Alan Hall

Alan Hall Biography

A Scottish 'squatter' for 45 years, I have written and photographically illustrated 11 outdoor books and walking guides covering the Scottish Borders, the Lammermuirs, Kielder Forest, Northumberland, the north Pennines, North York Moors, Lochaber- Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, Fife and Perthshire and Kissamos and Selinas in Western Crete.

An inquisitive pedestrian, full time writer and photographer, I have walked (in addition to Britain) Catalonia, the GR10 and HRP in the French Pyrenees, Italy and Sri Lanka, plus some 20 Greek islands and small areas on the Greek mainland.

Five words 'Let's Go For a Walk' started it all. Now I am never more content or challenged than with my walking boots on, a camera in my hand, a sack on my back and a great walk successfully completed to enthuse the reader. Five words also personify what I look for to make a good walk great 'challenge, scenery, variation, history' and 'wildlife', qualities that are frequently met in all the walks. To share them with the reader there are photographs relating to the route enabling the walker to identify their location/position with the accompanying route description, maps and items of interest. I believe one good photograph is worth a hundred words.

 

Titles by Alan Hall

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The Border Country
The guidebook opens up to the walker the landscape of the Border country that lies between England and Scotland, including the Cheviots, Tweeddale and Teviotdale, Ettrick Forest and the Tweedsmuir Hills. Includes 46 varied routes, and outlines of a number of long-distance walks and town trails. Read and see more…
Walking in Northumberland
Guidebook describing 36 circular walking routes in Northumberland from the Cheviots, to the Pennines and the coastline. Northumberland is a big county of great contrasts with some great walks both upland, moorland and dale, and on the coast. Also includes outlines of Northumberland's 8 long-distance trails. Read and see more…
Western Crete
Guide to walking in the Kissamos and Selinos areas of Crete. Kissamos, in western Crete, has a rich variety of landscape for walkers. A wide selection of mountain treks, ridge and hill walks, gorge explorations, cliff and coastal walks, and rambles from village to village and through the many archaeological wonders Crete has to offer. Read and see more…
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