Click on the following to see examples of my work
Bradt Slow Guide to Sussex and the South Downs National Park
General books on Britain
Books on walking in Britain
Books on Europe and beyond
Other projects and editorial work
Sample cuttings
Curriculum Vitae
Complete list of publications and editorial projects
Specialities
- Sustainable travel in England and Wales. Wrote the Bradt Slow Guide to Sussex and the South Downs National Park, published in 2011 and Guide Book of the Year finalist in the British Travel Awards. Also series project manager for the Slow series.
- Places to visit in England and Wales: I have visited and written up hundreds of museums, towns, villages, churches, heritage sites and other attractions for numerous guidebooks (AA Essential Guides and Key Guides, Which, Reader's Digest, Thomas Cook); in-depth knowledge of Sussex, the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, the North York Moors, the Peak District, Dartmoor, Exmoor, mid Wales, Herefordshire, Cornwall, plus dozens of towns and cities such as Glasgow, Birmingham, Coventry, Winchester, Hull and Cambridge
- Walking in England and Wales: I have devised routes in every British county, and written about hundreds of walks
- Cross-country skiing, with experience in Norway, the Alps and New England
- Rail travel in Europe: I am the editor and main contributor to the annually published Thomas Cook best seller Europe by Rail
- New England: I know my way round hundreds of sights, places and hotels, and some 200 museums. I have also sampled a wide range of winter sports
- Hotel and pub inspecting (for Holiday Which and Alastair Sawday guides)
Guidebook planning. I have worked closely with the AA, Thomas Cook and Bradt Guides in developing titles. I planned the very first AA Explorer Guides and KeyGuides, have developed page plans for many AA titles, have worked as a consultant on suggesting contents and angles for new AA travel books, and am now project managing an exciting new series of regional titles to Britain for Bradt Guides
Recent work has included:
- Sustainable tourism consultant: working for Tourism South East assessing Visitor Payback Schemes; for East England Development Agency and Countryside Commission, in creating itineraries in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Broads National Park; and producing cycling map of Lewes and district in conjunction with Lewes District Council for European Car Free Day
- Writing heritage trails for English Heritage, the National Trust and the Historic Houses Association
- Associate editor of the Good Pub Guide, Britain's best-selling guidebook (updated annually)
- Writing Bridges of the World for the AA
- Articles for Voyager, Weekends Away, Hotline and hidden europe
- Editing guidebooks for Rough Guides and Frommers
- Writing calendar captions for a range of British Isles calendars
- Writing the Visit Britain brochure on Great Ideas for Autumn
- Author of new AA Leisure Guide to the South Downs and Sussex Coast
- Researching and writing family-friendly bike rides in Sussex with visits to pubs en route, for the AA Pub Walks and Cycle Rides: South Downs and the South Coast
- Updating AA walks guides to Sussex and Dorset
- Updating the AA Key Guide to Britain and Essential Spiral Guide to England
- Writing children's books on Victorian and Roman Britain
