Travel tips

About It starts with Bus #173

This is my occasional blog focusing on my travels abroad and at home in Dartmoor. All my journeys, whether it’s a 4-day schlepp to Pitcairn Island or a 3-week boat journey across Micronesia, begin with the local country bus #173 from my home in Chagford to Exeter, where I take the train or bus to London.

Illuminating the Dark Continent - 8 new African adventures for 2018

My first writing assignment for 2018 will be a short trip to the West African state of Liberia in early January. You may have heard of it...

Track my progress

I'm sailing the North West Passage a journey of 2600 nautical-miles from Cambridge Bay to the West Coast of Greenland. This is my...

Eight steps to trans-Dartmoor hiking heaven

I'm dusting the moss off my rucksack after another fantastic crossing of Dartmoor National Park on foot to my home in Chagford. With...