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On the flank of Peniestone Knowe (Stage 10)

A very useful supplement to the mapping in this book is the Harvey Southern Upland Way route map (2018). It covers an area of several miles either side of the route at 1:40,000 scale. It is recommended especially if you have more than one map reader in your group, or if you are carrying this book in digital format and so require a backup map on paper.

The route, heading generally north-eastwards across the southern half of Scotland, cuts across a considerable number of OS map sheets. So if OS maps at either 1:50,000 scale or at 1:25,000 scale are to be taken then there will firstly be a fairly considerable financial outlay in buying the maps, and then their extra weight and bulk will have to be tolerated whilst on the walk. A possible solution to these mapping problems is to use the very adequate OS maps of the route contained in this guidebook for actually walking the Trail, but also to purchase a small scale map of the whole area, such as the OS 1:250,000 scale map of Southern Scotland and Northumberland. This could be either a paper map or installed in a GPS device or phone. This will be useful in overall planning before you leave home, but can also be used to identify distant features in a view and to provide an overview of the wider area through which you are passing. This map will of course have severe limitations if you intend to make detailed detours on foot for some distance from the route, although for relatively short on-foot diversions, the maps in this book will be more than adequate.