2%% OFF all orders until 31 May 2012

Backpacker's Britain – Northern England

Cover of Backpacker's Britain: Northern England
Availability
Published
Cover
Paperback - Laminated
Published
1 Jun 2002
Edition
First
ISBN
9781852843205
Expand
ISBN (10)
1852843209
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.5cm
Weight
280g
Pages
224
No. Maps
27
No. Photos
54
Originally Published
1 Jun 2002

Backpacker's Britain: Northern England

by Graham Uney

A guidebook to walking 25 great backpacker’s routes throughout northern England from the Yorkshire Dales and the Forest of Bowland, to the Lake District, the Pennines, and up to the Cheviots on the Scottish border. Tough routes if done in one day, but good two-day outings in remote spots. More...

Buy from Cicerone

Printed Book
Adobe Digital eBook  (more)
Printed Book + eBook  SAVE £5.00
 

Seasons

All year round; some higher routes in winter will need full equipment.

Centres

Routes are based in the Lake District, Dales, northern Pennines, Cheviots and Northumberland, and Read More... east Yorkshire.

Difficulty

Backpacking routes, generally over two days. Ranging from 30km with 660m of ascent to routes at Read More... 50km and nearly 3000m of ascent over high fell country.

Must See

Backpacker’s horseshoe routes round Langdale, Ennerdale and back o’Skiddaw at 40km.
 
 

INTRODUCTION
Background
Safety in the hills
Navigation
Equipment
Food
Access and the backpacker
A note on measurement

WALKS
  1 – Around the Harthope Burn from Wooler
  2 – Emblehope Moor and the Redesdale Forest
  3 – Wainhope and the Kielder Forest
  4 – Hadrian’s Wall and the Wark Forest
  5 – Geltsdale and the Croglin Fells
  6 – Exploring Upper Weardale
  7 – Cross Fell and the Source of the River Tees
  8 – Back o’ Skiddaw from Threlkeld
  9 – Great Langdale Horseshoe
10 – Ennerdale Horseshoe
11 – Exploring Mardale
12 – Martindale Deer Forest
13 – Forest of Bowland
14 – Brontë Moors
15 – Rombalds Moor from Ilkley
16 – Around Upper Wharfedale
17 – Ridges of Dentdale
18 – Mallerstang and Wild boar Fell
19 – Howgill Fells
20 – Nine Standards Rigg and Stonedale
21 – Exploring Arkengarthdale
22 – Gritstone Edges of Colsterdale
23 – Bilsdale Circuit
24 – Scarborough to Whitby Coastal Path
25 – Yorkshire Wolds from Pocklington

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDICES
Appendix A: Useful addresses
Appendix B: Walk distances and height gains

 
 
Site by OUTSRC