Three Peaks, Ten Tors - a Guidebook to UK Challenge Walks

A look both serious and humorous at what it takes to do a long-distance or challenge walk – plus notes on planning and undertaking 15 such routes throughout the UK, from the National Three Peaks Challenge to the Dartmoor Ten Tors route.

Three Peaks, Ten Tors

And other challenging walks in the UK

Author

Ronald Turnbull

Cover

Paperback

Edition

First

ISBN_13

9781852845018

Availability

Published

Price

£12.95

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Front Cover (1)
Overview Maps (1)
Sample Routes (2)
Sample Photos (7)

Seasons

Throughout the year. Winter walking in remote areas is only for those with the necessary skills and experience.

Centres

Varied

Difficulty

Walks from 25km (15.5 miles) to 80km (50 miles), and from 7 hrs to 34hrs. Some remote and mountainous areas. Good fitness and navigational skills (including night navigation) required.

Must See

The group experience; the shared suffering; the sense of achievement. Crossing the finish line. Planning your next route. Wondering why you are doing it...

'This is another excellent guide by Cicerone in which Ronald Turnbull takes a look both serious and humorous at what it takes to do a long-distance or challenge walk. Ronald, veteran of many a long-distance and challenge walk intersperses sound advice with wry recollections of his experience of the National Three Peaks Challenge and other such routes throughout the British Isles.

For aspiring or novice long-distance walkers, this guide provides tips on how to minimise the suffering, to stay safe, to raise money for charity perhaps, and to find a surprising amount of enjoyment along the way. Old hands will enjoy comparing their experiences with the author's reminiscences of the highs and lows of long-distance routes.'

(Keswick Reminder / March 2007)

'Extensive tips are given, including on how to approach the challenges, safety, raising money for charity and enjoying the experiences.

The style is light although the seriousness of the challenges is conveyed. Interspersed throughout the text are Turnbull's experiences and reminiscences, many of them in a humerous vien. It is evident that he is a member of the Fell Runners' Association.

For anyone with an interest in challenge walks, this is an interesting, amusing and informative read.'

(Irish Mountain Log / Summer 2007)

'Being a member of the LDWA, Ronald Turnbull is well known for his award-winning outdoor books. He spends most of his life outdoors and has a special interest in the various types of challenge walks.

In Three Peaks, Ten Tors, he takes a serious look at what it takes to do a long-distance, or challenge walk. And even thought the book touches on a serious subject the Turnbull humour is never far away.

Just reading the index and synopsis is enough to make one totally exhausted but for the real challenge enthusiast, the author sums it up nicely with his final sentences. 'Every pair of legs has, at the other end of a thinking brain. Let fly the imagination; then bend down and lace up the boots'.
This book is a must for all LDWA member and is highly recommended.