Book description
Walk The Pennine Way National Trail, from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk
Yetholm, on the border of Scotland. The Pennine Way was the first
long-distance route to be created in Britain, back in 1965. It traverses
the 'backbone of England', striving to stay high on the moors, yet
dropping down to delightful little towns and villages each evening. It
has always been a popular trail, rightly regarded as a challenge,
running higher and wilder than any other National Trail. Several hundred
thousand walkers have walked its 435 kilometres (270 miles) from
Derbyshire to the Scottish Borders. On its way from Edale to Kirk
Yetholm, the route passes through three national parks and a huge Area
of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Although much of the landscape is high
and wild, the route is well provided with accommodation and refreshment
stops, in the charming villages in the valley bottoms. Paddy Dillon is
a prolific walker and guidebook writer, with over 40 books to his name,
including 20 current guidebooks for Cicerone. Born and reared close to
the Pennine Way, he has walked the entire route three times and covered
many parts of the route on dozens of occasions, throughout the seasons,
in all kinds of weather.
