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Printslinger books. Best-selling food and travel guides for independent-minded people.

Printslinger is a Bristol-based company known for books that seek out and celebrate smaller foodie businesses. Its current guidebook titles are The Extra Mile: Delicious Alternatives to Motorway Services; The Coastal Café Guide; and 2024’s The Farm Shop Guide. All will help make your day more memorable, by steering you away from mediocre, expensive motorway service stations (and franchised food and drink haunts) and into the arms of the UK’s best farm shops, independent cafés, welcoming pubs, coastal cafés and more. Buy our books from this site or elsewhere online, and get in touch to discuss being in or stocking our guides, or working with us.

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Wine AND cheese? Ooh la la Macknade, you are spoil

Wine AND cheese? Ooh la la Macknade, you are spoiling us!

The Extra Mile's stop-off of the day as we adventure around the country on our Christmas road trip is esteemed Kent foodhall, Macknade. For those of you NOT heading over the Channel, fear not. With its trove of Kentish, French, Italian and other fabulous wine, cheese, and foodie treats, Macknade brings the gourmet to you.

Here's what our Amazon #1 bestseller, The Extra Mile (Delicious Alternatives to Motorway Services) has to say about it.

"If heading east along the M2 bound for Canterbury, Margate, or a ferry from Dover, divert at junction 6 or 7 for a 'comfort stop' in Faversham. Featured in the Domesday Book, it's Kent's oldest market town and you can also visit Britain's oldest brewery there.

Macknade Food Hall (est. 1847) is an insider's choice for anyone keen to taste this fêted farming region's food first-hand. A 6th-generation family-run place, it brings communities together around a shared love of food and drink, fuelled by admirable values that include curiosity, candour, care and contentment.

In the farm shop and café, much of the fresh produce is from neighbouring suppliers. The cheese and charcuterie deli is akin to an infinity pool, the Kentish wine section is the country's largest and Macknade is proud to have the UK's first Pasture for Life approved butchery counter."

We are SOLD. Buy your copy of The Extra Mile inside or, if they're temporarily out of stock, our elves can come to the rescue, simply visit www.theextramile.guide/shop today.

Today's countdown to Christmas brings us to Manor

Today's countdown to Christmas brings us to Manor Farm, Catthorpe, an East Midlands' farm shop treat, off J20 of the M1 in Leicestershire. @manorfarmcatthorpe

Featuring in both The Extra Mile Guide and our new Amazon #1 bestseller, The Farm Shop Guide, here's what we think of this friendly, ever-busy place...

"The Grindal family began selling potatoes and fruit cake from the doorstop of their farmstead in the 1970s. How things have changed. Nurtured from these humble seeds, today the farm is host to a shop, restaurant, and campsite. Farming has not been forgotten; the family still proudly rear their own British Lop pigs, White cattle, and Leicester Longwool sheep, and grow produce: potatoes, asparagus, soft fruit, rhubarb, and pumpkins.

Over 40 hens keep the shop supplied with eggs and the tea room churning out delicious farm breakfasts, bakes, and scones (the cream tea here is award-winning). The eco-minded will be pleased to see a zero waste refill stand, while the Beer Barn has an enviable selection of craft ales and ciders, some from right in the village. Super friendly staff set the place apart."

If you're keen to hit the road but haven't yet done your Christmas shop: do it en route if you're passing. There are wine, fresh food treats, and book gifts for everyone.

Our countdown to Christmas has hit Cheshire. Where

Our countdown to Christmas has hit Cheshire. Where better to eat, shop, and relax than the Mitchell family's award-winningly wonderful @thelambingshedfarmshop and Kitchen with its top notch, Christmas-ready butchery.

Near J19 of the M6, it's worth going the extra mile for this frequent Farm Shop and Café of the Year award scooper upper, where those huge windows let the light stream in. It stocks products from over 60 local suppliers that share the family's ‘fresh, local and simple’ philosophy. If on Christmas Buffet Detail, head to the deli for hamper-worthy charcuterie and over 40 types of cheese, plus everything from jam to gin.

Select some choice cuts of home-reared meat from the impressive butchery, where Master Butcher Richard is on hand with sage advice. Open for breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea, the café is known for its lip-smacking Lambing Shed burgers, house-cured bacon, and succulent sausage rolls.

In case you've forgotten a present for...anyone who eats, pick up a copy of bestselling guidebooks The Extra Mile (Delicious Alternatives to Motorway Services) or The Farm Shop Guide while there. And if it ends up staying in your own glovebox? We won't tell a soul.

www.theextramile.guide/shop

#theextramileguide #farmshopguide #buybritish #nofarmersnofood #shoplocal #amazonbestseller #bookgifts #farmshops #farmshopsuk

Welcome to our festive countdown from The Extra Mi

Welcome to our festive countdown from The Extra Mile Guide! December is the time of year when millions of people find themselves driving home for Christmas, and our glovebox guidebook features hundreds of places to eat that aren't motorway services, to really pep, perk, and pick you up in the middle of a long, dull journey. Why wait until you get there for the fun to start?

Our pit-stop pick of the day is @charlton_fruit_farm in Montrose, a homely place where you can stop, eat, shop, play, rest, celebrate, and even stay over. If you find yourself in that neck of the Scottish woods this year, detour in their direction for a seasonal taste of Scotland at its very best.

#montroseeats #farmshopsfirstforchristmas #visitscotland #buybritish #shoplocal #farmshops #bookgifts #foodieguide

Did you know that The Extra Mile (an Amazon #1 bes

Did you know that The Extra Mile (an Amazon #1 best-selling and #1 'Most Gifted' guide) has two companion guides? The Coastal Café Guide (as seen in The Times Weekend) and The Farm Shop Guide (as seen in Waitrose Weekend, The Scotsman, and The Telegraph). For the best-value three book bundle (£42, currently cheaper even than Amazon), buy direct. To support Britain's smaller food and drinks businesses, British food and farming, seasonal coastal cafés, and to discover interesting places to eat - that are not motorway services! - visit our online bookshop to buy or gift our guides today.

https://theextramile.guide/shop/

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One of the best things about putting guide books t

One of the best things about putting guide books together is that you get to generally explore. Seaside saunas were always a highlight when we were compiling the @coastalcafeguide so we've pulled together some of our favourites around the UK coastline over on the blog, including @thesaltwatersauna @fire_salt_sea_ @seascrubsauna
@seabiscuitsauna @saunasbythesea @rebels_dover
@oceansoulsauna @tysawna @seasauna

And of course you can warm up after with a creamy hot chocolate and hunk of cake in one of the brilliant eateries in the Coastal Cafe Guide.

Link in bio. 🔗

📷 @thesaltwatersauna

We'd love to hear about your favourites too. Let us know in the comments 👇

#seasaunasUK #wildswimmingandsauna #surfandsauna #winterswimming #bestseasaunasUK #Britishseasaunas #coastalcafes

Check out our latest blog all about our summer bes

Check out our latest blog all about our summer best seller, The Coastal Café Guide. (Link in bio)

Click on the link to get your copy today!

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Are you searching for Paddington around Britain?

Are you searching for Paddington around Britain?

With 23 statues around the country, make sure you have a copy of The Extra Mile, so you can always find somewhere delicious to stop on the road.

#paddington #paddingtontrail #paddingtonbear #theextramile #theextramileguide #uktravelguide #printslingerguides #printslinger #printslingerguidebooks #printslingerbooks

Head over to our blog (link in bio) to read all ab

Head over to our blog (link in bio) to read all about ‘10 OF THE BEST PYO PUMPKIN PATCHES 2024‘

Grab a copy of The Farm Shop Guide to find your nearest farm shop to grab your pumpkin ready for Halloween.

#pumpkinpatch #pyopumpkin #halloween2024 #thingstodowithkids #halftermfun #farmshopguide #thefarmshopguide #printslinger #theextramileguide #uktravelguides

We’ve done it again! The Farm Shop Guide has th

We’ve done it again!

The Farm Shop Guide has the Amazon number 1 spot in Restaurants, Bars & Cafés.

Grab your copy on Amazon or click on the link and buy direct from us.

#farmshopguide #thefarmshopguide #printslinger
#printslingerguides #printslingerbooks #printslingerguidebooks #uktravelguides

Our book, The Farm Shop Guide, is in The Times tod

Our book, The Farm Shop Guide, is in The Times today!

Read the article (link in bio) or click and buy your copy today.

#farmshopuk #farmshop #theextramile #extramileguide #farmshopguide #uktravelguide #farmtofork #farmtotable

It’s spooky season… and that means PUMPKINS!

It’s spooky season… and that means PUMPKINS!

Just look at this sea of orange at @foragefarmshop 🎃 courtesy of @jamesharriesmultimedia.

Check out our latest blog over at theextramile.guide for some of the best places to grab your very own pumpkins just in time for Halloween.

You’ll find all of them featured in The Farm Shop Guide, available to buy now.

#farmshopguide #thefarmahopguide #theextramileguide #uktravelguide #farmtofork #farmtotable #pyo #pumpkinpyo #ukpumpkinpyo

Thrilled to be featured in @TheScotsman celebratin

Thrilled to be featured in @TheScotsman celebrating the very best of Scottish Farming.

Read the whole article, featuring amazing farm shops in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (🔗 in bio)

Grab The Farm Shop Guide to find the very best farm shops across Britain.

#thescotsman #scottishfarming #britishfarming #printslinger #printslingerguides #printslingerbooks #thefarmshopguide #farmshopguide #theextramileguide #farmtofork #farmtotable #supportbritishfarmers #supportscottishfarmers

The Farm Shop Guide is now available to buy on Ama

The Farm Shop Guide is now available to buy on Amazon.

Go grab your copy NOW.

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Move over three kings… forget frankincense, gold

Grab your free copy of the Weekend from your local

We’d be smiling too, if like @joshuajames.smith

We’d be smiling too, if like @joshuajames.smith we’d just won the bundle of three Printslinger guide books!

Travelling around Britain just got better, and a whole lot more delicious.

#uktravelguide #theextramileguide #thefarmshopguide #thecoastalcafeguide #printslinger #printslingerguides #printslingerbooks

🐕 Dog Friendly Stop of the Week 🐶 @trays.c

🐕 Dog Friendly Stop of the Week 🐶

@trays.cafe at @barrsyard
14 minutes off the M4 at Junction 14.

An amazingly dog friendly café - featuring their own “dogs of the week’ on their chalk board - as drawn by the lovely Honor, one of their super talented baristas.

Help yourself to a dog treat from their ceramic chicken, and a dog mat for those pups who object to lying on hard floors.

There’s also treats aplenty for the less important human visitors.

Find plenty of dog friendly spots in The Extra Mile, your guide to the best service station alternatives.

#trayscafe #dogfriendly #dogfriendlyuk #theextramile #theextramileguide #thefarmshopguide #thecoastalcafeguide #printslinger #printslingerguides #printslingerbooks #uktravelguide

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway pinned to our

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway pinned to our grid, closes tomorrow 14th October at midnight.

Win a copy of each of our Publications - The Extra Mile Guide (4th Edition), The Coastal Café Guide, and The Farm Shop Guide.

What are you waiting for?!

#theextramileguide #thecoastalcafeguide #thefarmshopguide #printslinger #printslingerguides #printslingerbooks

Thank you to @baileyscountrystorecornwall for this

Thank you to @baileyscountrystorecornwall for this amazing reveal reel.

We’re thrilled to have them, amongst 165 awesome spots across Britain, highlighting the very best of British farming.

Grab your copy of The Farm Shop Guide today.

#baileyscountrystorecornwall #baileyscountrystore #cornishfarming #cornwall #thefarmshopguide #farmshopguide #theextramileguide #uktravelguide #printslinger #printslingerguides #printslingerbooks

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