The Princess Matilda Comes Home
Shane Spall
Ebury Press, £8.99
Finally (from 5 March), the paperback conclusion of Tim and Shane Spall’s voyage around our coasts on a sea-going barge is here. From Matilda’s winter berth in Cardiff, they follow the Welsh coast, before crossing the Irish Sea to the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. En route they get lost in shipping lanes near Liverpool and accidentally sail through an army firing range.
How to Travel the World on $50 a Day: Revised
Matt Kepnes
Perigee Books, £9.61
For more than five years, Matt Kepnes (aka Nomadic Matt) has been demonstrating to readers of his travel blog that if you travel like locals, your trip doesn’t have to break the bank. This latest version reveals more of his budget travel tips and secrets as Nomadic Matt shows us how to stretch our money even further by travelling ‘cheaper, smarter, and longer’.
Walking the Nile
Levison Wood
Simon & Schuster, £9
This is a worthy souvenir of the inspiring Channel 4 TV series of explorer Levison Wood’s challenge to be the first man to walk the length of the Nile, wild camping, foraging for food, fending for himself against multiple dangers. He passes through rainforest, savannah, swamp, desert and lush delta oasis, as he uncovers the history of the Nile and its people.
Wainwright on the Pennine Way
Alfred Wainwright
Frances Lincoln, £25
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Pennine Way’s opening, as England’s first National Trail, this large format hardback book shows the legendary fell-walker’s original text revised and annotated to account for the changes in the route over recent years. In addition, photographer Derry Brabbs has reshot the whole book with year-round photography of the route’s highlights.
Wild guide: Devon, Cornwall & South West
Wild Things Publishing, £15
Subtitled ‘Hidden Places, Great Adventures and the Good Life’, Wild Guides are beautifully photographed, inspirational guide books for finding those wild places for adventures just off the beaten track. With annotated maps and lists, plus listings and descriptions of actual places to discover under headings such as Rivers and Lakes, Sunset Hilltops and Sleep Wild these guides are must-have adventure directories.
Are we nearly there yet?
Ben Hatch
Summersdale, £8
This is the witty and resonant (if you’ve got small children and a determined wanderlust) account of Hatch’s 8,000-mile round Britain trip in a clapped out Vauxhall Astra with his wife and two sub-four-year-old children, fulfilling an ostensibly enticing commission to write a family guide book. Staying in a different hotel every night the funny stuff comes from Hatch’s account of how it all goes wonderfully wrong!
