Just been back on BBC 5 Live for another one and half hour travel slot. This time the topic was camping and we certainly covered a lot of ground, though not sure the presenter is convinced on the merits of a night under canvas by the end of the show! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sf076. I come in at 48.25 mins. For [...]
I’m a huge fan of Croatia, having written six books on the country and visited most years since 1992. My favourite city is not Dubrovnik, but Split, one of the real stars of the Med for me. Here is my insider guide to a city where old ladies hang out their washing in former Roman barracks, [...]
Just had another article published on one of my favourite parts of Scotland, the Cairngorms National Park. I love this oasis of mountains and original Caledonian Forest, a land alive with eagles and ospreys, as fun in winter with its skiing as it is in summer with hiking and mountain biking. The PDF is attached [...]
I’ve now started doing commissioned hotel reviews for the ace new travel site www.triptease.com. I just added three more great places to stay – one an outpost in the Atlantic in the Azores, one a seriously cool grand hotel in Glasgow and the other a very special nursery suite in London fit for a [...]
I’ve been out to Krakow a number of times now and have watched it blossom into one of Eastern Europe’s hottest city break destinations. I headed back recently to see how Krakow is shaping up and whether those New Prague comparisons are valid, taking in the main sights, Oscar Schindler’s old factory and some of the best [...]
This is the city break article I put together for The Scotsman on my third visit to my favourite Polish city. A real charmer. Here I’ve got a great place to stay, some excellent restaurants and plenty to see and do too. If the PDF below doesn’t show on your browser just click the 48 [...]
Just been back on my old favourite, BBC Radio Scotland. Always enjoy being on even if it is just a small slot on the drivetime show like this one. You can listen to the clip here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rh5kr. I’m two hours, 44 mins and 12 seconds in to save you time searching!
Just had another chunky supplement published in The Scotsman. This time the theme of the Grand Tours supplement was bargain and great value breaks in Scotland. Loads of great ideas in there, from free things to do on to great value hotels and restaurants. Take a browse and I’m sure there will be something of [...]
I was lucky enough to have the chance to interview Scotland’s most renowned modern historian and the head of the new Diaspora Studies department at Edinburgh University, Tom Devine. He had plenty to say and, as always, all of it was fasctinating, whether he was talking about the Diaspora, the reasons for Scots emigrating, the [...]
Just got some PDFs through of my pieces which have appeared in the last three editions of the lovely, glossy Sunday Times Travel Magazine. Always good to be in there as it looks great, it’s tightly edited and reaches plenty of top end consumers. The pieces are: A full page on the [...]
As a full-time travel writer and photographer since 1997, and now a broadcaster, blogger and social media pro too, I have worked in over 100 countries. Thousands of my articles have appeared in over 150 magazines and newspapers across five continents, including the Daily Mail, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Sunday Herald,
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