Pennine Way
National Trail Guide
Published on 3. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-78131-565-1 (ISBN)
Description
To replace its previous two-volume guide to the Pennine Way, Aurum now publishes an entirely new one-volume guide for the 21st-century walker.
The Pennine Way is Britain' s toughest long-distance path, running 268 miles from Derbyshire' s Peak District up through the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria and Northumberland into the Scottish Borders. Until now, Aurum' s Trail Guide has covered it in two volumes, where our competitors publish one, and those volumes have been bulked out with circular day walks which no-one essaying the arduous task of walking even a stretch of the Path will realistically want to divert to do.
Now, Damian Hall, one of Country Walking' s senior contributors, has written a completely new guide, giving all the information the modern walker requires: GPS references, gradients of each section, public transport links, extensive details of the wildlife and flora to be seen along the way, and a guide for occasional walkers to the real highlight stretches of the path.
The Pennine Way is Britain' s toughest long-distance path, running 268 miles from Derbyshire' s Peak District up through the Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria and Northumberland into the Scottish Borders. Until now, Aurum' s Trail Guide has covered it in two volumes, where our competitors publish one, and those volumes have been bulked out with circular day walks which no-one essaying the arduous task of walking even a stretch of the Path will realistically want to divert to do.
Now, Damian Hall, one of Country Walking' s senior contributors, has written a completely new guide, giving all the information the modern walker requires: GPS references, gradients of each section, public transport links, extensive details of the wildlife and flora to be seen along the way, and a guide for occasional walkers to the real highlight stretches of the path.
Reviews / Votes
Damian Hall has developed this new single-volume book, containing everything a 21st Century walker could want This new one-volume official guide to the entire 268-mile route of Britain's first national trail does not underestimate the challenge it sets long-distance walkers. While the author maintains that it offers soem of the wildest, remotest and best upland walking in England, he admits that it's the roughest and toughest national trail of them all. You may find yourself reconsidering the trail after the first paragraph, with his honest tone, but those who dare to read on will find themselves packing before completing it. You may find yourself reconsidering the trail after the first paragraph, with his honest tone, but those who dare to read on will find themselves packing before completing it.This new one-volume official guide to the entire 268-mile route of Britain's first national trail does not underestimate the challenge it sets long-distance walkers. While the author maintains that it offers soem of the wildest, remotest and best upland walking in England, he admits that it's the roughest and toughest national trail of them all.
Damian Hall has developed this new single-volume book, containing everything a 21st Century walker could want
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
317 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78131-565-1 (9781781315651)
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Person
Damian Hall is an outdoor journalist and ultramarathon-runner who has completed many of the world's famous and not-so-famous long-distance walks, including the Everest Base Camp trek for his honeymoon. His most memorable trek, however, was when a possum stole his walking boot on the Six Foot Track in Australia's Blue Mountains.
Content
How to use this guide
Distance checklist
Introduction
Why walk the Pennine Way?
History of the Pennine Way
Wainwright and the Pennine Way
Pennine landscapes and geology
Pennine flora and fauna
Practical Advice
How to walk the Pennine Way
Accommodation
Transport
Preparation and equipment
Signposting, navigating and communications
Safety and hazards
Sustainable walking and the Countryside Code
Dogs, horses and bikes
The Pennine Way's best bits
The Pennine Way
Edale to Crowden
Crowden to Standedge
Standedge to Calder Valley
Calder Valley to Ickornshaw
Ickornshaw to Malham
Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale
Horton in Ribblesdale to Hawes
Hawes to Tan Hil
Tan Hill to Middleton-in-Teesdale
Middleton-in-Teesdale to Dufton
Dufton to Alston
Alston to Greenhead
Greenhead to Bellingham
Bellingham to Byrness
Byrness to Windy Gyle
Windy Gyle to Kirk Yetholm
Useful Information
Contact details
Bibliography
Distance checklist
Introduction
Why walk the Pennine Way?
History of the Pennine Way
Wainwright and the Pennine Way
Pennine landscapes and geology
Pennine flora and fauna
Practical Advice
How to walk the Pennine Way
Accommodation
Transport
Preparation and equipment
Signposting, navigating and communications
Safety and hazards
Sustainable walking and the Countryside Code
Dogs, horses and bikes
The Pennine Way's best bits
The Pennine Way
Edale to Crowden
Crowden to Standedge
Standedge to Calder Valley
Calder Valley to Ickornshaw
Ickornshaw to Malham
Malham to Horton in Ribblesdale
Horton in Ribblesdale to Hawes
Hawes to Tan Hil
Tan Hill to Middleton-in-Teesdale
Middleton-in-Teesdale to Dufton
Dufton to Alston
Alston to Greenhead
Greenhead to Bellingham
Bellingham to Byrness
Byrness to Windy Gyle
Windy Gyle to Kirk Yetholm
Useful Information
Contact details
Bibliography