The June issue of BBC Countryfile explores Britain’s coastline, and my 3-mile walk around Dinas Head kicks off this month’s[…]
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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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Where The Earth Moves – BBC Countryfile
BBC Countryfile magazine’s Great Days Out section, in the February 2019 issue, looks at Lost Worlds, and I’ve got a[…]
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Firth of Flowers
Check out the April issue of BBC Countryfile magazine for my Firth of Flowers piece in their Great Days Out[…]
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Busses
The world of writing is a bit like busses. Nothing for a ages and then three things come along all[…]
Read moreTop Six Literary Lodgings
Fancy sleeping where your favourite writer lived, worked or holidayed? Simon Whaley suggests six of the UK’s best literary stays.
Read moreStrictly Come Lekking
STRICTLY COME LEKKING Witness early morning dance contestants compete for the avian equivalent of the Glitter Ball Trophy in the[…]
Read moreThe Spectre of Kington
Follow in the footsteps of the mysterious Black Vaughan, a shape-shifting spectre who may have inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,[…]
Read moreIt’s April – Time for the Black and White Trail!
As flowers blossom along the route, take a drive through black-and0white clad villages in a tour of architectural history,[…]
Read moreThe Stiperstones
Experience the drama of this wild and atmospheric Welsh Border landscape that attracts the Devil, Wild Edric’s ghost and lightning!
Read moreExplore Turner’s World
Step back in time to roam beautiful ruins immortalised two centuries ago by the great Romantic painter JMW Turner.
Read moreLaunch into 2014 … on foot!
If 2014 is the year you plan to explore the great British countryside on foot, then you need … …[…]
Read moreConquer Caerleon
Explore the extensive remains of one of the most important Roman military sites in Europe …
Read moreThe Miracle on the Mynd
BBC Countryfile magazine The astonishing survival, despite the fury of the elements, of one very determined Reverend …
Read morePlans for 2013?
Got any plans for 2013 yet? If not, then check out my feature in the January 2013 issue of BBC[…]
Read moreBBC Countryfile magazine – August 2012
The August 2012 issue of BBC Countryfile magazine is out now, featuring my piece about the Roman remains and museums[…]
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