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I've
been a professional, full-time writer of travel guides and features for
over 30 years. During that time I have written hundreds
of travel articles for a wide variety of UK publications, including most
British national newspapers, and am the
author of around 30 popular travel books and
guides.
I travel widely and
frequently, not
always in connection with work, and
have lived in several countries, including Greece (Corfu), Tunisia, India and
America (California).
I have had a lifelong involvement with France, where I lived and worked
(as a truck driver) for
several years in the Languedoc region. I have also been a frequent visitor to
Israel, where my parents used to live.
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Always
freelance, I have extensive experience of UK national newspapers, consumer
magazines, websites, guidebook writing and travel publishing.
I was overall editor of the French
Railways' travel quarterly, Rail
Europe Magazine, from 1990 to 1999.
I also occasionally write under the
name Jane Pitt.
In addition to guidebooks
and travel features, I do some other writing. In 2005 I completed and
self-published LOVE, a memoir of the hippie era.
My latest novel,
The J-Word, published by
Snowbooks
in the UK in 2009 (released in the US in 2010), is about an antisemitic attack on an 80-year-old man who long ago ceased to think of
himself as Jewish. With the aid of his 10-year-old grandson he sets out
to get justice - in his own unorthodox way. I am currently writing
another novel.
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ARTICLES
I have been
writing on travel for newspapers and magazines since 1977, and
have been published in almost all UK nationals and dozens of other
publications, including major travel websites. Articles in the
last seven years have
included:
Driving through France
(Jul 2011, COLUMBUS WORLD TRAVEL GUIDES).
Alsace
(Apr 2011,
e-LIFE).
Europe's best vegetarian restaurants
(Mar 2011,
b.there!).
Cultured Tenerife
(Mar 2011, e-life).
Travellers' Guide: Normandy
(edited extract from Footprint Normandy, 12 Jun 2010, THE
INDEPENDENT)
Sacred state: Israel and the Holy Land
(Summer 2010,
PORTUNUS - P&O cruise club magazine)
Cultured Tenerife (Autumn Issue, Sep 2009, LIVING SPAIN).
10 destination guides: York, Provence, Oxford, Nice.
Monte-Carlo, Leeds, Canary Islands, Bruges, Bournemouth (for
WHATSONWHEN on behalf of www.hotels.com; live from October
2009).
5
destination guides:
Toulouse, Tel Aviv, Lyon, Bordeaux, Athens
(for
WHATSONWHEN on behalf of Air France; live from March 2009).
Eurostar cities: Brussels,
Paris,
Lille (Jan 2009, LIVEWIRE - National Express
trains customer mag, and
Hot Destinations
booklet).
Jerusalem - Insider's Guide
(Dec 2008, SPECTATOR BUSINESS).
Eurostar cities: Lille, Brussels, Paris (Oct 2008,
LIVEWIRE - National Express trains customer mag).
Eurostar cities: Paris, Lille, Brussels (Jul 2008,
LIVEWIRE - National Express trains customer mag).
55 pages of destination guides including whole-country
guides to Israel, Tunisia and others, as well as most French
cities, plus Basel, San Francisco, Tunis, Tel Aviv and others (for
www.britishairways.com; live from June 2008).
Eurostar cities: Brussels, Paris, Lille
(Apr 2008, LIVEWIRE - National Express trains
customer mag).
Tel
Aviv Guide
(Apr 2008, VOYAGER - BMI inflight mag).
Western Riviera
(Feb 2008, MOTORING & LEISURE).
Hot
Destinations: Paris, Brussels, Lille
(Jan 2008, LIVEWIRE - East Coast Main Line
customer mag). - and in
Hot Destinations
booklet.
Berth
on the Nile
(about
Nile Cruise;
9 Nov 2007,
JEWISH CHRONICLE).
Station to station
(new
Eurostar services; Autumn 2007, COMPLETE - Clerical Medical
mag).
River
of Dreams
(about Nile cruise;
9 Oct 2007, BELLA).
Alsace
(26 Sep 2007,
JEWISH CHRONICLE).
Vive
la Difference!
(about Carcassonne and Megève; May 2007, RCI Holiday Magazine).
Alsace
(8 May 2007, BELLA).
Holidays That Help
(about volunteering holidays; Spring 07, AFFINITY - UIA
customer mag).
Going
Native
(about UK holidays, Mar 2007, COMPLETE - Clerical
Medical customer mag).
Burgundy
(9 Jan 2007,
BELLA).
Put Your Brakes On
(about
Villages Etapes, 7 Jan 2007, TIMES ONLINE and SUNDAY
TIMES).
Tel Aviv online guide
(Oct 2006, COLUMBUS WORLD TRAVEL GUIDE).
Tours online guide
(Oct 2006, FASTCHECK ARRIVALGUIDES.COM).
Limoges online guide
(Sep 2006, FASTCHECK ARRIVALGUIDES.COM).
Chania online guide
(Sep 2006, FASTCHECK ARRIVALGUIDES.COM).
Burgundy
(18 Aug 2006, MONEYWEEK).
Slovenia
(30 Jun 2006, MONEYWEEK).
Winter Warmers
(low season budget breaks, Sep 2006, COMPLETE -
Clerical Medical customer mag).
Verona
(30 May 2006,
BELLA).
Down
to Earth
(rural British holidays) (Spring 06, AFFINITY - UIA
customer mag).
A
Fresh Look
(clever holiday choices) (Spring 06, AFFINITY - UIA
customer mag).
Holiday of a lifetime (Mar 2006, COMPLETE customer
magazine).
Hidden Treasures (about Tenerife, Mar 2006, SPIRIT &
DESTINY).
Northern Exposure (about French Channel coast, 8 Jan 2006,
SUNDAY TIMES).
Millau Viaduct (8 Jan 2006, SUNDAY TIMES).
French Country Cottages brochure - 13 regional
introductions (Jan 2006)
France Encounter (about Boulogne, 4 Nov 2005, JEWISH
CHRONICLE).
Lanzarote
(Nov issue 2005,
RCI HOLIDAY EXTRA).
Corfu (4
Oct 2005, BELLA).
A
Place to Fall in Love
(about Bruges) (6 Sep 2005, BELLA).
American Beauty
(about New England) (23 Aug 2005, BELLA).
Suffolk
(16 Aug 2005, BELLA).
Ostend
(6 May 2005, JEWISH CHRONICLE).
Crete
Expectations
(11 Mar 2005, JEWISH CHRONICLE).
Don't
knock Knokke
(about Knokke-Heist, Belgium) (26 Feb 2005, JEWISH
CHRONICLE).
Nice
- short break
(9 Jan 2005, SUNDAY TIMES - France supplement).
Champagne break
(9 Jan 2005, SUNDAY TIMES - France supplement).
Crete
(30
Nov 2004, BELLA),
Paris: what's new
(5 Sep
2004, SUNDAY TIMES - France supplement; and TIMES ONLINE).
Tenerife
(31 Aug 2004, BELLA).
Eurotunnel.com - twelve online features (about N.France/Flanders)
(Mar-Oct 2004,
EUROTUNNEL.COM)
Escape to the Past
(about the Dordogne
region, France) (27 Jan 2004, BELLA),
Paris: a city that can't be matched
(11 Jan 2004, SUNDAY
TIMES - France supplement),
San
Francisco
(Autumn issue, 2003, FIRST FORUM magazine),
Winter weekend in Bruges
(5 Oct 2003, SUNDAY
TIMES - Holidays supplement),
A Grand Tour of
Italy's Lakes
(5 Oct 2003, SUNDAY
TIMES - Holidays supplement),
Sunshine Days
(about the Champagne region, France) (3
Aug 2003, BELLA),
Nice
(Summer issue, 2003, FIRST FORUM magazine),
True Romance (about Lake Como, Italy)
(8 Jul 2003, BELLA),
Lyon:
A world of heritage
(Spring issue, 2003, FIRST FORUM magazine),
Just
follow the script: the best of Cannes
(11 May 2003, SUNDAY
TIMES - Film Festival supplement),
The bigger picture (about the French Riviera) (11 May
2003, SUNDAY TIMES - Film Festival supplement),
Brushes with genius (about Riviera museums) (11 May 2003,
SUNDAY TIMES - Film Festival supplement),
Center Right (about new developments at UK Center Parcs)
(4 Apr 2003, JEWISH CHRONICLE),
The
Landes
(Mar-Apr issue 2003, FRANCE MAGAZINE),
The Cevennes
(Jan-Feb issue 2003, FRANCE MAGAZINE).
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BOOKS
I
have written
around 30 books, some now out of print, others among the best
selling guidebooks in the UK. Most have been on France, or
regions of France, but I have also written on Ireland, Israel,
Belgium, the Canary Islands and guides for vegetarians. Most of my books
have been published in several editions and many languages.
Biggest best-sellers to
date were
The Vegetarian Traveller (Thorsons, 1987; Grafton, 1991),
Exploring Rural France (Helm, 1988; A&C Black, 1993),
Long Weekends in France (Penguin, 1992) and the pocket guide
Essential Lanzarote (AA, 1999), which was the best-selling
AA travel guide of 2001.
My most recent travel titles are:
Provence & the Cote d'Azur Driving Guide
(4th edn, Thomas Cook, 2011)
Loire Valley Driving Guide
(main author, 4th edn, Thomas Cook, 2011)
Eyewitness Top 10 Dublin
(new edition, co-author; Dorling Kindersley, 2011)
FootprintFrance Normandy
(Footprint Handbooks, 2010)
The J-Word
(a novel - published by Snowbooks, 2009)
Eyewitness Top 10
Dublin (new edition, co-author; Dorling Kindersley, 2009)
Drive Around Provence & the Cote d'Azur
(3rd edn, Thomas Cook, 2009)
Drive Around Loire Valley
(main author, 3rd edn, Thomas Cook, 2009)
Drive Around Burgundy & the Rhone Valley
(3rd edn, Thomas Cook, 2009)
Michelin Green Guide France (new English edn, principal
writer; 2008)
AA Essential Tenerife (new edn, AA, 2007)
AA Essential Lanzarote (new edn,
AA, 2007)
AA Explorer Israel (4th ed'n, AA, UK, 2006),
Hot Spots Lanzarote (Thomas Cook, 2006)
Key Guide Provence (main contributor; AA,
2005)
AA Essential Channel
Hopping
(new
edn, AA, 2005)
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AWARDS
ABTOF Travel
Writer of the Year Awards 2002 - finalist (occupying two of
the four finalist positions for best travel writing on France).
Travelex Travel Writers' Award 1996 - category winner.
Travelex Travel Writers' Award 1994 - category winner.
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SPECIALITIES
France (all regions), Ireland (including Northern Ireland), Israel (especially Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Galilee), Lanzarote, Tenerife, and Belgium.
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BY ANDREW
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Villages Etapes
It was only for one night, but I fell in love with Massiac.
What silence in the narrow streets of ancient, dark stone houses! What a
wonderful setting, green Auvergne hills rising behind the
rooftops. And how satisfyingly traditional the hotel’s restaurant,
all white-clothed tables and chandeliers and a perfectly correct
four-course menu for 20 euro (£14). This indeed is what
francophiles seek, and sometimes wonder if it still exists.
Above all, what a contrast between Massiac and the autoroute, A75, just
four kilometers away, which had led me straight here with the
simple exit sign, “Village Etape”.
Read full article
Crete
Awake early, I step onto the balcony. The air is exquisite. An
immense vista reaches over the hills, and there’s a cacophony of
crowing and quacking and barking as a new morning moves across the
sky, sweeping away the last of the night.
When the sun comes
blindingly into view, straight away it’s warm enough to sunbathe.
Every day it’s hot, hot, hot as Crete bakes under cloudless blue
skies all summer. ...
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San Francisco - Going for Gold
After seeing Fisherman’s Wharf, it’s clear that sea lions
would not make very good pets. They loll all around the huge Pier
39 like gigantic animated jelly babies, wriggling and tussling
constantly (except for the ones who seem to have slipped into a
coma). The young males rough each other up and sound like a bunch
of louts, endlessly roaring Uh? Uh? Uh? Uh?
Not many cities have a colony of wild sea lions living in the centre, but
then, not many cities are like San Francisco.
...
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