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Jools

UK backpacker, striving for lightweight while body gets increasingly heavyweight. Completed all of the UK national trails while fitting in local day hikes and other multi-day trails both in the UK and overseas. Walked across mainland UK on five month 2500 mile 'Three Points of the Compass' hike in 2018

Sign of the month… Legible London

Legible London On 27 November 2007, the first prototype of a new design of street signage went ‘live’ in the West End of London. Just about every London Borough […]

A hiker’s library: leafing through the pages…

Over the past few weeks Three Points of the Compass […]

A library for those who hike in the shadow of giants…

Journey through Britain John Hillaby Shouldn’t everyone have two copies […]

A library for geologists…

Lost Gods of Albion Paul Newman Yes, you are correct, that is a picture of a man that seems to be very pleased to see you. And he has been […]

A library for historians…

The Oxford History of England The title- ‘The Oxford History of England‘ may seem somewhat odd, but it should be remembered that historical use of the word England actually embraced […]

A library for naturalists…

The Handbook of British Mammals Corbet and Southern This volume is probably more a historical document today but use it alongside any modern Field Guide and it works wonderfully. Just […]

A library for botanists…

‘A Generall Historie of plantes’ or Gerard’s Herbal After identification manuals and handbooks, ecology guides, accounts of rare and unusual flowers, where should the botanist turn to next- How about […]

A library for ornithologists…

Birds of the Western Palearctic If you can afford them, then anyone that is keen to fill space on their bookshelves with an authoritative set of volumes on the avifauna […]

A library for those who hike in the shadow of giants…

South Ernest Shackleton “For a joint scientific and geographical piece […]

A library for historians…

‘Shire’ publications So far, in this series of posts looking at various books pulled from my book shelves, there have been a number of slim little volumes scattered through the […]

A library for geologists…

Granite and Grit A walker’s guide to the geology of British Mountains Ronald Turnbull “Walking up Slieve Donard from Newcastle, I noticed that the character of the stream had changed […]

A library for naturalists…

Butterflies and Moths I so wish I could remember the species better, there should be some hope for me with the names of the British Butterflies, there are only around […]

A library for botanists…

The Natural History of British Flora OK, so I may not know the name, but I can have a good grasp on the why- Beyond a simple Field Guide, important […]

A library for ornithologists…

T & A D Poyser I have written before on the terrific volumes published by T & A D Poyser. I have probably an uncomfortable number of their volumes sitting […]

A library for those who hike in the shadow of giants…

Alfred Wainwright Alfred Wainwright has arguably done more to popularise […]

A library for geologists…

Philip’s Guide to Minerals, Rocks & Fossils A.C. Bishop, A.R. Woolley, W.R. Hamilton Have you ever picked up a rock, rolled it through the fingers, felt its weight and roughness […]

A library for historians…

Churches Cross the British landscape on any walk and you don’t have to go too far before you either pass a church, or spot the spire of one above the […]

A library for naturalists…

Fungi There are any number of books on fungi, the ones shown here are a good selection and you could do far worse than these. There are also a number […]

A library for botanists…

Those ‘special’ flowers “There can be little doubt that of all European wild flowers few species can rival the indigenous orchids in beauty and variety of form and colour. These […]

A library for ornithologists…

The Bird Collectors Barbara and Richard Mearns This is an engrossing and fascinating book, detailing the early ornithologists from the late eighteenth century to the present. Many of these collectors, […]

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