The Sefton Coast

The Sefton Coast is the part of England just north of Liverpool, and stretching some 15…

Podcast #057: Myths & Legends

Welcome to Episode 057 (kind of) of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This…

Podcast #053: Off-Season Almost-Post-Pandemic Last-Minute Travel

Welcome to Episode 53 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This podcast episode…

Hiking The Pennine Way

On my Hike Across Great Britain in the summer of 2019, I hiked the Pennine Way.…

Hiking the West Highland Way

The West Highland Way is the archetypal and most famous of the long-distance Scottish footpaths. In…

Hiking on Orkney

Hiking on Orkney was one of my major reasons for travelling there. My original aim was…

Neolithic Orkney Mainland

I always wonder about the pre-Roman peoples of Western Europe. Looking through the lens of a…

Papa Westray

Papa Westray, also known as Papay, is one of the smaller islands in the Orkney archipelago.…

Overview of the Orkney Islands

I’d been eyeing up Orkney for some time, especially after I visited the Outer Hebrides back…

Hiking the Norfolk Coast Path

As I’m sure you all know, in the summer of 2019 I hiked across Great Britain,…

Hiking in Ardnamurchan

Ardnamurchan is a peninsula in the far west of Scotland, lying about halfway up, kind of…

Oban and Kintyre

Oban is deceiving. When you look on a map, it seems to be a large town…