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Sites relating to the British Hills:
John Dawson's Lake District Walks	The best Lake District site for detailed route guides.
Mad About Mountains	Updated almost daily. Numerous photos, mainly of walks in the Lake District.
Lou Johnson's Walking Britain	A large site covering most walking areas in Britain.
Anthony Dyer's Mountain Pages	An extensive site with very impressive photography. Sections on Scotland, the Lakes, Snowdonia and Norway
Fellwalker	Offers the Fellwalker software, a database of the British Hills which can be used for the planning and recording of trips.
The Relative Hills Of Britain	Useful list of mountains and hills which uses relative height to the immediate surroundings as the basis for inclusion.
The WasdaleWeb	Useful site for anyone planning a trip to Wasdale, with a webcam, weather reports and up-to-date info on mountain conditions (such as the recent rock fall on Lord's Rake).
Mountain Ramblings	Covers Munros and Wainwrights.
Wilderness Wales	Definitive Welsh site.
Dave's Lakeland Mountains	A diary of Dave Newton's round of the Wainwrights. Many of the photos are enhanced by the inclusion of his Welsh Border Collie, Megan.
Duncan's Home Page	Scottish oriented site with good list of links.
Mountaineering Council of Scotland	Includes an online version of their Wild Camping leaflet.
Walking and Hiking Links	Large list of world-wide links.
Sites relating to Backpacking and Camping:
The Lightweight Backpacker	American site with lots of interesting ideas.
Newsgroups:
uk.rec.walking	A useful resource covering hill walking, camping, walking in general.
Selected Bibliography:
Books on Backpacking and Camping Techniques:
The Backpacker's Handbook	Chris Townsend (Ragged Mountain Press, 1996) The definitive backbacker's handbook, though a little large for the rucksack!
Wild Country Camping	Kevin Walker (Constable, 1989)
The Walker's Handbook	H.D.Westacott (Penguin, 1979)
The Mountain Pocket Book	Alan Crosby (Cordee, 1999) Packed with info on navigation, weather, safety, etc, this small book is easily packed in the rucksack.
Books on the British Hills:
A Pictorial Guide To The Lakeland Fells	A. Wainwright (Michael Joseph Limited) Published in seven volumes between 1955 and 1996, the Wainwrights are still the most comprehensive and satisfying guides to the Lake District Fells, (bar the Ordnance Survey Maps), particularly with the addition of the later volume, The Outlying Fells Of Lakeland (1974). Also of interest to the backpacker will be his Pennine Way Companion (1968), and A Coast to Coast Walk (1973).
Complete Lakeland Fells	Bill Birkett (Collins Willow, 1994) By including many of the minor fells and subsidiary tops in Lakeland, the routes described in this book cover 541 summits. It's a good book for finding some of the less frequented areas of the Lakes, and the author's photographs are excellent throughout.
Walking The Ridges Of Lakeland Walking  More Ridges Of Lakeland	Bob Allen (Michael Joseph, 1996) Divided over two volumes, these useful books suggest routes linking many of the Wainwright fells by ridge walks. The first book covers the eastern and central areas., the second covers the other areas.
The Lakeland Fells	June Parker & Tim Pickles (Editors) (The Fell and Rock Climbing Club, 1996) The FRCC's own guide is a little lacking in detail in comparison to the above books, but serves well as a general introduction to the Fells.
The Roof Of England	A.H. Griffin (Robert Hale, 1968) A contemporary of AW Wainwright, Harry Griffin is the other great Lakeland writer. Now in his nineties, he still writes his Country Diary column for The Guardian with regular features on fellwalking and climbing. (A search for 'Harry Griffin' on their website produces about two years of archived articles).
Welsh Three Thousand Foot Challenges	Ron Clayton and Ronald Turnbull (Grey Stone Books, 1997, updated 2000) Aimed at walkers and fell runners attempting the 14 Peaks, this pocket size book is packed with detailed information on the Central Snowdonian Mountains. It's also  very good on technical info such as fitness and equipment.
Other useful information:
Lakeland Weatherline	Tel: (017687) 75757 Recorded weather forecast for the Lake District, updated at 8.00pm every evening, with readings taken from Helvellyn.
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