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| David was born in 1961 and grew up in Kirkintilloch. He began tramping hills in the nearby Campsie Fells and is now an experienced hillwalker who also enjoys bumbling around on his very old bike, pottering about historic sites and writing about all three.
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| Lecturer in the Centre for Academic and Professional Development at the University of Paisley.
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| Writing articles, sometimes illustrated with his own photographs on a variety of subjects. He also speaks and lectures about a number of topics, including writing and literature, as well as subjects of historical interest. Main focus of writing is the short story.
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| David is most keen about his fiction and he has won or been placed in several short story competitions over the years. He's also been placed in the Mountaineering Council of Scotland Article Competition.
A Selection
Jewel of the Forth, Scotland Magazine, July/Aug 2005
Lowlands? What Lowlands?, Outdoor Pursuits Oct/Dec 2005
Why Carlisle is the Perfect Base Camp, Cumbria, November 2005
Bagged Any Great Names Lately?, Cumbria, April 2006
Bell of Antermony: Bringing a Traveller Back
Home, Forth Naturalist and Historian, November 2006
The Campsies: Your Other National Treasure, The Scottish
Mountaineer, February 2007
Scaling the High Cs, Countryman, April 2007
The Lion Still Roars, The Scots Magazine, September 2007
Loch Lomond’s Loveliest View, Country Walking, December 2007
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| Main areas of interest | |
| Hillwalking, history, heritage and landscape. And football.
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