Finland: A First-Time Guide – Article for Lonely Planet
Sometimes you just want to know the nuts and bolts of a country – when to go, why to go, […]
New Year, New Islands: The Isles Awaiting on Sweden’s Latest Long-Distance Hiking Trail – Articles for the BBC, i Paper & i Weekend
New year, new island? An isle – or ten – that you previously hadn’t visited or even conceived of visiting […]
Norway’s Simple Answer to Greener, Cleaner Living – Feature for the BBC
Sometimes, implementing sustainability into travel can just be about thinking outside the box – or thinking outside the cabin. Or, […]
Green Adventures Across Finland – Feature for Sustainable Journeys
As a writer that focuses on sustainability in their writing, it’s always exciting for me to travel to a country […]
The Spirit in the Steam: Getting Into Sauna Culture in Finland – Feature for Sustainable Journeys
There is nothing in the world so intrinsically Finnish as derobing and getting sweaty in a sauna. This activity is […]
Pole Position: The Coldest Places on Earth – my Latest for Lonely Planet
Not everyone starts tingling with excitement at the idea of Arctic or Antarctic temperatures for their next trip away. I […]
New Books Out
A couple of exciting new titles co-authored by me have hit the shelves in recent months! My favourite of these […]
15 of the Best Autumnal Hiking Holidays – Article for iPaper
Summer has segued into autumn, greenery into burnished oranges, heat into crispness, wildflowers into ripened vines and shiny conkers. From […]
Travel Guides for National Geographic and the Sunday Times…
It’s been a manically busy summer after the lockdown lull. Succinct guides to various travel hotspots have become very much […]
Song Castle – Book Launch at Octavo’s in Cardiff Bay, April 12th
As any writer knows, a book you have spent months in the writing of deserves a little bit of fanfare […]
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 […]
Healthy Eating (Combined with a Hearty Dose of Adventure) – Lonely Planet’s World’s Best Superfoods Published
Diets. (Sigh, roll of the eyes). Everyone seems to be on them right now. My parents. My girlfriend (and thus […]
Interlude: Ice
The one word I can safely say applies to all of my odysseys around the world is “rugged.” But after […]
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 […]
The Quirks of Finland’s Saunas – Feature for Rough Guides
Finland – as I have discovered after two lengthy trips there this year – is much more than just KNOWN […]
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 […]
Luke and his Words... 