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England (Lake District; Lancashire; Yorkshire Dales); Scotland (especially the islands); Wales.
Short Biography
Writer and photographer since 1984, specialising in the outdoors, the countryside, walking and travel mainly in the UK, but with particular interest in Scotland and the Scottish islands; author, revision author and contributor of 100+ books including award-winning guides to the Coast-to-Coast Path, the Pennine Mountains and the Shropshire Way, and guides to the Pennine Way, the Dales Way, the Severn Way and the West Highland Way.
Specialist interest in the UK (the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, Lancashire, the Scottish Islands (especially Skye, Mull, Shetland and Orkney) and the Isle of Man.
MA in Lake District Studies (with Distinction) (Sand Pilots: The History of the Guides to Morecambe Bay Sands, 1501-2008); PhD in Historical Geography (Rooms with a View: The Development of Tourist Accommodation in the Lake District, 1770-1914).
Professional Activities
Some of my Publications
15 Short Walks on the Isle of Mull (Cicerone, 2024); Exploring Scotland's Islands (Conway, 2024). Pathfinder Guide to the Outer Hebrides, with co-author Felicity Martin (2023). Epic Walks of Britain (Milestone/OS). Pathfinder Guide to the Dee Valley, Clwydian Hills and North-East Wales (2022); Pathfinder Guide to Anglesey, Lleyn Peninsula and Snowdonia (2022); Pathfinder Guide to Orkney and Shetland (2022); Epic Walks (Trotman Publishing, 2021); 100 Outstanding British Walks (Crimson/OS, 2018); Great Mountain Days in the Pennines (Cicerone, 2013); Snowdonia Pathfinder Guide (Crimson, 2013); Great Mountain Days in Snowdonia (Cicerone, 2010); Walking on the West Pennine Moors (Cicerone, 2009); Walking in the Forest of Bowland (Cicerone, 2008-date); Walking on the Isle of Man (Cicerone, 2004-date).
In production
Exploring Lake District Dales (Bloomsbury/Conway)
FICTION
The Girl in the Picture - a genealogical mystery (2022). The Blackpool Landlady (2023).
Awards
2013: PhD in Historical Geography (University of Lancaster)
2013: OWPG Award for Excellence: Outdoor Book (Great Mountain Days in the Pennines)
2013: OWPG Award for Excellence: Highly Commended in the Technical Writing Category
2008: OWPG Award for Excellence: Words and Pictures
2007: ABTOF Award for Best Internet Writing about France
2006: MA in Lake District Studies (University of Lancaster)
2004 Chevalier de la Commanderie de Saulte-Buchon (Champagne Knight)
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 (Northern Coast to Coast Walk).