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Fort William and Glen Coe encompass one of the greatest areas of sea and mountain landscape in Scotland, backed by some of the biggest and most demanding peaks. This is Scotland's fjord land, a drowned coastland with long sea arms wending far inland, and the walks range from Fort William at sea level to Ben Nevis, the highest summit in Britain. The whole area is steeped in history, and its story is well told at local museums and information centres such as at Ballachulish, Kinlochleven and Glencoe, all areas explored in this guide

Pathfinder Brecon Beacons covering the Maen Madoc, Carn Goch and Carreg Cennen. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in the Brecon Beacons providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll through Llangors Lake to the much more challenging walks in Waun Fach this volume contains something for everyone. Covering walks through the whole of the Brecon Beacons both popular and little know scenic routes including Crug Hywel, the Brecon Beacons Horseshoe and Monmouthshire. -See walk locations by Looking Inside Inside: -28 great walks in the Brecon Beacons from 2 to 10 miles -Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps -GPS reference for all Brecon Beacons waypoints -Where to park, good pubs and places of interest en route -All routes have been fully researched and written by expert outdoor writers -Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints.With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.

Pathfinder are Britain's best-loved walking guides. Enjoy 28 circular walks around the beautiful South Pennines, with Pathfinder, enjoy the stunning scenery with: Easy to follow directions Route highlights from the best view to great pubs Tried and tested for everyone from families to seasoned walkers Stunning photography Clear maps for easy navigations The South Pennines is truly an enigmatic land; the most glorious countryside sharing the same land as the country's most industrialised belt. Enjoy the beauty of the South Pennines with Pathfinder.

The Chilterns form part of the long line of chalk hills stretching intermittently across southern and eastern England. It is an area characterised by beech woods and dry valleys, and these natural features are explored in the routes. The Thames Valley is steeped in history, from Windsor Castle and Richmond Park to Runnymede Meadows, where the Magna Carta was signed in 1215, and there are opportunities to absorb this evocative atmosphere, as well as genteel towns like Dorchester, Henley and Princes Risborough. -See walk locations by Looking Inside Inside: -28 great walks in Thames Valley & Chilterns from 2 to 10 miles -Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps -GPS reference for all waypoints -Where to park, good pubs and places of interest en route -All routes have been fully researched and written by expert outdoor writers -Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder(R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints.With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.Contents* Wallingford* Watlington Hill* Hedgerley and Burnham Beeches* West Woodhay and Inkpen* Dorchester and Wittenham Clumps* Aldermaston and the Kennet and Avon Canal* Cuckhamsley Hill and the Ridgeway* Port Meadow* Old Boars Hill* Marlow and Hurley* Widbrook Common and Cliveden Reach* Goring* Whitehorse Hill and Kingston Lisle* Great Hampden and Little Hampden* Cookham, Winter Hill and Cock Marsh* Abingdon and Sutton Courtenay* Henley-on-Thames and Hambleden* Runnymede and Windsor Great Park* Longworth and Hinton Waldrist* Aldbury, Ivinghoe Beacon and Ashridge* Ibstone, Turville and Fingest* Coombe Hill and Chequers* Whitchurch and Mapledurham* West Wycombe, Hughenden and Bradenham* Chesham and Little Missenden* Chess Valley* Lardon Chase, Moulsford and Streatley* Princes Risborough and Chinnor Hill

Both counties tend to be underrated by walkers, often overlooked in favour of the delights of the Thames Valley or the hillier Chiltern country of Buckinghamshire. But they do possess much fine walking country, with a diversity of terrain, gentle hilly regions, lots of pleasant woodland, attractive riverside landscapes and an impressive collection of pretty villages. There are a large number of country parks, especially in Bedfordshire, which make excellent starting points for walks in the local countryside, linking up with the public footpath network. Both Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire have an extensive network of well-maintained rights of way and a large number of well-waymarked recreational footpaths. Routes include explorations along the Greensand Ridge Walk, the Icknield Way Path, the Ouse Valley Way, the Lea Valley Walk, as well as the Grand Union Canal Walk, the Bunyan Trail and a part of the Chiltern way.

Pathfinder Hampshire(R) covers parts of the New Forest, South Downs and Fullerton. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in Hampshire providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll through Bishop's Dyke to the much more challenging walks in the East Meion and the Downs this volume contains something for everyone. Covering walks through the whole of Hampshire both popular and little known scenic routes including Highland Water, Standing Hat and Brockenhurst. See walk locations by Looking Inside. Inside: *28 great Hampshire walks from 2 to 10 miles * Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps * GPS reference for all Hampshire walk waypoints * Where to park, good pubs and places of interest on route * All routes have been fully researched and written by expert outdoor writers * Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder(R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints.With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.

Exmoor National Park comprises 267 square miles, of which about two-thirds lie in west Somerset and the remaining third in north Devon. Its uniquely beautiful combination of moor and coast, woodland and valleys, hills and forest, and wildness and gentleness, makes it ideal for exploring on foot. The National Park's northern boundary is the Bristol Channel coast, stretching in a dramatic series of cliffs interrupted only by the Vale of Porlock, from North Hill above Minehead in the east to Little Hangman above Combe Martin in the west. This collection of walks ranges from the bare expanses of the Chains, the last real wilderness on Exmoor, to a picturesque riverside route along the Exe, from Badgworthy Water to a coastal walk taking in the spectacular Valley of Rocks.

Pathfinder(R) Snowdonia covering Bont Newydd, Aber and Tal-y-lln. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in Snowdonia providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll along in Aber Falls to the much more challenging walk up the summit of Cnicht, this volume contains something for everyone. Covering walks through the whole of Snowdonia both popular and little know scenic routes including Tryfan, Beddgelert and Barmouth Bay. -See walk locations by Looking Inside Inside: -28 great walks in Snowdonia from 2 to 10 miles -Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps -GPS reference for all Snowdonia waypoints -Where to park, good pubs and places of interest en route -All routes have been fully researched and written by expert outdoor writers -Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder(R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints.With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.Contents* Aber Falls* Cwm Pennant* Precipice Walk* Ceunant Cynfal* Tal-y-Llyn Lake* Capel Curig* Penmaenpool and the Mawddach Trail* Llyn y Gader and Beddgelert Forest* Lledr Valley* Gwydyr Forest and Trefriw* Coed-y-brenin* Vale of Ffestiniog* Cregennen Lakes* Tanygrisiau and Rhosydd* Tryfan* Moel Hebog* Drum and Llyn Anafon* Pont Scethin* Cnicht* Carnedd Llywelyn* Gwydyr Forest and the Swallow Falls* Nanmor Valley and Aberglaslyn* Aran Benllyn* Moel Eilio* Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)* Cadair Idris* Glyder Fach and Glyder Fawr* Y Llethr and Moelfre

Pathfinder(R) Norfolk covering Castle Rising, Oxburgh Hall and Overstrand. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in Norfolk providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll in Tyrrel's Wood to the much more challenging walk in Fordham this volume contains something for everyone. Covering walks through the whole of Norfolk both popular and little know scenic routes including Wells-next-the-Sea, Peddars Way and Binham. -See walk locations by Looking Inside Inside: -28 great walks in Norfolk from 2 to 10 miles -Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps -GPS reference for all Norfolk waypoints -Where to park, good pubs and places of interest en route -All routes have been fully researched and written by expert outdoor writers -Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder(R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints.With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.Contents* Horsey* Binham Priory* Oxborough and Gooderstone* Hales Green from Loddon* Marham Fen and the Nar Valley Way* Tyrrel's Wood and Shelton* Felbrigg Park and Metton* Langmere and the Devil's Punchbowl* River Bure and Upton Marshes* How Hill and Ludham* The Buckenhams* Hardley Cross* Blickling and the River Bure* Peddars Way - Fring and Sedgeford* Castle Acre and West Acre* Boudica's Way - Shotesham and Saxlingham Nethergate* Thompson Common and the Pingos* Westwick Woods and the Weavers Way* West Runton and Beacon Hill* Wiveton Downs and Cley next the Sea* The Burnhams* Denver Sluice - a three rivers walk* Wells-next-the-Sea, Warham and Wighton* Weavers Way to the Berney Arms* Reepham, Marriott's Way and Salle* Weeting Castle and Grime's Graves* Castle Rising and Roydon Common* Ringstead Downs and the Norfolk Coast

Pathfinder(R) Lake District covering Coniston, Kewswick and Devoke Water. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in the Lake District providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll through Buttermere to the much more challenging walks in Rosthwaite and Stonethwaite this volume contains something for everyone. Covering walks through the whole of the Lake District both popular and little know scenic routes including Bowfell, Wetherlan and the Langdale Valleys. -See walk locations by Looking Inside Inside: -28 great walks in the Lake District from 2 to 10 miles -Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps -GPS reference for all Lake District waypoints -Where to park, good pubs and places of interest en route -All routes have been fully researched and written by expert outdoor writers -Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder(R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints.With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.

Walkers in Kent enjoy a number of long distance footpaths, including the North Downs Way, Wealdway, Pilgrims' Way and Greensand Way, and sections of them are incorporated into several walks in this guide. Routes starting at Tenterden and Penshurst wind through a typical Kentish landscape, characterised by orchards, medieval churches and coast houses. Deal and Sandwich, featured on another walk, were once centres for smugglers, while walks along the cliffs of Dover and Folkestone evoke historic maritime events. In contrast, Romney Marsh and the Swale have a wild and lonely beauty which evoke a more contemplative mood.

The walks in this guide introduce the many facets of the Southern Highlands and range from easy loch-side strolls to strenuous expeditions onto some of the area's highest mountains. Walking in Scotland is quite different from walking south of the border. In England there are only eight summits that top 3000 ft, while in Scotland there are 277, with 45 of them situated in the Southern Highlands. Walks taking in the mountains of the National Park include Beinn Dubh, Ben Vorlich, The Cobbler, Ben Ledi, Ben Lomond and Ben Venue. The Trossachs are particularly spectacular when clothed in autumn colours and provided the setting for The Lady of the Lake and Rob Roy, by Sir Walter Scott. The Ochil Hills, Loch Lomond and the West Highland Way are also included, and there is an opportunity to see Stirling and the Wallace monument, overlooking the scene of the Scottish patriot's victory over Edward I.

The Pathfinder(R) Guide to Surrey Walks contains 28 fantastic circular walks across the county, much of which lies only a few miles away from the heart of London but which contains some of the country's most beaufiul landscapes, including the oldest untouched area of natural woodland in the UK and the rolling contours of the North Downs. Each walk in Pathfinder(R) Guide to Surrey Walks is accompanied by clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints to help you navigate your hike with ease. Exploring one of the most popular Home Counties, Pathfinder(R) Guide to Surrey Walks guides the walker to some of the best walking destinations in the county, from Box Hill and Wisley to the Devil's Punch Bowl and the River Wey. Away from the city, Pathfinder(R) Guide to Surrey Walks presents a host of beautiful countryside walks that offer remarkable hikes with unspoilt landscapes accessible to walkers of all abilities. Pathfinder(R) Guide to Surrey Walks takes you through the North Downs and heathlands of western Surrey to locations made popular in Jane Austen's Emma and War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.Inside you'll also find a wealth of helpful information accompanying each walk, including good pubs along the way, where to park before you start your walk and places of interest en route.Pathfinder(R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. They are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, tried and tested by seasoned walkers and accompanied by beautiful photography and clear Ordnance Survey mapping. The routes range from extended strolls to exhilarating hikes, so there is something for everyone.

Are you wondering what to do in Edinburgh? Whether you're a first-time visitor or visit Edinburgh regularly, City Walks Edinburgh provides a new look at this historic city with original walks and insightful stories. Discover the best things to do in Edinburgh from the Edinburgh dungeons to Edinburgh Castle. Walk through one of the most interesting cities in the world and watch Edinburgh come to life, from Bruntsfield to Royal Mile, expert guide Margot McMurdo gives you a personal Edinburgh tour, with each walk packed full of intriguing tales and unique features including, Calton Hill, New Town, Edinburgh castles and Arthur's Seat. Learn little known facts and stories in a fun and exciting way, and discover the events that shaped Edinburgh into the vibrant city it is today. Take this handy guide with you as you travel around and explore the off route detours to find out Edinburgh's deeper secrets or link two or more routes to create your own unique day out.Be guided to the most famous areas and lesser known corners of Edinburgh with City Walks, including: -15 short walks in Edinburgh - Dozens of intriguing tales and fascinating history told in each walk - Simple route description and easy-to-follow maps - Key features and viewpoints for each walk - Walk statistics including distance and estimated time - Accompanying colour photographs - Recommended refreshment stops Your own personal walking tour of Edinburgh.

Dorset must rank as one of the most unspoilt counties in England. Dominating the landscape are the chalk downs open, sweeping, grassy uplands that stretch from the former forest lands of Cranborne Chase on the Wiltshire and Hampshire borders right across the middle of the county to the coast. The many ridge-top footpaths (including one starting from Cerne Abbas which ends with the Cerne Giant in all its glory) that cross these downs provide splendid walking and a succession of panoramic views. -See walk locations by Looking Inside Inside: -28 great walks in Dorset all revised and updated -Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps -GPS reference for all waypoints -Where to park, good pubs and places of interest en route -All routes have been fully researched and written by expert outdoor writers -Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder(R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints.With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.

Although deep in South Wales, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire have a strong English influence, but their most striking feature, from the point of view of the walker, is that they contain some of the most spectacular coastal scenery and finest stretches of coast path in Britain. Although the walks in this guide inevitably concentrate on the coast, especially using the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, their characters vary considerably, ranging from the splendid cliff scenery around the peninsula of Dinas Island and to the west of Port-Eynon Bay, to the wooded stretches between Saundersfoot and Tenby. Inland, and by way of contrast, the Preseli hills offer a splendid ridge walk.

Suffolk's riverside meadows of the Stour valley remain as beautiful today as when Constable painted them two centuries ago. Similarly, the county's lonely expanses of estuarine marsh, which are a feature of the coast, have a quality that appeal to writers as well as artists. A walk through Flatford and East Bergholt passes one of Constable's most famous viewpoints, and Flatford Mill itself. There is a choice of coastal walks, including routes through Southwold, Shingle Street, Dingle Marshes, Thorpeness and the Shotley peninsula. With 28 walks through the Suffolk countryside, if you're a walker who really wants to make the most of the Suffolk countryside, make sure you don't set off on your walk without a copy of Pathfinder Guide to Suffolk Walks in your rucksack! Pathfinder(R). Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to- follow route descriptions, tried and tested by seasoned walkers and accompanied by beautiful photography and clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping.

The Cairngorms cover 300 sq miles, making it the most mountainous area in Britain, with an equally wide range of wildlife. The native pine forest, one of the final retreats of the red squirrel, supports small, uncommon birds like crested tits, redwings and crossbills. Loch Garten is the RSPB osprey breeding site where in summer the birds fly over a considerable tract of country in search of food. In scenic contrast, there is also an ascent to the summit of Carn Daimh, part of the Speyside Way, with its splendid panorama of the countryside surrounding Glenlivet.

Pathfinder Yorkshire Dales covering parts of the National Park, Ribblesdale and Swaledale. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in the Yorkshire Dales providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll through Ingleton Waterfalls to the much more challenging walks in Gunnerside, this volume contains something for everyone. Covering walks through the whole of the Yorkshire Dales both popular and little know scenic routes including Wharfedale, Wendleydale, and Burnsall. -See walk locations by Looking Inside Inside: 28 great Yorkshire Dales walks from 2 to 10 miles -Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps -GPS reference for all Yorkshire Dales waypoints -Where to park, good pubs and places of interest en route -All routes have been fully researched and written by expert outdoor writers -Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints.With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.

Are you planning a holiday to the Lake District? Do you enjoy a hill-walking challenge with impressive mountain-top views? Inside Pathfinder (R) Guide to the High Fells of Lakeland are 20 majestic and challenging fell walks amid the glorious scenery of the Lake District mountains with clear and easy-to-follow route directions compiled from the author's 40 years' experience of Lakeland walking. For adventurous ramblers and walkers wanting a hill-walking challenge, this brand new Pathfinder (R) walking guide features 20 demanding day-walks in the mountains of the Lake District, from Scafell Pike (highest mountain in the Lake District), to Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Great End and Bowfell - all over 900m (nearly 3000 feet) high. Giving a detailed guide to 20 inspiring expeditions on the high fells of Lakeland, Pathfinder (R) Guide to the High Fells of Lakeland explores some of the best fell walking country in the Lake District. With views over to Buttermere, Derwentwater and Grasmere, the Lakeland Fells offer some of the most superb experiences of the Lake District for the adventurous walker and Pathfinder (R) Guide to the High Fells of Lakeland allows ramblers to easily enjoy these mountain views with clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints to help you navigate your walk with ease. If you're a walker who really wants to make the most of what Wainwright described as the `splendid walking country' of the Lake District, make sure you don't set off on your fell walk without a copy of Pathfinder (R) Guide to the High Fells of Lakeland in your rucksack. Pathfinder (R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, tried and tested by seasoned walkers and accompanied by beautiful photography and clear, large-scale Ordnance Survey mapping.

Dumfries and Galloway form the south-west of Scotland, a broad wedge of land jutting out into the Irish Sea between the Solway Firth and the Firth of Clyde. The area is also part of Scotland's border country a peaceful, unspoilt region that possesses a mild climate, a great variety of scenery and a rich historic legacy. The mountains of Dumfries and Galloway offer plenty of remote and challenging walking, with over 40 peaks that exceed 2000 feet. Also featured are clifftop walks around the Mull of Galloway and Rascarrel Bay, a route around the Solway Marshes, and Gretna Green destination for romantic elopements for 200 years.

The countryside around Edinburgh is ideal for walking comprising a superb mixture of rolling hills, expansive moorland and attractive rivers, bounded by fertile lowlands and an impressive coastline. The stunning views from Arthur's Seat and the Braid Hills give amazing panoramas of Edinburgh itself. Stretches of the sandy Lothian coast are explored on the John Muir Way from Cockenzie and at Gullane, with the more rugged Berwickshire coast featuring at North Berwick and Dunbar. The atmospheric and simple beauty of the Lammermuirs, Moorfoots and Pentlands provide a hard to match excellence in breezy and peaceful upland wanderings.

With its fen-like lowlands, its coastal scenery, the high fells of Bowland and the lush river valleys of the Ribble and Lune, Lancashire is a county of surprising diversity from its great Industrial heritage towns to its attractive, rural villages and its numerous historic monuments. There can be no better way of exploring Lancashire than by foot; it has a number of satisfying long-distance paths - both inland and coastal - and, as this book shows, opportunity for a great number of circular walks in highly distinctive surroundings, including the Lune Valley, Formby Point and Forest of Bowland.

Discover more of the great outdoors with Navigation Skills for Walkers and Pathfinder (R) Guides. Build confidence and competence in reading maps: using grid references, contour interpretation and visualising terrain. Learn how to use a compass, with map and compass navigation: taking a bearing, magnetic variation and `aiming off'. Make the most of your GPS device: using the information it provides, understanding the limitations of GPS, and geocaching. Gain familiarity with digital mapping: introducing OS Maps, its app and online versions ideal for creating, following and reviewing your own walks.

Pathfinder® Guide to Anglesey, Lleyn and Snowdonia, featuring 28 outstanding and mostly circular rambles across the Isle of Anglesey, western Conwy and Gwynedd: from Holyhead Mountain to Aran Benlynn and Aran Fawddwy, and from Aberdaron to Conwy. A new Pathfinder® title, now including 11 brand new walks for Anglesey, three new walks on the Lleyn Peninsula and one new mountain walk in Snowdonia National Park, there's something for everyone with a range of routes designed for walkers of varying experience and ability, from country walking novices to seasoned ramblers. This new book retains the classic Snowdonia walks from the previous guide such as Llyn Padarn and Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) itself from Rhyd Ddu, and the must-include North Wales walks at Aber and Conwy Mountain, and adds to the itinerary by way of delightful new routes along Anglesey’s Heritage Coast at Cemlyn Bay and Aberffraw, along the Menai shore at Brynsiencyn, and new explorations of Lleyn from Porthor, Llanbedrog and Trefor.

Pathfinder® Guide to North East Wales, featuring 28 outstanding and mostly circular rambles in the Dee Valley, over the Clwdian Hills and across Conwy east of the Vale of Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham: from the Great Orme to Chirk and from the Point of Ayr (the most northerly tip of mainland Wales) to the lofty summit of Cadair Berwyn. A new Pathfinder® title, now including 14 walks in the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, three routes along the North Wales coast and more adventurous explorations of the less frequented but exceptionally beautiful Berwyn Mountains, there's something for everyone with a range of routes designed for walkers of varying experience and ability, from country walking novices to seasoned ramblers.