The latest issue of The People’s Friend magazine has my travel feature about Worcester.
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Category: Blog from the Borders
Successful Signings
The February 2020 issue of Writing Magazine is out now, and my Business of Writing column looks at how writers[…]
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Lower Whitcliffe and Wheelers Vallets
Out now in the February 2020 issue of Country Walking is my 7-mile wander around Lower Whitcliffe and Wheelers Vallets[…]
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Sustainable Snowdonia
Issue 185 of The People’s Friend Special has just hit the newsstands, and it contains my feature on the Centre[…]
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Snowy Snapper
Snow! We didn’t have much, but there was enough in places on top of Ragleth Hill to feel like you’d[…]
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Soggy Snapper
Tinsel-tastic!
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[…]
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The People’s Friend – Ironbridge
The front cover image of the bumper, double issue of this latest issue of The People’s Friend is of Ironbridge[…]
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Readers Like Walking
I’ve been producing walking route descriptions for Country Walking magazine since 2004 (so my feet ache a bit now 🤣),[…]
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Newsletter Signup Freebie!
Have you signed up to my occasional newsletter yet? As a thank you, you’ll be sent a link to download[…]
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Rydal Water
The December issue of Outdoor Photography magazine has one of my images in their Viewpoint section. It was taken during[…]
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Dazzling Displays
Selfridges are well known for their Christmas window displays (Check out this link for this year’s displays). But how much[…]
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Welsh Border Seven Castle Challenge
Check out the October issue of BBC Countryfile magazine for my Welsh Border Seven Castle Challenge. This month’s theme is[…]
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Wallis’s First Dam
October marks the 40th anniversary of the death of one of this country’s most famous engineers: Barnes Wallis. To commemorate[…]
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Meet The Author (That’ll Be Me Then … Amongst Others!)
If you’re anywhere near Wellington Library (Shropshire) on Saturday 26th October, between 10am and 2pm, then pop in and say,[…]
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271,833 … and counting
The royalty statements are in, and I can’t believe the sales figures keep growing. Thank you to everyone who bought[…]
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Historic Hereford
My feature on Hereford appeared in The People’s Friend’s issue dated 28th September 2019. When Alex, the Features Editor, commissioned[…]
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Interviews and Open Top Busses!
I’ve been busy, recently, being interviewed by the lovely Anita Loughrey, for her Research Secrets column in Writers’ Forum magazine.[…]
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Elan Valley – The People’s Friend – Bonus Bits!
This week’s issue of The People’s Friend has my Elan Valley travel piece as the front cover image. If you’ve[…]
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Summit Sunshine Snapper
Been a while since I climbed Ragleth Hill, and the weather today was just perfect for it. What frustrates me[…]
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Castle Snapper
I spent the day working in Shrewsbury Library today … but nipped out lunchtime for a bit of fresh air.[…]
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Cloisters Clicker
Last Monday, I came out of a meeting with the Dean of Hereford Cathedral, and was greeted by a gorgeous[…]
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The Long Mynd – Outdoor Photography
The viewpoint image in this month’s Outdoor Photography magazine (July 2019 issue) was taken from Burway Hill, overlooking Caer Caradoc,[…]
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Wandering Around Whitton
The June 2019 issuse of Country Walking magazine contains my 7 ¾ mile wander around the Welsh Border village of Whitton. Whitton[…]
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Hope Bowdler Hill – Outdoor Photography
It was glorious. There was a hint of the summer warmth to come, as the sun slowly sank behind the[…]
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Meet The Author – at Wellington!
If you’re near Wellington, Shropshire tomorrow, between 10am and 2pm, then pop into the fantastic library there and come and[…]
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The 270K Dog Book
It’s sixteen years since my first book was published, and it still amazes me how it continues to sell. According[…]
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Meet The Author – Telford – 27th April 2019
Fancy meeting an author, or two, … or three, … or nineteen? I, along with another 18 authors, will be[…]
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Captivating Crickhowell – Bonus Bits!
My feature about the Welsh Border town of Crickhowell can be found in the current issue of The People’s Friend,[…]
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Lick of Paint
I don’t know if I still like you. You’re familiar, yet different. You’re still the same shape. You’ve reatined your[…]
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