Coast to Coast: The Wainwright Route (Rucksack Readers)

The Coast to Coast walk runs for 184 miles (296km) through the finest scenery in northern England. Its end points, the lovely villages of St Bees and Robin Hood's Bay, are both accessible by public transport. The whole walk takes most people from 12 to 16 days, and can readily be completed in two separate weeks.

Devised by the legendary Alfred Wainwright, the route passes through three national parks - the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors - areas rich in history, heritage and wildlife. There are welcoming pubs and plenty of walker-friendly accommodation on or near the route

This guidebook contains all that a walker needs: concise, up-to-date directions easy-to-follow maps of the route (scale 1:50,000) altitude profiles for each section background on geology, history and wildlife contact details for accommodation and transport features on St Bees, Richmond and Robin Hood's Bay 115 enticing colour photos waterproof, rucksack-friendly format

A dedicated lifelong walker, Sandra worked in Melbourne, Australia, as an archivist and historian after doing a PhD on the history of national parks in her home state of Victoria. In her spare time she wrote a regular column about bushwalking (hiking) in Melbourne's leading daily newspapers, and many articles and books on walking and national parks in south-eastern Australia. She has been based in Scotland since 1989, and they live beside Loch Ness. In recent years she has written guidebooks for Lonely Planet (Italy, Ireland, France, Scotland, Australia), Rucksack Readers (Ireland and Scotland) and Sunflower Books (Croatia and Poland-Slovakia, 2006). This is her fifth book published by Rucksack Readers.