AN outdoor writer from the Lake District has scooped a national award for best guidebook.

Kingsley Jones, of Ambleside, won with his best-selling book called ‘Trail Running - Chamonix and the Mont Blanc area’, published by the Kendal-based Cicerone Press.

His award for excellence was presented to him at the Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild (OWPG) ceremony, held in Newlands near Keswick.

Judges said the book was genuinely innovative in its choice of subject, and well-written, passionate and authoritative.

He also won a highly commended award in the category of technical feature for a trail running article that was published in Trek & Mountain magazine.