The Northern Saints Project: Writing into Being the Christian Crossroads of the British Isles
It’s been a quiet three months on this site, but no chance of that being reflected in reality! Requests from […]
Bothy Bagging – Feature for Walk Magazine
Autumn’s properly upon us, along with the icier weather, so how to explore the Great Outdoors when the temperatures up […]
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. […]
Trail of the Unexpected – Feature for Adventure Travel
Liechtenstein is, nearly always, unexpected whenever it crops up in conversation. The minuscule size of this nation – just 24km […]
Small Country, Big Hike – Feature on Liechtenstein for N by Norwegian’s Adventure Issue!
A lot of you might have already seen this feature, given Norwegian’s increasingly vast network these days. June is their […]
LATA Latin American Travel Writer of the Year Winner!
Was a huge, huge honour on Tuesday night to pick up the LATA Latin American Travel Writer of the Year […]
The Best Hikes in Wales (That Aren’t Snowdon) – Article for Rough Guides
I realise I never posted this piece on Wales’ best non-Snowdon hikes, but as it was originally published for the […]
Out on a High: Exploring Slovakia’s High Tatras – Article for Lonely Planet
Mountains. I get a nostalgic dewy-eyed gleam to my eyes just thinking about them: those I have visited and those […]
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 […]
How Tough Can Britain’s Toughest Trail Be? – Article for Adventure.com
There were a spate of late Victorian adventurers, Henry Savage Landor springing to mind, who were not content with seeking […]
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 […]
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... 