A NEW book will celebrate Britain’s oldest long-distance footpath, The Pennine Way.

Entitled The Pennine Way - The Path, The People, The Journey , it provides a personal account of the author Andrew McCloy’s 268-mile trek across the footpath, which starts in Derbyshire and heads through the Yorkshire Dales and the Northumberland National Park before ending just inside the Scottish border.

It contains interviews with B&B owners, national park rangers, publicans and walkers and contains themes of adventure, self-discovery and achievement.

The book also tells story of the long struggle to gain access to the hills and moors of northern England in the first half of the 20th Century, and is described as “taking a new look at an old path”.

Mr McCloy shares the experiences of those who have found challenge, adventure and inspiration along the Pennine Way, discovering what the path means to them.

The Pennine Way - The Path, The People, The Journey, is released on Thursday, September 15, priced at £12.95.

To buy, visit cicerone.co.uk.