Book 3

Walking Weekends: Lake District

by Mark Reid

Published 31 March 2007
Features 24 superb circular walks from 12 villages throughout the Lake District, with two walks of varying lengths from each village, including a mountain walk and a lower level valley walk - ideal for a weekend break. Many people enjoy going away for a weekend, staying at a traditional Lakeland pub and then using the pub as a base from which to explore the surrounding countryside on foot. This new guidebook makes this weekend away experience a whole lot easier with details of where to stay, local inns, background information and historical points of interest. An ideal book for people wanting to spend a weekend of great walking in the Lake District. Featured villages include: Ambleside, Boot (Eskdale), Braithwaite, Buttermere, Coniston, Glenridding, Grasmere, Great Langdale, Keswick, Patterdale, Rosthwaite and Wasdale. Book 3 in the Walking Weekends series by highly acclaimed outdoor writer and publisher Mark Reid, who has combined his knowledge of the villages, pubs and footpaths of the Lake District to create this new and unique book.

Walking Weekends

by Mark Reid

Published 1 September 2005
Walking Weekends: Yorkshire Dales has been fully revised, re-walked and updated (2011). * 30 circular walks from 15 villages throughout the Yorkshire Dales, with two walks of varying lengths from each village - ideal for a weekend break! * Written by highly acclaimed outdoor writer Mark Reid, who has combined his knowledge of the villages, pubs and footpaths of the Yorkshire Dales to create this new and unique book. * Many people enjoy going away for a weekend, staying at a traditional Dales pub and then using the pub as a base from which to explore the surrounding countryside on foot. * This new guidebook makes this weekend away experience a whole lot easier with details of where to stay, local inns, background information, historical points of interest and two walks from each of the villages. * Featured villages : Askrigg, Aysgarth, Clapham, Dentdale, Grassington, Hawes, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Kettlewell, Langthwaite, Malham, Middleham, Muker, Pateley Bridge, Reeth, West Burton. * 15 pen & ink drawings, 31 hand-drawn maps and a 4-page colour photograph insert.

"Walking Weekends Peak District" features 24 circular walks from 12 villages throughout the Peak District, with two walks of varying lengths from each village - ideal for a weekend break. Mark Reid has combined his knowledge of the villages, pubs and footpaths of the Peak District to create this new and unique book. Many people enjoy going away for a weekend staying at a traditional country pub and then using the pub as a base from which to explore the surrounding countryside on foot. This new guidebook makes this weekend away experience a whole lot easier with details of where to stay, local inns, background information and historical points of interest. Then, there are 24 classic walks to choose from, with 2 detailed routes of varying lengths from each of the 12 featured villages thorughout the Peak District. Explore the windswept heather moors or the challenging terrain of Kinder Scout in the Dark Peak; take an exhilerating stroll along the top of the eastern edges, including Stanage Edge, Froggatt Edge or Calver Edge; meander through the deep limestone valleys of the White Peak such as Wolfscote Dale, Lathkill Dale or Monk's Dale.
Call into unspoilt, hidden pubs along the way such as the Red Lion at Litton, Quiet Woman at Earl Sterndale, Devonshire Arms at Pilsley or the Flying Childers at Stanton. Featured villages include: Bakewell, Baslow, Castleton, Edale, Eyam, Hartington, Hathersage, Hayfield, Longnor, Tideswell, Wetton, Youlgrave.