Tombs and Monuments (2008, Aurum Press) A Little Book of Miracles and Marvels (2008, Aurum Press) The VW Camper Van A Biography (2013, Aurum Press ) The Adventures of the Crumpsall Kid (Biography) (2015, Michael O'Mara Books Ltd) Awards Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountaineering Literature Ralph Lewis Poetry Award (University of Sussex) 1991 Outdoor Writers Guild Award for Excellence for Footloose in the Himalaya (broadcast) 1996 The Signal Award for Children's Poetry See also List of Scouts Folk music of England References External links Official Mike Harding website The Mike Harding Folk Show The Great Outdoors 1944 births Living people Musicians from Manchester People from Crumpsall BBC Radio 2 presenters English radio DJs English comedy musicians English male singers English songwriters English folk musicians British novelty song performers English male poets English male comedians Comedians from Manchester British dramatists and playwrights English multi-instrumentalists English people of Irish descent People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester Alumni of the University of Manchester English male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century English comedians 21st-century English comedians British male songwriters