My stack of unread books is ever growing, currently near the top of the pile:
- Petit traité sur l’immensité du monde, Sylvain Tesson (2005).
- L’axe du loup : De la Sibérie à l’Inde, sur les pas des évadés du Goulag, Sylvain Tesson (2006).
- Mean Feat: A Three Thousand Mile Walk Through Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, John Waite (1985)
- A Long Walk South, Seán Rothery (2001)
- Walking the French Alps: GR5, Martin Collins (2004)
- Journey through Europe, John Hillaby (1974)
- To Travel Hopefully: journal of a death not foretold, Christopher Rush (2006)
- Words in the Snow (A Filandón), Juan Pedro Aparicio et al. (2007)
- Wilderness Dreams: The Call of Scotland’s Last Wild Places, Mike Cawthorne (2007)
- Hostile Habitats – Scotland’s Mountain Environment: A Hillwalkers’ Guide to Wildlife and the Landscape, Mark Wrightam (Ed.), Nick Kempe (Ed.) (2006)
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Some old favourites:
- A Time of Gifts, Patrick Leigh Fermor (1977)
- Between the Woods and the Water, Patrick Leigh Fermor (1987)
- Clear Waters Rising, Nicholas Crane (1997)
- What am I doing here?, Bruce Chatwin (1990)
- Waterlog: A swimmer’s journey through Britain, Roger Deakin (2000)
- Book of the Bivvy, Ronald Turnbull (2001)
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A few more interesting books:
- Beyond Backpacking, Ray Jardine (1999)
- Lightweight Backpacking & Camping: A Field Guide to Wilderness Hiking Equipment, Technique & Style (Backpacking Light), Ryan Jordan (2005)
- Deep Survival: Who lives, Who dies and Why, Laurence Gonzales (2005)




