The book your back would want you to buy. THE BUSY BODY is written by Penny Ingham and Colin Shelbourn and was published in 2003 by Summersdale. It is a guide to stress-free posture for busy people. All the hints, tips and excercises can be carried out in everyday life and integrated into your office routine. The book is extensively based on the Alexander Technique (Penny is a professional teacher of the technique) and illustrated throughout with lively and helpful cartoons (Colin is one of her pupils).

The book has an associated website and has also been translated and reprinted into Brazilian and Czech editions.

WATERSIDE WALKS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT has been in print since 1992 and is one of the best-selling guides to unusual, shorter walks in the Lakes. Each of the 28 walks is based alongside, around or, in some cases, through water. The routes range from short, 1 mile strolls to picturesque waterfalls, to 10 mile circuits of the lakes. The book is written and illustrated by Colin Shelbourn, with photographs by Bill Stainton.

The book is currently in its 3rd edition and 4th printing. Originally published by Cassell, WATERSIDE WALKS has been completely revised and updated and is now produced by Sigma Press.

ROCKY RAMBLER'S WILD WALKS, by Iain Peters and Colin Shelbourn, is the first Lake District walking guide to put the children in charge. Ten graded routes encourage the children in the family to lead the walk, helped along by Sid Squirrel, Harriet Herdwick and a variety of colourful cartoon characters (not forgetting Rocky and Rachel Rambler). Each walk is presented as a board game, with the route threading its way across a cartoon version of the landscape. Hints, tips, puzzles and games keep the kids engaged.

The books has now sold over 14,000 copies and is published by Cicerone. Buy the book, do the walks and visit the Rocky Rambler website!