A few titles that I’ve come across since my last roundup of forthcoming books (and all of them, coincidentally, draw on journeys made on foot):

Between the salt and the ash: A journey into the soul of Northumbria by Jake Morris-Campbell (Manchester University Press, £20)
After inheriting the miner’s safety lamp that belonged to his great-grandfather, Morris-Campbell, a poet and teacher of creative writing, sets out on a pilgrimage across Northumbria, asking what stories it can tell about itself “in the wake of Christianity and coal. Rejecting the damaging trope of ‘left behind’ communities, [he] uncovers neglected seams of culture and history, while offering a heartfelt celebration of the place he calls hyem.”

The Postal Paths by Alan Cleaver (Octopus, £22)
Cleaver, a journalist, writer and specialist in the folklore of Cumbria, follows paths that were walked from the 1850s until the 1970s as delivery routes to some of the most remote homes and farms in Britain and tells the stories of the posties who used them. “From women like Hannah Knowles, who began her job… in 1912 and would miss only three days through illness over the next 62 years…, to a World War One veteran who completed his nine-mile delivery route on one leg, Postal Paths paints a vivid picture of people who not only served communities but brought them together, one letter at a time.”

Oldenland: A Journey in Search of the Good Last Years by Roger Clough (John Murray Press, £20)
Old age is a country, and we need to learn to walk through it, says Clough, a former professor of social care and lifelong hill walker. “Where he used to study the terrain of ageing like a scientist, now he understands it as a farmer might, walking its contours every day from his retirement village in the Peak District, while still negotiating the physical peaks and troughs of the area…Written over 25 years and innumerable journeys, Oldenland is a unique and moving companion to the experiences of old age, and how to make it count.”