The UK’s County Tops

Jonny Muir, £14.95, Cicerone, ISBN 978 1852846299

An engrossing book to delight hill-baggers and list-tickers everywhere, Jonny Muir’s round-up of 91 county tops ranges from Ben Nevis (1,344m/4,408ft) in Inverness-shire to the lowly Boring Field (80m/262ft) in Huntingdonshire. A there-and-back walking route to each ‘summit’ is described in words, photos and maps, charting the author’s three-month walking and cycling expedition to tackle them all. There’s familiar hills, such as Ben Lawers (Perthshire) and Slieve Donard (County Down), and lesser-known tops, such as Cold Overton Park (Rutland) and Milk Hill (Wiltshire). Andrew McCloy