Trailblazer Guide Books
Trailblazer guidebooks provide practical information on specific routes in less accessible parts of the world.
— Wanderlust
For Trailblazer
Wonderful handbooks
- The Bookseller
Practical guidebooks for the more adventurous traveller.
- The Herald
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
Engagingly written — all the guides from this stable are first class
- Traveller
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Trailblazer guides take some beating.
- Adventure Travel
'Fantastically detailed and well-presented.'
- Backpack magazine
Guides that will send you packing.
- Today
Worth watching out for.
- John Cleare
These Trailblazer guides … are a godsend for independent travelers.
- Travel & Leisure
'These human-scale books, written and published by people who genuinely know and love their subject, are perfect for travel's post-pandemic recovery.'
- The Guardian, March 2021
Trailblazer guidebooks provide practical information on specific routes in less accessible parts of the world.
- Wanderlust
Jim Manthorpe's excellent Pembrokeshire Coast Path
- New York Times
It felt totally alien to be ditching my OS maps after 3 days as they were completely superfluous to requirements given the detail in your guide.
- M Davies
a very enjoyable read.
- Backpack
Recommended.
- Walk magazine
Recommended in "First time...Cycle touring" by Rob Penn
- Wanderlust
An excellent investment
- The Sunday Times
The definitive guide to how, where, why and what to do on a cycle expedition...
- Adventure Travel Magazine
Solid gold, and a joy to read.
- www.crazyguyonabike.com
This extensive bible covers all you need to know.
- Cycling Active
The author, Stephen Lord, is an example to us all. He used to be a banker but he chucked it in to cycle the world.
- Matt Rudd, The Sunday Times
Essential for anyone planning a mammoth cycle trip.
- Wanderlust
a real bible for adventure cyclists
- Cycle, CTC
Inspiring...and gives plenty of advice on where to get more specific help.
- VeloVision
Very useful for cyclists going further afield.
- Cycle magazine
The first edition of the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook ... inspired motorcyclists across the world and launched the motorcycle websites that today bring bikers together to share information and plan their overland adventures.
- The Daily Telegraph
There is simply no other resource with such a broad spectrum of traveling wisdom – mechanical, cultural, and anecdotal.
- Adventure Motorcycle Magazine (USA)
Fortunately, I had Chris Scott's indispensible 'Adventure Motorcycling Handbook' up my sleeve, which clearly outlines the unwritten rules.
- Dan Walsh [in the Sahara], Bike magazine 500th issue (Dec 2014)
This is one of those must have books
- Overland magazine
There's practical advice everywhere, all gained through Scott's own years of adventure travels.
- Adventure Rider, October 2020 (USA)
"...strips away the bling, farkle, and ego to reveal the true nature of motorcycle travel and the joys that come with exploring the world"
- Overland Journal, Spring 2021
˜Whether you're just dreaming of an adventure, or you've already started planning, you must read this book ... Chris Scott's a veteran of serious travel.
- Bike Magazine (UK)
This book has, pound for pound, more hard facts and information about international motorcycle touring than anything else around
- webBikeWorld
A fountain of knowledge
- Adventure Bike Rider
... a gritty, honest, hard won review of what actually works and what you really need to ride a motorcycle overland.
- Overland International (USA)
Essential reading for anyone planning a trip big or small
- Geoff Hill, Daily Mirror, July 2020
not just essential motorcycle adventure research, it's essential motorcycle adventure literature reading.
- The Riders Digest.co.uk
Top 10 of greatest moments in adventure motorcycling
- Adventure Bike Rider
(AMH6) is just about the most comprehensive travel book I have ever read.
- Adventure Rider
...one of those essential volumes that belongs on every biker's bookshelf.
- The Rider's Digest
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook is essential reading for all travelling riders.
- RUST Motorcycle Magazine, July 2020
Whether your next adventure will be in Afghanistan or Alabama, these two reference guides (Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, Overlanders' Handbook) are a great place to start.
- Overland Journal, 2018 (USA)
The book the serious travellers refer to
- Ride
If you're planning an overland adventure the AMH should be on your checklist right next to 'motorcycle' and 'passport'.
- Trailbike Magazine
...a brilliantly informative, yet entertaining read for any motorcyclist with a dash of wanderlust.
- Motorcycle Monthly
˜The book that I can say, without exaggeration, helped to change my life
- Lois Pryce, Overland Journal (USA)
'The first thing we did was buy the Adventure Motorcycling Handbook'
- Ewan McGregor, The Long Way Round
This is THE book for anyone planning to go on a motorcycle adventure.
- Motorcycle Sport & Leisure, September 2020
'These human-scale books, written and published by people who genuinely know and love their subject, are perfect for travel's post-pandemic recovery.
- The Guardian, March 2021
... all you need to know about adventuring by bike
- Adventure Bike Rider
if you only ever buy one book on adventure riding then make it this one.
- Rust 8
It's the bible for bikers with itchy feet.
- Daily Star Sunday, July 2020
Most highly recommended.
- Overland Expo, USA
...vital reading for anyone contemplating an overland adventure.
- Motorcycle Mojo (USA)
hugely inspirational and always gives me a little shiver of excitement when I open it
- Overland Magazine
without a doubt the best adventure motorcycling reference book available
- Adventure Rider, Kiwi Steve
every biker would do well to read this book even if no trips are planned - because I defy anyone not to have a plan, or the urge to plan, once you reach the back cover.
- London Bikers
The best guide
- Wanderlust
Recommended
- The Independent on Sunday
An excellent guidebook with useful maps
- The Guardian
Invaluable
- The Financial Times
Very comprehensive coverage
- Caspian Business News (Azerbaijan)
Mark Elliott could make even an Azeri feel like he doesn't know Azerbaijan
- Baku Sun (Azerbaijan)
Brilliant, a masterpiece
- The Guardian
'A wealth of information'
- Backpack, Summer 2019
'Ideal.'
- Outdoor Enthusiast, Spring 2019
'A heavy inducement to visit one of the less trodden National Trails.'
- Strider, April 2019
Recommended
- The Daily Telegraph, May 2019
You could pick this book up and never use another resource from the first stages of planning to arriving in St. Bees.
- Stuart Greig
An outstandingly good value and very useful guide.
- Nichola Hele
The maps are clearer and more easily read than Wainwright's.
- Backpack magazine
It would be impossible to do this route without a copy of the superb Coast to Coast Path by Henry Stedman and Daniel McCrohan (Trailblazer).
- The Observer Magazine, 5 August 2018
The numerous detailed walking maps ... make planning your hike all the more easy.
- Trek & Mountain
An excellent guide
- Country Walking magazine, Spring 2019
We were very impressed by your guidebook & I used it not only for the walk but also for booking B&Bs etc.
- Jane Johnson
Recommended.
- Backpack
The most complete guide: with all the detail you'll need for a walk in Wainwright's footsteps.
- The Sunday Times
an enjoyable hike made easier by your publication
- John Hedrick, President of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club in Virginia, USA
Just like the Hadrian's Wall guide which we used a couple of years ago, it has been a huge help in both planning and doing the walk and really added to our enjoyment.
- David Bull
'a useful guide and I recommend it'
- Backpack, winter 2022
Trailblazer has a strong reputation for the idiosyncratic but very useful maps that illustrate these handy guides, which are small and light enough to slip into a backpack or coat pocket.
- The Telegraph
To read it makes you wish to be there walking the route. Recommended.
- Backpack, Journal of the Backpackers Club
three excellent guides to the trail
- The independent
Packed with information and excellent hand-drawn maps, these are essential companions.
- Wanderlust
Editor's choice
- Cornwall Today
Opinionated, pragmatic...a damn good book
- Justin Murphy (UK)
Excellent
- The Times
Indispensable
- The Independent
Absolutely invaluable for planning my walk and especially for accommodation and transport links.
- David Hofman
All the information a backpacker needs
- Backpack magazine
It never steered us wrong.
- T. Fuller
'perhaps the best source of practical information currently available on the trail.'
- Cotswold Way Association News, April 2024
Maintains the hallmarks of these popular Trailblazer LDP guides.
- Strider, Journal of the Long Distance Walkers Association
A polished guide to the Cotswold Way National Trail, with detailed maps, GPS waypoints and masses of practical information including a section on 'minimum impact walking'.
- Walk Magazine, The Ramblers' Association
'Trailblazer really have got it right with their route maps. They rival Wainwright's mapping for accuracy and detail and if anything are actually easier on the eye to read.'
- Backpack magazine
'a well-produced and comprehensive guide'
- Strider, Long Distance Walkers Association, April 2023
'Hikers will be delighted'
- Evergreen
three excellent guides to the trail
- The independent
lots of value
- The Great Outdoors
Throughout the guide is a detailed description of the route to be taken. This is particularly well written and comprehensive.
- Backpack
Packed with information and excellent hand-drawn maps, these are essential companions.
- Wanderlust
three excellent guides to the trail
- The independent
crammed with practical information on the route and local amenities, wildlife guides and detailed maps.
- Walk magazine
'skilful story-telling'; 'a book like no other - juxtaposing two different timelines and two separate worlds.'; 'a glimpse of Bell's early days as an explorer and recounts the journey that would turn her into that ambitious political player who became an advisor to kings!'
- The Markas Review
'This account is valuable ... a bit of a detective story.'
- Anglo-Turkish Society, November 2023
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'affectionate, entertaining ... a fitting tribute to Gertrude Bell.'
- Cornucopia Magazine, December 2023
This meticulously researched and beautifully written travelogue reminded me of William Dalrymple's 'In Xanadu' and 'From the Holy Mountain'
- Goodreads.com, October 2023
I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is an old fashioned ‘footsteps’ book with no stuntish symbolism of the personal redemption variety.
- Sara Wheeler, The Spectator, September 2023
A definitive guide to the trail and would recommend it, both for planning your walk but also during it.
- Backpack magazine
The perfect companion
- Adventure Travel
A wealth of interesting information
- Strider
Recommended.
- Country Walking
'An excellent guide ... It helped me in planning and the anticipation of the walk, adding to my enjoyment, and in particular, ensuring that I would take in every aspect of the Wall while on the walk.'
- Strider, Journal of the Long Distance Walkers Association, December 2023
extremely useful
- Alan Pitt
Your book was our bible
- F Leverentz
a very well researched and presented guide
- Backpack, Summer 2023
This new edition has ... useful profiles showing ascents and descents
- Scotland Outdoors
Rammed full of in-depth information
- Adventure Travel
Truly impressive
- Cycling Active
Indispensable
- London Cyclist Magazine
Inspirational guide
- Cycle Magazine
This is definitely the best guide to the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu...Highly recommended.
- Andean Travel Web
If you plan to rely on trains in Japan to get around - which in most cases you should - then Japan by Rail may prove more useful than the standard guidebook.
- www.japanvisitor.com
Highly recommended
- Bullet-In Magazine
This handy guidebook by Ramsey Zarifeh enables international visitors to make the most out of a visit to the country.
- Railway Gazette
A gem
- The Daily Yomiuri
A must for any travel or train buff's collection… covers everything from Japanese words and phrases to railway timetables. This new edition includes recent extensions to several train lines plus further coverage of popular tourist destinations and less-traveled areas nearby,
- California Bookwatch, USA
Highly recommended!
- The Man in Seat 61, www.seat61.com
'The Bible for train travel in Japan’ …. with …. 'all the essential information to make the most of the very many tourist sites around Japan.'
- Zoom Japan magazine
A find...Well researched.
- The Japan Times (Tokyo)
This magnificent travel book should be a required item in your luggage
- Books Monthly
Invaluable companion
- Railway Magazine
no visitor to Japan should be without their own copy
- Wisconsin Bookwatch, (US) September 2022
Excellent
- The Sunday Times
if you are coming from outside Japan, this is quite possibly the best single book you can bring.
- www.japanvisitor.com
One of my favourite and most used guidebooks
- South China Morning Post
Brilliantly informative guidebook
- JTB Europe (Japan Travel Bureau)
Highly recommended
- JETwit.com, Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Alumni magazine
A model of what a guidebook should be.
- David Dean
- California Bookwatch
so much more than just a route guide.
- Backpack magazine
You wouldn't want to be without this book if heading for Kilimanjaro.
- Backpack
Contains almost everything you could possibly want to know about the mountain, its ascent and its surroundings.
- Strider
Recommended guidebook.
- Trek & Mountain
A comprehensive and informative guide.
- Wanderlust
illustrated with detailed maps
- The Great Outdoors
a comprehensive guide
- Adventure Travel
Stedman is something of a Kili obsessive...and that shows on every page of this fully revised and expanded edition of his guide... Recommended.
- Trek & Mountain
masses of detailed information
- Ramblers South East Walker, December 2021
48 detailed maps on a scale of 1:20,000
- Strider magazine, Long Distance Walkers' Association, December 2021
rich in historical association, incisive comment and many practical tips.
- Catholic Herald, May 2024
The attention to detail and clarity of practical information will enable any Camino Pilgrim to start out with confidence.
- Catholic National Shrine And Basilica of Our Lady, Walsingham
ONE of Christianity’s most important medieval pilgrimage routes
- Church Times
Andy Bull's superb guide is a must for pilgrims, walkers and lovers of culture.
- Independent Catholic News
an essential read
- The Daily Telegraph
37 good strolls for all abilities
- Wanderlust, September 2019
Excellent maps and guides to port cities, suggested itineraries and interesting histories of the countries
- Everything Spain
Very detailed for certain treks in the Toubkal, Mgoun, Sirwa and Sahro regions. Extensive background information.
- Hamish Brown, The High Atlas - treks and climbs in Morocco's biggest and best mountains
A very useful guide ... obviously put together by someone who knows their subject in great depth.
- Scottish Mountaineer
A great new trekking guide.
- Travel Africa
This valuable guide offers a fascinating insight into the Atlas and opens up some stunning routes.
- Strider
Deserves to become a classic.
- Dr Michael Peyron, specialist in Berber language, literature and culture, July 2012
Recommended
- Wanderlust
...all the information one would expect, and some that you would not expect!
- Backpack
Essential reading
- Land Rover World
Even 5 stars doesn't do it justice.
- Rust
If you're thinking of going to Morocco, on your own bike or a fly-hire trip, soak this up first.
- Ride
A must-have
- Land Rover Owner
I simply cannot recommend this book enough. It's packed full of usefulness.
- Bike, February 2025
this is the book to buy.
- Adventure Bike Rider
Drive to Marrakech like Keith Richards ...This trip is easily done as Chris Scott explains...
- The Guardian
If you only had this book, you’d learn enough to get around Morocco.
- Adventure Bike Rider, March 2025
This is no corporately produced, rehashed holiday guide, it’s a book that’s grown from hundreds of Chris Scott’s journeys and his passion for a part of the world that is like no other.
- Overland Magazine
highly detailed
- Self-Build Motorcaravanners Club
The brand new bible for off-roading to and across this corner of North Africa
- Wanderlust
A comprehensive and inspirational read
- Land Rover Monthly
The godfather of overland and desert exploration, author of Adventure Motorcycling Handbook and other respected adventure manuals, former courier Chris Scott knows more about riding in the desert than any Englishman since T E Lawrence.
- Ride
very useful and inspiring for the serious adventure rider.
- The Rider's Digest
Everything you needed to know but were too afraid to ask.
- Trail, March 2025
features interesting route guides - with maps and GPS coordinates.
- Motorcaravan, Motorhome Monthly
...the excellent Morocco Overland...
- Michael Bentham, winner, Best Readers' Adventures, Bike magazine
No 1, Best Books
- Mustang, Nepal feature, Walkopedia online magazine, Spring 2013
everything you need to know when planning a trip
- Adventure Travel
... showcases the newest trekking areas and has extensive planning sections.
- telegraph.co.uk
A fresh new dimension to eco-trekking in Nepal.
- Nepali Times
...details many routes in Nepal, including the full mountain traverse.
- Wanderlust
... a wealth of information
- Strider
Comprehensive
- Backpack
A great guide to the star trails.
- Country Walking
Trailblazer books pack a great deal between their covers
- Canoeist
Recommended.
- Wanderlust
...an essential read for anyone planning a walking trip to New Zealand.
- Trek & Mountain
’the 77 maps are excellent’
- Strider, April 2024
'The most thorough walking guide I have ever read.'
- Strider, Journal of The Long Distance Walkers Association
'Highly recommend this guidebook'
- Backpack
‘Reading this guide in preparation would give you a rewarding experience however you choose to tackle the route.’
- Backpack, Spring 2024
Recommended.
- Country Walking
Your guide was my bible
- George Moberly
Provides all you need to drive the route, with stacks of advice, lots of maps and detailed info about major towns en route.
- LAM Magazine
All the info you need
- Wanderlust
Recommended.
- Country Walking
Fully updated and includes downloadable GPS waypoints.
- Strider
A useful guide.
- The Independent
These guides are excellent.
- Jackie Ager
Keith Carter's Offa's Dyke Path is good, with amusing hand-drawn maps ...
- telegraph.co.uk
A goldmine of factual, sensible information based on the author's personal, extensive experience.'
- Self-Build Motorcaravanners Club, June 2018
steers... the reader towards the most cost-effective solutions and [...] real advice, country by country
- 4X4 Magazine
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. Buy it and you won't regret it.
- SA 4X4 magazine
Brilliantly written in an entertaining and informative way.
- Motorcaravan Motorhome Monthly
Buy this book ... and turn your overland dream into a reality
- Land Rover World
A great resource.
- Wild Travel
Absolutely mandatory reading for anyone contemplating overland travel...Already a veteran? Trust me, you'll still learn something...
- Overland Journal
There is nothing else quite like this out there.
- The Bookseller
... covers every topic imaginable and will inspire you to pack your vehicle and head off in a new direction.
- overland-live.blogspot.com
A must for any budding overlander
- Land Rover Monthly
Whether your next adventure will be in Afghanistan or Alabama, these two reference guides (Overlanders' Handbook, Adventure Motorcycling Handbook) are a great place to start.
- Overland Journal, 2018 (USA)
Essential reading... refreshingly jargon-free
- 4x4 Mart
Chris Scott's popular book is ... packed with updated info, tips, trip reports and loads more.
- Land Rover Owner, September 2017
Shortlisted East Anglian Book Awards 2011
- Eastern Daily Press-Jarrold
everything needed to enjoy the trail
- Strider
Comprehensive and detailed
- Walk magazine
Recommended.
- Backpack
comprehensive coverage
- Canoeist
It felt totally alien to be ditching my OS maps after 3 days as they were completely superfluous to requirements given the detail in your guide.
- M. Davies
Jim Manthorpe's excellent Pembrokeshire Coast Path
- New York Times
Recommended
- Walk Magazine
A very enjoyable read
- Backpack
Recommended guide
- Walk, the magazine of the Ramblers
An excellent book
- Backpack
The sketch maps of the route are clear and have useful information on what you see on the ground.
- Backpack, Backpackers Club, autumn, 2023
The maps which are hand written on a scale of 1: 20,000, are top class
- The Pennine Way Association
The Trailblazer Guide appears to be the preferred choice of most walkers.
- Pennine Way Association, Strider
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Inspirational routes over some of the best cycle touring terrain in the world, and authored by real experts. Highly recommended.
- Stephen Fabes, Round the World Cyclist
detailed route maps and practical information
- The Great Outdoors
Without the detailed insider info from Neil and Harriet, I'd never have had the confidence to set off through the beautiful and remote Andean backroads.
- Amaya Williams, Round the World Cyclist
guide to a region north-west of Lima that's often neglected by Brits in favour of the Inca Trail, but it has some of the world's finest trekking and mountain biking.
- Simon Calder The Independent
An excellent book
- Backpack, Spring 2021
Detailed guide to walking 20 ancient routes over one or two days.
- Financial Times, 19 December 2020
interesting and enjoyable weekends
- Strider, The Journal of The Long Distance Walkers Association, April 2021
Andy’s book opens up British Pilgrimage for a new generation of seekers.
- Will Parsons, Discoverer of the Old Way Pilgrimage Route to Canterbury
one of the best available
- The Friends of the Ridgeway
The best features are the maps
- Andy Plummer, The Friends of the Ridgeway
Comprehensive ... also a fine travel guide
- Overlander (Australia)
Desert Bible
- Land Rover International
an immense amount of detail on what to take and vehicles
- Geographical magazine
The essential Sahara guide
- The Sunday Times
Recommended in feature on Wild Scotland
- Wanderlust
succeeds in providing comprehensive information that will assist visitors to Scotland and novice hillwalkers
- Scottish Mountaineer
Don't leave home without it!
- Scottish Mountaineer
... the book to inspire you to put on your boots and head for the hills straightaway.
- The Hosteller, Scottish Youth Hostel Association
I would recommend this issue for any walker who visits the Highlands.
- Backpack magazine
Essential reading ... for anyone planning to experience travel on this newest of Far Eastern railway
- The Railway Magazine
The year's most esoteric travel guide...an encyclopaedic companion.
- The Independent
A pioneering guidebook packed with detail
- Railway Gazette
There's no better guide with which to guide yourself.
- TNT Magazine
Packed with history and practical information.
- Daily Telegraph, September 2018
No-nonsense information-packed guide
- LAM Magazine
Recommended in "Last Chance to see... the Chinese Silk Road city of Kashgar"
- The Guardian
all you need to know.
- The Great Outdoors
a great book
- Astene Bulletin, Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East, Summer 2014
Highly Commended, Guidebooks, 2014 Awards
- Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild
The thoroughness of the (trail) guides is impressive and the accompanying maps (over 70) are highly detailed.
- Backpack
A little gem of a book
- Walk magazine, The Ramblers, Summer 2018
A very useful book and certainly recommended
- Backpack magazine
Terrific guide
- Hampshire Chronicle, April 2018
Jim Manthorpe's excellent Trailblazer guide
- The Sunday Times
All the information needed to enjoy walking the 100 mile trail
- Wildlife magazine, Sussex Wildlife Trust
probably the most comprehensive (book) ever compiled about our long distance paths.
- This England, Summer 2018
'Excellent.'
- Backpack, Journal of the Backpackers Club, Summer 2018
Recommended.
- Country Walking
invaluable
- Backpack
With this book in your hand or tucked into your backsack you would have immense difficulty in getting lost or not knowing where the nearest restaurant, pub or bus route is.
- River Thames News
An excellent read.
- Backpack
Another polished and comprehensive Trailblazer title
- Walk magazine online
practical, clear-eyed and enthusiastic
- Wanderlust
All you need to walk the Thames Path
- Outdoor Enthusiast
'excellent guidebook'
- Strider, Long Distance Walkers Association, December 2022
Recommended.
- Adventure Travel
I was inspired by Joel's refreshing, and very British, attitude to the weather, the joy of pubs and walking itself, with a path that can be broken down into manageable segments.
- Round & About
'The detail is impressive.'
- Backpack, winter 2022
Everything you could possibly need to know - and perhaps a little bit more besides;
- Waterways World
'a thoroughly enjoyable companion to the trail.'
- Thames Guardian, River Thames Society, September 2022
this volume will add much to your enjoyment.
- Backpack
a fascinating guide to what you'll find in any given section of the "path".
- Books Monthly
If you love bikes and cycling - then this book is a must for you.
- Burnley Express
A compendium of literary snippets about two-wheeled travel, it takes in everything from Twain and Hemingway to Bradley Wiggins.
- Wanderlust
'a fascinating read that would make a lovely gift for any cycling enthusiast'
- CTC, The National Cycling Charity
a collection of entertaining writings
- Scotland Outdoors
terrific
- Books Monthly
a perfect gift!
- County Life
endorses the transformative power of railways
- Good Book Guide
all aspects of rail travel - funny, sombre, celebratory and cautionary - find ample reflection in Manley's entertaining volume.
- Good Book Guide
'Evocative, thought-provoking...once you get under steam with this one, it is hard to stop! Highly Recommended
- Heritage Railway
excellent, coat-pocketable collection of writing
- National Railway Museum Review
good gift for a journey
- Oxfordshire Limited Edition
an excellent bedside companion
- This England
joyous, glorious and timeless
- Wanderlust
...the complete guide to one of the exciting areas of the Alps...
- Strider, Journal of the Long Distance Walkers Association
'I would highly recommend this Trailblazer guide’
- Strider, April 2024
The useful guide to the journey
- Railway Gazette International
An essential companion for the rail tourist to Canada.
- The Railway Magazine
Interview with Helen Howat, Professional Tour Manager, Great Rail Journeys
Question: What single item should a Great Rail Journeys passenger in Canada make sure they pack?
Helen's response: Melissa Graham's excellent Trans-Canada Rail Guide (Trailblazer Publications)
- Explore Canada by Rail supplement, The Daily Telegraph
For anyone contemplating all or part of this journey, this is THE guide
- Traveller
A handy Canadian guidebook
- The Telegraph
Invaluable
- The Daily Telegraph
An invaluable guidebook
- The Financial Times
The one I like best is the current edition of the 'Trans-Siberian Handbook' by Bryn Thomas.
- Wanderlust newsletter, June 2017
The Trans-Siberian Handbook (Trailblazer) is the bible for this journey...
- The Daily Telegraph
'These human-scale books, written and published by people who genuinely know and love their subject, are perfect for travel's post-pandemic recovery.
- The Guardian, March 2021
An invaluable travelling companion
- Traveller
First edition shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel and Guide Book Awards
- Thomas Cook Travel
The handbook was really brilliant (everyone we met on the train had a copy!!) We can't imagine doing the trip without it.
- Helen Clive
a wealth of detailed practical advice about planning a trip
- Railway Gazette International
The Trans-Siberian Handbook... is a must
- The Sunday Times
The best guide to the Trans-Siberian is undoubtedly Bryn Thomas's
- To The Edge of the World by Christian Wolmar, Atlantic Books
Extensively updated
- Railway Gazette International
The best guides are the Trans-Siberian Handbook by Bryn Thomas, with a mile-by-mile companion...
- The Telegraph
A great guide
- Wanderlust
Definitive guide
- Conde Nast Traveler
Well researched...A wealth of information... Is a fascinating read and contains so much more than the usual handbook
- The Herald
The definitive guidebook is Bryn Thomas's 'Trans-Siberian Handbook'
- The Independent
Tells you everything you need to know
- Cosmopolitan
My year's anthology prize however, goes to Deborah Manley's The Trans Siberian Railway. Maybe you thought you'd done it all with Newby and Theroux, but Sir Henry Norman and the splendours of Irkutsk, Lindon Bates Jnr eating free zakusa, Lesley Blanch's dressmaker facing a Japanese general and the incomparable Baedeker make this a t
- Jonathan Keates, The Observer
A handy, concise pocket sized book
- Climber
An information packed guide
- High
Thoroughly recommended.
- Adventure Travel
Well worth a tenner of any trekker's money
- Trail
Extensive... and well researched
- Climber
A practical trekking guide
- Traveller
First class trekking guide.
- Adventure Travel
Recommended.
- Wanderlust, June/July 2011
A very detailed and informative guide.
- High magazine
A very fine guide.
- Traveller Magazine
Recommended.
- Wanderlust
Excellent guide
- The Bookseller
Plenty of route maps
- TNT Magazine
The pick of the guides to the area.
- Adventure Travel
...a practical and comprehensive guide to trekking in the Everest Region.
- Trek & Mountain
Great resource and I took it with me when I did the trek...written by the expert who is passionate and professional
- Cindy Sim, reader
For any hiker wanting to plan a Chomolungma adventure, there is no better resource. Terrific maps.
- www.besthike.wordpress.com
Very fine guide
- Traveller
Highly recommended.
- Wisconsin Bookwatch, USA, August 2018
When I return...I shall definitely be armed with this new guidebook... Fascinating background material...Comprehensive information...Well written
- John Cleare, High Magazine
An excellent trekking guide
- Adventure Travel
The best trekking guide in the business.
- The Sunday Times
Take this one with you...Very informative
- Country Walking
a gem of a book...the ultimate walking companion.
- Country Walking
one of the four best new titles
- Condé Nast Traveller
The perfect gift
- County Life magazines
A potential stocking filler for any keen walkers.
- Round and About
entertaining compilation
- Walk, Magazine of the Ramblers
This delightful pick'n'mix features more giants of literature than you could shake an aluminium pole at.'
- Scotland Outdoors
a good gift for a walking friend.
- Strider
a Quality Street box of trekking delights
- Wanderlust travel magazine
beautifully composed
- The Great Outdoors
Perfect to pop in your rucksack ... or to read in the comfort of a winter armchair.
- The Good Book Guide
the perfect companion
- The Lady
A good Christmas gift
- Cheshire Life
Really helpful providing practical information and entertaining with all the stories from the area.
- Bernd Rickenberg, Denmark
This excellent guidebook reinforces magnificently what we all know – that the best mountain views are not the ones from the summits. It is in the borderland zone, amongst flower-filled alpine meadows, that the greatest pleasure is to be had, ...to enjoy some of the most spectacular glaciated mountain in the world.
- Stephen Venables, mountaineer, writer, broadcaster
Excellent book
- Scottish Mountaineer
Recommended guide
- Trek & Mountain
...a comprehensive guide to the area as well as providing a detailed route description - two for the price of one!
- Strider, Journal of the Long Distance Walkers Association, August 2009
This trailblazer guide is all you need to travel the West Highland Way.
- Richard Gatersleben, The Netherlands
I am very impressed by the mapping
- Backpack
If I wrote walking guides, I'd like to think they'd turn out this way.
- John Clarke, Amazon.com
Recommended.
- Country Walking
A super, user-friendly guide.
- Gordon Forrester, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park
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