Colin Shelbourn Explained

Colin Shelbourn is a British cartoonist and writer. His single-panel cartoon has appeared on the front page of the Westmorland Gazette newspaper since 1984.^[1] He is the author of a number of books, including Rocky Rambler's Wild Walker, co-written with Iain Peters which won the 1993 Lakeland Book of the Year award.^[2]

Shelbourn acted as author Hunter Davies' chief researcher for the early editions of The Good Guide to the Lakes.^[3]

Selected books

• Rocky Rambler's Wild Walks: The First Lake District Walking Guide to Put the Children in Charge (Cicerone Press, 1993 ISBN 9781852843472)
• Waterside Walks in the Lake District (Sigma Leisure, 2004, ISBN 9781850588054)
• Drawing Cartoons (Crowood Press, 2010, ISBN 9781847971722)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014-04-24 . Cartoonist celebrates 30 years of illustrating Gazette news stories . 2024-07-28 . The Westmorland Gazette . en.
2. Web site: Lakeland Book of the Year Cumbria Tourism . 2024-07-28 . www.cumbriatourism.org.
3. Web site: 2024-04-07 . When Hunter Davies's controversial Lake District guidebook pulled no punches - The Keswick Reminder . 2024-07-28 . en-GB.