Ten of Europe’s Best Autumn Walks, from Bear Watching to the Prosecco Harvest – Article for i Paper
Summer might be over but there is plenty (if not more!) to adore about autumn. From forests full of flaming […]
Exploring the UK Through its Most Symbolic Foods – Talk to the CSMA
I (quite clearly, I hope!) adore culinary travel but, within the UK at least, to my mind too much of […]
On Travel, Fatherhood and Trading the Amazon Basin for Backcountry Britain – Interview for Intrepid Times
Sometimes, you know, as travel writers we airbrush a lot of things. We pretend our job is the dream when […]
The UK’s Best Solo Hikes – Feature for i Paper
It’s all very well, as the weather warms and the flowers prettify the hedgerows again, to talk about getting out […]
Larger than Life: my Feature on the Enigmatic Chalk Figures of England’s Wessex Downs
It is a landscape bypassed by many, as they motor between London and the Southwest of England: often experienced as […]
Parenthood Around the World: A New Guide
It’s a pleasure to see this compelling title to which I contributed hit the bookshelves this month: perhaps a fitting […]
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 […]
Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls?: The Controversial Development Planned for a Cascade-Blessed Welsh Beauty Spot – Article for the Telegraph
Wales’ Bannau Brycheiniog – formerly Brecon Beacons – National Park is a place of bald, broad rocky summits, yellow moors… […]
2025 as a Year for Pilgrimages: The UK’s Best Pilgrimage Walks from Pagan Wonders to Chaucerian Landscapes, for i Paper
The Catholic Church has designated its Jubilee Year – a year only occurring once every quarter of a century – […]
The Seaside Town with Wild Coves, Seals, Folk Music and a Pastel-Fronted Harbour – Article for iPaper
The other week I got to go back to perhaps my favourite place on the coast in Pembrokeshire: no, not […]
The UK’s Best Spring Walks – Feature for i Weekend
Spring has arrived: sort of! The lingering damp grey, at least in Wales, has made it a little harder to […]
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 […]
Shortlisted for Guidebook of the Year at the Travel Media Awards!
It’s a huge honour to have once again made the final shortlist for one of the top accolades possible in […]
Last of the Summer Climes? The UK Microclimate Holidays to Extend Your Summer in September – Article for iPaper
I like to think with this piece that I single-handedly gave the UK a little proper summer to revel in! […]
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 […]
The Perfect Holiday in Wales: Article for the Telegraph
The ruddy uplands of the Brecon Beacons, the secluded coves of Pembrokeshire, the castle-stippled sandy shores of Snowdonia, the most […]
Luke and his Words... 