
First look: Walking the Border by Ian Crofton
Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England by Ian Crofton I have just started reading this handsome volume by Ian Crofton. The author has…
Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England by Ian Crofton I have just started reading this handsome volume by Ian Crofton. The author has…
Between the Sunset and the Sea by Simon Ingram It seems that every British hill is on a list of some kind. The Munros, the Corbetts,…
Moonwalker: Adventures of a midnight mountaineer by Alan Rowan Walking the Munros. This is a time-honoured subject for hillwalking books, and it might be thought that nothing…
A beautiful hardback book landed on my desk this afternoon. Between the Sunset and the Sea by Simon Ingram (from £13.59) was published today and offers a detailed look…
Rattlesnakes and Bald Eagles: Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail by Chris Townsend Chris Townsend is one of the world’s leading authorities on backpacking. He’s been doing it…
The Walk Up Nameless Ridge by Hugh Howey The Walk Up Nameless Ridge is a short story by science fiction writer Hugh Howey, best known for the…
The Terror by Dan Simmons Book review by Alex Roddie I discovered this book purely by chance. Someone on Twitter recommended I read The Abominable by Dan Simmons,…
How Not to Self-Publish The Totally Splendid Hotshot Author’s Survival Guide by Rosen Trevithick I have published my review of Rosen Trevithick’s very funny new book over on the…
The Heretic (Book One of the Beyond the Wall series) by Lucas Bale This blog tends to have a fairly narrow focus — mountains, 19th century…
Last Hours on Everest: The Gripping Story of Mallory & Irvine’s Fatal Ascent by Graham Hoyland It’s customary to begin reviews of Everest books with the phrase…
Last Hours on Everest: The Gripping Story of Mallory & Irvine’s Fatal Ascent by Graham Hoyland I came home from work to an eagerly anticipated package today.…
The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering After the Enlightenment by Peter H. Hansen I actually started reading this remarkable book some months ago. It’s a bit of a…