Herefordshire’s Haunted Borderlands
If you check out the February 2023 issue if Country Walking magazine, you’ll see my route from Kington up onto Hergest Ridge (and back) is this month’s Classic walking route. …
KISS: Keep It Simple Self-publishing
Self-publishing your first book in 2023? Simon Whaley suggests a ten-kiss plan to keeping it simple. Could 2023 be the year you self-publish your first book? As technology advances, self-publishing …
Foggy Snapper
It’s been foggy here in the Welsh Borders for several days now. It always makes it difficult to know what to photograph, but this bench seemed the perfect place to …
Langley Chapel – Evergreen
Shropshire’s Langley Chapel looks rather lonely, stuck on the edge of a cornfield, practically hidden by a tall hedge. But appearances can be deceptive because this chapel is one of …
Miracle on the Mynd
The Christmas edition of This England magazine includes the miraculous journey of the Revd Carr as he battled a night in the snow during one of Shropshire’s worst storms of …
Mistletoe Magic
Check out my piece in the December 2022 issue of BBC Countryfile magazine, looking at Christmas markets and, in particular, the Tenbury Wells Mistletoe Festival. Our rural Christmas fairs, markets …
Season’s Greetings
Simon Whaley chats to one of Hallmark’s writers to explore writing for the greetings card market. The UK might be the second biggest greetings card market in the world, with …
200th Snapper
After a rather ‘dry’ patch (no pun intended!), one of my WeatherWatcher images was used at the start of tonight’s BBC Midlands Today regional programme. Turns out this is my …
The Cost of Creativity Crisis
As the cost-of-living crisis continues, Simon Whaley explores how writers can cut the cost of creativity With inflation at a forty-year high, we’re surrounded by rising prices. And when it …