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Personal
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Alan Castle
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| Address |
Corehead House
Annanwater
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Moffat
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Dumfries and Galloway
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DG10 9LT
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01683 221811
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alancastle@care4free.net
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Writer and photographer specialising in the outdoors, walking, backpacking, mountain walking, trekking and travel in the UK, Europe and world-wide; interests include UK and European Long Distance Trails ("E" Routes, Grandes Randonnées and British Long Distance Paths and National Trails), challenge walking, Munros & peak bagging, and adventure travel; leads several walking holidays throughout Europe each year; author of over a dozen books, including guides to the Corsican High Level Route, Coast to Coast Across the Pyrenees, the Tour of the Queyras (French & Italian Alps), the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail, Walking in the Auvergne and Walking in Provence & the Ardèche. Occasional contributor to a number of walking magazines, including TGO and Strider. The originator and “recorder” of the Hillwalkers’ Register, and Scottish Long Distance Path Information Officer for the Long Distance Walkers’ Association. A Ph.D., Member of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and a Member of the Austrian Alpine Club.
Recent publications include The Brittany Coastal Path (Walking Guide to the North Brittany Coast), Walking in the Ardennes, The River Rhine Trail, Walking in Bedfordshire and The John Muir Trail (Cicerone Press). Has contributed two chapters on Trekking in Australia in Classic Treks, the 30 Most Spectacular Hikes in the World (David & Charles [UK] and Bullfinch [USA]).
Main areas of interest: UK (particularly Scotland and Northern England), France, Alps, Pyrenees, Europe, Western USA & Canada, Australasia, Patagonia (Chile & Argentina); Walking/Backpacking, Wilderness Trekking, Travel.
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| Recent publications include The Brittany Coastal Path (Walking Guide to the North Brittany Coast), Walking in the Ardennes, The River Rhine Trail, Walking in Bedfordshire and The John Muir Trail (Cicerone Press). Has contributed two chapters on Trekking in Australia in Classic Treks, the 30 Most Spectacular Hikes in the World (David & Charles [UK] and Bullfinch [USA]).
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| Main areas of interest: UK (particularly Scotland and Northern England), France, Alps, Pyrenees, Europe, Western USA & Canada, Australasia, Patagonia (Chile & Argentina); Walking/Backpacking, Wilderness Trekking, Travel.
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