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To avoid repetition, common sections of different routes are usually only described once and then cross-referenced to one other. This is particularly the case with the high-level walks as these are often based on combinations of routes up the different peaks. I realise that it can be frustrating when reading a description to have to refer elsewhere but, with the way routes in mountains tend to interleave, anything else would soon lead to tiresome repetition. Nevertheless I have tried to strike a balance between extremes.

I have tried to avoid too much of the ‘follow the hedge, take the second gate R, cross a field, turn L at the stile’ sort of description. This soon becomes confusing and ambiguous, however careful the instructions. I have therefore tended to quote directions (N, SW and so on), map references and the occasional grid bearing (do not forget to allow for the magnetic variation when setting your compass!). Bearings should only be regarded as approximate. Mountain paths usually twist and turn and so it is not always possible to give more than a broad indication, and you should always check directly with the map. (Note that where I use [say] N this is an abbreviation for any of north, northern or northerly, according to context.)