Outdoor Books
From Trails to Tales
Books for people drawn to wild places, long journeys and life outdoors.
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Ancient : Reviving the Woods That Made Britain
Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing Step into the woods and discover the trees that made Britain.
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Journeys, nature writing and the books that send you somewhere without leaving the chair.
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Long walks we have written about, and the books people take with them.
Tanzania
Kilimanjaro
At 5,895m, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world — it rises from the Tanzanian plain rather than from a range.
13 books
Spain
Camino de Santiago
A network of pilgrim routes across Europe, all of them converging on the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.
10 books
England
Pennine Way
268 miles up the spine of England, from Edale in the Peak District to Kirk Yetholm just over the Scottish border.
7 books
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