Three Peaks, Ten Tors by Ronald Turnbull

Three Peaks, Ten Tors by Ronald Turnbull

A guidebook to 15 of the best challenge walking routes in the UK - with both serious and humorous approaches, There are routes throughout the country, including the National Three Peaks Challenge, the Yorkshire and the Lancashire Three Peaks, the Dartmoor Ten Tors, the Lyke Wake Walk, the Derwent Watershed, Across Wales Walk, the Lairig Ghru, the Exmoor Hundred, the Welsh 3000s, Lakes 3000s and Old County Tops, the Cairngorm 4000s, the Mourne Seven Sevens, and Tranter's Walk. This book looks at what it takes to do a long-distance or challenge walk - the mental toughness, experience, the slight madness - plus notes on planning, schedules and the challenges of undertaking these routes. The author intersperses sound advice with wry recollections of his experience of the National Three Peaks Challenge and many other challenges he has experienced throughout the British Isles. Suitable for aspiring or novice long-distance walkers, the guide provides tips on how to minimise the suffering, stay safe, raise money for charity and find a surprising amount of enjoyment along the way. Old hands will enjoy comparing their experiences with the author's reminiscences of the highs and lows of long-distance routes. The book also includes suggestions for new 'three peaks' and other long-distance routes.

'This is another excellent guide by Cicerone in which Ronald Turnbull takes a look both serious and humorous at what it takes to do a long-distance or challenge walkRonald, veteran of many a long-distance and challenge walk intersperses sound advice with wry recollections of his experience of the National Three Peaks Challenge and other such routes throughout the British Isles. For aspiring or novice long-distance walkers, this guide provides tips on how to minimise the suffering, to stay safe, to raise money for charity perhaps, and to find a surprising amount of enjoyment along the way. Old hands will enjoy comparing their experiences with the author's reminiscences of the highs and lows of long-distance routes.' (Keswick Reminder / March 2007)'Extensive tips are given, including on how to approach the challenges, safety, raising money for charity and enjoying the experiences.The style is light although the seriousness of the challenges is conveyed. Interspersed throughout the text are Turnbull's experiences and reminiscences, many of them in a humerous vien. It is evident that he is a member of the Fell Runners' Association.For anyone with an interest in challenge walks, this is an interesting, amusing and informative read.'(Irish Mountain Log / Summer 2007)

Ronald Turnbull lives close to the Carsphairn and Lowther Hills. He was one of the first people to walk the Southern Upland Way. He is a runner as well as a walker, and in 1986 was awarded the Long Distance Trophy of the Fell Running Association for a non stop journey over the 148 hills of Southern Scotland. Outside the Southern Uplands he walks, climbs and runs in the Highlands and sometimes in England.

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ISBN 13	9781852845018
ISBN 10	1852845015
Title	Three Peaks, Ten Tors
Author	Ronald Turnbull
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cicerone Press
Year published	2010-06-03
Number of pages	256
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