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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

Hillwalking is ever more popular by the year, and so I am delighted to be able to introduce a second edition of this well-used guide. Although I have updated a few routes the bulk of both books remains the same. Everything else may change but the hills are eternal! However, there is one major improvement: the replacement of black-and-white by full-colour photographs that bring out the beauty and grandeur of the hills as monochrome never could.

I have two small requests. Please keep to trails (where they exist) and try not to widen them by walking round the edges. The National Park authorities and various local bodies are doing a wonderful job in combating erosion, but they will be fighting a losing battle unless we all help. Secondly, please take out everything you bring in. If carrying a can of juice up a mountain causes no pain surely we can find the strength to take the empty container down again, instead of leaving it to rot round the summit cairn.

Now well into my 70s I am savouring the hills as much as ever. If those of you who follow in my footsteps derive only a fraction of the enjoyment the hills have given me you will be fortunate indeed. So, as before, good luck (fine days!) and happy rambling.

Peter Hermon, July 2005