NORTHUMBERLAND COAST PATH: OFFICIAL GUIDEBOOK (Second Edition) by Iain Robson. Published by Northumberland Cost AONB Partnership (www.northumberlandcoastpath.org). £7.95. Softback.

THIS book is an invaluable guide for those wishing to walk all or part of the 62-mile path between Cresswell in the south and Berwick-upon-Tweed in the north. The route has been split into six manageable stages ranging in length from six to 13 miles