My books
Navigation and leadership - a manual for walkers
The Vanguard Way guide
London - the definitive walking guide
The Capital Ring guide
Walking in the High Tatras mountains (Slovakia and Poland)
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I like to think of these books as my oeuvre - (pronounced ervra) that's French for a body of work. Not eggs, as a friend thought - that's oeufs (pronounced erf). There are only eggs insofar as some of my work has yet to be hatched.
Navigation and leadership - a manual for walkers
Ramblers' Association, 1994 ISBN 9780900613838, £4.00
The manual is primarily intended for walkers who wish to improve their navigation, or become leaders. But it will also be of use to anyone who wishes to increase their enjoyment of walking, or share it with others. Modules include finding your way with map and compass, planning your route, what happens on the day of the walk, and troubleshooting. Plus diagrams by Julian Tippett and cartoons by Shovel.
Obtainable from the Ramblers' Association.
The Vanguard Way guide
The fourth edition of the FREE 162-page official guide to the Vanguard Way has now been published by the route's originators, the Vanguards Rambling Club, and can be down-loaded from the Vanguard Way website.
The 66-mile route goes from Croydon to Newhaven, passing through some of the best scenery in southern England, including a designated national park (South Downs) and two Areas of Oustanding Natural Beauty (Surrey Hills, including the North Downs) and High Weald (including the Ashdown Forest). It finishes with some of the most spectacular views in Britain: the Cuckmere Meanders, the Seven Sisters and Seaford Head.
The guide can be downloaded in bite-size chunks, being divided into 10 route sections, plus an introduction to the route and the Companion, which gives details of refreshment and accommodation facilities along the route, as well as much other useful information.
There's also a rather natty badge, which you can obtain for £2.50 each via the website.
London - the definitive walking guide
Cicerone Press, 2002, ISBN 9781852843397, £14.00
A directory of virtually all the walking you can do in Greater London - and there's nearly 1500 miles of it! There's a section for each of the 90 major trails, which includes a unique indicator of the "green and blue factors" - how much is in open space or woodland, and how much is beside water.
The book also includes details of nearly 300 shorter self-guided routes, and tells you how to get further information. PThere's some general advice on walking in London and appendices on guided walks, parks and open spaces, and shops selling outdoor equipment. Plus maps by Alex Burrow.
You can buy this book from the Cicerone website, or it's usually on sale instore at specialist shops such as Stanfords, and the National Map Centre, or from online bookshops such as Amazon and Blackwell, or it can be ordered at all good booksellers.
The Capital Ring guide
Aurum Press, 2006, ISBN 9781845133801, £12.99
Now in its second edition. The Capital Ring, one of the strategic walks supported by Transport for London, runs for 78 miles around London at an average distance of seven miles from the centre. It passes through 50 parks, woodlands and open spaces, with long stretches beside the rivers Thames and Lea. The route takes in some of London's most outstanding attractions, including the Thames Barrier, Eltham Palace and Richmond Park, and encounters many little-known treasures.
The book is usually on sale instore at Stanfords and the National Map Centre, or from online bookshops such as Amazon and Blackwell, or it can be ordered from all good booksellers.
Walking in the High Tatras
Cicerone Press, 2006, ISBN 9781852844820, £15.95
This book, now in its second edition, was written jointly with my good friend Renáta Nárožná, a former mountain guide on the Slovak side of the Tatras, and with much help from Janusz Arnold, her counterpart on the Polish side. These are rugged, beautiful mountains reaching up to 2654 metres - the Alps in miniature. The book gives details of every route, and of every summit you can reach on well constructed waymarked routes, and of the many tarns, passes and mountain huts that make a fine target for a day's walk.
You can buy this book from the Cicerone website, or it's usually on sale instore at specialist shops such as Stanfords and the National Map Centre, or from online bookshops such as Amazon and Blackwell, or it can be ordered from all good booksellers.
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