Holiday UK, August 1999
...If you enjoy hill walking, or simply love mountains, this book is an indispensable source of inspiration and reference...
Product Description
The mountains of Britain are made up of the most varied rocks in the world. This stunning book details fifty routes on ridges that will lead the hill walker to new levels of freedom, peace, self-expression and indescribable beauty in the mountains of Snowdonia, the Lake Distict and the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Some of the ridges featured are famous, others less so: all are meticulously and magnificently photographed, with maps and realistic elevations (3D impressions), route descriptions and facts to provide comprehensively detailed walks. If you enjoy hill walking, or simply love mountains, this book is an indispensable source of inspiration and reference.
About the Author
Bill Birkett is one of Britain's foremost mountain writers and photographers, and is a leading climber and hill walker. Son of Lakeland rock-climbing poineer Jim Birkett, he has spent a lifetime exploring the hills and wild places. His breathtaking photography illustrates numerous publications, and his own books include the best-selling Complete Lakeland Fells. He lives near Ambleside in Cumbria with his wife and two children.
