Book description
A guidebook to day walking in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty (AONB), across Cumbria, County Durham and Northumberland
in the heart of northern England. The North Pennines have often been
described as 'England's Last Wilderness' and are among the wildest,
bleakest and most remote moorlands in the country. They make up the
largest AONB in England. As well as being famous for its range of arctic
and alpine remnant flora, the region's mineral wealth has given it a
rich industrial heritage for walkers to explore. This new guidebook
offers readers both gentle riverside strolls, passing waterfalls and
flower-filled meadows, and longer, rugged moorland walks, and includes
vast areas now designated as 'access land'. The book includes: 50
circular walks, from 8km to 23km, suitable for all abilities over a
variety of terrain, all illustrated with OS mapping and colour
photographs; and full details of local transport services, accommodation
and tourist information centres in the area. Paddy Dillon is a
prolific outdoor writer with over thirty books to his name. He writes
for a number of outdoor magazines and other publications, as well as
producing information for tourism groups. Paddy has walked and written
about every county in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. He has
walked in many parts of Europe, Nepal, Tibet, Colorado and the Canadian
Rockies. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.
