The Greatest Train Journeys in the UK and Europe – Talk to the CSMA
It’s a great pleasure to be talking again to CSMA members in conjunction with CSMA Boundless on Thursday February 11 […]
The Course of True Love: 9 Best Budget Honeymoons for 2024 – Article for Lonely Planet
Who doesn’t need a little bit of extra love in their life at this cold, dark time of year?! Light […]
Meditations on the Isle of Rum
Picture this. A beach – not sand but weather-strewn slate-grey and rose-pink shingle. Unkempt-looking, if truth be told: a flurry […]
Where to Stay in South America’s Traveller Hotspots – Articles for Culture Trip
My latest series of articles for Culture Trip, just out, focuses on legendary South American traveller hangouts from Cartagena, Colombia […]
Of Wine, Good Pubs, Ultimate Travel and Wales
What a strange and stop-start year it has been. With the nosedive in the popularity (and possibility) of travelling overseas […]
Latest Books Out
2019 is nearly out and as the year speeds towards conclusion, I realise that several new titles I have contributed […]
Uttermost Ends of the Earth? My Work for Hiking/Trail Running Site GetSweatGo on Some of My All-time Favourite Treks
The classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru. Hiking Eastern Europe’s most mountainous terrain, the High Tatras in Slovakia. […]
Is This Peru’s Next Inca Trail? – Article for Adventure.com
Happy 2019. When people ask me what my 2018 highlight was travel-wise, the hike to Choquequirao, billed as Peru’s Next […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Luke and his Words... 