Having previously dotted about a bit...

...with spells in Cornwall, New Mexico and Edinburgh, I’ve put down family roots in the Tweed Valley, Scottish Borders. A magnet for outdoorsy types, it’s an ideal base for exploring the activities, wildlife and people that shape Scotland’s outdoor world.

Much of my time is spent writing about the natural riches of Scotland, editing and contributing features for the membership magazines of organisations such as the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and National Trust for Scotland. I’ve also written a range of travel pieces for various inflight magazines and cruise operators.  

As well as feature writing for various publications, I also launched and served as founding editor of the award-winning Scotland Outdoors magazine; authored wildlife travel guides to Scotland and edited mountain biking and walking guides for the excellent Pocket Mountains; and served as publications editor for wild land charity John Muir Trust.

Throw in destination development work in my accompanying role as project manager for Go Tweed Valley – one of just two tourism specific BIDs in Scotland – plus festival programming and my day job is always fresh and interesting.