The Englishman in Slovakia Returns!
The radio silence over the recent weeks has all been in a good cause. I’ve been working flat out on […]
Taganana: Tenerife’s Most Tantalising Hike – Article for British Guild of Travel Writers
Appearances are deceptive. I had never imagined, for example, that an island I had long associated with “fun in the […]
Yellowstone: Insider’s Guide – Feature for Lonely Planet
Coming up in 2016 is the centennial of the US National Parks – 100 years of truly wonderful wildernesses […]
Bratislava, Slovakia: Pretty Cool at Christmas for its Fantastic Free Things to Do – Article for Lonely Planet
Bratislava: one of Europe’s most unknown capital cities and one in which I have lived for three years. As I […]
On Old Ships, Sugar Mill Enslavement and Man-Eating Tribes: How my Debut Novel Became a Reality – Article for British Guild of Travel Writers
It does look, from the homepage particularly, like I’m getting egocentric (two pictures of the first six with my image, […]
Six Excuses to Get Away to Puerto Rico – Article for the Independent
Today’s Bonfire Night but yesterday was more important in terms of Puerto Rican tourism – with a new flight opening […]
The Amazon in Fact and in Fiction – Article for British Guild of Travel Writers
The Amazon Basin is a fickle and defiant thing – even its facts are hard to grasp, and its fictions […]
Wrath of the Gods: Britain’s Ultimate Hike – Article for Red Bull Adventure
I spent a lot of September doing what I love doing most (besides writing): hiking in a very remote place. […]
Luke and his Words... 