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Great Glen Way: Walk or cycle the Great Glen Way

Great Glen Way: Walk or cycle the Great Glen Way - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Sandra Bardwell, Jacquetta MegarryPublish date:2020-03-23Pages:84
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rucksack ReadersISBN-13:9781898481942ISBN-10:1898481946UPC:9781898481942Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Hiking, Walking, CyclingSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SC5RZGPC0G

This guidebook (fully updated in 2020) contains all you need to plan and enjoy a holiday walking or cycling along Scotland's historic Great Glen (77 miles/124 km). The Way runs between Fort William and Inverness, passing beside Scotland's highest mountain, along its historic Caledonian Canal and alongside beautiful lochs, including Loch Ness with its famous monster legend and Urquhart Castle. This sixth edition has fresh mapping at 1:38,000 on 13 pages, with detailed relief contours and colouring; on rainproof paper throughout; in full colour, with 100+ photos; visitor attractions and hills to climb including Ben Nevis; town plans of Fort William and Inverness; background on local geology, history and wildlife; summary of each section showing distance, terrain, altitude profile and food/drink stops; planning information for travel by car, train, bus or plane.

This guidebook contains all you need to plan and enjoy the Great Glen Way - on foot or on a bike:

  • detailed mapping on 13 pages at 1:38,000
  • hill and mountain side-trips including Ben Nevis
  • background on canal heritage, clan history and wildlife
  • detailed description for each section walked from Fort William to Inverness
  • summaries showing distance, terrain, food/drink stops and altitude profile
  • planning information for walkers and cyclists
  • town plans of Fort William and Inverness
  • in full colour, with 100+ photos, many of them new
  • rucksack-friendly and on rainproof paper.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rucksack ReadersISBN-13:9781898481942ISBN-10:1898481946UPC:9781898481942Book Category:Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Hiking, Walking, CyclingSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.23 inchesWeight:0.3109Product ID:SC5RZGPC0G
Bardwell, Sandra: - A dedicated lifelong walker, Sandra worked in Melbourne, Australia, as an archivist and historian after doing a PhD on the history of national parks in her home state of Victoria. In her spare time she wrote a regular column about bushwalking (hiking) in Melbourne's leading daily newspaper, and many articles and books on walking and national parks in south-eastern Australia (1977-89). Sandra moved to Scotland in 1989, and she still lives in Drumnadrochit beside Loch Ness. In recent years she has written guidebooks for Lonely Planet (Italy, Ireland, France, Scotland, Australia), Rucksack Readers (England, Ireland and Scotland) and Sunflower Books (Croatia and Poland-Slovakia).Megarry, Jacquetta: - After a long career in education and information technology, Jacquetta became interested in long-distance walking and trekking. After completing her first long walk, the West Highland Way in 1998 she progressed to Mount Kilimanjaro, which she has summited four times by different routes. She is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild and in 2016 won its Award for Excellence for her coauthored guidebook Trek to Everest. In 2018 she won its Digital Award for the website scotlandsgreattrails.com which she devised and manages in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage. In 2000, she founded Rucksack Readers, a series of over 40 rucksack-friendly guidebooks to adventurous walks worldwide. She has written or co-authored about half of these and has personally hiked nearly all of the routes. Her photographs appear in most of these books and she edits the whole range for consistency, challenge and fun.
Publisher: Rucksack Readers

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6th Ed, Fully Revis Edition

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