The Welsh borders is not considered at all. There are no routes described for the Cheviots, a hilly region in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland. And all coastland paths, many of which are exposed and rocky, are omitted from the guides, . Such routes and other in less mountainous regions are described however, in the many guides to the National Trails in Britain, such as that to the Pennine Way published by HMSO and written by Tom Stephenson. Later volumes of these works, updated in consultation with his son, John, remain in print as paperbacks by Frances Lincoln Publishers (who also publish the many Lakeland walking guides by Alfred Wainwright) . On the basis of the success of these guides, Poucher encouraged his publishers (Constable) to publish selections of rock-climbs in each area, in a similar photographic format. Poucher went on to create a series of coffee table books using high-quality colour photography. They included travel guides to the West Country, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Poucher was a research chemist by profession, working on the chemistry of perfumes. His 1923 textbook "Perfumes, Cosmetics and Soaps" has been revised and reprinted over the years and is now in its 10th edition. He was frequently given leave of absence by Yardley for part of the year to pursue his mountain photography. His profession caused some amusement in climbing circles, where he was occasionally described as "a perfume salesman who wears his wares". Poucher appeared as a guest on Russell Harty's BBC chat show in November 1980 wearing makeup, perfume and ladies' gloves. This was incidentally the same edition of Harty's show that included Grace Jones' infamous physical attack on the host. Poucher was the guest to whom Harty was talking when he appeared to keep turning his back to her. In May 2012 Poucher was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 programme "The Perfumed Mountaineer" presented by geographer Hayden Lorimer.