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Availability
Reprinted
Cover
Paperback - PVC
Published
11 Aug 2011
Edition
First
ISBN
9781852845674
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ISBN (10)
1852845678
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.3cm
Weight
240g
Pages
192
Originally Published
20 Apr 2010

Walking on Harris and Lewis

30 Routes in the Outer Hebrides by Richard Barrett

A handy pocket-sized guidebook to 30 day walks on the Isle of Harris and Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides. Walks range from all-day routes in the high hills to shorter, lower-level walks that visit the world-famous heritage sites and antiquities. Includes the An Cliseam horseshoe, the stone circles of Calanais and Butt of Lewis lighthouse. More...

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Seasons

Best enjoyed from Spring through Autumn, when the days are longer and the wind less persistent.

Centres

Stornoway (Isle of Lewis), Tarbet (Isle of Harris)

Difficulty

challenging, all-day routes in the high hills as well as shorter, easier walks that visit the Read More... world-famous historical sites and antiquities

Must See

high hills meeting white sandy beaches at the edge of the Atlantic; stunning scenery with Read More... spectacular wildlife
 
 

The Outer Hebrides range from an archipelago of islands to land with a maze of lakes. Harris and Lewis tend towards the more solid end of the spectrum but the saltiness of the water is probably the only real way of differentiating.

This guide offers silver beaches and emerald seas with the right weather and suggests the hills of Park on Lewis are best approached by boat. It is not easy water, however, and
the Butt of Lewis is claimed to be the windiest place in the UK.

Another perennial problem is the midge. This book suggests Marmite loading, two slices of toast and Marmite a day for a fortnight beforehand, or going with somebody more tasty as a decoy.

Canoeist magazine, December 2010

 
 
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