Alan Castle

The Southern Upland Way (eBook, ePUB)

Scotland's Coast to Coast trail
Mitwirkender: Turnbull, Ronald

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A guidebook to Scotland's coast-to-coast walk, The Southern Upland Way. At 347 kms (215 miles), this is the longest of Scotland's Great Trails, linking Portpatrick in the west to Cockburnspath in the east.

The route is presented in 14 stages of between 15 and 30 kms (9-19 miles) with an additional rest day suggested to explore Moffat. Crossing the high moorland of the Galloway Hills, Carsphairn range, Lowther and Ettrick Hills, the walk is a strenuous one, calling for competence, fitness, and self-reliance.

• Clear route descriptions accompany 1:50,000 OS mapping
• Trek planner with accommodation options to help you plan your trip
• Includes advice on backpacking taking advantage of five bothies and unlimited wild camping possibilities or staying in accommodation (ideally reached via pre-arranged vehicle pick-up)
• Notes on history, geography, and local sights
• GPX files available to download

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cicerone Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783626540
• Artikelnr.: 53636624

Autorenporträt

Alan has trekked and cycled in over 30 countries within Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and Australasia, and for 17 years led organised walking holidays in several European countries. A member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild, he has written 18 guidebooks - several on long-distance mountain routes in France. His longest solo walks include a Grand Traverse of the European Alps between Nice and Vienna (1510 miles), the Pilgrim's Trail from Le Puy to Finisterre (960 miles) and a Coast-to-Coast across the French Pyrenees (540 miles). A Munroist and erstwhile National Secretary and Long Distance Path Information Officer of the Long Distance Walkers Association, Alan now lives at the foot of the Moffat Hills in Scotland, in the heart of the Southern Uplands.