Backpacker’s Britain – Northern Scotland

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Reprinted

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Paperback - Laminated

Published

11 Aug 2010

Edition

First

ISBN

9781852844585

ISBN (10)

1852844582

Size

17.2 x 11.6 x 1.7cm

Weight

340g

Pages

288

Originally Published

11 Oct 2006

Backpacker's Britain: Northern Scotland

Thirty two- and three-day treks by Graham Uney

The guidebook covers 30 multi-day backpacking routes in northern Scotland’s highlands and islands. Routes take walkers along rugged coastlines from the Shetland Islands to the Rough Bounds of Knoydart, and across mountain ridges from northern Skye to Glen Affric. Routes of 2, 3 and 5 days. More...

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Seasons

January to March most routes snow-bound. April to June and September to December ideal. July and Read More... August bring plagues of midges!

Centres

Lerwick, Stromness, Stornoway, Ullapool, Gairloch, Torridon, Kyle of Lochalsh, Mallaig, Portree, Read More... Fort William

Difficulty

Wilderness backpacking routes of 2–5 days for the experienced hillwalker/wild camper. Good fitness Read More... and navigation skills essential.

Must See

Sleeping in the wilderness and waking to a sunlit dawn of cackling grouse on vast, open expanses Read More... of purple moorland.

The most useful general mountain guidebooks for Scotland are the district guides published by the Scottish Mountaineering Trust.

For wildlife books I find that the Christopher Helm, Poyser and Pica Press publications are invaluable. These are all imprints of A&C Black, and their website gives full details: www.acblack.com/christopherhelm.

For the islands of Scotland the only book worth considering is The Scottish Islands by Hamish Haswell Smith, published by Canongate: www.canongate.net.

Books on mountain safety run into the hundreds, but best of all are:

Mountaincraft and Leadership, Eric Langmuir (The Scottish Sports Council and the Mountain Leader Training Board, 1995)
Mountain Skills Training Handbook, Pete Hill and Stuart Johnston (David & Charles, 2004)
Wild Camping, Kevin Walker (Constable, 1989)
Mountain Hazards, Kevin Walker (Constable, 1988)