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The Sefton Coast
The Sefton Coast is the part of England just north of Liverpool, and stretching some 15 miles to Southport. It’s…
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Podcast #057: Myths & Legends
Welcome to Episode 057 (kind of) of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is all about…
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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 talk about my recent…
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Hiking The Pennine Way
On my Hike Across Great Britain in the summer of 2019, I hiked the Pennine Way. Much like the West…
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Hiking the West Highland Way
The West Highland Way is the archetypal and most famous of the long-distance Scottish footpaths. In many ways it’s also…
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Hiking on Orkney
Hiking on Orkney was one of my major reasons for travelling there. My original aim was to walk around several…
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Neolithic Orkney Mainland
I always wonder about the pre-Roman peoples of Western Europe. Looking through the lens of a 21st century human, I…
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Papa Westray
Papa Westray, also known as Papay, is one of the smaller islands in the Orkney archipelago. It’s around 7km north-south…
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Overview of the Orkney Islands
I’d been eyeing up Orkney for some time, especially after I visited the Outer Hebrides back in the summer of…
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Hiking in Ardnamurchan
Ardnamurchan is a peninsula in the far west of Scotland, lying about halfway up, kind of between Fort William and…
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Oban and Kintyre
Oban is deceiving. When you look on a map, it seems to be a large town and important port, and…












