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I
am a full-time writer and photographer, specialising in travel and the
outdoors, and contributing mainly to
magazines in the UK and doing guidebook revisions. I am the Festival Director of the
Madeira Islands Walking Festival.
In the belief that if I visit every country in the world, I actually
won't learn much about anything, except travelling, I rather tend to
specialise in the UK, Ireland, France, Madeira, the Azores and
Australia. The UK I've known since I was, well, very small, and France
since 1973 when I first went camping in Chamonix. Australia I've been
visiting quite regularly since 1998, long enough, anyway, to amass
around 6,000 pictures and a permanent longing to go back, frequently.
I have a wide range of interests, but I started writing about the
countryside and landscapes of the UK, and have a raft of walking
guidebooks in my portfolio. Since foot and mouth kiboshed that pursuit
in 2001, I've been focusing more on travel, mostly in France – and, of
course, that means food and drink…and drink and food…and…
Currently
I’m working on revisions of Michelin Green Guides, and a new walking
guidebook to Snowdonia - Great Mountain Days in Snowdonia. I am also somewhat involved
in running Writers and Photographers unLimited
(www.wpu.org.uk) and Guidebookwriters.com
(www.guidebookwriters.com).
. . . . .
I'm
quite happy to do stuff for the over-50s,
the over-60s, and, now, the over 65s, and have been crewing a tall ship
round the Canary Islands, cross-country skiing (well, cross-country
falling over) in Norway, trekking in Halkidiki and walking the levadas
in Madeira. I even managed to do the 3-day rail trip from Vancouver to
Toronto on 'The Canadian', and travelled ‘The Ghan’ from Darwin to
Adelaide.
I have also written or contributed to over 70 books including Ireland
with your Family, AA British Leisure Guide, The Magic of the Scottish
Islands, The Dales of Lakeland, AA Essential England, Colours of
Australia and guidebooks to many of the UK's long-distance trails.
. . . . .
I
am sort of working on a travel narrative book about Australia. In 2006 I
gained an MA with Distinction in Lake District Studies from the
University of Lancaster, and I am currently doing postgraduate research
leading to a PhD in Historical Geography.
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ARTICLES
I contribute to
Living France, Cumbria and Dalesman, and occasionally to
Lancashire Life, and Lake District Life.
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BOOKS
I've
now written 70+ books since my Summits of Snowdonia in 1984, and
contributed to others. I revise Michelin Green Guides: Northern
France, Auvergne, the French Alps, the Chateaux of the Loire.
My most recent
titles are:
The Azores: Globetrotter Guide (New Holland, 2009)
The Isle of Skye: A Walker’s Guide (3rd edition, Cicerone,
2009)
Ireland with your Family
(Frommers, 2008)
The Forest of Bowland
and Pendle: Walkers' Guide
(Cicerone, 2008)
Madeira
(New Holland Publishing, 2007)
Pathfinder Guide: Kyle of Lochalsh
(Jarrold Publishing, 2007)
The Colours of Australia
(AA, 2006)
Touring Northern England
(Visit Britain, 2006: co-author)
Discover the
Lakeland Dales (Halsgrove, 2005)
The Yorkshire Dales: Vol 1 South and East; Vol 2 North and West
(Dalesman Publishing, reprint, 2005)
The Dales Way (2nd ed, Cicerone, 2005)
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AWARDS
2007 ABTOF Award for Best Internet Writing about France.
2004
Chevalier de la Commanderie du Saulte-Buchon (Aube en Champagne)
2003 OWG
Awards for Excellence (The Magic of the Scottish Islands – Highly
Commended)
2001 OWG
Awards for Excellence (AA Essential England – Highly Commended)
2001 Lakeland
Book of the Year Awards (Official Guide to the Lake District
National Park – Highly Commended)
2000 OWG
Award for Excellence (The Shropshire Way)
1999
Lakeland Book of the Year Awards (Towns and Villages of
Cumbria – Highly Commended)
1994 OWG
Award for Excellence (A Northern Coast to Coast Walk)
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SPECIALITIES
England (Chilterns AONB; Cumbria; Lake District; Peak
District; Lancashire; Oxfordshire; Yorkshire Dales);
Scotland (all areas, but especially the islands);
France (all areas, but especially Aveyron, Brittany,
Charente Maritime, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, Provence, the
Pyrenees, Cathar country, le Loir and la Loire, Picardie and the
Somme, and the cities of Paris, Avignon, Amiens, Strasbourg and
Chartres);
Wales (all areas);
Australia (all areas);
Denmark (Copenhagen)
Portugal
(Madeira, the Azores)
and
countryside; walking; food and wine.
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TO CONTACT ME
I live in Lancashire with my wife, Viv, and our dog, Teal. Viv
often travels with me; Teal would love to, but only if there's
plenty of places for walks and swims, and stacks of food.
The best way to contact me is by email. I'm rigged up to pick up
emails anywhere I go. Use
tm@wpu.org.uk.
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