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Britain's Best Small Hills - A guide to wild walks, short adventures, scrambles, great views, wild camping & more (Paperback)
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Britain's Best Small Hills - A guide to wild walks, short adventures, scrambles, great views, wild camping & more (Paperback)
Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Bradt on Britain)
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Discovery Miles 4 230
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Hot on the success of Wilderness Weekends, one of the top selling
guides in 2015, award-winning travel writer Phoebe Smith returns
with more great outdoor experiences tailored not just for the
hard-core wilderness enthusiast but for novices and newbie
hillwalkers alike. Take a friend, or take the kids - or both! - and
climb one of Phoebe's favourite hills. There are 60 of them
detailed in this easy-to-follow guide which champions a new
easy-access approach to hillwalking. With 20 hills each in England,
Wales and Scotland, from just 120 metres to a manageable 609
metres, and from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands, there's bound
to be a hill for you. 'When it comes to mountains society seems to
be obsessed with height' says Phoebe Smith. 'But those who shun
peaks based on measurement are truly missing out. Following on from
the success of Wilderness Weekends, people are always asking me
where they can take a friend, partner or young child that will help
convince them that the outdoors - and hills - are worth the effort.
Answering that need is this book, it's all about minimum effort for
maximum results.' Each walk also includes tips on safety, kit,
weather, walking responsibly, maps, tackling hills sensibly, and
taking children, friends and reluctant walkers. For some walks
there's also 'Added Adventure' - caves, ruins or a background story
for example. Britain is home to hundreds of hills, neglected
because they don't quite measure up, so here we showcase 60 of the
very best. 'Who wouldn't want to experience some of the best views
in Britain for minimal effort?' asks Phoebe Smith. 'Don't believe
us? Walk this way!' With Britain's Best Small Hills, discover not
only where to walk, but also curious facts and places, such as one
of the best small hills with a cafe at the top, the hill where
Captain Cook became inspired to travel, the only Wainwright the man
himself couldn't summit, and the Welsh peaks where the rocks that
form Stonehenge come from. Phoebe Smith knows good mountains. For
over 10 years she's been exploring Britain's extensively and has
written about them in a range of magazines and newspapers in the
UK, USA, Canada and Australia as well as being the author of 7
books - all on the British wilderness and the joys of camping. In
addition to writing Phoebe has frequently appeared on radio and TV
talking wild camping, travel and women in the outdoors. In 2014 she
became the first woman to camp at all the extreme points of
mainland Britain on consecutive nights - these included the
highest, lowest, northernmost, southernmost, easternmost and
westernmost points of the country, also becoming the first person
to include the centre of Britain in her quest. In 2015 and 2016 she
was shortlisted for the National Adventure Awards in the Inspiring
Others category. In 2016 she was named an Ordnance Survey
#GetOutside Champion for her work encouraging everyone to have
adventures in the UK.
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