The Pentland Hills: A Walker's Guide
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-85284-494-3 (ISBN)
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A guidebook to walking Scotland's Pentland Hills - a popular, easily accessible range to the south-west of Edinburgh. The 30 walks are suitable for all levels of experience, and the routes described have been chosen to give a flavour of the hills at their best. As far as possible the routes are circular, for some walks you may need to retrace your steps for a short way back to the start point, but none is linear. There are optional links with other routes in the book included to lengthen some walks and informative 'points of interest' are found throughout. The Pentland Hills offer a variety of experiences from an undulating ridge walk to a stroll beside the quiet waters of a reservoir. They reach a maximum height of 579m at Scald Law, although most lie between 400m and 550m in height.
Susan Falconer began walking in the Pentlands in her early teens. After graduating from St Andrews University she became Senior Tutor in ecology and geography for the Field Studies Council in Epping Forest. Susan returned to Scotland to take up the post of Countryside Education Officer for the Scottish Agricultural College before becoming a Countryside Ranger with the Pentland Hills Ranger Service in 1995.
Introduction
Approaches and Accommodation
Choosing a Walk
Access Rights and Responsibilities
Weather
Equipment
Following a Route
Geology and Landscape
Cultural Heritage
Place Names and Dialect Words
Old Maps
Previous Pentlands Guidebooks
Literary Connections with the Pentland Hills
Protecting and Enjoying the Hills
Wildlife
THE WALK
Walk 1 A Capital View
Walk 2 In Stevenson's Footsteps
Walk 3 Hill, Moor and Wood
Walk 4 Three Reservoirs
Walk 5 A Phantom Walk
Walk 6 Harlaw Reservoir Circuit
Walk 7 Black Hill, Green Cleuch and Red Moss
Walk 8 Carnethy and Turnhouse
Walk 9 Three Peaks
Walk 10 Pentland Classic
Walk 11 Thieves' Road
Walk 12 West Linton and Siller Holes
Walk 13 Roman Road
Walk 14 Covenanters and Cairns
Walk 15 Walking with Wolves
Walk 16 Poets and Witches
Walk 17 North Esk Valley
Walk 18 The Monks' Road
Walk 19 The Four Tops
Walk 20 The Carnethy 5
Walk 21 Carnethy Canter
Walk 22 History in the Hills
Walk 23 Flotterstone and Fala Knowe
Walk 24 Two Cleuchs
Walk 25 Pentland Tops
Walk 26 Historical Hike
Walk 27 Exploring Caerketton
Walk 28 Find Your Way
Walk 29 Reservoir Round
Walk 30 Robin's Round
Appendix 1: Route Summary Table
Appendix 2: Bibliography
Appendix 3: Glossary
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.8.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Over 70 photos and 30 OS map extracts |
| Verlagsort | Kendal |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 116 x 172 mm |
| Gewicht | 210 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien | |
| Reiseführer ► Europa ► Schottland | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85284-494-9 / 1852844949 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85284-494-3 / 9781852844943 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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