Product Description

Includes ten town plans and forty-eight scale walking maps at just under 1:20,000 - showing route times, places to stay, points of interest and more. This book also contains itineraries for walkers; and practical information for various budgets.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #297418 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Review
'...the same attention to detail that distinguishes its other guides has been brought to bear here'
-- The Sunday Times (UK) reviewing West Highland Way as Book of the Week, 17 August 2003

Customer Reviews

Very good
Just completed the West Highland Way and this book was very useful. The WHW is well signposted and it would be difficult to get lost, but it's good to have this book to see where you are (and how far you have to go!). It is packed full of additional travel information, historical snippets, quotes, and handy tips. My little amendment would be that the Cashel campsite near Balmaha/Rowardennan is no good for backpackers as it treats campers as second class citizens (second to caravaners) as you get stuck at the edge, away from any loch views, on an uneven (!) patch of ground; the showers were cold, and there was no drying room (the biggest crime!).

Good book
I have just walked the West Highland Way using this book as my guide. I can't really fault it. The simplified maps are very good and easy to follow. If you are looking for OS maps with contour lines and full detail this is not the book for you. If you want reassuringly simple and uncluttered maps then buy this. To be perfectly honest, the West Highland Way is well signposted and the book merely boosts your confidence when sometimes you're worried that you've taken the wrong turning. The author's writing style also provides some amusement and I support his views re pylons, mobile phone masts and chain shops spoiling the landscape in parts. Two comments I have that conflict with the book are that the 'Drovers Inn' is pretty dull, serving only microwaved food and that the Devil's Staircase is difficult (but worth the climb)!

Can't be bettered!
Clearly written with sketch maps at a readable scale. Detailed information on the route, places to stay, re-stock or simply look at the view. Can't be bettered as a guide to the Way. Buy this with a waterproof Harvey's map and you're all set.