Walk Borrowdale And Keswick With Bill Birkett

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Sylvan Borrowdale, with its magnificent lake Derwentwater, is often regarded as the most beautiful & iconic of all the Lake District valleys. Surrounded by wonderful fells, with the ever popular tourist resort of Keswick at its foot, it is an area of great walking diversity & interest. Walk Borrowdale & Keswick is the most detailed & comprehensive walking guidebook available for this area. A practical easy to use guide which describes twenty walks around & above Seathwaite, Seatoller, Stonethwaite, Rosthwaite, Watendlath, Grange, Lodore, Newlands, Derwentwater, Keswick, Braithwaite & Bassenthwaite. There is an even spread of valley, low fell, intermediate fell & high fell walks, providing outings of all grades, from easy to very difficult. It offers a range of walks suitable for experts, families & novices alike including everything from classic fell walking routes, the heights of Great Gable, Skiddaw & popular Catbells – to valley walks like the sublime Round of Derwentwater, along with many lesser trod but equally delightful outings. Each walk is presented on a double page spread with clear description, an excellent map, & inspirational photographs. The series is entirely printed & produced in Cumbria. Bill Birkett is a prize winning author & photographer – he is synonymous with outdoor life in the Lake District. His many books include Complete Lakeland Fells (defining The Birketts), Scafell – Portrait of a Mountain, A Year In The Life of The Langdale Valleys & A Year In The Life of Borrowdale.