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About

Travel writing

I specialise in Scotland, particularly the Highlands – my guidebook, Scotland's North Highlands, is published by Bradt Travel Guides in February 2025, and covers the best of this fascinating region with a slow-travel focus. I am also the writer of the best-selling illustrated book, North Coast 500: Britain's Ultimate Road Trip. In addition to Scotland, I am especially interested in slow and sustainable travel, whisky and rewilding.

I've written for a number of high-profile publications (about Scotland and elsewhere), including The Guardian, The i, The Independent, Scotland Magazine and Lonely Planet

I've updated and contributed to a number of guidebooks, including the DK Eyewitness Guide to Great Britain, The Rough Guide to Laos, and three editions of The Rough Guide to France. I've also written a number of i-SPY books for Collins, including to Scotland, Wales, and rivers and canals.

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Editing

I am Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning JRNY Travel Magazine, which I've worked on since its inception during the pandemic. My role involves commissioning and editing writers, liaising with the design team, checking layouts and proofs, overseeing the wider editorial team, and writing articles myself.

 

I have 18 years' experience in the publishing industry, including a decade working in-house for DK Travel Guides and Rough Guides. I am a highly proficient project manager, used as much to balancing budgets and deadlines as I am to sourcing contributors and dealing with authors. My editorial expertise ranges from editorial reports and developmental insight to proofreads and in-depth copy edits. 

As a writer myself, I am able to provide copy and rewrite other people's words with ease and confidence, while understanding the editorial process from an author's point of view and working alongside them with compassion and sensitivity.

In addition to working with publishing houses, I've also worked with self-published authors, digital agencies, travel companies, charities and small business. 

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