Walking guide to the Orkney and Shetland Isles, Scotland

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• Introduction
• Sample Route
• Maps
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Walking on the Orkney and Shetland Isles is an inspirational guide to day walking on Scotland’s Northern Isles – Orkney, Shetland and Fair Isle – off the northeastern tip of Britain. Packed with archaeological sites, dotted with rare wildflowers and thronged with seabirds, these clusters of islands are a world away from the rest of Scotland. They sit at the turning point of the North Sea and the North Atlantic – Orkney nearest to mainland Scotland and Shetland further out – with the tiny dot of Fair Isle midway between the two.
This book is a must for anyone wanting to explore this diverse landscape on foot. Two sections – one for Orkney, the other for Shetland – describe over 80 walks, ranging from short strolls to ancient monuments to more challenging long coastal routes and moorland traverses.

• 80 walks on 25 islands across Orkney and Shetland
• full-colour photographs and OS mapping
• lots of information about the history of each area visited and the wildlife to look out for
• full details of how to get to, and travel around, the islands