Arts Council of Wales have funded my next book!

Arts Council of Wales have funded my next book!

October 19, 2021 at 10:21 am

I’m very excited to have been funded by the Arts Council of Wales to write a book exploring the pretty bitterly polarised debate on farming vs rewilding that is going on in Mid-Wales. The book, almost finished, adds nuance to the issue, presenting it through the lens of addled motherhood. […]

 
‘Anatomy of a roar’ in Country Walking

‘Anatomy of a roar’ in Country Walking

October 19, 2021 at 9:53 am

Here’s an article of mine that just came off sale in the Sept issue of Country Walking. My utterly inspiring friend Ursula Martin arrived back from her trans-Europe walk in June, and I walked the five days with her, into Wales and across the finish line. My five days vs […]

 
Me and Chico on ITV

Me and Chico on ITV

July 31, 2020 at 10:41 am

Chico and I were on Wonders of the Coast Path on ITV in June and July, first shown in Wales and then deemed popular enough to go out UK-wide. Here’s our feature below. Sean Fletcher and the team were fun to work with, although as you might glean from the film I felt […]

 
Kindness of Strangers – book

Kindness of Strangers – book

May 11, 2020 at 11:27 am

Great to have been asked to contribute a chapter on the theme of the Kindness of Strangers to this book by publishers Summersdale, alongside the great and good of the adventuring world. It was very well received and an enjoyable opportunity to get a bit experimental with my writing, bringing […]

 
New Welsh Reader features

New Welsh Reader features

May 11, 2020 at 10:59 am

I’ve been really pleased to be writing for the New Welsh Reader over the past few years, on the themes of motherhood and child-wrangling, engagement with the outside world, and wild swimming. It’s been a valuable platform upon which to keep thinking and writing, and they invited me to talk […]

 
Social media for Pages of the Sea

Social media for Pages of the Sea

November 11, 2018 at 11:08 am

I was asked to run the social media on the day for the Ynyslas chapter of Danny Boyle’s Pages of the Sea project, marking 100 years since Armistice and the end of the first world war. Across the UK and Ireland communities gathered on 32 beaches to say a collective […]

 
My huge 10-page double article in Country Walking magazine

My huge 10-page double article in Country Walking magazine

July 3, 2018 at 11:41 am

I’ve just picked up a copy of Country Walking magazine, and they’ve done a great job with my article on the ‘Love of the Sea’. Here’s the text, including my top ten coastal walks all around the UK. For the love of the sea With wet shoes, salty hair, and […]

 
Year of Legends mini-films

Year of Legends mini-films

May 3, 2017 at 12:56 pm

This is the Year of Legends, as decided by the tourist board, Visit Wales. Since last summer I’ve been organising a series of theatrical events for the Dyfi Biosphere – the remarkable but little-recognised local UNESCO-designated area. To promote the events and the Dyfi Biosphere itself, Rhys and I (and his production company Fforest Films) pitched […]

 
Interviewed by Alastair Humphreys

Interviewed by Alastair Humphreys

December 18, 2014 at 5:31 pm

Adventurer and all-round inspirer, Alastair Humphreys, recently interviewed me. He’s written it up here, and done a very nice job: http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/seaside-donkey/

 
Invited to talk at Dundee Literary Festival

Invited to talk at Dundee Literary Festival

November 26, 2014 at 2:53 pm

I was very excited to be invited to the Dundee Literary festival in October, to talk about the Seaside Donkey adventure, crowd funding campaign and book writing marathon. It was my first time hobnobbing with authors and the rest of the literati, going out in downtown Dundee with famous critics, […]