The Southern Upland Way - A Walker's Guidebook

Guidebook to the Southern Upland Way, Scotland’s Coast-to-Coast Walk. It runs for 212 miles (341km) from picturesque Portpatrick on the west coast across the Galloway and Border Hills to Cockburnspath on the east. The route passes through remote and romantic country and would fill a two-week walking holiday.

'Cicerone has produced another polished trail guide, this time to Scotland's official coast to coast route. It divides the 212 mile route across southern Scotland into 13 stages and includes not just extensive route descriptions and maps but also detailed breakdown on the distances. There's a handy appendix on the six bothies along the trail, as well as plenty of interesting background information.

(Walk magazine / Winter 2007)

'A prolific walker and guidebook writer, Alan Castle has walked the Southern Upland Way twice. He describes the route from west to east, each stage has its own 1:50,000 OS mapping with the route clearly overlaid. The guide includes historical background information and local interest information along the way.

The guide is well laid out, easy to follow and the text is accompanied by full colour photographs, all designed to add attraction to the route. Add it to your walks to do in 2008 - and don't forget to take this guidebook with you.'

(Strider / December 2007)

Alan Castle leads the reader from Portpatrick beside the Irish Sea, across the hills, moorland and diverse landscape that make up the Southern Uplands, to Cockburnspath 341Km away on the North Sea coast.
Thirteen stages are described to provide the backbone of a 2 week holiday, and there are suggestions of where accommodation may be sought including the location of bothies.
The guide is brimming with descriptions of places of interest accompanied by full colour photographs and historical notes to entice the reader to wander off the pathway to visit hidden gems nearby.
The appendices provide a bibliography and useful addresses, telephone numbers and websites, including the official website of the Southern Upland Way, public transport and tourist office information.

(Scottish Mountaineer, May 2008)