Rock Trails Peak District: A Hillwalker's Guide to the Geology and Scenery
- ISBN-10
- 1906095248
- ISBN-13
- 9781906095246
- Category
- Geology
- Pages
- 218
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-12-01
- Publisher
- Pesda
- Author
- Paul Gannon
Description
This is the story of the Peak landscape from its tropical beginnings to its rugged gritty present. Paul Gannon leads you on a series of 15 walks which afford spectacular views of the best of the Peak District scenery and reveal evidence of the landscape's intriguing history.
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