NEW TITLES & NEW EDITIONS 2024-25
Our British walking guides are continuing to sell well, and we’ve been busy keeping the series updated with many new editions plus a new title – Glyndwr’s Way –which brings the total number of titles in the series up to 20.
Already this year we’ve released three new editions of British walking guides as well as the sixth edition of Kilimanjaro –The Trekking Guide
Saharan veteran Chris Scott has spent the last year researching and writing an expanded new edition of Morocco Overland –Route guide from the Atlas to the Sahara (JAN 2025).
Other forthcoming new editions for Jan-Aug 2025 include Offa’s Dyke Path (FEB 2025), North Downs Way (MAR 2025), Ridgeway (APR 2025), Scottish Highlands Hillwalking (MAY 2025) and Pembrokeshire Coast Path (JUN 2025). Bryn Thomas (Publisher)
TRAILBLAZER’S BRITISH WALKING GUIDES
Unique mapping features
In many guidebooks for walkers the reader has to read a route description then try to relate it to the map. Our guides are much easier to use because directions, tricky junctions, places to stay and eat, points of interest and walking times are all written onto the maps themselves. With their uncluttered clarity, these are not general-purpose maps but fully edited maps drawn by walkers for walkers.
Largest-scale walking maps
At a scale of just under 1:20,000 (8cm or 3 1/8 inches to one mile) the maps in these guides are bigger than even the most detailed walking maps currently available in the shops. We now also include colour stage mapping and trail profiles.
Not just a trail guide – Includes where to stay, where to eat & public transport Our guidebooks cover the complete walking experience, not just the route. Accommodation options for all budgets are provided as well as places to eat. Detailed public transport information for all access points to each trail means that there are itineraries for all walkers, for hiking the entire route as well as for day or weekend walks. There’s colour mapping for stage sections (one stage per page), including trail profiles . And with twocolour mapping in all new editions, we’re making our guides even more attractive to the reader.
Downloadable GPS waypoints
Marked on our maps and downloadable from the Trailblazer website. All new editions include what3words references.
N. IRELAND
Glynd Glynd ^ ^ w w r’s Way r’s Way Chris Scott
This new title in our British Walking Guides series covers a 135-mile National Trail in Wales following in the footsteps of Owain Glyndwr, the Welsh prince who led a rebellion against the English in 1400. Traversing a range of open moorland, farmland and forest, it links with Offa’s Dyke at the start (Knighton) and the finish (Welshpool). ISBN 978-1-912716-32-6 204pp, 58 maps 1st edn AVAILABLE
SCOTLAND
‘...the Trailblazer series stands head, shoulders, waist and ankles above the rest. They are particularly strong on mapping...’
WALES
ENGLAND
Wales –along the border with England following this 8th century earthwork
South-East England –from Farnham to Dover via Canterbury
ISBN 9781912716203 51995>
South-West England –Britain’s oldest road; from Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon
London LOOP London LOOP
London Outer Orbital Path London Outer Orbital Path
Henry Stedman
The London LOOP –London Outer Orbital Path –is a 151-mile (242km) circuit along the perimeter of the country’s capital, through the metropolitan green belt.
❏ Divided into 24 walking stages – perfect for day-trippers.
❏ With detailed public transport information – buses, taxis, trains and underground stops for all access points
ISBN 978-1-912716-21-0
236pp, 60 maps 1st edn AVAILABLE NOW £12.99
‘Don’t
leave home without it!’
SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEER
‘the book to inspire you to put on your boots and head for the hills’ THE HOSTELLER (SYHA)
Iceland
Scottish Highlands Hillwalking
Scottish Highlands Hillwalking
Jim Manthorpe
Scotland’s Highlands and Islands contain some of the finest mountain scenery in Europe and by far the best way to experience it is on foot.
❏ 65 selected day-walks –for all abilities, each walk graded for difficulty, terrain and strenuousness
❏ Includes overview information for 62 gateway towns & villages
ISBN 978-1-912716-44-9
300pp 90 maps 4th edn MAY 2025 £16.99
Hiking Iceland Hiking with Reykjavik City Guide with Reykjavik City Guide
11 selected trails including Laugavegur Trail
Jim Manthorpe Iceland offers a world of hiking opportunities like no other place on earth. The famous 55km Laugavegur trek takes you past glaciers, volcanoes, steaming fumaroles and hot springs all set in a landscape of yellow rhyolite and black ash. This guide gives you plenty of other options from hiking below the largest ice-cap in Europe at Skaftafell to Reykjavik day hikes
ISBN 9781912716159
❏ 41 detailed walking maps in the classic Trailblazer style
Plus –Reykjavik city guide and maps
ISBN 978-1-912716-15-9
256pp 41 maps 1st edn AVAILABLE NOW £15.99
Includes 11 specially selected hikes –from walks around Reykjavik to challenging 6-day treks
Moroccan Atlas Moroccan Atlas –– The Trekking Guide The Trekking Guide
Alan Palmer The High Atlas in central Morocco is the most beautiful section of the Atlas range. Towering peaks, deep gorges and Berber villages enchant all who visit.
ISBN 9781905864591
❏ 73 detailed trekking maps – showing route times, places to stay and points of interest
❏ 13 town and village guides with town plans –including Marrakech, Imlil, Ouarzazate and Azilal
ISBN 978-1-905864-59-1
Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro –– The trekking guide The trekking guide (includes Mount Meru) Henry Stedman
At 5895m (19,340ft) Kilimanjaro is the world’s tallest freestanding mountain and a top destination for hikers.
❏ Route guides & maps – the major routes: Machame, Marangu, Rongai (Loitokitok), Lemosho, Shira and Umbwe plus info on new routes Kidia and Irkasswa
❏ City guides – Nairobi, Dar-Es-Salaam, Arusha & Moshi
❏ Choose which company to trek with –detailed reviews of trekking operators
ISBN 978-1-912716-48-7
402pp 40 maps 6th edn
AVAILABLE NOW £17.99
‘Stedman is something of a Kili obsessive and that shows on every page of this guide... Recommended’
TREK & MOUNTAIN
Nepal Trekking Nepal Trekking
NEW EDITION NOW IN STOCK
‘Everything you need to know when planning a trip’
& The Great Himalaya Trail (3rd edn) & The Great Himalaya Trail (3rd edn)
A route & planning guide Robin Boustead
ISBN 9781912716166
Includes the most popular routes in Nepal (Everest and Annapurna) as well as the newest trekking areas for true trailblazers. The Great Himalaya Trail (GHT) is a 160-day route across the entire country.
❏ Plus –Kathmandu & Pokhara city guides
ISBN 978-1-912716-16-6 10pp colour maps 3rd edn 256pp
AVAILABLE NOW £15.99
Tour du Mont Blanc Tour du Mont Blanc Jim Manthorpe
At 4807m (15,771ft), Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in western Europe. The trail (105 miles, 168km) that circumnavigates the massif, passing through France, Italy and Switzerland, is the most popular long-distance walk in Europe.
❏ 60 maps –12 town and village plans and 50 large-scale (1:20,000) walking maps – in new 2-colour style
❏ Itineraries for all walkers – full route or day walks
ISBN 978-1-912716-36-4
204pp 60 maps 3rd edn
AVAILABLE NOW £16.99
‘The guide’ STRIDER Includes climbing guide to Mont Blanc
REPRINT NOW IN STOCK
Following
Following
Miss
Bell
Miss Bell
Pat Yale Travels Around Turkey in the foot Travels Around Turkey in the foot -steps of Gertrude Bell steps of Gertrude Bell [Travel literature]
ISBN 978-1-912716-35-7
Over 120 years ago, Gertrude Bell, the great British archaeologist, writer and explorer, made the first of many visits to this region; now veteran guidebook writer Pat Yale retraces Bell’s Turkish adventures. Interwoven with each other, the tales of these two women’s travels evoke a Turkey of then and now that is so much more complex than its modern tourist image suggests.
396pp 60 photos, 6 maps
AVAILABLE NOW £11.99
‘I thoroughly enjoyed it’
SARA WHEELER, THE SPECTATOR 23 SEP 2023
‘Pat Yale takes us on an epic adventure through time, space and the magical landscapes that bewitched a young English woman in the 1900s. Beautifully written, it entranced me utterly.’ BARBARA NADEL (AUThOR OF ThE INSPECTOR İKMEN SERIES OF CRIME NOvELS)
‘Detailed route maps and practical information’ THE GREAT OUTDOORS ‘Inspirational routes
... by real experts’
STEPHEN FABES, RTW CYCLIST
Peru’s Cordilleras Blanca & Peru’s Cordilleras Blanca & Huayhuash Huayhuash T T he he Hiking & Biking Guide Hiking & Biking Guide
Neil & Harriet Pike
This region, in northern Peru, boasts some of the most spectacular scenery in the Andes, and most accessible high mountain trekking and biking in the world.
New edition of this practical guide which contains 60 detailed route maps and descriptions covering 20 hiking trails and more than 30 days of paved and dirt road cycling.
ISBN 978-1-912716-17-3
256pp 60 maps 2nd edn AVAILABLE NOW £17.99
The Inca Trail, Cusco & The Inca Trail, Cusco & Machu
Picchu
Machu Picchu
Alex Stewart & Henry Stedman
The Inca Trail from Cusco to Machu Picchu is South America’s most popular trek. This guide includes hiking options from two days to three weeks with 35 detailed hiking maps showing walking times, camping places and all points of interest.
ISBN 9781905864881 52495>
❏ High Inca Trail, Salkantay Trek and the Choquequirao Trail. Plus two Sacred Valley treks: Lares Trail and Ausangate Circuit.
❏ Plans of Inca sites, guides to Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu
ISBN 978-1-905864-88-1 370pp 70 maps 6th edn AVAILABLE NOW £14.99
‘The pick of the guides to the area’
‘The best guide to the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu. Highly recommended’ ANDEAN TRAVEL GUIDE
Trekking in the Everest Region Trekking in the Everest Region
Jamie McGuinness
Popular guide to the Everest region, written by a tour leader who has summited Everest five times.
❏ Preparations and getting to Nepal –visas, permits, fees
ISBN 9781905864812
❏ Route guides –with 27 route maps and 63 village plans
❏ Kathmandu city guide –where to stay, where to eat
❏ Includes trekking peaks –Mera, Island Peak, Amphu Labsta, Lobuche East
ISBN 978-1-905864-81-2 312pp 90 maps 6th edn AVAILABLE NOW £15.99
Sinai Sinai –– the trekking
guide the trekking guide
Ben Hoffler
The small tooth of land between Africa and Asia, Sinai is a region of high mountains and sweeping deserts. It’s also one of the most exciting new trekking destinations in the world.
ISBN 9781905864416
❏ Detailed trail guides and GPS co-ordinates for classic treks and lesser-known routes. The best in the High Mountain Region (St. Katherine), Wadi Feiran and the Muzeina deserts.
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❏ Town guides: Sharm el Sheikh, Dahab, Nuweiba, St. Katherine, Wadi Feiran and others.
❏ Highly Commended, Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild
ISBN 978-1-905864-41-6
288pp 74 maps 1st edn
AVAILABLE NOW £14.99
‘This longawaited guide ... was badly needed. Thoroughly detailed... All you need to know’ THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Japan by Rail Japan by Rail
Ramsey Zarifeh & Anna Udagawa
The real secret to travelling around Japan on a budget is the Japan Rail Pass. With it you can travel on some of the world’s fastest trains as often as you like all for one bargain price. Get the most out of a trip to Japan with this guide.
❏ Planning your trip; suggested itineraries; what to take
❏ Km-by-km route guides with 33 route maps
❏ City guides and maps –Where to stay (all budgets), where to eat, what to see in 30 tourist towns and cities
❏ Railway service schedule summaries
‘Excellent guide’
THE SUNDAY TIMES
‘A great primer’
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘Well researched’
THE JAPAN TIMES
‘A must’
CALIFORNIA BOOKWATCH
‘Highly recommended’
THE MAN IN SEAT 61
ISBN 978-1-912716-14-2
528pp 74 maps 5th edn
AVAILABLE NOW £19.99
‘Handy to have even if you’re not travelling by train’
TRAVEL SCOOP (CANADA)
‘This
is the guide’
TRAVELLER MAGAZINE
‘Invaluable’
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘An essential companion’
RAILWAY MAGAZINE
Trans-Canada Rail Guide Trans-Canada Rail Guide
Melissa Graham
Comprehensive guide to Canada’s trans-continental railroad. Stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the lines span 6358km, taking in breathtakingly varied scenery from the vast prairies to the spectacular Rocky Mountains.
❏ Covers the entire route from coast to coast
❏ City guides and maps –ten major stops including Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Jasper and Vancouver
ISBN 9781912716074 52295>
❏ Mile-by-mile route guides
❏ Railway history –the epic tale of corporate greed, political intrigue, danger, death and glory involved in building the railway lines that created modern Canada
ISBN 978-1-912716-07-4
256pp 34 maps 6th edn
AVAILABLE NOW £15.99
Trans-Siberian Handbook Trans-Siberian Handbook
Bryn Thomas & Daniel McCrohan
❏ The most popular guide to the world’s longest rail journey –over 135,000 copies sold
❏ 1st edition short-listed for Thomas Cook Guidebook Award
❏ Kilometre-by-kilometre route guides and maps covering the entire routes of the Trans-Siberian, TransManchurian and Trans-Mongolian railways
ISBN 9781912716081 52495>
❏ City guides and maps –the best sights, places to stay and restaurants for all budgets: Moscow, St Petersburg, Ulaan Bataar, Beijing and 25 towns in Siberia
ISBN 978-1-912716-08-1
560pp 91 maps 10th edn AVAILABLE NOW £16.99
‘The best guidebook is Bryn Thomas’s Trans-Siberian
Handbook’
THE INDEPENDENT ‘Invaluable’
THE FINANCIAL TIMES ‘The definitive guide’
CONDE NAST TRAVELER
‘ Undoubtedly the best guide’ CHRISTIAN WOLMAR
‘The first thing we did was buy
Chris Scott’s Adventure Motorcycling Handbook’
Mc
Exemplary mix of practical guidance, detailed routes and personal insights from the fact wizard behind the AMH’
RIDE MAGAZINE
Morocco Overland Morocco Overland
Route guide Route guide –– from the Atlas to the Sahara from the Atlas to the Sahara 4x4 –Motorcycle –Van –Mountain Bike
FULL COLOUR Chris Scott
For the independently-mobile traveller the mountains and deserts of southern Morocco are a year-round destination offering thrilling variety. Covering over 20,000km, this guide features 68 detailed GPS off-road routes for 4WDs, motorcycles and mountain bikes plus scenic byways suitable for all. Fully updated, expanded and including new routes.
ISBN 978-1-912716-45-6 288pp 40pp maps 4th edn JAN 2025 £24.99
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook Adventure Motorcycling Handbook
Route & planning guide: Asia, Africa, Latin America
8th edition Chris Scott Every red-blooded motorcyclist dreams of making the Big Trip –this book shows you how.
ISBN 9781912716180 52795>
❏ Practical information – Reviews of most popular overland machines, choosing a destination & route, sponsorship, gear, bike preparation, documentation & shipping, life on the road
❏ Trans-continental route outlines ❏ 8th edn full colour In print for almost 30 years and regularly updated, AMH remains the legendary travel bible for two-wheeled adventurers
ISBN 978-1-912716-18-0 352pp FULL COLOUR 8th edn AVAILABLE NOW £19.99
Overlanders’ Handbook Overlanders’ Handbook
A route & planning guide to Asia, Africa & Latin America PAPERBACK Chris Scott
ISBN 9781905864874 52995>
Chris Scott and his band of globetrotting contributors have put together the definitive manual for planning and undertaking a vehicle-dependent adventure across the wilds of Africa, Asia & Latin America. Written in the same entertaining yet clear jargon-free language for which Chris’s other books are known.
ISBN 978-1-905864-87-4
‘Packed with practical advice’
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
‘The definitive guide to how, where, why and what to do on a cycle expedition’
‘I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is the first word, the last word, and if there is such a thing, the middle word, on overlanding.’
4X4 MAGAZINE
Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook
A route & planning guide
The book that has become the cycle-tourist’s Bible has been re-researched by Neil & Harriet Pike, who are well known online for their intrepid cycle journeys and entertaining blogs. Indispensable for anyone planning on (or dreaming about) taking their bicycle on a long-distance adventure. This comprehensive manual will make that dream a reality whether it’s cycling in Tibet or pedalling from Patagonia to Alaska.
ISBN 978-1-905864-68-3 364pp 250 photos 3rd edn AVAILABLE NOW £15.99
ISBN 9781905864683 90000>
ISBN 978-1-912716-31-9
200pp 1st edn , 210 x 150mm
AVAILABLE NOW £17.99
London to Walsingham Camino: London to Walsingham Camino: The Pilgrimage Guide The Pilgrimage Guide Andy Bull
Before Henry VIII outlawed pilgrimage and the veneration of saints in 1538, the route from London to the shrine at Walsingham in Norfolk was the most popular pilgrimage in England.
This guide follows a newly-resurrected 178-mile route. Divided into 13 stages, it’s a truly uplifting walking experience, following footpaths and quiet lanes across the glorious east of England. The route has now been given official recognition by the Confraternity of St James, better known for their organisation of the Camino de Santiago in Spain. That means any pilgrim who walks at least 25km of it can use that 25km towards the total of 100km that must be walked to get the official credencial on reaching Santiago.
❏ FULL COLOUR, inspirational guide
❏ Practical information via webpages linked with a code in the book
❏ Downloadable gpx file for smartphones
‘Andy Bull’s superb guide is a must for pilgrims’ INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC NEWS
‘I have walked to Walsingham twice … [and] … I walked the Camino del Norte to Santiago. I am therefore delighted that the route from London to Walsingham is now better established and therefore more available for other pilgrims and also drawn into the network of pilgrimages under the umbrella of the Confraternity of Saint James. Walsingham is England’s Nazareth’.
FROM THE FOREWORD BY STEPHEN COTTRELL, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
Pilgrim Pathways: 1-2 day walks Pilgrim Pathways: 1-2 day walks on ancient sacred ways on ancient sacred ways Andy Bull
There are many ancient pilgrim paths in Britain, some long-forgotten, and these routes are inspired by the very best of them. They cover Britain’s most inspiring landscapes and most powerfully spiritual places, distilled into walks taking one or two days.
❏ FULL COLOUR, inspirational guide
❏ Practical information via webpages linked with a code in the book
❏ Downloadable gpx file for use on smartphones
ISBN 978-1-912716-19-7 240pp 21 maps 1st edn, Larger format 210 x 150mm AVAILABLE NOW £14.99
ISBN 9781912716197 51995>
‘Detailed guide to walking 20 ancient routes over one or two days’
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