A Homage to Scotland’s NW Highlands
In early 2016, for a few very random months, I was lucky enough to live on an estate in Scotland’s […]
Peru for Foodies: Travels Through Peru’s Distinctive Culinary Regions – Article for Lonely Planet
I suppose it is not for nothing that I have the protagonist of Roebuck, 16th century South American gentleman adventurer […]
Around the Ecuadorian Andes in Seven Action-Packed Days – Article for KimKim
Whilst the Ecuadorian Highlands cannot quite compete with Peru for length, breadth and variety, it can offer some insights to […]
Obsessing Over Peruvian Rivers – Article for KimKim
Ah, boat trips. They fill me with an excitement no other means of transport can – particularly river trips, because […]
In Pursuit of Extremes: Life at Eighty Degrees North – Feature for Rough Guides
“…I must commence a destructive and almost endless journey across the mountainous ices of the ocean, amidst cold that few […]
Interlude: Ice
The one word I can safely say applies to all of my odysseys around the world is “rugged.” But after […]
The Amazandes: Making In-Roads Into Peru’s Wildernesses
There are a fair few nations that lend themselves to being termed ‘World’s Most Addictive Wilderness”. I have not (yet) […]
Introducing Kuba: My Tips on Travelling Around Cuba – Article for Geosaison, Germany’s Leading Travel Magazine
GeoSaison, Germany’s leading quality travel magazine, featured Cuba as their January 2017 cover story. For those of you lucky enough […]
On Costa Rica’s Enticing Coastline – Article for Weather2Travel
It’s a tough call to make when you’re visiting Central America’s most tourist-friendly nation: Costa Rica’s mountainous inland, covered in […]
New Travel Books Out!
A round-up of books published of late that I’ve co-authored or contributed to is, I fear, a little overdue… Already […]
Pastures New!
I am pleased to announce that in my travel writing I’ll be working with two new clients this month! First-off: […]
Coasteering… What to Know Before You Jump – Article for Red Bull Adventure Channel
I live in Wales: moist, green, castle-dotted, crag-spotted Wales. One always tends to think of the mountains when one thinks […]
Going Off Piste in the Caribbean
Travelling the Caribbean’s ‘roads less travelled’ has been a hallmark of my travel writing of late. I’ve been working quite […]
Head in the Cloudberries – Feature for Morning Calm Magazine
Autumn comes round quickly. This tends to get drummed home to all of us once we start having to write […]
Travelling Across Europe by Rail: Some Thoughts on Why You Should
I put the following piece up on the site I keep on Slovak travel, the Englishman in Slovakia, recently. But […]
A Little Guide to My Latest Writing – By Region!
I had a moment of cold panic the other day. It was not as dramatic as waking up in a […]
