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This attractive and cleverly structured guide gives walkers ten of
the finest short circular walks to the most popular hills and easy
summits in the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park in a
popular pocketable format.With clear information, an overview and
introduction for each walk, large scale Ordnance Survey maps,
superb eye-grabbing panoramic photographs, and interpretation of
points of interest along the way, these guides set a new standard
in clarity and ease-of-use.Featured walks include: Cruach
Tairbeirt, Beinn Dubh & Mid Hill, Duncryne, Conic Hill,
Craigmore, Lime Craig, Ben Gullipen, Ben A'an, Callander Craig and
Beinn ant-Sidhein.One of two books in the Top 10 Walks series
covering this national park. The other title in the series is:
Lochside Walks.
OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map and is
recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking,
horse riding and off-road cycling. The OS Explorer range of OL maps
now includes a digital version of the paper map, accessed through
the OS smartphone app, OS Maps. Providing complete GB coverage the
series details essential information such as youth hostels, pubs
and visitor information as well as rights of way, permissive paths
and bridleways.
Guidebook and Ordnance Survey map booklet to the Coast to Coast
Walk. The route stretches some 188 miles (302km) from St Bees on
Cumbria's west coast to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire. It is
suitable for most fit walkers and can be comfortably walked in
around a fortnight. The full Coast to Coast route is described from
west to east in 13 stages of between 10 and 21 miles, with high and
low-level alternatives for crossing the Yorkshire Dales and
comprehensive route summaries for those preferring to walk the
trail in the opposite direction. The guidebook comes with a
separate map booklet of 1:25,000 scale OS maps showing the full
route. Clear step-by-step route descriptions in the guide are
illustrated by 1:100,000 OS map extracts. The route description
links together with the map booklet at each stage along the way,
and the compact format is conveniently sized for slipping into a
jacket pocket or the top of a rucksack. A comprehensive trek
planner offers a helpful overview of facilities on route, and full
accommodation listings and useful contacts can be found in the
appendices. There is also a wealth of background information
covering geology, history, wildlife and plants, and a list of
further reading.
The Outer Hebrides are a place apart, an island chain stretching
almost 200km from the Butt of Lewis to Barra Head with some of
Britain's most mesmerising beaches, dramatic mountain ranges,
wonderful wildlife, a long and fascinating history and a rich and
vibrant Gaelic culture. This book features 40 mostly moderate
walks, with many ideal for families, which take in magnificent
sweeps of sand, soaring sea cliffs and memorable hill ascents, as
well as celebrated cultural sights such as the haunting Standing
Stones at Callanish and the blackhouse village of Na Gearrannan.
A guidebook to 80 walking routes on Scotland's Northern Isles of
Orkney and Shetland. Routes are described on the islands of Orkney
(Orkney Mainland, Hoy, South Ronaldsay, Burray, Rousay, Eday,
Westray, Papa Westray, North Ronaldsay) and the islands of Shetland
(Shetland Mainland, West Burra, East Burra, Foula, Fair Isle, Isle
of Noss, Bressay, Whalsay, Papa Stour, Muckle Roe, Out Skerries,
Esha Ness, Yell, Fetlar and Unst). Routes vary in length from 1
mile to 16 miles, with something to suit all abilities. Offering a
variety of landscapes together with a wealth of remarkable
archaeological sites such as Skara Brae and Jarlshof, Orkney and
Shetland are a walker's dream. Step-by-step route descriptions are
accompanied by clear OS mapping and a time estimate for completing
each route. The book includes plenty of information on the region's
wildlife, archaeology and history, as well as practical tips such
as when to go, what to take and getting to and around Orkney and
Shetland. Quiet, remote and abounding in rare plants and wildlife,
together with some of the world's most fascinating archaeological
sites, Orkney and Shetland offer a treasure trove of natural and
historic wonders, and makes an ideal walking holiday destination.
A reissue of the profound and meandering modern classic about the
historical, political and philosophical paths traced by walkers.
What does it mean to be out walking in the world? From pilgrimages
to protest marches, mountaineering to meandering, this modern
classic weaves together numerous histories to trace a range of
possibilities for this most basic act. Touching on the philosophers
of Ancient Greece, the Romantic poets, Jane Austen's Elizabeth
Bennett, Andre Breton's Nadja, and more, Rebecca Solnit considers
what forms of pleasure and freedom walkers have sought at different
times. Profound and provocative, Wanderlust invites us to look
afresh at the rich, varied, often radical interplay of the body,
the imagination, and the world when walking. "Radical, humane,
witty, sometimes wonderfully dandyish, at other times, impassioned
and serious" - Alain de Botton
This guidebook offers a wide range of walks from the source of the
river Lune in the Howgill Fells to Glasson Dock, just below
Lancaster. The 40 day walks range between 3 and 11 miles in length
and are all illustrated with extracts of 1:50,000 OS mapping. The
walks start in the north of the region and follow the River Lune
southwards to the sea, with bases including Orton, Sedbergh, Kirkby
Lonsdale and Lancaster. They explore the infinitely varied
landscape as the river Lune flows between the Lake District and
Yorkshire Dales national parks and the Forest of Bowland and
Arnside and Silverdale Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Also
included is an outline of a 60-mile, 6-day route walking the River
Lune from end to end, with lots of background information about the
area's history, geology and also all the local facilities to help
you plan your trip. There are magnificent views from the empty
hilltops, delightful natural woodlands full of wildlife, stunning
secluded side valleys and open moorland vistas to be explored in
Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire.
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