Backpacker's Britain - Central & Southern Scotland
Backpacker's Britain: Central and Southern Scottish Highlands
by Graham Uney
A guidebook covering 30 multi-day backpacking routes in Scotland. The walks range from 2 to 7 days in length throughout the Central and Southern Scottish Highlands, such as the classic through-route in the Cairngorms. The book gives you all you need to plan your next Scottish wilderness trip. More...
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Activities
Backpacking, trekking, walking, wild campingSeasons
April to June and September to December are the best times for avoiding midges. January to March Read More... will give very hard conditions with most routes snowbound.Centres
Fort William, Callander, Crianlarich, Loch Lomond, Aviemore, Inverness, Arran, Islay, MullDifficulty
Most routes are circular but a few are linear. From two-day backpacking routes to a seven-day Read More... traverse. Prior experience of mountain walking and wild camping and good fitness/navigation skills required.Must See
The Scottish 4000ers Traverse, The Cairngorms High Level Traverse, Arran's High HillsThe most useful general mountain guidebooks for Scotland are the district guides published by the Scottish Mountaineering Trust.
A superb book for anyone interested in upland wildlife is Hostile Habitats, also published by the Scottish Mountaineering Trust.
For field guides and other books on wildlife I find that the Christopher Helm, Poyser and Pica Press books 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.
For more practical advice, try the Mountain Skills Training Handbook, by Pete Hill and Stuart Johnson (published by David and Charles 2004).
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