The Wildthings Wild Guide of the Lake District & Yorkshire Dales is a new compendium of adventures, from the best-selling and award-winning Wild Guide series, now released for the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and Forest of Bowland.
Wild swim in the best waterfalls, river pools and blue lagoons
Discover secret beaches and islands you can canoe to
Find the best easy ridge scrambles and gorge walks
Avoid the crowds with lesser known easy peaks and hidden valleys
Discover extraordinary caverns, caves, grottoes and ruins
Enjoy meadows and amazing wildlife
Seek out micro breweries and artisan food producers
Sleep in a bothy or shepherd’s hut, or wild camp with our secret recommendations
Contents:
Map of the regions
Introduction
Finding your way
Best For:
Wild swimming
Boats & floats
Gills & scrambles
Caverns & caves
Sacred & ancient
Ruins & follies
Rocks & tops
Forest, meadows & wildlife
Slow food & accommodation
Wild camping & bothies
Lake District chapters:
1 North Fells & Bassenthwaite 38
2 Buttermere, Crummock & Ennerdale 46
3 Borrowdale 58
4 Ullswater 70
5 Wastwater & Eskdale 84
6 Langdales & Grasmere 100
7 North Windermere 112
8 Duddon & Ravenglass 122
9 Coniston & Grizedale 132
10 South Windermere 142
11 Barrow & Silverdale 152
Yorkshire Dales chapters:
12 Howgills & Dentdale 164
13 Swaledale 178
14 Wensleydale & Langstroth 188
15 North East Dales 202
16 Whernside & Ingleton 214
17 Stainforth & Malham 228
18 Wharfedale 238
19 Nidderdale & Ilkley Moor 248
20 Forest of Bowland 258
Co-ordinate conversions 268
Acknowledgements . 272
About the authors:
Daniel Start is an award-winning travel writer and
photographer. He is author of Wild Swimming,
Hidden Beaches and Wild Guide South East.
Tania Pascoe is a naturalist and food writer. She is author
of Wild Garden Weekends and Wild Guide South West.
The Wild Guide series was winner of the Travmedia
Travel Guidebook of the Year 2015