Book description
Covering the border hills, northern Northumberland and the Southern
Uplands, this full-colour third edition of the guide offers a broad
selection of around 50 routes, as well as outlining a number of
long-distance trails which cross the region. The Border country that
lies between England and Scotland is a countryside surrounded by ridge
after high ridge rythmically fading into gently folding valleys, through
which the Tweed and Teviot rivers flow. The area has been the scene of
thousands of years of turbulent history, from the early Iron Age,
through the Roman occupation, with influences down the years of both
Celtic and Christian beliefs. The guide offers the hillwalker routes
which will open up this broad and expansive landscape, giving a real
taste of solitude and affinity with this unique area. Alan Hall is an
experienced walker and full-time writer and photographer. Author of ten
books on the outdoors, he is the author of several Cicerone guides,
including The Border Country - A Walker's Guide and Walks in the
Lammermuirs. Alan has explored many parts of the Pyrenees, Italy and Sri
Lanka, plus some 20 Greek islands, of which Crete continues to be his
favourite island.
