Wandelgids Uist & Barra walking guide - Cicerone

Volledige omschrijving

Uist & Barra - Outer Hybrids walking guide - Cicerone

Productomschrijving: Deze gids biedt 40 wandelroutes op de Uists en Barra - een uniek cluster van 100 km eilanden in de Buiten-Hebriden van Schotland. De wandelingen zijn gevarieerd en gegradeerd, van korte, vlakke strandwandelingen langs kristalhelder water tot lange tochten over wild bergachtig terrein. De routes bezoeken alle grote eilanden van Berneray tot Vatersay, maar ook de kleinere en voor de kust gelegen eilanden zoals Eriskay en Mingulay.

De routes worden beschreven in vier delen, per gebied, en geïllustreerd met levendige kleurenfoto's en OS-kaarten. Wandelen door deze landschappen, vooral in het heuvelland, geeft een gevoel van afgelegenheid en vredige eenzaamheid dat niet te vinden is in de nationale parken op het vasteland of op de Munros die druk bezocht worden door toppers.

Engelse omschrijving: This guide offers 40 walking routes on the Uists and Barra - a unique 100km cluster of islands in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. The walks are varied and graded, from short, flat beach walks beside crystal clear waters to long excursions across wild mountainous terrain, the routes visit all the major islands from Berneray to Vatersay but also those smaller and offshore such as Eriskay and Mingulay.

Routes are described in four sections, by area, and illustrated with vivid colour photographs and OS mapping. Walking across these landscapes, especially the hill country, gives a sense of remoteness and peaceful solitude that cannot be found in the mainland's National Parks or on the Munros busy with peak baggers.
Despite a relatively narrow area, Uist and Barra's diverse islands offer a contrasting walking terrain and many ancient historic sites such as chambered cairns and standing stones as well as lots of local wildlife. Upland areas are home to red deer and golden and white-tailed eagles, while along the coast grey seals are common and thousands of birds set up their breeding grounds in the machair. Daily flights between Glasgow and Benbecula as well as the ferry network mean that all of the islands are readily.

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