Beautiful Bewdley
“There’s a giraffe, Granddad!” An excited six-year-old girl bounces up and down on her seat as she points out of the train window. Granddad buries his nose in his weekend …
Landscape/British Travel
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. …
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 …
Llangorse Lake
Look out for my piece in the October issue of BBC Countryfile magazine, where I explore Llangorse Lake, a great venue for bird spotting at this time of year. Alternatively, …
Seven Fabulous Farm Shops!
It’s a double whammy this month with two pieces in the September 2022 issue of BBC Countryfile magazine. As well as this piece about the Rothiemurchus Estate, I’ve also a …
Rothiemurchus Estate
My feature about the Rothiemurchus Estate is in the September 2022 issue of BBC Countryfile magazine. It’s a fabulous place to explore and the farm shop is a must visit, …
Magnificent Much Wenlock
This week’s issue of The People’s Friend has my travel piece about the Shropshire market town of Much Wenlock. Sandwiched between the River Severn and Wenlock Edge, this quintessentially English …
Top Seven Seaside Railways
Check out my top seven seaside railways journeys in the August 2022 issue of BBC Countryfile magazine. (They’re all more ‘unusual’ railway journeys, including cliff railways, funicular railways, tramways and …