Living Life on the Edge
The latest issue of Country Walking is now out (June 2013) with an energetic 9.75-mile walk in it exploring Wenlock Edge … Read more
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Hiking Electronically
The recently revised and updated The Bluffer’s Guide to Hiking is now available in eBook format Read more
Hot Off The Press
Look what’s just been printed … the revised edition of The Bluffer’s Guide to Hiking, which should be hitting the shops, any day now … Read more
Conquer Caerleon
Explore the extensive remains of one of the most important Roman military sites in Europe …
eBook Prices Slashed!
News today that HarperCollins and Hachette UK have ended their agency model pricing agreement with Amazon, means that the price for the eBook version of One Hundred Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human has been slashed from £4.99 to … Read more
Bluffer’s Guide Relaunch
The Bookseller magazine (29th March 2013) ran a news item in the Books Section about the relaunch of the Bluffer’s Guides …
Solvitur Ambulando
A chance encounter with the ‘Sage of the Lake’ brings Simon Whaley enlightenment on the road around Loweswater …
2013 Relax & Write Course Photos
Hmmm, if you look hard enough, you might find some writing going on!
The Bluffer’s Guide to Hiking
Revised, updated and expanded in 2013, this book reveals the tricks you need to project yourself as a hardened hiker.
The Positively Productive Writer
The book EVERY writer needs! How to reject rejection and become positively productive with your writing.
One Hundred Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human
The bestselling book that revealed to the world exactly who is training whom in the human-canine relationship!
One Hundred Muddy Paws For Thought
The 50,000-copies-sold follow-up to the bestselling One Hundred Ways For A Dog To Train Its Human.
Puppytalk – 50 Ways To Make Friends With Your Puppy
Fifty fun-filled games and activities for 7-11 year olds to do with their new puppy, and build a brilliant friendship together.
Best Walks in the Welsh Borders
From Symonds Yat in the south, to the Clwydian mountains in the north, there are 35 walks of various lengths on both sides of the English / Welsh borders.
Fundraising for a Community Project
Advice to community groups about how to improve their chances of success when applying for grant funding.
The Little Book of Alternative Garden Wisdom
You won’t find the celebrity gardeners giving you any of this advice … and there’s probably a reason for that!
The Bluffer’s Guide to Banking
Learn what your bank manager really thinks about you, when you fill out that application form for a loan…
Running A Writers’ Circle
Advice to anyone finding themselves involved in running a writers’ group.
The Freelance Photographer’s Project Book
I contributed Chapter 18 to this book.
100 Stories for Queensland
Following the devastating flooding in Queensland, Australia, one of my short stories, Painting by Numbers, was selected for inclusion in this anthology created to raise money for the flood victims.
100 Greatest Walks In Britain
One of routes from Country Walking magazine is included in this compendium.
Time To Love
An anthology of love stories, containing my competition-listed story: Honey Waffles & Syrupy Socks
2012 Christmas Book-signing Even at Burway Books
Burway Books is brilliant at supporting local writers, and in the run-up to Christmas 2012 they put on an event that many of us wanted to be a part of.
2011 York Festival of Writing
Going to writing festivals is a great place to meet up with friends!
Previous Writing Retreats
I’ve retreated with many writers friends over the years … and sometimes, we even get some writing done!
