Southern Highlands

Another of the brilliant pocket mountain series.Well written and inspiring. The maps also give you a flavour but don't forget a proper OS map.

The Pocket Mountains series is excellent, giving outline details of great walks in a small portable format. "Southern Highlands" covers the hills around Loch Lomond and the Trossachs, Glen Lyon, Crianlarich and Tyndrum. The most northerly hills covered are Beinn Dorain and Beinn an Dothaidh by Bridge of Orchy. East it goes as far as Schiehallion, and also covers Ben Lui, Ben More, Ben Lawers, Ben Lomond and many more. There are also a good number of walks which are not Munros but which offer an enjoyable day out including the Ochils, Ben Ledi, and the Cobbler. All the walks are accessible from Glasgow and Edinburgh, most within 2 hours drive. The walk descriptions are brief but allow you to plot the route on a map. Very useful if you don't know the area. The timings can be a bit ambitious and I would generally add 25% to the timings given for breaks etc. Great stuff.