Short Walks in Lakeland - Walks in the West Lake District

The third guidebook in this 'trilogy' of short Lake District walks covers the west – Duddon Valley and the Coast, Eskdale, Wasdale, Ennerdale, Lorton Vale, Buttermere and the north-west lakes. 50 routes between 4 and 8 miles for half- or full-day walks, mainly in lower fells and valleys, but grabbing the occasional peak.

'Anyone who has enjoyed using the two Short Walks in Lakeland books, North and South, by Aileen and Brian, would be looking forward to the third and last of the trilogy. The guides are definitely a model for what walkers’ guides should be – beautifully designed, chunky and pocket-sized, packed with information, and many excellent illustrations include fine sketches and colour photographs. The maps are all neat and clear, and there are many panoramas with named peaks. The selection of 50 walks in this less-used area of the Lake District offers a wide variety, graded easy, moderate and strenuous. Here are some of the finest walks in the whole of the Lakes including classics like the head of Wastwater Screes and the Great Gable traverse. All are exceptionally well researched and clearly described. The advice in the introduction is as it should be. The Evans’ books are in a class of their own and strongly recommended.'

(John Wyatt, TGO March 2001)