Product Description

The West Highland Way is Scotland's most popular long-distance walk, running 95 miles from Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, through its first National Park, across the western Highlands to the foot of its highest mountain, Ben Nevis. This is the third and fully revised edition of the popular rucksack-friendly guidebook. It contains all you need to plan and enjoy one of the world's finest walks. This book: includes detailed route description; offers background on Loch Lomond, history and wildlife; offers a map of the entire route in 6 drop-down panels (1:100,000); provides practical information about transport and travel; is lavishly illustrated, with 70 colour photographs; and is printed on waterproof paper.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142381 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 64 pages

From the Publisher
This fully waterproof format has been designed for walking in the Scottish climate. The mapping (scale 1: 100,000) was specially commissioned to show route and walker information, the transport and other information has been carefully researched and presented, and the book is lavishly illustrated with over 50 professional quality photographs.

About the Author
Jacquetta Megarry is a professional author and publisher, whose career up to 1999 focused on education and training. As an enthusiastic walker she created the Rucksack Reader format in 2000.

Excerpted from The West Highland Way by Jacquetta Megarry. Copyright © 2000. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
From Part 1: The West Highland Way is the first and most famous of Scotland¹s long-distance routes. The Way begins in Milngavie near Glasgow, its largest city, then goes through Scotland¹s first proposed national park, along the shores of its largest loch. Loch Lomond forms a water-bridge spanning the lowlands and highlands, with unique geology and wildlife.