN HARBOURS OF THE NORTHWEST

Édition 1. Strictly speaking Dag Pike’s latest tour of historic and often long unused harbours should be titled ‘Hidden Harbours of Northwest England and Southwest Scotland’. Starting from the Dee Estuary and finishing in the remote Rhins of Galloway, over 40 harbours are described. -- In many instances all that remains is a stone quayside here, a silted dock there and a few old warehouse buildings, but in their heyday the harbours were all flourishing. During the Industrial Revolution boatsand waterways were essential to ferry grain, coal and raw materials and also for the export of manufactured goods. In those days these harbours were bustling centres of commerce Strictly speaking Dag Pike’s latest tour of historic and oftenlong unused harbours should be titled ‘Hidden Harbours ofNorthwest England and Southwest Scotland’. Starting fromthe Dee Estuary and finishing in the remote Rhins of Galloway,over 40 harbours are described. In many instances all thatremains is a stone quayside here, a silted dock there and a fewold warehouse buildings, but in their heyday the harbourswere all flourishing. During the Industrial Revolution boatsand waterways were essential to ferry grain, coal and rawmaterials and also for the export of manufactured goods.In those days these harbours were bustling centres ofcommerce.This roundup describes so many little known places:Freckleton, an unlikely shipbuilding centre, GeorgianSunderland Point at the mouth of the Lune, the old Romanport of Ravenglass on the Cumbrian coast and, not to bemissed as the seaside resort for Millom, Haverigg. TheGalloway coast offers more, and few would want to misslovely Kirkcudbright, Creetown (which exported granite forthe building of the Embankment in London) or evenGarlieston, from where ferries once ran to the Isle of Man.It’s a fascinating tour. Dag Pike’s guide is an indispensiblereference for all explorers by land and sea and an attractivecompanion to the others in the series: Hidden Harbours ofWales and Hidden Harbours of Southwest Britain.. Author Dag Pike Publisher Imray ISBN 9781846235047 Edition 1st Publication details 250 x 210mm. Paperback. Full colour .