A look both serious and humorous at what it takes to do a long-distance or challenge walk - the mental toughness, experience, the slight madness - plus notes on planning and undertaking the best such routes.

Ronald Turnbull, veteran of many a long-distance and challenge walk, intersperses sound advice with wry recollections of his experience of the 3 Peaks Challenge and other such routes throughout the British Isles.

Suitable for aspiring or novice long-distance walkers, the guidebook provides tips on how to minimise the suffering, to stay safe, to raise money for charity perhaps, and to find a surprising amount of enjoyment along the way. Old hands will enjoy comparing their experiences with the author’s reminiscences of the highs and lows of long-distance routes.

Includes route outlines and schedules, tips on minimizing the environmental impact of challenge routes and suggestions for new ?3 peaks’ and other long-distance routes.

Includes sections on the following routes:

?  National Three Peaks
?  Yorkshire Three Peaks
?  Lancashire Three Peaks
?  Three Peaks of Somerset
?  Ten Tors (Dartmoor)
?  Lyke Wake Walk
?  Derwent Watershed
?  Across Wales Walk
?  Lairig Ghru
?  Fifty from your Front Door (do-it-yourself)
?  Welsh 3000s
?  Lakes 3000s
?  Cumbria’s Old Country Tops
?  Cairngorm 4000s
?  Mourne’s Seven Sevens
?  Tranters’ Walk (Lochaber)