Alan Castle: 7 books
by Alan Castle
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
The year of 1968 was a pivotal year in a period of great change and, with the march of so-called "progress" that included man being a matter of months away from walking on the moon, the time was up for steam. The first week of August was to see the closure of the final three depots - effectively...
The Southern Upland Way
Scotland's Coast to Coast trail
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
The Southern Upland Way is Scotland's coast-to-coast walk and the longest of the nation's Great Trails. 215 miles long, it links the pretty harbour village of Portpatrick on the west coast with Cockburnspath, a little south of Dunbar, in the east. The walk is at times a strenuous one, crossing the...
The Speyside Way
A Scottish Great Trail, includes the Dava Way and Moray Coast trails
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
This guidebook describes the Speyside Way, an official 66 mile (106km) Scottish Great Trail route which follows the River Spey through northern Scotland from Aviemore to the old port of Buckie on the Moray coast. Featuring easy walking on good paths and along disused railway lines, the route can be...
The Robert Louis Stevenson Trail
The GR70 through the Massif Central
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
A guidebook for walking in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson as he travelled through France's Velay and Cevennes regions, from Le Puy to St Jean de Gard, accompanied by his faithful donkey, Modestine. At 140km, this route is ideal for people new to walking holidays. Early one morning in the...
Tour of the Queyras
The GR58 and GR541 in the French Alps
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
A guide to a backpacking tour of the Queyras region of the Haute Alps on the border between Italy and France, following the GR58 and GR541 trails. The route includes the highest point reached on any grand randonée with 24 cols above 2000m and options to climb up to 17 summits, five above 3000m. The...
The Grand Traverse of the Massif Central
by mountain bike, road bike or on foot
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
A guide to mountainbiking, cycling or walking the GTMC, Grande Traversée du Massif Central, in southern France, from Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne to Montpellier and Sête on the Mediterranean. The GTMC is a long-distance mountain biking trail that crosses the entire Massif Central in France visiting...
The John Muir Trail
Through the Californian Sierra Nevada
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
The John Muir Trail (JMT) is a world-famous trek and North America's best known walking trail. It runs for 216 miles through California's high Sierra Nevada mountains, from Yosemite Valley (El Capitan and Half-Dome) to the summit of Mount Whitney (14,496ft), the highest peak in the US outside Alaska....