A MUSICAL duo from Dorset are releasing a book detailing their favourite walking routes.

Walking enthusiasts and frontmen of folk group Ninebarrow, Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchadiere are releasing a book of some of their favourite walks across the county.

The pair published their first book in spring 2019, Ninebarrow’s Dorset, a book of ten diverse ‘musical walks’ in their home county which took readers through the landscape that has inspired their songs.

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On May 31 they will follow this up with the release of Ninebarrow’s Dorset –Volume Two – a book of 10 more walks on Dorset’s rolling hills and Jurassic coast (nine circular and one linear), featuring detailed instructions, hand-drawn maps and Jay’s own photographs.

Says Jon: “Two years after we published our first book it is now on its third print run and we’ve been overwhelmed by people’s reactions to it. So we got to thinking about all the other Dorset-inspired songs we’ve written, that currently did not have a walk to compliment them.

“Where the first book had contained walks that had inspired songs, this second volume is a collection of walks created specifically for the songs, crafted with the song’s story in mind.”