The West Highland Way

Author: Robert Aitken
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Opened in 1980, the West Highland way was Scotland's first long distance walking route. This text is a companion guide for those taking the walk from Glasgow to Fort William and provides Ordinance Survey maps. It has been revised to incorporate changes in the character of the route over the years.

The Highland High Way

Author: Heather Connon
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing Company Limited
ISBN: 9781851587919
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
The Highland High Way is a magnificent high-level route through some of Scotland's most dramatic scenery and across its finest hills. Running for 105 miles from Loch Lomond to Fort William, the route includes Black Mount, one of the greatest hill walks in the country; an exhilarating ridge walk along the Aonah Eagach; and a Munro extravaganza in the Mamores. The grand finale is Ben Nevis, approached along the spectacular Carn Mor Dearg arete. The eight-day route described in this book takes in at least 14 Munros, among them Ben Lomond, Ben Lui and Beinn Dorain. In addition, four further excursions are suggested along the way, including Scotland's most spectacular hill, Buachaille Etive Mor, bringing the total to 23 - a real Munro-bagger's delight.

The Two of Us on the West Highland Way

Author: Sonja Kofelenz
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3743166313
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Sonja: I walked the West Highland Way with my daughter Maria. It led us along small country roads, wide forest roads and old military roads, along small streams, along paths through heather and pastures to our destination at Fort William. The course required a certain endurance and fitness, but always rewarded us with a breath-taking landscape. Maria: I walked the West Highland Way with my mother. While we enjoyed some hours of sunshine, we often had to walk in drizzle or heavy rain, over hill and dale, through mist and, at times, in very humid air. After 10 days we arrived, satisfied and happy, in sunshine in Fort William.

Walking the Cape Wrath Trail

Author: Iain Harper
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 1783628448
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 245

Book Description
This guidebook describes the Cape Wrath Trail, a long-distance trek from Fort William to Cape Wrath crossing the wild northwest of the Scottish Highlands. The route is described from south to north in 14 stages, with 6 alternative stages along the way, allowing for a flexible itinerary of between two and three weeks. A long tough trek with no waymarking, this is for the tried and tested backpacker. The guidebook includes OS mapping, route profiles and detailed route descriptions and gives you all the information you need about accommodation (including hotels, bothies, B&Bs and bunkhouses), campsites and amenities en route, to help you plan and prepare for this epic challenge. The Cape Wrath Trail is regarded as the toughest long-distance route in Britain and offers unparalleled freedom and adventure to the experienced and self-sufficient backpacker prepared to walk for many days in remote wilderness. Travelling through the wild and rugged landscapes of Morar, Knoydart, Torridon and Assynt, it will test the limits of your endurance.

The West Highland Way

Author: Terry Marsh
Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN: 1787650308
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
A guidebook to walking the West Highland Way, one of Scotland’s Great Trails. Covering 156km (96 miles) from Milngavie to Fort William, the route is suitable for walkers of most abilities and takes around a week to complete. The trail is described from south to north in 7 stages of between 14 and 33km (9–20 miles). Contains step-by-step description of the route alongside 1:100,000 maps GPX files available to download Includes a separate map booklet containing OS 1:25,000 mapping with the route line A handy trek planner highlights the availability of facilities and public transport along the route Accommodation table provided

West Highland Way

Author: Charlie Loram
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781873756546
Category : Hiking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Includes 53 walking maps - the largest-scale maps available. At a scale of just under 1:20,000 (8cm or 3 1/8 inches to one mile) these are bigger than the most detailed walking maps currently available in the shops. Unique mapping features - walking times, directions, tricky junctions, places to stay and eat, points of interest. These are not general-purpose maps but fully-edited maps drawn by walkers for walkers. Itineraries for all walkers - whether hiking the 95-mile route in its entirety or sampling the highlights on day walks or short breaks. Includes detailed public transport information for all access points. Practical information for all budgets what to see, where to stay, where to eat : pubs, hotels, B&B, camping, bunkhouses, hostels. Plus - Glasgow city guide : with full practical details ; Glasgow to Milngavie walking guide : walk from the city centre to the official start of the Way ; Ben Nevis guide: climb Britain's highest peak.

Where are the Women?

Author: Sara Sheridan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849173087
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448

Book Description
Can you imagine a different Scotland, a Scotland where women are commemorated in statues and streets and buildings - even in the hills and valleys? This is a guidebook to that alternative nation, where the cave on Staffa is named after Malvina rather than Fingal, and Arthur's Seat isn't Arthur's, it belongs to St Triduana. Where you arrive into Dundee at Slessor Station and the Victorian monument on Stirling's Abbey Hill interprets national identity not as a male warrior but through the women who ran hospitals during the First World War. The West Highland Way ends at Fort Mary. The Old Lady of Hoy is a prominent Orkney landmark. And the plinths in central Glasgow proudly display statues of suffragettes. In this 'imagined atlas' fictional streets, buildings, statues and monuments are dedicated to real women, telling their often untold or unknown stories.For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves. Now is the time to look unflinchingly at Scotland's heritage and bring those women who have been ignored to light. Sara Sheridan explores beyond the traditional male-dominated histories to reveal a new picture of Scotland's history and heritage.

Walks of a Lifetime from Around the World

Author: Robert Manning
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493072382
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
Walking is simple, but it can also be profound. In an increasingly complex and frantic world, walking can help simplify and focus our lives, is an elegantly sustainable form of recreation, deepens our understanding and appreciation of the world’s great cultural landscapes, stimulates our thinking, and makes us healthier and happier in the process. In Walks of a Lifetime from Around the World, Bob and Martha Manning invite readers to join the walking community. The heart of the book is a series of first-hand descriptions of forty of the world’s great multi-day walks — walking vacations of a few days to a few weeks — spanning six continents, most U.S. states and Washington, DC, and ranging from inn-to-inn walks to backpacking treks. Many of these walks are among the world’s most iconic. Trail descriptions are richly illustrated with color photographs and maps.

The Rob Roy Way

Author: Jacquetta Megarry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781898481478
Category : Rob Roy Way (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book, fully updated in 2018, describes a popular week-long walk running for 79 miles (127 km) along some of Scotland's finest lochs and glens, using historic footpaths, a cycle route, forest tracks and some minor roads. Many places are linked with Scotland's most famous outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734). The Rob Roy Way offers superb scenery, and gets you away from the crowds following the West Highland Way.

Scotland End to End

Author: Cameron McNeish
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780956295736
Category : Gore-Tex Scottish National Trail (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
By walking all the way through Scotland from Kirk Yetholm in the Borders to Cape Wrath in the far North-West, author and broadcaster Cameron McNeish witnesses at first hand the changes that have taken place in the landscapes of the country of his birth. The book is gloriously illustrated throughout by the photographs of landscape photographer Richard Else. It is a lavish book to keep and treasure. A celebration of all that's best about Scotland.