The Hillwalking Bible: Where to go, what to take and how to not get lost

The Hillwalking Bible: Where to go, what to take and how to not get lost

by Ronald Turnbull
The Hillwalking Bible: Where to go, what to take and how to not get lost

The Hillwalking Bible: Where to go, what to take and how to not get lost

by Ronald Turnbull

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Overview

This is the definitive reference to hillwalking for all walkers with everything they need to know to explore the countryside with confidence.

Whether it's fellwalking, hillwalking, hiking or simply going for a stroll – a walk in some wild country is the world's favourite leisure activity. The British Isles, with our green and craggy hills, heather moors, silver rivers and thousands of miles of beautiful coastline, is one of the best places in the world to go walking.

If you're in search of new adventures, invaluable advice and handy tips, The Hillwalking Bible is for you. This instructional manual gives a complete rundown on the gear you need and how to navigate with a compass, map and mobile phone. It includes advice on where and when to go, long distance walking, backpacking, wild camping, and walking abroad.

As a respected author of walking guides, Ronald Turnbull brings together a lifetime of expert knowledge that'll improve your walks, big or small, with advice on scrambling, walking with children and dogs, and dealing with different weather conditions and emergencies. Ronald also includes 16 of his favourite walking routes, with stunning photography and maps, from the valleys of the Peak District to the Scottish Highlands.

This book will encourage you to head out, feet first, into the hills and the wilderness of the UK's enchanted isles.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781844866557
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 08/13/2024
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Ronald Turnbull is an experienced author, photographer and editor. He is Treasurer and Membership Secretary of the Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild, and has written over 30 walking guidebooks and outdoor books. He has nine times won Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild Awards for Excellence for his books and magazine articles. He is a regular contributor to Lakeland Walker and also writes in Trail, Cumbria and TGO.

Table of Contents

Introduction
-Walk 1: Walla Crag

First Steps
1. Gearing up
2 Understanding maps
3 Choosing the right route
4 On not getting lost
5 Looking after the mountain
6 Children and/or dogs
7 Getting serious: Scrambling
-Walk 2: Blencathra by Halls Fell
8 Getting serious: winter walking
9 When things go wrong

Where to go
England
-Walk 3 White Peak: Hartington valleys
-Walk 4 Dark Peak: Kinder Scout
-Walk 5: Great Gable
-Walk 6: Ingleborough
-Walk 7: Jurassic Fantastic, Durdle Door to Osmington
Wales
-Walk 8: Moel Siabod
-Walk 9: Pen y Fan horseshoe
Scotland
-Walk 10 A first Munro: Ben Lomond
-Walk 11 A second Munro: Meall nan Tarmachan
Northern Ireland

Wider Horizons
10 long distance walking
-Walk 12: In the steps of Cuthbert's Corpse
-Walk 13: Tour de Scafell Pikes
11 Backpacking and wild camping
-Walk 14: West of the West Highland Way
12 Running up that hill
13 Walking abroad
-Walk 15: Stubaital Höhenweg
14 Lists of Hills
15 More app & map
-Walk 16: Stob Coire a' Chairn and Am Bodach, Mamores
16 More map and compass
17 Winter skills
18 A bit about bedrock
Glossary

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