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Writer and photographer since 1980, specialising in the outdoors, the countryside, walking and travel mainly in the UK and France, but with more than a passing interest in Australia, Madeira and the Azores; author of 70+ books including award-winning guides to the Northern Coast to Coast Walk (1994, 2003, 2006) and the Shropshire Way (1999), and guides to the Pennine Way, the Dales Way, the Severn Way and the West Highland Way.
Specialist interest in France (all regions), Portugal (Madeira and the Azores), the UK (Cumbria and the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, Lancashire, the Peak District, the Scottish Islands (especially the Isle of Skye and the Isle of Mull) and the Isle of Man.
Former Director/Organiser of the Isle of Man Walking Festival, and the Madeira Islands Walking Festival.
Revision author for Michelin Green Guides to France: the Auvergne, the French Alps, the Chateaux of the Loire, Paris and Northern France, Languedoc-Roussillon.
Independent publisher of walking guidebooks.
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| Director: Questa Publishing Limited
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Writer and photographer contributing to Voyage, TLM, Living France magazines, Lancashire and Lake District Life.
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2008: OWPG Award for Excellence: Words and Pictures.
2007: ABTOF Award for Best Internet Writing about France.
2006: MA in Lake District Studies (University of Lancaster)
2004 Chevalier de la Commanderie de Saulte-Buchon
2003 OWG Awards for Excellence (The Magic of the Scottish Islands - Highly Commended)
2001 OWG Awards for Excellence (AA Essential England – Highly Commended)
2001 Lakeland Book of the Year Awards (Official Guide to the Lake District National Park – Highly Commended)
2000 OWG Award for Excellence (The Shropshire Way)
1999 Lakeland Book of the Year Awards (Towns and Villages of Cumbria – Highly Commended)
1994 OWG Award for Excellence (Northern Coast to Coast Walk).
Geocaching in the UK (Ciceerone, 2011)
Great Mountain Days in Snowdonia (Cicerone, 2010)
The Lake District Pathfinder Guides - 4 volumes (Crimson Publishing, 2010)
Walking on the West Pennine Moors (Cicerone, 2009)
The Azores Globetrotter Guide (New Holland, 2008)
The Forest of Bowland: A Walker's Guide (Cicerone, 2008)
The Great Britain Guide (AA Publishing, 2007)
Madeira: Globetrotter Island Guide (New Holland, 2007).
The Colors of Australia (AA Publishing, 2006)
The AA Book of Walks and Rides: Northwest England (2005)
Discover the Lakeland Dales (Halsgrove, 2004)
A Walker's Guide to the Isle of Man (Cicerone, 2004)
The Magic of the Scottish Islands (David and Charles, 2002 and 2008), plus nine 'Short Walks' guides for Jarrold Publishing.
The Official Guide to the Lake District National Park (David and Charles, 2002).
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| England (Chilterns AONB; Cumbria; Lake District; Peak District; Lancashire; Oxfordshire; Yorkshire Dales); Scotland (especially the islands); Wales; France (all regions); Australia (all states and territories); Madeira; the Azores; countryside; walking; food and wine; geocaching.
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