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HOWGILLS AND LIMESTONE TRAIL David and Heather Pitt

A detailed guide to an offbeat trail that explores the oft-overlooked Howgill Fells, which border Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales. It comes from the creators of the Pennine Journey, a trail that shadows Alfred Wainwright’s first grand tour. A GOOD BIT: “A delightful ridge walk terminates at the cairn on Eskholme Pike on its rocky knoll overlooking Barbon, with extensive views of the Lune Valley and its approach to Morecambe Bay.” £14, Sigma Press, www.sigmapress.co.uk

THE ORDNANCE SURVEY PUZZLE BOOK Ordnance Survey

It had to follow on from the GCHQ Puzzle Book, didn’t it? 200 fiendish puzzles (easy, medium and hard) to test your knowledge and understanding of the world’s most accurate mapping. Plus fascinating factoids too. A GOOD BIT: “In 2013, we used OS OpenData to recreate the map of Great Britain in Minecraft. It’s the only OS map to win a place in the Guinness Book of Records (as the largest real-world place represented in Minecraft.) £15, Orion, www.orionbooks.co.uk

THE RED SQUIRREL BOOK Jane Russ

A pocket-size compendium of one of our shyest and most fragile species, featuring stunning close-ups as well as sections on activity, feeding and breeding. A GOOD BIT: “The scientific name for the red squirrel is Sciurus vulgaris. Sciurus is an amalgamation of two Greek words, skia, which means ‘shadow’ and oura which means ‘tail’. The translation would therefore be ‘the animal who sits in the shadow of its tail’. £10, Graffeg, www.graffeg.com