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HughI am  the author of two walking books and a co-author of a mountain biking book, and although smitten with outdoor pursuits from an early age, (not because I was forced to walk up Scafell Pike aged 3 ½ ), due to pressures of being an Orthopaedic Surgeon I have not been able to communicate this love to you until recently.

The first book is an eight day long distance walk, a theme walk if you like, and my wife’s idea: to walk from Settle to Carlisle and come back via the classic train journey. This walk does not closely follow the line, however, but goes over quite a few hills, including three days of hard walking in the Lake District. 22,000 feet of ascent in 105 miles makes it quite a challenge, and one to which I hope you will rise.

I have been a fan of long distance walks since doing Wainwrights’ Coast to Coast in 1977, and devised a couple more over the years, but the Settle to Carlisle comes second only to the C to C in my opinion!

The second book derived from the first: a selection of 24 “day” hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle railway stations, Appleby being the most northern one.

The MTB book details 20 mostly 4 day biking “adventures”, in Northern Britain, mostly in the Scottish Highlands.

I walk most weeks with my wife, Margaret, in the Lakes, Dales, and the Forest of Bowland fells, and also climb, cycle and mountain bike. We have also become quite good at finding rare flora, and good places for the above  activities and floral habitats are mentioned in the books. Our two children, one each  grandchildren are woefully neglected.

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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

£12.95 (P&P may apply)

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

UK £13.95 ( inc. P&P)

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

£12.95 (P&P may apply)

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Ambleside Grasmere circular via Loughrigg.

A very pleasant 8.6 mile walk with just over 2000ft of ascent, with the raised coffin route outward giving good views, and Loughrigg on the return more widespread ones and more effort. From Ambleside go north on the main road to take a right on the track to Rydal through the park. An early café

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Watendlath and Borrowdale circular

A suitable pre-Theatre by the Lake evening production, when the cloud level is low and you don't fancy walking with no views in the damp. It comes to just under 9 miles with 2100ft of ascent. From the Lodore Wood car park up the Watendlath road, take the road south till an obvious track leads off

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Addition to the book of Trespass: Warcop.

This is an 8 mile walk over Little Fell and down and along the side of Scordale. A wild, lonely, and in places rough walk, with 2100ft of climbing. The trespass refers to the fact that most of the walk is in the MOD's land, with access granted by them on 12 weekends per year and other odd days. The

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