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Great Glen Way (Rucksack Readers)
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Product Description
This guidebook (updated 2005) contains all you need to plan and enjoy a holiday walking along Scotland's historic Great Glen (73 miles/117 km). The Way runs between Fort William and Inverness, along the Caledonian Canal and past various lochs, including Loch Ness with its famous monster legend, and Urquhart Castle. The drop-down map flap shows the whole route in five panels; waterproof paper throughout; in full colour, with over 60 photographs; visitor attractions and hills to climb (Munros, Corbetts and Grahams); town plans of Fort William and Inverness; background on local geology, history and wildlife; summary of each section showing distance, terrain and food/drink stops; planning information for travel by car, train, bus or plane.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #202521 in Books
- Published on: 2005-11-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Spiral-bound
- 64 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
This is the essential trail guide, written by hikers for hikers, printed on waterproof paper in rucksack-friendly format. It contains all you need to plan and enjoy a week's walking along Scotland's historic Great Glen from Fort William to Inverness:
*fold-out map showing the official route in five panels
*the Way in sections, with summaries showing distance, terrain and food/drink stops
*concise background on local wildlife, history, Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal
*planning information for travel by car, train, bus or plane
*special notes for novices, with equipment checklists
*full colour throughout, with over 50 photographs
*robust, rucksack-friendly format
*printed on waterproof paper.
From 2002, part of the profit from sales of this book goes directly toward maintaining the Great Glen Way.
About the Author
Jacquetta Megarry is an enthusiastic walker turned publisher. She devised the Rucksack Reader format in 2000 to suit the needs of hikers, and has made several visits to the Great Glen while researching and photographing the Great Glen Way. Sandra Bardwell is a dedicated, lifelong walker who also works as an archivist and historian. In her native Australia, she wrote extensively about bushwalking and national parks. Now based in Scotland, she writes walking guides for Lonely Planet and Rucksack Readers. She lives on the Great Glen Way and frequently walks along and around the Great Glen.
Excerpted from The Great Glen Way by Jacquetta Megarry. Copyright © 2001. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
[from page 5] The Great Glen Way passes Britain's highest mountain, follows its greatest geological fault along the shores of its most famous loch, and finishes at Inverness, Scotland's newest city and the capital of the highlands. Most of the walking is straightforward, along canal towpaths and forest tracks, but there are some challenging sections.
You don't need to be an experienced long-distance walker to tackle this hike. It is easier than the West Highland Way, for example, being shorter, flatter and with mainly good terrain. If you are inexperienced at walking, read the Notes for novices (pages 13-20). Well in advance of doing the Great Glen Way, you should complete a few long day hikes, if only to test your feet and gear.
Experienced walkers may seize the chance to combine both Great Glen and West Highland Ways, walking from Glasgow to Inverness over two weeks. This challenging project takes you through 168 miles of spectacular scenery and highland heritage. It is arguably the grandest walk in Britain.
Customer Reviews
Really useful information, written by someone on the ground
I recenlt walked the Great Glen Way and the book was really useful. There was lots of useful information that made me realise that this had been written by someone who knew the walk.
A really good format for reading the book with fold out content and it was waterproof! Was really useful seeing as one of the more taxing days for navigation it rained. Their website for Rucksack readers is really good aswell and you can even sample the books contents. got me thinking, where next??? Maybe Mount Kilimangaro!!
A good walk, worth the book and some additional web research.
A very useful guide
I walked the Great Glen Way this year and found the guide useful and interesting. Other reviewers have criticised the map for being too small, with a lack of detail. But the Great Glen Way is so well signposted, you don't really need a detailed map and if you like maps the only ones to buy are the O.S. ones! This guide gives excellent descriptions of the history of the route, its wildlife and of things to do around it. The section on planning and the references are also very useful. For me walking is not about getting from A to B. It's about enjoying the countryside and finding out about it. This is a great guide to help with that.
The guidebook of the future
A revolution in guidebooks, this compact and efficient manual for walking The Great Glen Way lets you find the information you want at once, instead of wading through heaps of side-issues in the hope of finding what you need. As an experienced backpacker, but less experienced hiker, I am delighted to find a book that takes up little space, is lightweight and accommodates beginners as well as experienced hikers.
Some guidebooks seem to be designed only for flipping through at home, but this is the ideal book to take along. It is waterproof, allowing you to walk in the rain, eat while reading and even highlight bits on the maps and wipe it off later! It has a table for converting metric distances, which is great for people from the continent.
"The Way in Detail" breaks the walk down into day-long sections. Each has a neat little summary at the beginning telling you what to expect, such as Terrain, Side Trips and Where to find food and drink. I loved the South Laggan to Invermoriston section including Fort Augustus, with boats working their way through the flight of five locks, and the Falls of Moriston. Make sure you check out the chapter on wildlife which has many photographs.
Overall this is the perfect book for a great walk. I can't wait for more Rucksack Readers to be published, on New Zealand perhaps?
