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Motorway services are boring – motorways are boring – but they’re a necessary and convenient evil when you need to break the journey, especially when travelling with kids and pets. Enter The Extra Mile, here to steer you away from mediocre, expensive motorway service stations and garage forecourt food and into the arms of the UK’s best farm shops, independent cafes, and cosy pubs, all within striking distance of motorway junctions and main A roads.

Why go the Extra Mile? After yet another in a long line of bland ‘lattes’ and limp sandwiches next to the thundering motorway, we asked ourselves if there wasn’t another way. In rejection of soulless, expensive services, we set out to celebrate local alternatives, uncovering places that offer impeccable local food – some direct from the field – space for children and pets to let off steam, and beautiful surroundings. 

The Extra Mile offers a dependable list of independent and brilliant outlets, gorgeous countryside and delicious food worthy of a short detour. They’re all hand-selected and no more than 15 minutes’ drive from a junction, so you can add a bit of magic to your journey while supporting local businesses. 

he Farm Shop Guide (edition 1, new for 2024) is the ideal food, travel and farm café guide for anyone who loves fresh food, farm-to-fork experiences, and farm-focused events and activities. If you love farm-fresh food and local flavours and are keen to shop seasonally and avoid flown-in food (while supporting Britain’s farmers and growers), this is the book for you. The Farm Shop Guide will help you find farm-fresh food and independent farm shops and cafés across Britain: perfect places for a weekly shop, an eat-out treat, or a family-friendly day trip. In the book you’ll find:

• First-rate farm shops, cafés and restaurants
• Farmers’ Markets and Food Festivals
• Dog-friendly and family-friendly places to stop, eat and shop
• Places with EV chargers for your vehicles
• PYO (pick-your-own) fruit, veg, flowers, Christmas trees, and pumpkin places
• Striking full-colour maps and full-page features per venue
• Spotlights on food, farming, and environmental charities including: Pasture for Life, the Sustainable Food Trust, Buglife, RSPB Fair to Nature, the Permaculture Association, Community Supported Agriculture, and the Soil Association.

To find tasty local produce and avoid bland flown-in food, buy The Farm Shop Guide today. It’s the perfect gift for your food-loving friends and anyone who likes to know where their food really comes from. The guide is from Printslinger Ltd. and the team behind 2024’s #1 Bestsellers, The Coastal Café Guide (2024) and The Extra Mile: Delicious Alternatives to Motorway Services (2023).

A year of easy, delicious, plamt-based and allergy-friendly bakes for everyone to enjoy.

Lucy Parr is a Cordon Bleu trained mum of two and long-term vegetarian with a passion for cooking and baking. Both her daughters were diagnosed with multiple food allergies at a very young age, turning Lucy’s approach to food on its head. She started a blog, Lucy’s Friendly Foods, to record her journey back in 2012 and has now developed over 800 unique allergy-friendly recipes, some of which have been published in Free-From Food Heaven and My Family & Food Allergies. Lucy has a combined following of more than 6000 on her blog and social media, and has worked with well-known brands including Waitrose, Nomo, and Bad Brownie to create recipes. This is her first book.

Saving money doesn't have to cost the earth.

How can you remove even the toughest stains? How can you make the best use of your microwave and keep meals healthy and tasty? How can you remove mould safely? Sunday Times bestselling author Great British Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle is here to answer all of these questions and more, featuring 101 thoughtful, cheap and time-saving tips and tricks on how to run a budget home – all while protecting the environment.

Going green in the garden has never been easier with Nancy Birtwhistle's sustainable, eco-friendly tips that will help you make the most of your space, and what it can grow. Whether you have a sprawling garden, a modest patch of grass or just a spare windowsill, The Green Gardening Handbook has over 100 tips will help you embrace the joy of growing and eating from your own garden.

This beautifully illustrated guide is packed with advice on everything from composting, clothing and basic equipment to seasonal recipes and guides to freezing, storing and preserving that will help you save money and reduce waste. This practical book from the former Great British Bake Off winner and Sunday Times bestselling author of Clean & Green and Green Living Made Easy is for anyone, green-fingered or not, looking to discover the delights of growing and eating food they've grown themselves.

Learn to let go of your worries and lose yourself in nature with this practical guide to sketching for pleasure, not perfection.

Most of us know that creativity and time outdoors are good for our wellbeing, yet so many of us struggle to find the time or motivation to step away from our screens. But there’s a solution! Combining quick and easy exercises with the latest research on nature connection, wellbeing and creativity, The Green Sketching Handbook will inspire you to pick up a pencil and get started.

Inspired by her own journey from climate scientist who hadn't tried drawing since childhood to artist and nature lover, Dr Ali Foxon will show you how to embrace your wobbly lines, unhook from a fear of criticism and create a habit that makes you feel good, not inadequate. You will learn more about yourself and your unique relationship with nature, finding out what brings you comfort and joy. Best of all, you'll create vivid and evocative memories of all your outdoor adventures, big and small, even if you’re convinced you can’t draw.

Press-out and play to see the much-loved story of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s ‘The Gruffalo’ come to life. 44 pieces made from sturdy and sustainable Playboard to connect, slot together, and bring out again and again. Using the original artwork, with charming character details to spark your little one’s imagination.

• Varied creative play: All PlayPress sets can be switched up, adjusted and connected, so there’s no limits on imagination and every playtime is different.

• Perfect for ages 4-10: Develop construction, problem solving and motor skills whilst exploring characters and storytelling.

• Zero-waste and super-easy: Lightweight flatpack packaging makes it travel-friendly with no bulky plastic or complicated set-up.

• Eco-conscious: Manufactured in the UK with Playboard, our compostable material made with wood pulp from sustainably-managed forests.

The Herb Gardening Handbook gives you the know-how of what herbs to buy, what to plant them with, how to use them and even how to make herbs look good, no matter the space available. Beginning with a simple guide of how to get started and the best growing conditions for herbs, The Herb Gardening Handbook is a stylish guide to 12 herb projects that will suit everything from indoor window ledges to balconies and gardens. From the Cocktail Herb Garden, which focuses on the botanicals that will make summer cocktails and drinks all the more fragrant to the Pizza Pantry Garden where readers will grow everything needed to create delicious pizza toppings. There are also projects looking to make a positive impact on the environment, such as the Bee Buffet, which will feature tasty herbs that pollinators will love to be a part of. Using widely accessible herbs as well as suggestions for more interesting varieties and including stunning photography, this book is perfect for gardening beginners, as well as seasoned pros looking to learn some new tips and tricks on how to make the most of herbs. Full-colour Illustrations and Photographs

'This book is a chance to slow down and find stillness. Self-care in the most beautiful, creative ways.' – Fearne Cotton

Fifty imaginative ideas for crafts that encourage a sense of joy and mindfulness. Includes a foreword by Melissa Hemsley.

The Joy Journal For Grown-ups invites you to experiment, play and unlock your creative potential with a range of simple crafts that can bring a little more calm into your everyday life. Using store-cupboard ingredients and easily foraged supplies, this beautifully illustrated handbook includes new and inspiring ideas for adding a personal touch to celebrations, creating unique gifts, and making stunning keepsakes.

Imaginative, engaging and easy to follow, this gorgeous, step-by-step guide features all the encouragement you need to find inspiration, awaken your creativity and brighten your mood.

Dive into the fascinating world of coastal wildlife with this holiday pocket guide. Featuring 40 beautifully illustrated pebbles, shells, crabs, small sea creatures and more, discover more about life between the tides with The Little Guide to Shorelines.

Each entry has been delicately illustrated by printmaker Tom Frost to capture its individual characteristics, and is accompanied by associated facts and fables. There is also an interactive spotter's guide at the back, where you can check off what you find.

This informative, practical and beautiful guide is part of a new nature series designed to encourage creativity through exploring the outdoors. An activity for adults and children alike, enjoy The Little Guide to Shorelines on your next trip to the sea.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, The Little Guide to Wildflowers offers a fresh perspective on identifying the flowers around you. Featuring 40 of the most beautiful flowers from around the world, including the common wildflowers we know and love, as well as the rare and interesting.

Each flower has been delicately illustrated by printmaker Tom Frost to capture its individual characteristics, and is accompanied by information about the plant family to which it belongs and where it can be found, plus associated facts and fables. There is also an interactive spotters guide at the back, where you can check off each flower you find.

This informative, practical and beautiful guide is part of a new nature series designedto encourage creativity through exploring the outdoors.

Follow the story of Lucy,  a little mouse, who dreams of growing her own Christmas dinner.

Then join Lucy to start growing your own vegetables and even your very own Christmas Tree with the packet of seeds.

Our handmade spice gift sets: The Superfood One.

Know a foodie or kitchen lover? Our spice sets make the perfect gift! We have chosen four of our top herb, spice, salt or pepper for each gift set and we just know that you will LOVE these. The perfect starter set for curry lovers, with all the essentials

Included: 

Beetroot
Acai
Spirulina
Maca

Each come in a small white top jar, perfect to refill your superfoods again.

Now made with chunky marshmallows for an extra indulgent treat!

This delightful jar of hot chocolate powder comes tagged with a gift card, complete with a blank space for your personalised message - making it the perfect thoughtful gift. And the best part? It’s vegan!

Enjoy the same rich and creamy hot chocolate we serve in our café, lovingly packaged for gifting.

What’s Inside:

260g of our signature hot chocolate powder (cocoa and soft light brown sugar) plus 50g of fluffy marshmallows (Ingredients: Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Water, Maize Starch, Dextrose, Tapioca Starch, Gelling Agent: Carrageenan (E407), Hydrolysed Rice Protein, Natural Vanilla Flavouring, Colour: Beetroot Red/Betanin (E162)).

Important Information:

• Allergen Notice: Made on premises where ALL allergens are handled.

Treat yourself or someone special to this café-quality hot chocolate experience in the comfort of home!

From botanical cookies, acorn coffee and wild green pesto, to making your own calendula salve and building a bird house The Wild Craft is filled with seasonal nature-based projects designed to reignite your love of the natural world and connect you to the earth.

Each of the four seasons is divided into three sections: In The Kitchen, Making and Gardening. Every project will celebrate the wonder and beauty of nature and encourage readers to slow down and reconnect to the wild in a holistic and gentle way. With step-by-step instructions throughout, Catarina Seixas will take you through each project, so that even beginners can enjoy the mood-boosting benefits of a craft-filled year.

Peppered with information on seasonal plants to look out for and stunning photography, The Wild Craft will inspire the reader to develop their connections with the world around them and and bring the spirit of nature into their own home.

A year or nuturing yourself through nature, by Willow Crossley. 

Whether you live in a house or flat, in a rural or urban environment, this beautiful book
shows how to harness the natural world around us and feel more grounded and rooted
in our surroundings.

The Wild Journal is a beautifully illustrated guide from leading florist and nature writer
Willow Crossley. Guiding you through creative practical projects and therapeutic
seasonal reflections, The Wild Journal celebrates the potential of nature to mend, heal
and transform our mood.

The simple, back-to-basics habits and small seasonal changes in the book can help
everyone to counteract the unpredictability and chaos of everyday life. Wherever you
live, there are simple mindful actions – from listening to birdsong instead of rushing
on your commute, to collecting natural treasures such as feathers, branches, pebbles
or pine cones. Willow shares her creative techniques for bringing nature into your
daily routine – whether it's planting and potting, identifying wild flowers, trying your
hand at beautifully simple flower arrangements or making your own essential oils and
candles. There is space to record reflections and your favourite seasonal activities, as
well as ideas for star-gazing, bird-watching, and so much more.

Willow Crossley's creative approach is informed by an artistic eye and a life spent
immersed in nature. From growing up in Wales where days were spent exploring
outdoors and flowers adorned every surface, to living in France surrounded by fields
of sunflowers, iris and fragrant lavender, nature has always been an intrinsic part of
her everyday life.

The Women's Circle is your practical guide to hosting women's circles with intention, purpose and meaning, making them a healing and empowering experience of gathering community.

A women's circle is a gathering of women in order to share, experience and relish in each other’s company. They are the ultimate ‘safe space’, a place where women can commune, open up and feel seen and heard. Sacred Space Holder Anoushka Florence invites you to reclaim the women's circle by exploring and remembering the true power of your feminine.

Beautifully illustrated with full-colour photography, The Women's Circle is a practical and inspiring guide to hosting circles of your own. Including the history of circles, the importance of gathering, and steps for hosting 35 different rituals with the women in your life – a bridal blessing, mamahood blessing, memorial circle, new love circle, grief circle, sun circles, moon circles and circles to honour the change of season.

Seeking to revive, reclaim and remember the tradition of the women's circle, The Women's Circle will bring back to life this ancient feminine practice illustrating the benefits, healing, and magik that occurs when women gather. This is an opportunity for the reader to call in their community, gather and connect. Never has there been a more important time to rediscover the power of women’s circles.

Transform your yoga journey with The Yoga Happy Year, a beautifully designed 12-month guide for building a sustainable, holistic daily yoga practice—perfect for beginners and experienced practitioners alike.

Yoga and meditation teacher Hannah Barrett shares her signature sequences, breathing techniques, and meditations to seamlessly integrate yoga into your everyday life. With video guides for each flow, accessible via QR codes, you can follow Hannah’s expert guidance right from home.

Throughout the year, you'll expand your repertoire of easy-to-follow practices, unlocking benefits such as:

• Enhanced strength and flexibility
• Improved focus and mental clarity
• A deeper sense of calm and resilience

This inspiring handbook empowers you to adapt yoga sequences to suit your body’s unique needs. Plus, it features mindfulness exercises and journal prompts to help you nurture a profound connection between mind and body. Embrace your happiest, healthiest self with The Yoga Happy Year.