The Pentland Hills: A Walker's Guide: 30 walks in Edinburgh's local hills

A guidebook to walking Scotland's Pentland Hills - a popular, easily accessible range to the south-west of Edinburgh. The 30 walks are suitable for all levels of experience, and the routes described have been chosen to give a flavour of the hills at their best. As far as possible the routes are circular, for some walks you may need to retrace your steps for a short way back to the start point, but none is linear. There are optional links with other routes in the book included to lengthen some walks and informative 'points of interest' are found throughout. The Pentland Hills offer a variety of experiences from an undulating ridge walk to a stroll beside the quiet waters of a reservoir. They reach a maximum height of 579m at Scald Law, although most lie between 400m and 550m in height.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Approaches and Accommodation Choosing a Walk Access Rights and Responsibilities Weather Equipment Following a Route Geology and Landscape Cultural Heritage Place Names and Dialect Words Old Maps Previous Pentlands Guidebooks Literary Connections with the Pentland Hills Protecting and Enjoying the Hills Wildlife THE WALK Walk 1 A Capital View Walk 2 In Stevenson's Footsteps Walk 3 Hill, Moor and Wood Walk 4 Three Reservoirs Walk 5 A Phantom Walk Walk 6 Harlaw Reservoir Circuit Walk 7 Black Hill, Green Cleuch and Red Moss Walk 8 Carnethy and Turnhouse Walk 9 Three Peaks Walk 10 Pentland Classic Walk 11 Thieves' Road Walk 12 West Linton and Siller Holes Walk 13 Roman Road Walk 14 Covenanters and Cairns Walk 15 Walking with Wolves Walk 16 Poets and Witches Walk 17 North Esk Valley Walk 18 The Monks' Road Walk 19 The Four Tops Walk 20 The Carnethy 5 Walk 21 Carnethy Canter Walk 22 History in the Hills Walk 23 Flotterstone and Fala Knowe Walk 24 Two Cleuchs Walk 25 Pentland Tops Walk 26 Historical Hike Walk 27 Exploring Caerketton Walk 28 Find Your Way Walk 29 Reservoir Round Walk 30 Robin's Round Appendix 1: Route Summary Table Appendix 2: Bibliography Appendix 3: Glossary

About the Author :
Susan Falconer began walking in the Pentlands in her early teens. After graduating from St Andrews University she became Senior Tutor in ecology and geography for the Field Studies Council in Epping Forest. Susan returned to Scotland to take up the post of Countryside Education Officer for the Scottish Agricultural College before becoming a Countryside Ranger with the Pentland Hills Ranger Service in 1995.