My travel articles on the UK focus primarily on the Great Outdoors: especially Wales (where I live and love) and Scotland (where you’ll find me hiking many free weekends)…

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WALES

Cardiff’s cosmopolitan class, quirky seaside towns, national park hill walks and more. Wales is where I live, love and work and writing about this glimmering green land is second nature…

Delve into the Prehistoric Treasures of Wales, Visit Wales Journey into a surreal and spectacular realm of ancient cave art, ritual burials and mighty standing stones across Wales

I Live in Wales: Here are Six Scenic Hikes Without Tourist Crowds, iPaper Places to hike while blissfully free of the hordes in in the land of green hills and glimmering beaches that is Wales

Beyond Snowdon: the Best Alternative Hikes in Wales, Rough Guides Taking you out to Wales’ mountains, forests, beaches and castles on the lesser-known trails of Wales

The Perfect Holiday in Wales, Telegraph Whisking you through the very best of Wales in a 10-day adventure from the Brecon Beacons up to Snowdonia and Anglesey

Unravelling the History of Welsh Wool, Visit Wales You’ve seen the sheep dotting almost every hill, but what about the legacy that their wool gave Wales? From historic woollen mills to working wool museums to sheep-shearing experiences, this article takes a fluffy, fun and informative trip across the country

Empire of Iron, Britain Magazine As the Port Talbot steelworks shuts down for good, a harrowing journey through the legacy of the Industrial Revolution across South Wales…

The Inside Guide to Cardiff, National Geographic A journey into the hidden arcades and alleys of Cardiff

The Best Things to do in Cardiff from Centuries-old Castles to Kayaking Trips, Telegraph A beyond-the-obvious look at Wales’ resurgent capital city Cardiff and what to do to best experience it

The Best Restaurants in Cardiff, from Swish Bistros to Syrian Feasts, Telegraph The last word on the extraordinary dining scene in Cardiff

This Feels Like a Kick in the Teeth… Cardiff Hospitality and Tourism Businesses Reeling, Telegraph …A focus on Cardiff and how the hospitality industry suffered during the government-imposed lockdowns

Coracle Catch, Morning Calm magazine On the taste bud-tingling trail of one of the most singular fish – and fishing methods – in Britain in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire

The Pastel-fronted Seaside Town with Wild Coves, Seals and Folk Music, iPaper A weekend discovering the allure of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire

The Pembrokeshire Market Town with Foodie Highlights and Folkloric Heritage, iPaper The dynamic appeal of super-suave, boutique-blessed Narberth in Pembrokeshire

The Ultimate Guide to the Brecon Beacons, Telegraph From coal mine descents to castle-crowned crags, a colourful exploration of where to go and what to do in the Brecon Beacons

The Controversial Plans to Turn A Tiny Welsh Village into a £7m Tourist Attraction, Telegraph Pontneddfechan on the edge of the Brecon Beacons secretes some of the UK’s most stunning waterfalls – but a bold and hotly contested new development to further expand its tourist potential is planned…

The Sophisticated Flavours of Rural Wales, BBC Culinary revolution in the Brecon Beacons

Where the Going Gets Green, Travel Ideas  Discovering the magic of a road trip in the Brecon Beacons

The Welsh Mining Town Transforming Itself into an Adventure Hotspot, Adventure.com Charting the incredible efforts of Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales to metamorphose from mining town to outdoor Mecca – and, as of 2021, the UK’s unlikeliest Unesco site…

SCOTLAND…

Big peaks sheer straight from the sea, primordial Caledonian forests hide rare wildlife, castles protrude above heathery horizons, untouched hike- or kayak-in-only beaches make for magical wild camps… for me, Scotland is the ultimate outdoors destination. Hence why I’m always writing about it…

The Simple Joys of Planning a 12-day Hike – the Old-School Way, Adventure.com On hiking coast-to-coast across Scotland with a compass and no trail

(FINALIST – AITO Awards Best Feature under 1500 Words of 2021-2022)

A Beginner’s Guide to Scottish Whisky: History, Regions, Trails – and the Best Places to Enjoy a Drop, Lonely Planet Whetting your appetite for adventures discovering Scotland‘s legendary uisge beatha – and it’s much more than just distilleries…

Off the Beaten Fairway, BBC The weirdest places to play golf in Scotland

How Much of Scotland Can I Experience in a Week?, Lonely Planet Advice on what to see and what to skip if you have a week in Scotland

Bothy Bagging, Walk magazine Checking out (and trekking out to) the unique wilderness shelters of remotest Scotland

Can a Radical Overhaul of this Scottish Port Make it the UK’s Top Cruise Hub?,Telegraph On the dramatic rejuvenation of Inverclyde, Scotland as one the UK’s key cruise ports

How Tough Can Britain’s Toughest Trail Really Be?, Adventure.com On tramping Britain’s toughest long distance hike and what it does to the mind, the Cape Wrath Trail in Scotland’s Northwest Highlands

Ten Unmissable Hikes in Scotland, Red Bull Adventure The trails you have to traipse in the Scottish Highlands before you die…

Across the Unsailed Seas, Britain Magazine Experiencing the ancient history of the Orkney Islands and the stories it still has to tell us…

A Short Trip to Experience Life at the Edge, Orkney Today Seaweed-eating sheep and an ancient and chilling history share the remotest of Scotland’s Orkney Islands 

ENGLAND…

Larger than Life, Britain Magazine Roaming across England’s Wessex Downs in Dorset, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire on the trail of their iconic, enigmatic chalk figures

Castle Combe & The Cotswolds, Which? Profiling the beguiling Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty from its honey-coloured villages to its stately homes and woodland walks. Gloucestershire/Wiltshire, Cotswolds, England

GENERAL UK TRAVEL…

The UK’s Best Solo Hikes, iPaper Get your walking shoes and mobility scooter wheels ready for some of the best UK solo hikes – including a couple of incredible accessible-friendly routes

The UK’s Best Pilgrimage Walks, from Pagan Wonders to Chaucerian Landscapes, iPaper The best pilgrimage trails across the UK, tracing Christian routes, Pagan pathways and the footsteps of monarchs

The UK’s Best Spring Walks, iPaper Bluebell woods, seabird colonies, beaver-frequented rivers…my three-page feature on the finest places to go walking in the UK spring

The UK Microclimate Holidays to Extend Your Summer in September, iPaper On the balmy British microclimates where you can eke out the last of the summer and maximise your chances of end-of-the-season sun

Six Underrated Towns and Cities You Should Visit This Year, From Oban to Plymouth, iPaper Revealing how the journey is not necessarily in the arriving, or in the getting there, but sometimes in getting stuck somewhere between A and B in a British transport hub – and how this isn’t always a bad thing…

Mind the Gap, the Divan & the Lawnmower, Guardian What really gets left behind on the Underground in London

Britain’s Best Comeback Towns and Cities to Visit This Year, iPaperLooking at the UK comeback destinations in 2024 that have not only turned blight into beautiful, but have harnessed their former flaws and made them USPs…

The UK’s Best Unusual Winter Events, from Pagan Traditions to Hogmanay Fireballs, iPaper Wacky events to base a UK winter break around: burn clocks in Brighton or participate in a fierce cross-town ball game in Orkney…

Why a Cruise is the Best Way to Explore the British Isles, Telegraph A guide to the sights to spy from the cruise ship deck in European cruise travel’s hottest new destination: the coast of Britain