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A hikers library: London’s statues, sculptures and monuments

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

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A hiker’s library: Village Signs

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

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A hiker’s library: Telephone kiosks

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

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A hiker’s library: The Great Divide, by Stephen Pern

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

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A hiker’s library: ‘Shake Well Before Use, a walk around Britain’s coastline’ by Tom Isaacs

Possibly the most effective gauge of an accomplished author, is […]

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A hiker’s library- before the click of a mouse: ‘Know the Game’

The Know the Game series of books provided guidance to dozens of outdoor pursuits for much of the 20th century

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A hiker’s library: ‘The Big Walk’ by A. Walker

“It was as if hundreds of little devils, each with […]

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Thirty five days to my ‘Big Walk’

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail!” Benjamin Franklin Thirty-five days until I set off and I am still umming and ahhing over a small number of route […]

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A library for hikers- Canals

Canals cross the United Kingdom. Historically, these inland waterways had a relatively short working life before being usurped by the railway but are today resurrected within the leisure market. Not […]

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A hiker’s library: ‘Jupiter’s Travels’ by Ted Simon

“When people asked me, later, why I chose to ride […]

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Gear talk: Journals

Now into 2018 and the start date for my Three Points of the Compass walk gets ever nearer. Time to start gathering together some of those items that will have […]

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A hiker’s library: ‘Life Cycles’ by Julian Sayarer

Working in London, I have a number of encounters with […]

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A hiker’s library: ‘500 Mile Walkies’ by Mark Wallington

“Was I searching for the Man Within, the Real Me, […]

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A hiker’s library: ‘Two Degrees West, an English Journey’ by Nicholas Crane

On a mid-August morning, Nicholas Crane set off on his […]

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Still sorting out…

Have you noticed how maps, guides, books and notes can begin to accumulate into little, and not so little, piles of ‘important planning resources’ over time. My attempt at sorting […]

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A hiker’s library: leafing through the pages…

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

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

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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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