Product Description

The Southern Upland Way by Cordee books, follows Scotlands famous 212 mile coast to coast route. Officially opening in 1984, the Southern Upland Way was Britain's first official long distance footpath, and will take you through some of Scotland beautiful countryside landscapes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #258801 in Books
• Brand: Cordee Books
• Published on: 2005-06-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 218 pages

Features

• Weight - 580g
• Page size - 136mm x 220mm

Review
'With the inclusion of the short walks, the author presents a perfect opportunity for you to savour the superb landscape of the Southern Upland Way.' Strider This beautifully illustrated and practical walkers' companion sets out everything a visitor can expect to find along the way to Cockburnspath on the Borders' east coast, including places of interest and historical facts.' Dumfries and Galloway Standard An excellent book containing lots of information and interesting facts.' Strider

About the Author
Roger Smith is an experienced walker and writer. He was the editor of TGO magazine for nine years and has written many books on the outdoors.

Excerpted from The Southern Upland Way: Official Guide by Roger Smith. Copyright © 2005. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
The Southern Upland Way, Britain's first coast-to-coast footpath, is a superb walk. It crosses a tremendous variety of scenery, and to walk it all is an unforgettable experience. But no walk of 340km (212 miles) is easy, and it should be stressed that the Southern Upland Way traverses some wild and relatively remote stretches of country. Study of a map of Scotland will show the north-south tendency of rivers, roads and railways is more pronounced in the Southern Uplands than elsewhere. While many miles of the Southern Upland Way are on the level, on good footpaths and tracks, much is also up and down hill as you cross between valleys.

To walk the full route in one expedition you should be very fit and have considerable hillwalking experience. If you are still gaining this fitness and experience, there is a great deal of enjoyment to be gained from tackling parts of the route. It is easy to do this using the chapters in this guide, and we have also included short day walks to enable walkers to sample parts of the route and also enjoy the surrounding countryside.

Since the Southern Upland Way crosses the grain of the country, it frequently leaves the valleys and lines of communication behind, threading its way through areas where population is sparse and shelter rare. While we would not wish to overstate the difficulties, this is certainly a big route in every sense.

...The guide describes the Way from west to east, and walkers are recommended to tackle the route in this direction, starting at Portpatrick and finishing at Cockburnspath. Walking north-eastwards, the sun is generally at your back and the colour and the detail of the landscape are more easily seen ahead of you. The prevailing winds in southern Scotland are south-westerly, so you are likely to have the weather behind you as well. Walkers tackling the route from east to west will find the route maps, plus the excellent waymarking, provide the best way of navigating the Way in the reverse direction to the guide description.