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A Pride of Barbers

27 May, 2020 simonwhaley Features

This week’s issue of The People’s Friend (30th May 2020) contains my article about a fascinating organisation: The Lions Barber[…]

Headland Heaven

27 May, 2020 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel

The June issue of BBC Countryfile explores Britain’s coastline, and my 3-mile walk around Dinas Head kicks off this month’s[…]

Come to Caldey

22 May, 2020 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel

This week’s issue of The People’s Friend carries my travel piece about Caldey Island on its front cover.

Sultry Snapper

19 May, 2020 simonwhaley Snapper Simon

It’s ben rather hot here in the Welsh Borders, recently. In fact, we’ve not had much rain at all. As[…]

Surreptitious Snapper Simon

12 May, 2020 simonwhaley Snapper Simon

Blink and you might have missed this one! This appeared on the weather forecast on the national BBC One o’clock[…]

A Bigger Platform

9 May, 2020 simonwhaley Features

Should self-published authors go exclusively Amazon, or dip their toes into the wider world of Kobo, Apple and more? Simon[…]

Scenic Shrewsbury

9 May, 2020 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel

The latest issue of the People’s Friend has my feature about Shrewsbury in it and on the front cover.

Wordsworth and Bing

7 April, 2020 simonwhaley Latest News, Photography

No, not a new double act between the poet and singer, but a search engine’s use of one of my[…]

You’ve Got Mail

5 April, 2020 simonwhaley Features

The Business of Writing – You’ve Got Mail What makes a good author email newsletter? Two authors tell Simon Whaley[…]

Self-Distancing Snapper Simon

27 March, 2020 simonwhaley Snapper Simon

It’s a troubling time at the moment, and while the Government permits us to go outside and exercise, I shall[…]

You Can Bank On It

5 March, 2020 simonwhaley Features

The Business of Writing – You Can Bank On It Has your writing business come of age? Simon Whaley looks[…]

272,222 and still counting

5 March, 2020 simonwhaley Latest News

Well, what can I say? Each year the number just keeps getting bigger. Thank you to everyone who’s bought a[…]

Wonderful Worcester

12 January, 2020 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel

The latest issue of The People’s Friend magazine has my travel feature about Worcester.

Successful Signings

6 January, 2020 simonwhaley Features

The February 2020 issue of Writing Magazine is out now, and my Business of Writing column looks at how writers[…]

Lower Whitcliffe and Wheelers Vallets

6 January, 2020 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel, Walking

Out now in the February 2020 issue of Country Walking is my 7-mile wander around Lower Whitcliffe and Wheelers Vallets[…]

NYE Snapper

31 December, 2019 simonwhaley Snapper Simon

Well, that was a surprise! A nice way to round off 2019 with a WeatherWatcher photo on the evening regional[…]

Sustainable Snowdonia

31 December, 2019 simonwhaley Features, Landscape/British Travel

Issue 185 of The People’s Friend Special has just hit the newsstands, and it contains my feature on the Centre[…]

Snowy Snapper

17 December, 2019 simonwhaley Snapper Simon

Snow! We didn’t have much, but there was enough in places on top of Ragleth Hill to feel like you’d[…]

Soggy Snapper

10 December, 2019 simonwhaley Snapper Simon

Tinsel-tastic!

9 December, 2019 simonwhaley Features

In this week’s bumper, double issue of The People’s Friend, there’s an article about my visit to Europe’s biggest tinsel-making[…]

The People’s Friend – Ironbridge

9 December, 2019 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel

The front cover image of the bumper, double issue of this latest issue of The People’s Friend is of Ironbridge[…]

Readers Like Walking

6 December, 2019 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel, Latest News

I’ve been producing walking route descriptions for Country Walking magazine since 2004 (so my feet ache a bit now 🤣),[…]

Newsletter Signup Freebie!

22 November, 2019 simonwhaley Latest News

Have you signed up to my occasional newsletter yet? As a thank you, you’ll be sent a link to download[…]

Rydal Water

22 November, 2019 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel

The December issue of Outdoor Photography magazine has one of my images in their Viewpoint section. It was taken during[…]

Dazzling Displays

22 November, 2019 simonwhaley Features

Selfridges are well known for their Christmas window displays (Check out this link for this year’s displays). But how much[…]

Radnor Ramble

2 November, 2019 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel, Walking

The November 2019 issue of Country Walking contains a route I did around Radnor Forest and the quaint hamlet of[…]

Welsh Border Seven Castle Challenge

15 October, 2019 simonwhaley Landscape/British Travel

Check out the October issue of BBC Countryfile magazine for my Welsh Border Seven Castle Challenge. This month’s theme is[…]

Wallis’s First Dam

10 October, 2019 simonwhaley Features, Landscape/British Travel

October marks the 40th anniversary of the death of one of this country’s most famous engineers: Barnes Wallis. To commemorate[…]

Meet The Author (That’ll Be Me Then … Amongst Others!)

8 October, 2019 simonwhaley Events

If you’re anywhere near Wellington Library (Shropshire) on Saturday 26th October, between 10am and 2pm, then pop in and say,[…]

Tarn Hows Snapper

5 October, 2019 simonwhaley Snapper Simon

If you’ve been following my Twitter account you’ll have seen I’ve been in the Lake District for a few days.[…]