Trailblazer Guides are produced by people who know exactly what information is needed - not just to get from A to B but to be entertaining as well as informative.
 — The Great Outdoors

Our Authors

Trailblazer's authors are one reason for the popularity of the series. Fiercely independent, opinionated, educated and off to see the world with a journalistic chip on their shoulders, the following authors contribute to the Trailblazer line.

 


William Allberry

Author of Thames Path: Thames Head to Woolwich (London)


 
Ben Hoffler

Author of Sinai - The Trekking Guide


 
Robin Boustead

Author of Nepal Trekking and The Great Himalaya Trail


 

Oliver Breda

Author of Madeira Walks - 37 selected walks


 
Andy Bull

Author of Pilgrim Pathways - 1-2 day walks on Britain's ancient sacred ways / London to Walsingham Camino


 
Keith Carter

Author of Offa's Dyke Path: Chepstowto Prestatyn & Prestatyn to Chepstow


 

John Curtin

Author of North Downs Way: Farnham to Dover


 
Melissa Graham

Author of Trans-Canada Rail Guide


 
Stuart Greig

Author of Pennine Way: Edale to Kirk Yetholm


 

Tricia & Bob Hayne

Author of Cotswold Way: Chipping Campden to Bath


 
Nick Hill

Author of The Ridgeway: Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon


 
Charlie Loram

Author of West Highland Way: Milngavie to Fort William


 

Stephen Lord

Author of Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook


 
Deborah Manley

Author of The Trans-Siberian Railway: a traveller's anthology / The Walker's Anthology / The Railway Anthology


 
Jim Manthorpe

Author of South Downs Way / Scottish Highlands Hillwalking guide / Tour du Mont Blanc / Great Glen Way: Fort William to Inverness / Pembrokeshire Coast Path / Iceland Hiking - with Reykjavik


 

Daniel McCrohan

Author of Trans-Siberian Handbook / Cornwall Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 2) / Dales Way: Ilkley to Bowness-o­n-Windermere


 
Jamie McGuinness

Author of Trekking in the Everest Region


 
Joel Newton

Author of Thames Path: Thames Head to Woolwich (London) / Cornwall Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 2) / Offa's Dyke Path: Chepstowto Prestatyn & Prestatyn to Chepstow / Exmoor & North Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 1) / Dorset & South Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 3)


 

Alan Palmer

Author of Moroccan Atlas - the Trekking Guide


 
Neil & Harriet Pike

Author of Peru's Cordilleras Blanca & Huayhuash - The Hiking & Biking Guide / Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook


 
Chris Scott

Author of Morocco Overland / Adventure Motorcycling Handbook / Pennine Way: Edale to Kirk Yetholm / Overlanders' Handbook


 

Nicky Slade

Author of The Cyclist's Anthology


 
Henry Stedman

Author of Pennine Way: Edale to Kirk Yetholm / Cornwall Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 2) / Kilimanjaro - The trekking guide to Africa's highest mountain / Coast to Coast Path: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay / Hadrian's Wall Path / South Downs Way / Dales Way: Ilkley to Bowness-o­n-Windermere / The Inca Trail, Cusco & Machu Picchu / Cotswold Way: Chipping Campden to Bath / North Downs Way: Farnham to Dover / Exmoor & North Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 1) / Dorset & South Devon Coast Path (South-West Coast Path Part 3) / Coast to Coast TRACKLOG / Pembrokeshire Coast Path / Cleveland Way / London LOOP


 
Alexander Stewart

Author of The Inca Trail, Cusco & Machu Picchu / Norfolk Coast Path & Peddars Way


 

Colin Taylor

Author of Australia by Rail


 
Bryn Thomas

Author of Trans-Siberian Handbook / The Walker's Anthology - Further Tales


 
Anna Udagawa

Author of Thames Path: Thames Head to Woolwich (London) / Japan by Rail


 

Ramsey Zarifeh

Author of Japan by Rail