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 […]
Around the Ecuadorian Andes in Seven Action-Packed Days – Article for KimKim
Whilst the Ecuadorian Highlands cannot quite compete with Peru for length, breadth and variety, it can offer some insights to […]
Obsessing Over Peruvian Rivers – Article for KimKim
Ah, boat trips. They fill me with an excitement no other means of transport can – particularly river trips, because […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
