Wild Guide: Lake District and Yorkshire Dales by Daniel Start and Tania Pascoe, £10

“Imagine a summer spent swimming in mountain waterfalls, exploring lost ruins and caverns, and camping in ancient forests.”

Hunt for the secret cave with a hidden door in Cam Crag, explore the Hobbit tunnels of Crook Wood or cave-camp in the Priest's Hole rock shelter on Dove Crag. Swim below the Swindale waterfalls, plunge into Wordsworth's favourite waterfalls at Buckstones Jum and Rydal Bower or swim under the beautiful packhorse bridge at Thorn Gill. Buy damson jam from roadside honesty boxes along the Lyth Valley, feast on locally bred Herdwick lamb or enjoy a moorland sundowner at Britain's highest pub - the remote Tan Hill Inn. Wild camp by Sprinkling Tarn near Rosthwaite or the spooky ruins of the Grouse House – once the highest house in Yorkshire.

This new addition to the Wild Guide series takes you to some of the less well known and most exciting places to visit in both the Lakes and the Dales. With stunning photography throughout and informative travel writing this is the perfect book for solo explorers or whole families seeking new adventures.

CAROLINE REECE

WATERSTONES KENDAL