Wilderness Weekends

Phoebe Smith's love of dramatic landscapes has taken her on walking and backpacking adventures all around the world - from wild camping on the Scottish islands, sleeping under a swag in the Australian outback and watching the Northern Lights from a wigwam above the Arctic Circle. She's enjoyed snowshoeing in the Swiss Alps, scrambling in Wadi Rum and canyon walking in the USA. But of all the places she's been it's the UK that holds a special place in her heart and she is adamant that you don't need to travel far to have an adventure.

CONTENTS
Introduction 7
Wilderness weekends: the essentials 10
Using this guide 23
A word about the site selection 24

Part 1: England 26
1 Do-it-yourself driftwood den 28
2 Among ancient stones 36
3 Beware of the beasts 42
4 Witch hunt wanderings 50
5 Lost in the Lakes 58
6 Return of the wild 64
7 Cave dreams 72
8 Beware the Duergar 80

Part 2: Wales 86
9 Poetry and madness 88
10 Conquer the Welsh Matterhorn 96
11 Alien explorations 104
12 Hut among the hills 110
13 Rocky Roman steps 116
14 The forgotten sibling 122

Part 3: Scotland 130
15 The awful hand 132
16 A pint too far? 140
17 Loch less-known monster 150
18 Skye's the limit 158
19 Bed down on the Buckle 166
20 Moor than meets the eye 174
21 Between a rock and a hard place 184
22 Bothy to bothy 194
23 Hope springs eternal 204
24 Coastal highs 210
25 The wildest walk 218
26 Secret sands 228

Index 239