The Good Mountain Biking Guide
Somebody had to do it. The UK has been crying out for a guide like this for quite some time. I remember back in the late 80s getting my first mountain bike and riding it up Snowdon from Llanberis and...
View ArticleGuidebook: Peak District Bouldering
This is the first of a series of guidebook reviews to come over the next few weeks. Peak District Bouldering is the second edition of the popular Vertebrate Publishing Guide. VP are based in...
View ArticleLofoten Rock ? Rockfax
Quite some time ago my Dad bought me a guidebook which had piqued his interest. It was Ed Websters celebrated guide to ‘Climbing in the Magic Isles’. The Magic Isles being the Lofoten Islands off the...
View ArticleTroll Wall - Tony Howard
Last week my Dad found an old diary of his, written aged 14 (in 1954) detailing a solo cycle trip from Nottingham to North Wales. He typed it up and sent it to me to read. I was so impressed that I...
View ArticleYorkshire Gritstone Bouldering Vol 1 & 2
The first of these books to land on my desk was Vol 2. I was a little surprised to see so many crags I'd never even heard of, with so many classics omitted. Fortunately I spotted the 'Vol 2' and...
View ArticleBook: Wild Vision: In Celebration Of The Natural World
I've known John Beatty for a number of years and I knew that he was pretty handy with his cameras. However I had never had the pleasure of dipping into any of his books before now. He lives nearby in...
View ArticleGuidebook: Bouldering In Ireland
What a lovely guidebook! Can't really fault it. Personally I'm not a big fan of the landscape format, but I appreciate that it lends itself better to pictures, and at the end of the day, one of my...
View ArticleGuidebook: Mallorca Rockfax
Mallorca is probably the foreign climbing destination I have been to most. Actually, that accolade has to go to Fontainebleau, but Font is so familiar now that it almost doesn't feel like a foreign...
View ArticleWild Swimming Second Edition by Daniel Start
Back in 2009 Daniel Start published a lovely new book called Wild Swimming. It was essentially a cross between a proper guide book and a coffee table book detailing some of the best wild swimming...
View ArticleBook review: 'Adventures in Mind' by Heather Dawe
One of the advantages of being married to an adventure sports writer is all the hand-me-down kit I get. It means I look like a clown sometimes in an array of clashing colours - a purple HellRider...
View ArticleClimbing On Lundy - Climbers Club
Having climbed on the magical Isle of Lundy, in the Bristol Channel, three times before (in 1993, 1994 and 2003) I was excited about a my fourth trip with a group of friends in August this year. For...
View ArticleFont A Bloc - Jacky Godoffe
Yet another guide to Font you groan? Well bear with me for just a minute as this one’s not half bad and offers a slightly different approach. First of all let’s get the cover photo out of the way....
View ArticleWest Country Climbs - Rockfax
Published in July 2010 West Country Climbs has to be a contender for Rockfax’s biggest guidebook to date (425 pages). I remember when I worked at the BMC, realising just how big an area the ‘South...
View ArticleCold Wars Andy Kirkpatrick
I finished Cold Wars last night at 11.30. It was a thoroughly good book Im somewhat surprised to say. I read Psychovertical (his first book) and was a little disappointed. Ive seen Andy on stage and...
View ArticlePeak Bouldering Guidebook - Rockfax - Review
Introduction I've reviewed a fair number of Rockfax guides over the years, but this one sets some new records. Had they made the cover from high density foam it could almost have doubled as a...
View ArticleFrance Cote d?Azur by Chris Craggs ? Rockfax
Chris Craggs has been writing guidebooks, many for Rockfax, for a long time now, mainly to interesting foreign destinations so it should come as no surprise that he’s found another. Well, when I say...
View ArticleScottish Rock - Volume 1 - South
A while back I reviewed Scottish Rock Volume 2 very favourably so it's no surprise that Volume 1, though reviewd in reverse order, is also a cracker. The guide claims to cover the best mountai, crag,...
View ArticleFrance Languedoc-Roussillon by Adrian Berry ? Rockfax
Last summer we went to the Ardeche with some friends for a family camping holiday. It was pre-school age for the kids so we went in September and were blown away by the area. It was stunning. Great...
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