Fife (25 Walks) [Paperback]

'Concise and practical...packed with lots of interesting historical facts and local information, and makes an ideal companion to the author's own "Along the Fife Coastal Path"' VisitScotland.com '...packed with interested historical facts and local information...' Burnley Express '... does lead the reader to some of the most delightful corners of the Kingdom of Fife' Perthshire Advertiser --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

"The 25 Walks" books are practical guides and attractive souvenirs. Written by experienced authors, they can be used with confidence. The carefully selected local walks are accompanied by easy-to-use maps and colour photographs. More than just walking guides, they are packed with interesting historical facts and useful local information. "Fife" describes 25 walks in the green and varied landscape of the 'Kingdom', an area rich in natural beauty lying in the historic heart of Scotland between the Tay and Forth estuaries. The walks selected vary in length and many are suitable for family outings, with possibilities for including visitor centres like Deep Sea World or the Scottish Deer Centre. With a scenic coastline, charming fishing village, historic towns and prehistoric sites, there is something in Fife to interest everyone. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Books Available in the Series:

- In and around Aberdeen (New)
- Arrochar, Cowal and Bute
- Ayrshire and Arran (New)
- In and around Belfast
- The Chilters
- The Cotswolds
- Down District
- Dumfries and Galloway (New 2004)
- Edinburgh and Lothian
- Fife (New 2005)
- In and around Glasgow
- Highland Perthshire
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs (New)
- In and around London
- The Scottish Borders
- Skye and Kintail
- The Yorkshire Dales --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

The 25 Walks books are practical guides and attractive souvenirs. Written by experienced authors, they can be used with confidence. The carefully selected local walks are accompanied by easy-to-use maps and colour photographs. More than walking guides, they are packed with interesting historical facts and local information.

Fife describes 25 walks in the green and varied landscape of the 'Kingdom', an area rich in natural beauty lying in the historic heart of Scotland between the Tay and Forth estuaries. The walks selected vary in length and many are suitable for family outings, with possibilities for incorporating visitor centres like Deep Sea World or the Scottish Deer Centre. With a scenic coastline, charming fishing villages and prehistoric sites, there is something in Fife to interest everyone. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Hamish Brown is a well-known outdoors writer, lecturer and photographer who has written many books, including Along the Fife Coastal Path, a long distance guide also published by Mercat Press. He divides his time between his home in Fife and Morocco where he leads expeditions in the Atlas mountains. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Fife is a 'Kingdom' which, once discovered, will always delight: a green and varied landscape, a coastline which lives up to its royal description as 'fringed with gold', hills with views out of all proportion to their altitude, fascinating historic towns, castles and prehistoric sites - Fife has it all.

There is plenty of variety in the length and physical demands of this selection of Fife walks, but most are well within the capabilities of ordinary walkers, not just the super-fit Munro-baggers. Many are circular routes with shorter versions available, linear routes on the coast have bus/train services to return to the start, and many routes would be enjoyed on family outings - something for everyone - but do allow plenty of time as there is much to see and do.

...The top visitor venues in Fife are the two sea centres, the Scottish Deer Centre and the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery. Three of these are on the walks, and the Deer Centre, on the A91 near Cupar, can easily be added after any of the walks in central or north Fife. Attractions near walks are briefly indicated. It must be confessed that a few walks on the edge of Fife stray into Kinross-shire or Perthshire, and one walk enters from the Lothians. I apologise for this poaching!

Unlike walking in the Highlands, many of the walks are excellent in winter, when cold, crisp days can make walking a delight. Some consider a place like Vane Farm best in winter because of its seasonal influx of birds, which could also apply to the coast. Fife is a surprisingly hilly county, but sea or lochs are constantly in view. Spring can be vibrantly green, early summer rich and the autumn colours magnificent, while July and August often disappoint. June is my favourite month: most places to visit are open, the landscape is patched with yellows of oilseed rape and whin, the stirring skylarks reel over the hills. Welcome to the Kingdom of Fife. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.