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 […]
Cuba’s Cayos: The Ultimate Guide! – Article for Weather2Travel
Cayo is the Spanish word for cay – in the case of Cuba, essentially dreamy sandy islets where you can […]
Guest Speaker at the Ilminster Literary Festival, June 2nd
Everyone: it’s not too late! There is still time to grab your thinking cap and head on down to Ilminster […]
Skip the Crowds: My Tips on Tour Group Dodging in the Andes and Amazon for Wanderlust
It’s not all of us (let’s face it, it’s not that many of us) that really want to be inundated […]
Ruin-Nation? The best Fortresses in Slovakia and the Czech Republic – Article for Travel SuperMag
I have waxed lyrical about the sheer quantity and quality of castles in Slovakia and the Czech Republic for years […]
Luke and his Words... 