Across Scotland on Foot

About this book

Crossing Scotland has been a popular undertaking trom the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie through to the 250 participants in this year's Great Outdoor Challenge. In Across Scotland on Foot, Ronald Turnbull, a self-confessed Munro-bagger and keen hill-runner, has written a highly individual account of his crossings of Scotland. He describes in detail a leisurely 18-day journey from Stonehaven to the Isle of Skye, a fast day-trip across the Galloway Peninsular and a 3-day route in the Northern Hlighlands between Evanton and Poolewe. Other routes such as the Southern Upland Way and the author's version of the Great Outdoor Challenge between Oban and Arbroath are discussed and more briefly described. The final chapters offer crucial guidance on route-finding, safety and diet. Follow in Ronald Turnbull's footsteps and chances are you'll breathe the clean heather air of dawn, see the cloud suddenly rise and the sunlight in wet corries; you'll cross a ridge and find half of Scotland before you; you'll descend at evening to remote bothies or arrive at hospitable Highland inns with a fire in the bar. You will come to know Scotland with your feet. Ronald's enthusiasm and expertise may even get you to don your running shoes. (from back cover)