a hiker's library – Three Points of the Compass

A hiker’s library: advice for those visiting the mountains- from 1907

"How not to break your neck on the mountains, by one who has tried it" or, The Complete Mountaineer, by George Abraham

Three Points of the Compass pulls down and shares four books from his library. These cover statues and monuments to be found in London

There has not been a huge number of books published on the subject of village and town signs. This is a look at twelve pulled from my own shelves

One or two books on knots and their uses on the hiker's bookshelf will not go amiss. These are mine and there is not a bad volume amongst them

There are a handful of books that cover the history and explain the different telephone kiosks to be found across the UK

In the 1980’s, thirty two years old, Stephen Pern fancied […]