Jon shares Vertebrate's spring publishing calendar

Testing routes from Mountain Walks Ben Nevis. 

So, you lot get to live my last year this year, as all the books I was testing (some rude people called it skiving), over the last twelve months, will be published this year. Here is a roundup

 of the first few …

First up and already in the warehouse is Renee McGregor’s Fuel for Thought. This is the follow up to her More Fuel You book. Whereas the first book was an overview of athlete/outdoorsy nutrition, this is very much a what-you-need-to-do-and-how-to-do-it book. As anyone who has spoken to me about Renee’s expertise will know, I am a massive fan of her work and entirely credit her with the health and fitness I suddenly found last year.

Fuel for Thought, is available now.

Also just in the warehouse, we have The Dirt Directory, a guide to the UK’s trail centres and bike parks and a must-have summer book for all those mountain bikers out there.

The Dirt Directory, orders despatched from Friday 7 February.

As we get further into the spring, we have two more Mountain Walks books to Helvellyn and Scafell, a new

 gravel guidebook to the Cairngorms, a guidebook to the circuits of Fontainebleau and … and … a little project we’re calling Extreme Rock.

Walk Britain from Elise Downing promises to be our bestselling book of the spring if early interest is anything to go by. It features walks throughout the UK – all accessible via public transport. I’ve slowly been ticking them off and a lot of fun I’ve had. I must confess, I ran the odd one. Notwithstanding a few photos of me in the book, I can thoroughly recommend it. I do believe all orders before the publication date will be signed.

 Walk Britain, orders despatched from Friday 7 February.

Also available now is our latest Mountain Walks book, this time to the Ben Nevis range. Our mountain walk books, Kinder, Snowdon and the Yorkshire Three Peaks (already published) are aimed at you pro walkers looking to find the very best walks but also those new to walking who might want to start exploring iconic mountains but need introducing to the area via low level itineraries, or bad weather options, or might be interested in walks with something special, like sunset views, wildlife or swimming spots.

Mountain Walks Ben Nevis, is available now.

Our latest day walks book is to Lincolnshire. Published on 6 March, copies will be sent out mid-February. The book features twenty coastal and countryside walks and is written by Anna Paxton.

Day Walks in Lincolnshire orders will be despatched the week commencing 17 February.

Gravel Rides South West England is the follow up to our Gravel Rides Scotland book, and features twenty-four bike adventures in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucester. I appreciate you might prefer those iconic Scottish trails but we can promise you a bit more sunshine and some really good journeys from this book.

Copies of Gravel Rides South West England will be despatched in late February.