Books by Jim Watson

Yorkshire Sketchbook is a unique guide to some of the most popular places in the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors and the City of York - three of the UK's best-loved tourist destinations.

Touring the Lake District is a unique illustrated guide to exploring the area by car. Eight carefully planned tours take in the popular tourist centres plus a wealth of hidden gems many consider to be the 'Real Lakeland'.

Touring the Cotswolds is a unique guide to one of England's most popular regions, visiting the region's most beautiful towns and villages; the eight carefully designed routes take in not only the heavyweight tourist centres, but also a wealth of hidden gems.

The Lake District Sketchbook is a unique book, that brings Britain's most popular region to life with hundreds of beautiful colour illustrations. The illustrations are accompanied by historical footnotes, maps, walks, quirky facts and a gazetteer.

Devon Sketchbook will guide you to some 40 favourite places along the north and south coasts of the county, plus a few in Exmoor and Dartmoor National Parks. With more than 180 of the author's line and watercolour illustrations and 66 hand drawn maps, Devon Sketchbook is a unique guidebook and souvenir. It also makes the perfect gift.

A celebration of one of the world's great cities, London Sketchbook is packed with over 200 evocative watercolor illustrations of the author's favorite landmarks and sights. The illustrations are accompanied by historical footnotes, maps, quirky facts and a gazetteer.

Sharpening techniques for numerous woodcarving tools and knives of various sizes and shapes, including pocket knives and kitchen knives. The necessary materials for proper sharpening are listed and discussed with methods for reconditioning and making new knives and tools and information on resurfacing the sharpening stones.