Book Description | Trailblazer British Walking Guide to the Pennine Way, Britain's best-known National Trail that winds for 256 miles through three National Parks - the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales and Northumberland.This superb footpath showcases Britain's finest upland scenery, while touching the literary landscape of the Bronte family and Roman history along Hadrian's Wall.138 large-scale walking maps - at just under 1:20,000 - showing route times, gradients, where to stay, interesting features.Guides to 57 towns and villages - along the way.Itineraries for all walkers - whether walking the route in its entirety or sampling the highlights on day walks and short breaks.Practical information for all budgets - Edale to Kirk Yetholm.Where to stay with reviews - B&Bs, hostels, campsites, pubs and hotels.Where to eat with reviews.What to see, plus detailed town plans.Public transport information - for all access points on the path.GPS waypoints - also downloadable from the Trailblazer website.Extra colour sections: 16pp colour introduction and 16pp of colour mapping for stage sections (one stage per page) with trail profiles. |
About the Author | Bradley Mayhew is a British travel writer specializing in the mountains of Asia. He is the co-author of Lonely Planet guides to Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya, Central Asia, India and many others. He is also the co-author of Wilderness Press' Top Trails: Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks and starred in a ten-part documentary for European channel Arte on Europe's Most Beautiful Long Distance Trails. Stuart Greig lives near the start of the Pennine Way. He has completed many of the UK's National Trails and undertaken many other multi-day walks in England, Scotland and Wales. In the gaps between long walks, he may be found walking and backpacking shorter routes in the hills of Cumbria and Yorkshire. The authors are based in the UK and Chile. |