Swaledale, regarded by many as the most beautiful of the Yorkshire Dales and a magnet for walkers who come the length and breadth of the country to sample this breath-taking scenery. And yet despite that many walkers miss the harsh rugged hills that line the upper reaches of this dale and make the watershed that both surrounds and forms this iconic valley. In a series of eight new walks the author takes a journey to the summits of these hills which range in character from the sheer bulk of Great Shunner Fell with the Pennine Way running across it's top to the rarely visited High Carl and Gibbon Hill which stand watch over the lower reaches of the upper dale. For those with a love of the wilder places this book will open up a new facet to one of our favourite walking areas. For the dedicated hill walker the hills on both sides of this narrow valley can provide some of the wildest and most solitary walking in the north eastern counties and this book is aimed at these, the hillwalkers who prefer the longer, rougher walks than are normally provided for in guidebooks.
Taking as it's inspiration the hills of the dale that rise above the magic two thousand foot mark, in the course of eight walks this book travels over the summits of each of them plus a number of other lower but just as fascinating hills. If you like well-maintained low level paths then this guidebook is not for you as all the walks included contain large elements of heather, peat bog and open moor walking. But one thing is guaranteed, you do see the wilder side of this iconic dale.
- ISBN10 1905444540
- ISBN13 9781905444540
- Publish Date 31 January 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Trailguides Limited
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English