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Outdoor book reviews

7th December 2023

Book review: The Hidden Fires – A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd by Merryn Glover

They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes. But Merryn Glover's book, The Hidden Fires, proves it is not only a beautiful but thoroughly worthy pursuit to follow in their footsteps.

by Francesca Donovan
14th November 2023

Book review: On Sacred Ground by Andrew Terrill

Chris Townsend gives high praise to Andrew Terrill's second book recounting an epic 7000-mile walk from the toe of Italy to the northern tip of Norway.

by Chris Townsend
3rd November 2023

Book review: The Mountain Leader – A Practical Manual by Mike Raine

This manual to becoming a Mountain Leader tackles topics others shy away from, commends reviewer Kirsty Pallas.

by The Great Outdoors
6th October 2023

Book review – High Caucasus: A mountain quest in Russia’s haunted hinterland

Roger Butler reviews a memoir of an epic and risky 1000-mile walk through the High Caucasus by Tom Parfitt.

by The Great Outdoors
30th August 2023

Book review: British Mountaineers by Faye Latham

British Mountaineers by Faye Latham is outdoor writing unlike anything you've seen before. Francesca Donovan reviews.

by Francesca Donovan
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26th June 2023

Book Review – In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors by Rachel Hewitt

Rachel Hewitt's part-memoir, part-history book is essential reading on women outdoors. Francesca Donovan reviews.

by Francesca Donovan
28th April 2023

Book review: Dartmoor Walking and Camping by Tim Gent

“The moor takes hold on the imagination and remains in the thoughts. The magic is done. This is a place where experiences stick.”

by Francesca Donovan
1st February 2023

Book review: Scene and Unseen by Sidney Scroggie

Our contributing editor David Lintern remains moved by Scene and Unseen, Sidney Scroggie's revived 1989 post-war Scottish hill memoir.

by The Great Outdoors
31st January 2023

Book review: The Path of Peace by Anthony Seldon

Megan Carmichael reviews The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way by Anthony Seldon.

by The Great Outdoors
31st January 2023

Book review: SOLO by Jenny Tough

Alex Roddie reviews SOLO by Jenny Tough, an adventure athlete who traversed six mountain ranges on six continents.

by Alex Roddie
10th December 2019

Review: Diagonal Walking by Nick Corble

Roger Butler reviews Diagonal Walking by Nick Corble (Matador, £12.99) Twenty years ago, with a trademark umbrella sticking out of the back of his pack, Nick Crane walked from Berwick-upon-Tweed to the Dorset coast as he closely followed the line of longitude known as…

by Chiara
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