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About the Author

Ronald Turnbull was born in St Andrews, Scotland, into an energetic fell-walking family. In 1995 he won the Fell Running Association’s long-distance trophy for a non-stop run over all the 2000ft hills of southern Scotland; his other proud achievements include the ascent of the north ridge of the Weisshorn, and finishing the Ben Nevis race in less than 2hrs. He still likes to mix some fast and challenging outings among gentler walks.

He enjoys multi-day treks, through the Highlands in particular, and has made 21 different coast-to-coast crossings of the UK. He has also slept out on over 70 UK summits. Outside the UK he likes hot, rocky areas of Europe, ideally with beaches and cheap flights. Recently he completed California’s 220 mile John Muir Trail and East Lothian’s 45 mile John Muir Way in a single season, and believes he is the first to have achieved this slightly perverse double. He has also started trying to understand the geology of what he’s been walking and climbing on for so long.

Ronald lives in the Lowther Hills of Dumfriesshire, and most of his walking, and writing, takes place in the nearby Lake District and in the Scottish Highlands. He has seven times won Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Awards for Excellence for his guidebooks, outdoor books (including Book of the Bivvy) and magazine articles. He has a regular column in Lakeland Walker and also writes in Trail, Cumbria and The Great Outdoors. His current, hopelessly ambitious, project is to avoid completing the Munros for at least another 20 years. Find out more at www.ronaldturnbull.co.uk.

Other Cicerone guides by the author

Ben Nevis and Glen Coe

Not the West Highland Way

The Book of the Bivvy

Three Peaks, Ten Tors

Walking Highland Perthshire

Walking in the Cairngorms

Walking Loch Lomond and the Trossachs

Walking the Lowther Hills