BOOTS LINKS
Links To Hillwalking Related Websites
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"Keeper" of the Munro list;
publisher of guidebooks; maintainers of huts & bothies.
Provides access to many interesting links. A good reference site.
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| "Walk in Scotland" is a joint project between Scotland's Area Tourist Boards and VisitScotland.
This project is part funded by the European union.
The website provides a wideranging guide to walking in Scotland.
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Walkingworld offers over 4000 routes from all around the country.
Each walk is decribed with photographs illustrating important decision points. An Ordnance Survey map shows the route.
Most of the walks are in Britain with some in Spain and France. A subscription gives access to the full descriptions. You can print or download them and download digital mapping files for export to your GPS.
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Walk Highlands is a very well designed, comprehensive site offering (March - 2011)
- 1,286 free, detailed descriptions of walking routes across the Scottish Highlands,
- OS maps with routes, and downloadable GPS waypoints for every walk,
- Over 1,200 places to stay and things to do,
- Gaelic place-name pronunciation recordings,
- Much, much more.
Have Google Earth installed to see accommodation and activity locations and 3-D route mapping.
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Climb the Munros is a professionally laid out website. It offers routes, maps, mountain weather forecasts and photos for all of Scotland's Munros. You can add your own routes and pictures to the site, and keep track of which Munros you have climbed in your own on-line Munro log.
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| Lindsay Boyd, an experienced hill walker, runs a professional hill walking business which organises and leads trips to the Scottish Highlands throughout the year. The hill walks can be organised to suit your requirements.
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Repairs, reproofing, refurbishing, as appropriate, of
- Walking boots,
- Outdoor clothing and GORE-TEX®,
- Tents and awnings,
- Sleeping bags,
- Rucksacs and gaiters,
- Running shoes, rock boots, approach & MTB shoes, rugged casuals,
- Motor cycle clothing.
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| This dramatic website describes itself as a one-stop-shop for all your (world-wide) adventure travel needs, covering mountaineering, trekking, rock, ice, instruction, guided skiing, heli/ cat and gear.
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Links To Campsites and Hostels
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Scottish Independent Hostels is an association of over 120 independent hostels throughout Scotland, from Galloway in the south-west via Edinburgh and Glasgow to Orkney and the Shetlands in the north and the Outer Hebrides in the far west. |
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| Scottish Camping has been established to provide the most accessible, accurate and comprehensive directory of campsites and caravan parks in Scotland.
It lists and provides customer reviews for over 500 campsites in Scotland.
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An extremely comprehensive website with details of accommodation at home and abroad.
The view that this link takes you to has accommodation organised by hillwalking area and you can find accommodation related to individual hills.
BEWARE though, distances quoted from accommodation to the top of a hill are as the crow flies and frequently have little bearing on the distance to travel to the foot of the hill.
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| Invergarry Lodge is a quiet, family run, independent self catering hostel providing accommodation in the Great Glen in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.
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The West Highland Way Sleeper is a hostel housed in the original Bridge of Orchy station building, serving the famous West Highland Railway Line.
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| Now known as The Mourne Lodge, a modern purpose built centre located in the heart of the Mourne Mountains, between Spelga Dam and The Silent Valley, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Enjoy outdoor activities or relax in one of the most scenic and undiscovered parts of Ireland.
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Links To Midges and Meldrum
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Midge Forecast. (Don't bother checking in winter.)
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Link to Oldmeldrum Community Website. History, local information and news, what's on, community education, school board and community council information. |
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