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Rachel Crolla

Bio

Rachel Crolla is an outdoors all-rounder who loves hiking, biking, scrambling and climbing. She grew up in Yorkshire, where she still lives with her partner Carl McKeating and their young family. Rachel is an outdoors writer and photographer who is also trained as a journalist and teacher. She has hiked and climbed across the UK, Europe and the USA. In 2007 Rachel became the first woman to reach the summit of every country in Europe she co-wrote the Cicerone guide book Europes High Points soon afterwards. Rachel has since co-written a guide to the mountains of the Massif Central in France and more recently has enjoyed writing about areas in the UK. She and Carl have recently fully updated the Cicerone guide book Scrambles in Snowdonia, which was originally written by Steve Ashton in 1980. Rachels first cycling guide to the Yorkshire and Lancashire-based Way of the Roses was published in 2018. Rachel and Carl are passionate about enthusing the next generation of hikers and cyclists with a love of the outdoors.

Rachel Crolla Books

15 Short Walks in the Yorkshire Dales - Grassington, Skipton, Malham and Ilkley book cover

15 Short Walks in the Yorkshire Dales - Grassington, Skipton, Malham and Ilkley

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Scrambles in Snowdonia book cover

Scrambles in Snowdonia

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Cycling the Way of the Roses book cover

Cycling the Way of the Roses

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The Coast to Coast Cycle Route book cover

The Coast to Coast Cycle Route

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Outdoor Adventures with Children - Lake District book cover

Outdoor Adventures with Children - Lake District

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Hadrian's Cycleway book cover

Hadrian's Cycleway

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Cycling the Reivers Route book cover

Cycling the Reivers Route

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Walking in the Auvergne book cover

Walking in the Auvergne

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